Minneapolis Community Defense Is “Riding on the Learning Edge of a Whirlwind”
“We are becoming the people that we always knew that we needed to be,” says Minneapolis organizer Andrew Fahlstrom.#CommunityDefense
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2026-02-01Being The Right Best Person: A Conversation with Donna Mae in Minneapolis
“I keep a shotgun in every corner of my bedroom and the first cracker even look like he wants to throw some dynamite on my porch won’t write his mama again."
Fannie Lou Hamer - Woke Up This Morning
https://youtu.be/tnfcofde5vw
#Music #FannieLouHamer #Gospel #ProtestSong #CommunityDefense
"This wide-ranging anthology uncovers the hidden histories & ideas of community armed self-defense, exploring how it has been used by marginalized & oppressed communities as well as anarchists & radicals within significant social movements of the twentieth & twenty-first centuries."
Setting Sights: Histories & Reflections on Community Armed Self Defense (scott crow, editor)
https://www.scottcrow.org/book-setting-sights-histories-and-reflections-on-community-armed-self-defense/
https://archive.org/details/setting-sights-scott-crow
#CommunityDefense #SelfDefense #CommunityArmedSelfDefense #Antifascism
Last night, generous Portlanders heard word that some ICE agents were new to legal cannabis culture so the city did what it does best and showed them how to hotbox. Just another classic example of Portland’s unmatched passion for tourism and community spirit.
We stand with Portland.
Drop a ✊💙 for our fellow #BlueCrew members holding the line, defending dignity, and never backing down.
#ProudBlue #Solidarity #CommunityDefense #PowerToThePeople #AbolishICE
The Mexican Town That Kicked Out Politicians And Started Over
Cherán is a town of some 20,000 inhabitants in the highlands of Michoacán, one of the Mexican states that’s suffered most in the drug wars of the last decade.
Armed men and women — not police, but members of an autonomous militia — guard every entrance to the town, looking for strangers with contraband.
At the height of election season in Mexico, contraband means mostly political campaign ads: Guards confiscated thousands of banners and posters, from every major political party in Mexico, in just a few weeks. These ads, along with the political parties that produce them, are completely banned in Cherán, and have been since 2011, when residents overthrew their local government and started over.
The town had been terrorized for years by an organized crime syndicate devoted to illegally logging the surrounding forests. After mobs drove out the criminals, they disarmed and drove out the corrupt cops who had protected them. Then they banned the politicians and the parties that put them in power.
In their place, the people of Cherán developed an autonomous system of self-rule based on horizontal, direct-democratic assemblies.
And while it remains economically dependent on the existing government, Cherán has achieved something unthinkable in Michoacán: Reducing the rate of murders and other serious crimes to close to zero.
For many in Mexico, especially in an election year marred by wanton political murders, Cherán stands as proof that, in the country’s entrenched cycle of violence, the key ingredient is the state: Remove that ingredient, and it’s possible to start from scratch.
How to Protect Your Neighbors from ICE Terror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59PYoMzgh0U
This video is my response to the murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, and my thoughts on how to protect one another in the face of state terror...
#Protection #StateTerror #Brutality #AlexPretti #Thugs #Evil #Funded #Fascism #Organize #CommunityDefense
OPENLY executed. OPENLY, OBVIOUSLY politically assassinated. Period.
#ARRESTTRUMP
#GENERALACTION
#COMMUNITYDEFENSE
#ICEISNTIMMIGRATION
ICE IS NOT FOR IMMIGRATION! Time to recognize this.
OPENLY executed. OPENLY, OBVIOUSLY politically assassinated. Period.
#ARRESTTRUMP
#GENERALACTION
#COMMUNITYDEFENSE
#ICEISNTIMMIGRATION
ICE IS NOT FOR IMMIGRATION! Time to recognize this.
#GENERALACTION NOW! There must be DEFENSE, there should be ARRESTS OF ICE AGENTS AND THEIR GOONSQUADS, and there must be an END to their murderous, illegal, unconstitutional rampage on our streets ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. One fucking way or the other. These people must be held accountable, all the way up to trump, who likely told them they could do this.
#GENERALACTION NOW! There must be DEFENSE, there should be ARRESTS OF ICE AGENTS AND THEIR GOONSQUADS, and there must be an END to their murderous, illegal, unconstitutional rampage on our streets ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. One fucking way or the other. These people must be held accountable, all the way up to trump, who likely told them they could do this.
After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
Elections, labor, mutual aid, and local organizing wins in 2025 point to strategies that can work in the coming year.THAT ISNT A "MARCH", its a PROTEST.
I hope this helps some folks understand the difference between the permitted, merchandised, marketed, star and DNC-powered Marches for Causes that have been happening for decades WITHOUT ACHIEVING A FUCKING THING, and a REAL PROTEST movement and #GENERALACTION of the type happening in #Minneapolis
#COMMUNITYDEFENSE NOW!
