Two-hundred-and-fifty years later, the Minneapolis massacres of 2026 must be answered with a movement in defense of democratic rights against the attempt to establish a dictatorship of the oligarchs.

Now is the time to mobilize the massive power of the working class.

In 1770 the massacre of five colonials in Boston by British troops set into motion the revolutionary movement that overthrew monarchical rule and established the United States in 1776.

This conspiracy must be stopped. Fascism will not be allowed to triumph in the United States.

What is unfolding in Minneapolis is part of a conspiracy to establish a military-police dictatorship throughout the country. The few dozen billionaire oligarchs and massive corporations that control the country cannot tolerate democracy.

The resignation and prosecution of all members of the Trump administration responsible for the violation of rights guaranteed by the US Constitution.

The immediate end to the vicious persecution of immigrants living in the United States.

The immediate release from detention of all immigrants who have been swept up in the ICE dragnet.

and the criminal prosecution of its officials and all agents responsible for murder and other acts of violence.

The reign of terror by Trump’s ICE stormtroopers must be stopped.

The Socialist Equality Party proposes the organization of a nationwide general strike with the following demands:

The removal of ICE agents from Minneapolis and all cities; the disbanding of the organization;

The protests, moreover, have centered on issues of state violence, which is leading the working class into a direct confrontation with the capitalist state itself—not only in Minneapolis but across the country.