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Activists are calling for a nationwide shutdown on Friday, advocating “No Work No School, No Shopping” in a #protest against the #Trump admin’s sweeping #immigration crackdowns.

Organizers say Friday’s #GeneralStrike is part of a growing #nonviolent movement to combat #ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics, which have come under renewed scrutiny following a series of fatal #shootings involving federal agents.

#law #murder #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #CBP
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/ice-protests-friday-strike

the Guardian

Anti-ICE protests to be held across US as organizers urge national strike

Activists call for Friday ‘blackout’ in protest against administration’s violent immigration crackdown

Robin Barton

@Robo105@mastodon.social replied · last week

@Nonilex If this can gain national traction then this is how you bring down MAGA

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last week

Those deaths include #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti in #Minneapolis, #KeithPorter in #LosAngeles, & #SilverioVillegasGonzález in #Illinois. Friday’s #national #protest leaders, many of them students at the University of #Minnesota, are calling for #ICE to leave the city after its nearly month-long operation. They say economic pressure through work stoppages & consumer boycotts is just one way to demand #accountability & #reform.

#GeneralStrike #law #protest #CivilRights #murder #UseOfForce #Trump

https://masto.ai/tags/SilverioVillegasGonz%C3%A1lez

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last week

“We are calling for this #strike because we believe what we have been doing in Minnesota should go national,” said Kidus Yeshidagna, president of the Ethiopian Students Union at the University of #Minnesota & one of the students organizing the strike.

“We need more people & lawmakers across the country to wake up.”

#GeneralStrike #law #immigration #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #Trump #authoritarianism #StateSponsoredTerrorism

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last week

Yeshidagna is part of a coalition of student groups that organized the #Minnesota shutdown last Friday, in which thousands of people flooded the streets in sub-zero temperatures & hundreds of businesses shut their doors to demand #justice for #ReneeGood, who was shot by an #ICE agent while trying to protect a neighbor. Last weekend, agents killed #AlexPretti, another resident who was observing agents’ activities.

#GeneralStrike #law #immigration #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #Trump

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last week

The student groups – including the associations representing Black, Somali, Liberian, Ethiopian & Eritrean students & the graduate #labor #union – first gathered on 21 January to plan the calls for local & national #strikes. “We came out in huge numbers despite the cold,” he said, referencing last week’s actions. “We are now doing it again.”

#GeneralStrike #law #immigration #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last week

From restaurants & clothing retailers to bookstores & coffee shops, businesses across dozens of cities have announced that they are closed.

Protesters in Philadelphia, New York, Boise & Columbus are gathering at city halls, courthouses, statehouses & legislative buildings, according to an action tracker. Students at high schools & colleges in Florida, California & other states are staging walkouts.

#GeneralStrike #law #immigration #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP #Trump

Olaf ‽

@DieWespe@mastodontech.de replied · last week

@Nonilex you definitely should consider to update your bio. 😉 But besides of that: Tank you! 😮‍💨

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last week

In Milwaukee & in Buffalo, Wyoming, people are gathering at parks & on street corners. Some protesters, including those in Washington DC, are gathering outside #Target stores. After #ICE violently detained 2 Target employees in Richfield, #Minnesota, activists have increased calls to sustain the #boycott on the retail giant.

#GeneralStrike #law #immigration #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #CBP #Sturmabteilung #Trump #authoritarianism #StateSponsoredTerrorism

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