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Meet the Minnesota Students Behind Today’s National General Strike Campaign
['Nate Halverson', 'Julia Lurie', 'Katie Herchenroeder', 'James West', 'Gillian Brockell', 'Anna Merlan', 'Mark Follman', 'Oliver Milman', 'Dharna Noor', 'Ari Berman']
Mother Jones
Stop funding ICE.” That’s the rallying cry behind the campaign for a nationwide general strike on Friday, seeking to galvanize opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Events are planned across the country, from New York to San Francisco, where businesses are announcing they won’t open their doors.
“We want to bring it to the national stage and see it happen all over the country.
Federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse and U.S. citizen, a day after the first general strike that sent thousands of Minnesotans marching in the frigid Minneapolis winter.
Students began organizing almost immediately for a second general strike, using their website to call on other states to join Minnesota in protesting Trump’s violent and increasingly unpopular immigration crackdown.