Minnesota

They called it “Truth and Freedom Day,” the mobilization in Minneapolis against ICE raids targeting immigrants, which among other things led to the death of Renée Good. It was a huge popular response to the repressive activities carried out by…

The Facebook page The Other 98% reports on the latest disturbing developments in the standoff between federal authorities and Minneapolis citizens: the Pentagon announces that it is ready to send 1,500 soldiers “in case violence in the State of Minnesota escalates”.…

The Facebook page The Other 98% tells how the freezing winter in Minneapolis has become a valuable and surprising ally for the local population determined to resist the brutality of federal immigration agents by any means necessary, even the most…

In Minnesota, a judge has sentenced a woman to six months in prison after she ordered a Somali-American woman to “speak English” before smashing a beer mug into her face for speaking Swahili. Jodie Burchard-Risch pleaded guilty to last year’s…