THAT ISNT A "MARCH", its a PROTEST.
I hope this helps some folks understand the difference between the permitted, merchandised, marketed, star and DNC-powered Marches for Causes that have been happening for decades WITHOUT ACHIEVING A FUCKING THING, and a REAL PROTEST movement and #GENERALACTION of the type happening in #Minneapolis
#COMMUNITYDEFENSE NOW!
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#Arizona AG suggests residents may gun down masked ICE agents if they felt threatened under state law
Story by Michael D. Carroll
Excerpt: "Arizona's Attorney General #KrisMayes has wildly suggested that residents can open fire on masked ICE agents if they feel their life is in danger, citing the state's self-defense laws. But the Democrat's jaw-dropping comments have sparked outrage from critics who fear her words could incite violence against federal officers."
#ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #StormTroopers #ICESucks #CommunityDefense
FOLKS, IT'S FOURTH AND LONG FOR BLUE CITIES! They're FUMBLING the ball on crime like a rookie QB under pressure! We're talking TURNOVERS left and right as repeat offenders run wild! City leaders need to STEP UP their defensive game plan or risk getting SACKED by rising crime stats! This isn't a game - it's a FULL-CONTACT fight for safer streets!
#CrimePrevention #UrbanSafety #LawEnforcement #CommunityDefense
SALUTE / ALERTA mnemonics for actionable information
via #TwinCities Workers Defense
"Spread information, not panic. We protect one another by sharing useful and actionable information, not rumors. A.L.E.R.T.A., for a specific request for any aid!
Activity
Location
Equipment
Response requested
Time & date
Appearance
Request Aid & Support
For rapid response use ALERTA, and include a specific request for aid: observation, de-escalation, survivor support, medical aid, bystander intervention, etc.
What is happening? Activity
Where is this happening? Location
Are there weapons, vehicles, etc. involved? Equipment
What response is being requested? Request aid
What is the exact time and date? Time & date
Who? How many? What are they wearing? Appearance
Example
Dec 13 1:12pm (Time & date)
There are four APD officers (Appearance)
harassing a Black teen (Activity)
on the corner of Haywood & Virginia in West Ash (Location)
3 squad cars on the scene (Equipment)
Requesting aid to observe and record (Request aid)
ALERTA is credited to radicals in Asheville, as an alternative to SALUTE, to move away from the US military framework and to emphasize the request for a response.
You may still be asked to provide information according to SALUTE— similar purpose, different acronym.
Spread information, not panic. When reporting or signal boosting potential threats, provide as much information as possible!
SALUTE guide:
S - size/strength
A - actions/activity
L - location & direction
U - uniform/clothes
T - time & date of observation
E - equipment/weapons
S.A.L.U.T.E.
Size/strength: '5 to 6 armed agitators'
Actions/activity: 'Harassing random peope on the move'
Location & direction: 'Manhattan, East of Central Park, E 97th St'
Uniform/clothes: 'Dark jackets, ballcaps'
Time & date of observation: '8:32 PM June 1'
Equipment & weapons: "They have body armor and pepper spray"
Not a useful tweet: 'proudboys spotted'
Where? When? What are they doing? How many? What are they carrying?"
Use your judgement!"
Source [includes graphics]:
https://workersdefensealliance.org/resources/salute-alerta-mnemonics-actionable-information
#Resistance #ResistICE #SALUTE #ALERTA #ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #USPol #CommunityDefense
#AntiICE #Whistles: Communities Turn to Old Tactics to Fight New Threats
From Bangkok to Brooklyn, whistles have played a vital role in #resistance movements for decades.
Sebastián Sturla for Brave of US
Jan 05, 2026
Excerpt: "Those carrying the whistles follow a simple code: three short bursts to indicate the presence of ICE and three long blows for an active detainment. Utilizing whistles in this way is the latest iteration of what Camarena calls a 'tried-and-true' method of resistance. Novel on the national scale, the act of literally ‘blowing the whistle’ has been instrumental in numerous movements both abroad and domestically."
https://documentedny.com/2026/01/05/whistles-immigration-bystander/
#ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #ResistICE #Fascism #Authoritarianism #CommunityDefense
One last push is all I need. This is the last one I'm going to ask for. Please like, share, and help out if you can. https://youtu.be/9Xx_BV2XxGE #OneLastPush #CommunityDefense #SignalBoost #PushBackTogether #DemandTheyStand
Video from St. Cloud Minnesota show's a couple ICE agents attempting to grab a Somali American, emphasis on attempt, and having a hundred community members IMMEDIATLY surround these shitty federal cops.
These pigs were obviously massively outnumbered and run off with their tails between their legs.
📸 somalisnaps via IG
#FuckICE #StCloud #minnesota #minnesotaICE #CommunityDefense #MeltICE
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