{"id":25488,"date":"2026-01-28T15:48:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uit-ci.org\/?p=25488"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:48:31","slug":"minneapolis-ice-kills-again-and-protests-grow-after-successful-general-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/minneapolis-ice-kills-again-and-protests-grow-after-successful-general-strike\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis: ICE kills again and protests grow after successful general strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Statement by International Workers Unity \u2013 Fourth International (IWU-FI)<\/em><\/p>\n

On Friday, January 23, a historic mass mobilization and a powerful general strike took place in Minneapolis. The strike had been called days earlier by various trade union and community organizations in the city in protest against the murder of Renee Nicole Good on January 11 by ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents, and to demand an end to immigration persecution in that city. Following Good\u2019s murder, large demonstrations took place daily in various cities, with clashes with the repressive forces.<\/p>\n

The call for a strike was taken up by dozens of organizations, and on January 23, Minneapolis woke up paralyzed. On the coldest day in recent years, with temperatures around -20\u00b0C, a massive demonstration with more than 50,000 participants filled the streets of the city. These demonstrations were replicated in other cities and amplified by the 50501 Movement, which since Trump\u2019s inauguration for his second term has brought together various organizations to confront Trump\u2019s authoritarianism, repression, and austerity measures, promoting massive actions throughout the US.<\/p>\n

This is the largest protest since the outbreak of popular unrest in several California cities in 2025 against Trump\u2019s mass deportations, which aim to deport one million people each year. The crimes of Trump and his ICE agents, which include torture, murder, and rape, have generated widespread outrage.<\/p>\n

In Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the so-called Twin Cities, a strong organizing process is underway to ensure independent patrols to anticipate ICE intervention and strong solidarity with the migrant population threatened by the government\u2019s repressive violence. To ensure the strike, various initiatives were carried out, such as large demonstrations inside shopping malls calling for stores to close and a major intervention at the local airport to ensure the suspension of scheduled flights. During this action, about 100 people were arrested. During the afternoon, and braving the extreme cold\u2014which has forced New York to declare a state of emergency\u2014various columns arrived in the city center with signs demanding justice for Renee Good and all those murdered, the dissolution of ICE, an end to raids, and a clear rejection of Trump\u2019s policy of supporting genocide in Gaza, his attacks on Venezuela, and his threats against Greenland.<\/p>\n

\u00a0As the struggle grows, ICE and federal agents continue to kill<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the successful strike and large mobilizations, federal agents patrolling Minneapolis killed again. On the afternoon of Saturday, January 24, a group of federal agents subdued and shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old healthcare worker. Once again, everything was recorded on cell phones and quickly made public, sparking widespread outrage.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has attempted to justify the executions of both Good and Pretti by claiming they were \u201cterrorists,\u201d even though both were killed while participating in nonviolent protests and recording ICE actions. Trump, who, true to his paranoid style, has classified anti-fascism as a \u201cterrorist organization,\u201d has also accused the governor of Minnesota and the mayor of Minneapolis, both liberals from the Democratic Party, of leading an alleged \u201cinsurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Trump\u2019s second term, 37 people have died in ICE custody. Trump not only guarantees impunity for ICE and National Guard agents, but also praises them as \u201cpatriots\u201d for their criminal actions and has approved record budgets for ICE.<\/p>\n

On January 22, the House of Representatives approved\u2014with the votes of seven Democrats\u2014the National Security Act and a new funding package for ICE to continue strengthening an unprecedented repressive apparatus. Meanwhile, large demonstrations are demanding the dissolution of ICE and its immediate withdrawal from neighborhoods. A new mobilization toward Congress is being prepared for February 17, a \u201cNational Day of Direct Action,\u201d and health care unions are beginning to discuss possible strike measures against repression, while sustaining a historic strike in New York\u2019s large private hospitals. From the International Workers Unity \u2013 Fourth International (UIT-CI), we stand in solidarity with the ongoing mobilizations and demand justice for the people and activists who have been killed. We demand the release of imprisoned migrants and an end to mass deportations. We join in demanding the dissolution of ICE and the immediate withdrawal of federal forces from working-class neighborhoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Statement by International Workers Unity \u2013 Fourth International (IWU-FI) On Friday, January 23, a historic mass mobilization and a powerful general strike took place in Minneapolis. The strike had been called days earlier by various trade union and community organizations in the city in protest against the murder of Renee Nicole Good on January 11 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25489,"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25488\/revisions\/25489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}