Immigrant Solidarity Sit-In @ Pilgrim Lutheran Church

For the past two weeks Haji has been holding a solidarity sit-in in the basement of Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Superior. Haji (the 2nd person from the left in the photo) kicked off his occupation with a call to folks in the community to drop in and have a conversation with him about the need to welcome refugees and immigrants. Haji is originally from Iran, and teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Tomorrow will be the last day of the sit-in. We commend Haji for this action, and can report first hand that it has triggered a lot of conversations among folks around town!

We also want to urge our readers to turn out on Feb. 17 for the Stand in Solidarity With Immigrants on Presidents' Day rally. That event will run from 5-5:45pm on the corner of Superior St. and 5th Ave. W in downtown Duluth.

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Calling Out Transphobia in Our Community

Over the weekend, one of the owners of At Sara's Table / Chester Creek Cafe, Barbara Neubert, shared a transphobic meme and at least one other meme in support of JK Rowling on her personal Facebook page. This might sound like an issue of free speech, but it's not, it's hate speech. Its purpose is to dehumanize us. That it was platformed by a respected elder in the local progressive and LGBTQ communities is even more concerning. Many politicians who have pushed for draconian transphobic laws have used JK Rowling's own tweets as a justification to punish us, and keep us closeted. It also came to light that her wife and co-owner, Carla Blumberg, told a non-binary employee that they ought to dress more feminine because "I get that your generation believes that sexual manipulation is utterly evil, but, nevertheless, it works." Then in a later "clarification" misgendered them, and said they "dressed like someone in the Seattle grunge scene while (...

Superior Police Tase a Door Dash Driver After He Took a Wrong Turn

Ian Cuypers is a door dash driver who was delivering food in Superior in February. He was unfamiliar with the neighborhood, and while looking for an address he accidently took a wrong turn down a one way street. This led to Superior Police pulling him over. Multiple cops appeared on the scene. With weapons drawn and pointed at him, Ian was instructed to get out of the car with his hands up, to face away from the officers, and walk backwards towards them. When he attempted to explain himself, he was tased. This is an outrageous incident of unnecessary force. Video footage has been posted online. Here is the link for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX_zKmiH3-E

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MISSION STATEMENT: The Northwoods Socialist Collective is a group of working class activists based in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. We believe everyone should have a say in the matters that affect their lives. That is why we are socialists. We advocate for a socialism that is revolutionary, internationalist and feminist, as well as being anti-racist, anti-ableist, anti-imperialist, environmentally sustainable and fully committed to LGBTQAI+ liberation. We invite you to join us in the struggle to make our communities and world a better place! Below is an attempt to list the things that we do, and the framework that we have for achieving the goals listed is our Mission Statement. POLITICAL EDUCATION: We feel that a crucial part of building a socialist movement is political education. We encourage our members to study Marxist theory, and to apply it to understand how the world works and what can be done to change it. We put on monthly Socialism and...

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