January 27, 2026
A dear friend from Minneapolis sent me this heartfelt message about the resilience of her fellow citizens in the face of the ICE crackdowns (shared with permission):
“I’m so proud of my city right now. Everyone is in it for the long haul. Every shitty thing they do, more of us come out to witness, record, object. I’m expecting it to get worse before it gets better (if that’s even a thing anymore ‘better’), but we won’t go down quietly & we will win the narrative war.”
As an eyewitness account of the power of community she recommended:
https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/from-minneapolis-ive-never-seen-unity
Its author really captures the spirit of what’s unfolding:
“The resistance to ICE in Minneapolis is strong, generalized, and sustained. It’s also entirely decentralized and leaderless (or “leaderful” if you’d like). There are roles. There is organizing—there’s so much organizing. There are so many organizers, from so many communities and identities.”
This post shows another way this grassroots ICE Watch movement turns solidarity into empowerment:
“ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval. And the noise has the added benefit of drawing large crowds of bystanders who can quickly outnumber the ICE agents, who then have to decide if they want to escalate a situation or perhaps abandon their activity altogether.”
https://www.ms.now/opinion/minneapolis-ice-watch-protesters-violence-research
One more living example of why effective community building may be essential to saving society in ever darkening times.
