Northwoods Socialist Collective

 For some time the Douglas County jail in Superior has had a contract with the U.S. Marshalls that allows the feds to temporarily keep prisoners and detainees in the jail for a fee.  In recent years, ICE (Immigrant, Customs and Enforcement) has started to take advantage of this contract to put immigration detainees there as well.  Most detainees are only kept there for a few days, but some have been kept there much longer (one was held for 100 days before being transferred).  In 2025 over 100 ICE detainees passed through the jail, and the county received $285,000 for holding them. As far as activists can tell, none of these detainees were from the Twin Ports.  Most are from farther afield in the Midwest, and are just temporarily kept there before being sent to a larger detention center.  The presence of these detainees has also resulted in a steady stream of ICE agents coming to town, staying in our hotels and eating in our restaurants - making a Superi...

As the Trump administration unrolls a new imperialist war, working women must be prepared to fight a brutal gendered assault in the offing. In military actions like the war on Iran, the government daily burns up millions of dollars in fuel and destroyed weaponry, and moves quickly to get rid of non-military costs deemed expendable. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill set the pattern. Even before Washington had launched the war on Iran, the government had budgeted $1 trillion for war, while simultaneously cutting $1 trillion from funds previously won by working people for health, education, and housing support.   Now, with the cost of the Iran war approaching $1 billion a day, the MAGA forces are preparing to offload the costs of any social welfare benefits still intact onto the backs of individual working-class households. How do the right-wing capitalist think tanks advise the government to do this? A deeply reactionary Jan. 8, 2026, Heritage Foundation report, “Saving America by Savin...

Here are 5 slave uprisings that everyone should know. Nat Turner’s Rebellion: August 21 – August 23, 1831 Led by enslaved preacher Nat Turner, this Virginia uprising was a militant challenge to the slave regime rooted in prophetic Black liberation theology. Turner and others struck directly at slaveholders, hoping to ignite a broader regional revolt. Although the rebellion was suppressed within days, it sent shockwaves through the South and intensified white fears of organized Black resistance. In response, Southern states expanded surveillance, repression, and anti-literacy laws – proof of how seriously enslavers took the threat. Amistad Rebellion: July 2 – August 24, 1839 The Amistad Rebellion was a successful revolt of 53 Mende captives, who, led by Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué), broke free of their chains and seized a Spanish ship. After being captured by the U.S. Navy, the rebels fought their case in a landmark Supreme Court case, backed by abolitionist organizers. Their...

The U.S. attack on Iran in 2026 is only the latest in decades of U.S. aggression against that country. U.S. imperialism, whether directed by the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, has worked tirelessly to dominate Iran and control its resources. This current war has nothing to do with protecting the U.S. or defending any other country from Iran and its supposed terrorist ideology or nuclear capacity. The history of imperialist aggression against Iran shows what the real issue is – Iran’s vast oil resources and its independence. 1953: Coup Against Mohammad Mossadegh August 19, 1953: The United States with the help of British intelligence organized a coup to overthrow the democratically elected parliamentary government of Mohammad Mossadegh. Mossadegh’s government had moved to take control of Iran’s oil which had been exploited for decades by international oil conglomerates. The coup was a blatant power-play to maintain control of Iran’s oil and stop the people of Iran from us...