A broad coalition of civil society groups responded with a call to unity in the face of reports that the Trump administration’s Department of Justice may have investigated without reason and engaged in surveillance of community and labor groups who helped organize tens of thousands of Minnesotans to peacefully defend their neighbors and constitutional rights during the lawless, chaotic ICE and CBP operation that terrorized countless Minnesotans. These organizations were engaged in the broad, peaceful civic response that brought hundreds of thousands of us together to protect our neighbors and our constitutional rights. Amid the continued weaponization of the Justice Department, we still have zero accountability for the ICE and CBP agents who terrorized countless Minnesotans and murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti in broad daylight. Even then, they tried to lie about what happened despite video evidence. Today, groups representing Minnesotans across parties and places, rac...
This past Wednesday, student and community activists came together to for a panel discussion on campus organizing. This was the first in a series of online meetings designed for college and high school activists from the Northwoods to come together to network, talk about their experiences and share lessons from their organizing. This first panel featured students from the Changemakers Club at Lake Superior College and from the LatinX Student Union at the College of St. Scholastica. It was chaired by a student from the University of MN and questions and comments were shared from community activists from the Northwoods Socialist Collective (who hosted the event), Duluth UNIDIOS and Veterans for Peace. Sam from LSC Changemakers gave a how to guide on how they set up this new club, along with useful tips about how campus groups can make decisions and keep everyone informed. He also summarized the groups work around raising funds and awareness about the WE Health Cent...