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‘ICE Out!’ No Work, School, or Shopping on Jan. 23 in Minnesota (world-outlook.com)
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January 18, 2026

[contains 3 parts: an editorial by World-Outlook; an article from In These Times and Workday Magazine; and a press release from the Minneapolis Regional Federation of #Labor, AFL-CIO.]

MINNEAPOLIS — #Unions and community groups gathered in front of the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, this morning to announce a day of ​“no work, no school, no shopping” on January 23 to oppose the ferocious assault on the state by federal #immigration authorities.

“We are facing a tsunami of hate from our own federal government,” Abdikarim Khasim, a Minnesota rideshare driver, told the crowd. ​“We’re going to shut it down on the 23rd. We’re going to overcome this.”

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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

I wish them luck but I have serious doubts about the effectiveness of a single day general strike. You could optimistically expect maybe 20% of people to even participate and without them coordinating with their coworkers or with a broader movement to target specific industries it’s basically just like calling in sick.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    While I too have my doubts, it's useful because it's a day where everyone is either taking a day to rest, protest, or stall ICE detainments. It will be quite valuable in that regard. We've all been wishing for a major snowstorm to give us some time to breath. Ice been hearing a lot more people talking about it than previous attempts at this.

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