The Twin Cities IWW has passed the following motion: Whereas: On March 3rd 1991 the Line 3 pipeline caused the largest inland oil spill in US history, rupturing in Grand Rapids, Minnesota spilling 1.7 million gallons of oil into the Prairie River; and Whereas: In July 2010, Enbridge also spilled about a million gallons of Dilbit Oil … Continue reading Twin Cities IWW in Solidarity with Camp Makwa and the movement for environmental justice.
A Crossroads in Saint Cloud: Culture War or Rebuilding Together
This is a long form essay on the situation in Saint Cloud following the knife attack by Dirhan Adan, the backlash against Somalis that followed, and the resistance to that backlash. Written in several sections, it explores how the anti-refugee far right is using Islamophobia as a cover for their attack on the working class, compares and contrasts this anti-immigrant sentiment with the historical anti-German sentiment that helped form St Cloud's history of tension and resistance, and analyzes the city's economic conditions. It puts forward a call for community working class unity to push for housing, wages, and jobs, and against attempts by the far right to push cultural warfare.
Robert Kroll: Not Credible On Race and Policing
Backgrounder and demand to local journalists to mention Kroll's extensive racist history.
Twin Cities General Defense Committee 