"We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate": Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Day

[douglas9]

MINNEAPOLIS — Unions and community groups gathered in front of the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota this morning to announce a day of ​“no work, no school, no shopping” on January 23 to oppose the ferocious assault on the state by federal immigration authorities.

“We are facing a tsunami of hate from our own federal government,” Abdikarim Khasim, a Minnesota rideshare driver, told the crowd. ​“We’re going to shut it down on the 23rd. We’re going to overcome this.”

JaNaé Bates Imari, representative of the church Camphor Memorial UMC, told the crowd that the joint action will be ​“a day when every single Minnesotan who loves this state — who loves the idea of truth and freedom — will refuse to work, shop and go to school. We are asking every single person, every family member, every teacher, every bus driver, every childcare worker, to come together, to be in community, to stand with one another.”

“What we have witnessed, what we have all gone through, is not normal,” she added. ​“We have seen through several videos the murder of one of our own, Renee Good. We have witnessed violence, over and over again. Families being ripped apart, loved ones being torn from their hospital beds, from their workplaces, homes. Violence is no longer a threat but a reality that surrounds us.”

https://inthesetimes.com/article/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting-labor-unions

[OrlandoDem2]

1. This needs to go nationwide!

[MichMan]

2. Imagine the visual impact it would have if every single residence and business was pitch black

with no power ,water or heat.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Are you suggesting that there will be no power, water or heat if people stay home? Or

is there a threat that the "government" will impose no power, water or heat on the citizens? I don't understand your point, MichMan. Please explain. Thanks. ❤️

[MichMan]

5. Why shouldn't utility workers refuse to go to work same as everyone else? They don't love the state any less.

JaNaé Bates Imari, representative of the church Camphor Memorial UMC, told the crowd that the joint action will be ​“a day when every single Minnesotan who loves this state — who loves the idea of truth and freedom — will refuse to work, shop and go to school.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. I still don't understand your point. Everyone means everyone.

Not just no power, water or heat but also no gas, food, banking, driving, childcare, emergency rooms, radio/TV, internet and so on.

I mean the list goes on.

To me no power, water or heat are the least of the worst things we could do without for 24 hours. If we're that weak then it's time to toughen up.

During hurricane season water, power and air conditioning are often unavailable for weeks for some people. I'm pretty sure that I can survive 24 hrs without several notable conveniences having lived through several hurricanes.

Also, many things are automated these days. It's not like we rely on a bunch of monkeys popping rubber bands to keep motors running anywhere.

[MichMan]

12. "Everyone means everyone"

Your reply was "Are you suggesting that there will be no power, water or heat if people stay home?"

Yes, that was exactly my point. If all utility employees are staying home, I can't see how they would still be able to provide electricity, water and heat. I imagine the temperature in Minnesota is pretty similar to Michigan.

Didn't even mention fire, police, paramedics, nursing homes, hospitals would all be staying home also.

[justaprogressive]

19. It's not like we rely on a bunch of monkeys popping rubber bands to keep motors running anywhere.

HAHAHAHA Be still my heart!

[littlemissmartypants]

24. I am known for my appreciation of colorful language. It's one of the

Benefits of growing up surrounded by creative types, including the tellers of Tall Tales. 😉❤️

[malaise]

17. Winter is that problem. n/t

[Randomthought]

4. WTF. Man

I live in Minneapolis we have suffered enough. No power in January is deadly.

[MichMan]

6. The organizers are urging every single Minnesotan to stay home from work that day

Obviously, every single person would include utility workers.

JaNaé Bates Imari, representative of the church Camphor Memorial UMC, told the crowd that the joint action will be ​“a day when every single Minnesotan who loves this state — who loves the idea of truth and freedom — will refuse to work, shop and go to school.

[Randomthought]

7. Stupid

No medical care. No emergency workers. Nursing home workers are supposed to leave the elderly and disabled to fend for themselves in the cold and dark?
That is idiocy

[MichMan]

8. Tell that to the people who are organizing and supporting it

I don't think they thought about this very carefully. Poster #1 wants it to go nationwide

[littlemissmartypants]

22. What do you think happens when the power goes out during a hurricane or ...

Health care workers have to shelter in place while others are evacuating? Nurses don't abandon their patients as a general rule. That's why emergency contingency plans exist. If there's a plan here, I'd love to read it.

[GopherGal]

21. I think we all remember 2020

We've had an unfortunate drill to teach us who is an "essential worker"

So, no, medical and public safety professionals, for example, should not participate "if they love their state".

And, as Texas test-ran for us, lack of power in January in Minneapolis would be worse than uncomfortable, it would be deadly.

[question everything]

9. What about people who are hospitalized or in a nursing home? Will the organizers care for them?

[littlemissmartypants]

11. And what if the "government" decided to extend and expand the action? ...

It's one thing to stage a 24 hour protest it's entirely different when it's pain imposed on citizens by their government.

I'd rather not give them any ideas. But at the same time, people need to be prepared for anything. I think we should be facing that realization with urgency based on everything we have seen up to now.

[Wednesdays]

23. Well, let's not get into black-or-white thinking.

I'm sure people have more common sense than to simply let people die so they can score political points.

[littlemissmartypants]

25. Thank you. ❤️

[question everything]

26. Rehab centers are already "short staffed" this will just add

Why not visit care centers to see for yourself?

[MichMan]

30. It doesn't get more black and white than saying "every single Minnesotan"

Most people would believe that meant everyone, not just some.

If they really didn't mean it, they didn't do a very good job of communicating to those they were asking to not go to work that day.

[leftstreet]

14. DURec

[malaise]

15. Not normal is correct

Kick

[yellow dahlia]

16. Bookmarking

[littlemissmartypants]

18. More from the article:

The organizers of the January 23 day of action hope to build on this momentum, and take mass resistance to the next phase.

“When your coworkers aren’t safe, nobody is safe,” Feben Ghilagaber, a server for Minnesota Wild Bar and Restaurant in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport and a steward for UNITE HERE Local 17, said a day ahead of the press conference. ​“It’s a nightmare. When you’re driving, you have to look over your shoulder, to see if somebody’s following you, or somebody’s been stopped. Every move you make, you have to be on guard.

But, she adds, workers are in a strong position to take action. ​“This country is run by workers.”

https://inthesetimes.com/article/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting-labor-unions

[malaise]

27. THIS

When your coworkers aren’t safe, nobody is safe,”

[spanone]

20. K&R

[Safe as Milk]

28. How does a statewide shutdown discourage Diddling Donny from

projecting his generalized hatred toward Minnesota? If it doesn't hurt Trump, any unified action won't affect him.

[Initech]

29. This is all because the right wing has a psychotic level of hate for Ilhan Omar.

They can't stand it that she's in Congress and hates them. So they are doing everything they can to shit on Minneapolis for it.