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  Alex Pretti Add his name to Renee Good's. Joyce Vance Jan 27 After a long, difficult weekend, following the murder of Alex Pretti on Saturday in Minneapolis, which followed the murder of Renee Good earlier in the month, there is more evidence that when we protest against this administration and stay the course, we prevail. We cannot give up, and Americans don’t look like they intend to. Instead, with a lot of grit, they are staying the course. There is more I want to write about the death of Alex Pretti once I finish processing everything that happened this weekend. I think we’re all still processing, but also, it’s a moment that demands action, so we have to be able to do both of those things at once. We saw the shameless, untrue, demeaning propaganda DHS spouted about Pretti. There is the failure to acknowledge a tragic mistake, to show empathy for his family, to take steps to take the temperature down—all things this administration must be held accountable for at the highest ...

Minnesota Fights Back What happened in Minneapolis cannot stand Scott Dworkin Jan 25 While the Trump regime tries to exhaust us with their rampant abuses of power, I’m proud to be one of your daily outlets for truth and action. We’re cutting through their propaganda and taking them on every single day, just like we have for a decade. Thank you for taking part in building up our movement. Your presence here alone is an act of resistance. Thank you for showing up, staying informed, and doing what you can to make a difference. Let’s jump in. ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed yesterday by Trump’s federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The story pushed out by the regime about the incident was pure propaganda—contradicted immediately by multiple eyewitness videos. Here’s what we know: Pretti was legally armed with a handgun, but recordings of the encounter show he never pulled it out or had it in his hands. He was a 37-year-old ICU nurse with no criminal record, and he su...

  Follow and Share on Social Media Minnesota’s General Strike builds on 10 global civil disobedience movements Day of Truth and Freedom Minnesota’s General Strike isn’t happening in a vacuum. Discover how this movement builds on the legacy of 10 iconic peaceful civil disobedience movements from around the globe. Minnesota’s General Strike builds on the legacy of 10 major worldwide movements Across Minnesota, businesses are closed. People are not shopping. Workers have stayed home or called in sick. Work stoppages. An economic blackout. It could be a model for what the nation as a whole does to  repudiate the Trump dictatorship . —  Robert Reich  “Thoreau was the first American to define and use  civil disobedience  as a means of protest”. He began the tradition of non-violent protest that  Martin Luther King Jr.  built upon” —  Smithsonian   Learn from other civil disobedience movements   Explore this map  This is what democrac...