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What unites Palestine and Minneapolis
During the January 23 protest at Union Square in New York City, Workers World Party displayed placards saying:  “Stop the Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine!”  This message was not intended to e...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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They were a death squad.

They knew who Alex was.

And they shot him in the back.
Was Alex Pretti the subject of a targeted assassination?
Emerging evidence strongly indicates that the murder of Pretti was a targeted assassination carried out by the Trump administration’s paramilitary forces in order to terrorize Minneapolis citizens opp...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Trump’s tactical retreat in Minneapolis: The danger of dictatorship remains
The tactical retreat on the part of the Trump administration is not an abandonment of its authoritarian course—it is a recalibration and regroupment.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Driven by climate change, devastating winter storm kills at least 29 across the US
A huge winter storm blanketed more than half of the lower 48 US states, beginning on Friday and bringing subfreezing temperatures, snow, ice, freezing rain and devastation to hundreds of millions of p...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Trump’s “Murder, Inc.” and the execution of Alex Pretti
The murder of Alex Pretti is a vast escalation in the paramilitary terror in Minneapolis which is the spearhead of an ongoing conspiracy to establish a presidential dictatorship in the United States.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Stop ICE murders and repression! Build a rank-and-file movement for a general strike!
The organization of a general strike requires the formation of rank-and-file committees in every factory, work location, and neighborhood.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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The January 23 mass protests in Minneapolis mark a turning point in the fight against dictatorship
The demand for mass coordinated action has emerged not from trade union officials or politicians but from below.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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Over one hundred thousand protest against ICE occupation in Minneapolis: Live updates
The WSWS will be providing live on-the-ground updates in Minnesota and beyond on the unfolding confrontation between workers and youth and federal forces.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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The “rupture in the world order”—World Economic Forum dominated by inter-imperialist conflict
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney painted a stark picture of a global capitalist system roiled by inter-imperialist rivalries and hurtling towards world war in a speech Tuesday to the World Economic...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Minneapolis resistance grows as ICE occupation intensifies
The WSWS will be providing live on-the-ground updates in Minnesota and beyond on the unfolding confrontation between workers and youth and federal forces.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Whistleblowers expose ICE memo that disregards the 4th Amendment
Two anonymous DHS officials have exposed through Whistleblower Aid a secret memorandum from Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons that authorizes federal immigration police to forcibly enter homes with only ...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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For a general strike against ICE violence and Trump’s dictatorship!
This statement will be distributed at demonstrations and protests organized in Minneapolis and other cities throughout the US on January 23, 2026.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Supporters call for release of innocent family held in ICE detention for 7 months as Trump administration continues national immigrant kidnapping operation
The family continues to be held at an ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas after the children’s father, Mohamed Soliman, was accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a pro-Israel march in Colorado ...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Twilight at the Met: Capitalism’s contempt for culture
The company’s announcement this week of yet another round of devastating cutbacks exposes the incapacity of American capitalism to sustain even its most celebrated cultural institutions.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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The New World Situation: The decline of U.S. imperialism and the centrality of the class struggle
The writer is the First Secretary of Workers World Party. In assessing the new world situation, we should start here in the U.S. At this moment, the epicenter of the struggle is Minneapolis. What’s h...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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US appeals court overturns judge’s ruling that blocked arrest and deportation of Mahmoud Khalil
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 decision sends the case back to immigration court and overturns the ruling by a New Jersey judge that Khalil’s rights had been violated when he was apprehe...
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January 19, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Students and workers support call for a general strike to oppose federal occupation of Minneapolis
At a rally Sunday in Minnesota, postal workers, students, and community members spoke with WSWS reporters about the murder of Renee Good and the way forward for the working class.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Fascist run out of Minneapolis while attempting to lead pro-ICE, anti-immigrant hate rally
Jake Lang was pardoned by Trump for his role in the failed coup of January 6, 2021, when he was in the mob which stormed the Capitol.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The Trump administration is, in effect, declaring war on the American people.
January 19, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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The Minnesota general strike and the re-emergence of class struggle in the United States
The United States has reached a point where the scale of political breakdown and the ferocity of class tensions are generating profound shifts in consciousness.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Stop the ICE reign of terror in Minnesota!
In the week following the January 7 murder of Renée Nicole Good, Minneapolis has been occupied by thousands of federal paramilitary forces operating under the direction of the president.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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“People in the plant are ready to fight”: Ford Rouge workers speak out in defense of co-worker victimized for opposing Trump
Ford workers at the Rouge Complex are speaking out in defense of Thomas “TJ” Sabula, who was suspended without pay after denouncing Trump during the president’s visit to the plant.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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"We cannot have oligarchy": Protesters oppose Trump's visit to Detroit
On Tuesday, President Trump paid a visit to the MotorCity Casino in Detroit. Detroiters rallied against him. Mayor Mary Sheffield dispatched the Detroit Police, who arrested at least two protesters.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Outpouring of support for Ford Rouge worker victimized for opposing Trump
Thomas "TJ" Sabula was suspended without pay pending an investigation, in clear retaliation for publicly confronting the president at the Ford Rouge Complex Tuesday.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Young protester permanently blinded as DHS agents attack anti-ICE demonstration in Santa Ana, California
From Minneapolis to Santa Ana, federal agents are carrying out violent attacks on civilians as the Trump administration intensifies its fascistic program to suppress dissent.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:45 AM