The leftist rag, the Peoples Dispatch, states that "[m]omentum toward a statewide general strike is rapidly building in Minnesota, as unions, businesses, students, and community organizations prepare to shut down work, schools, and commerce on January 23, in response to the killing of Renee Macklin Good and the expanding presence of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Twin Cities." The article adds:
The call to shut down the Twin Cities and the entire state of Minnesota has been joined by over 100 labor unions, community organizations, cultural groups, and tenant and neighborhood associations. Hundreds of small businesses so far have also declared they will totally shut down, according to a sign-on letter shared with Peoples Dispatch.
The question is whether anyone (but news organizations) will notice? Meanwhile, per ABC News, the "Army orders military police to get ready for a possible Minneapolis deployment, AP source says." This is only a few dozen MPs according to the article. But it also notes that "[a]bout 1,500 active-duty soldiers from the Army’s 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska also have received similar standby orders."
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