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@Hex@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

Everyone who hasn't already read the Twin Cities rapid response analysis should now:

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/rapid-response-networks-in-the-twin-cities-a-guide-to-an-updated-model

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@Hex@kolektiva.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

There are a lot of takeaways from this:
1. Organizing locally gives you a massive advantage because you will always know your local area better than ICE ever can.
2. Be agile. You can always change tactics faster than a centralized organization.
3. Organize now. The sooner you build your networks, the sooner you can learn.
4. Identify ICE facilities and organize monitoring them directly.

But I think the most interesting one that's not explicitly in there, one that's hinted at the last one, is to go on the offensive. ICE is already afraid. If we all take the anger we have at the murder of #ReneGood, find the local ICE facility that they'll stage from, and bring that anger to #OccupyICE we might be able to just shut the whole thing down preemptively. Completely stop all ICE operations across the US. If they want to fight, they can fight *with everyone, all at once.*

Shut down their ability to operate at all. They have a logistics pipeline. They need cars, they need oil in those cars, they need to be able to move those cars to target areas. They also need money to pay those agents. All of those can be disrupted.

The regime needs your money and labor to maintain the illusion of legitimacy. They chose a bad time because you can hit both of those at once *right now* with a combination of #GeneralStrike and #TaxStrike, and then #BoycottEverything.

The regime is weaker than it's ever been. It's flailing. Their own base is demanding the release of the #EpstienFiles. Their last gasp attempt to prevent the radical change that's coming is just to ethnically cleanse the US back to the 50's (which is what they always meant by "Make America Great Again"). Trump will do anything to stay in power, even if it means killing everyone on Earth in the process. But Americans can end it now by going on the offensive.

Now is the time.

#USPol

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@Hex@kolektiva.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

Economic pressure has always been the most powerful weapon in our arsenal. There's already a general strike being organized for this Friday.

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/01/20/18883119.php

(Original release https://minneapolisunions.org/system/files/2026-01/press_release_-_january_16_2026.pdf)

This has moved quickly, and it can keep moving quickly. The more people organizing, the faster the regime will back down and (I think quickly) collapse.

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January 23: Strike ICE Out of Minnesota : Indybay

The fascist military occupation of the Twin Cities, and communities throughout Minnesota, is being opposed with a general strike on Friday, January 23 endorsed by a large and diverse coalition of organizations. Rallies in solidarity with the general strike in Minneapolis have been announced in various cities, including Palo Alto, San Francisco and New York. The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO endorses the statewide day of action.
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@freakazoid@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

@Hex Gotta love the hoops Democrats and the MSM are jumping through to avoid calling it a "strike".

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