Minnesota

The Struggle is Our Inheritance: A History of Radical Minnesota

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 21 2020 15:00

A pamphlet on the radical history of Minnesota, originally produced as part of the preparations for the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul. This copy was found at infoshop.io

“An Injury to One is an Injury to All”: A Minneapolis Bus Driver on Solidarity with Minneapolis Protesters

Submitted by R Totale on Jun 3 2020 14:37

An interview from Hard Crackers with Adam, a Minneapolis bus driver who refused to let the police use his vehicle and encouraged other drivers to do the same.

Police Precinct Torched in Minneapolis as Government Buildings Stormed & Riots Spread in Solidarity with Uprising

Submitted by R Totale on May 29 2020 15:24

A report from It's Going Down on the uprising in Minneapolis and solidarity actions elsewhere.

Minneapolis: Now This Fight Has Two Sides - What the Riots Mean for the COVID-19 Era

Submitted by R Totale on May 29 2020 08:28

Crimethinc analyse the riots in Minneapolis, the first large-scale revolt in the US since the start of the Covid pandemic.

After Successful Strike, Minnesota Prisoners Think Bigger

Submitted by R Totale on Dec 20 2018 18:53

A statement from the Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee on the concessions won by a recent strike at Rush City Correctional Facility.

Al Ditty – Working Class Hero

Grave marker for Al Ditty, Mpls. sanitation worker who leaked police raid plan

A tribute to a white Minneapolis sanitation worker who was fired and committed suicide after leaking plans for a police raid on the Justice for Jamar Clark protest encampment outside the 4th Precinct police station in North Minneapolis.

Building Working-Class Defense Organizations: An Interview with the Twin Cities GDC

Submitted by Kdog on Dec 9 2016 06:47

First of May Anarchist Alliance interviewed Erik D., Secretary of Twin Cities IWW-General Defense Committee (GDC) Local 14. The GDC which has grown to approximately 100 members in Minnesota has become an important pole of struggle for pro-working-class revolutionaries on a number of different fronts, most significantly the year-long struggle against police killings and brutality.

"I barely survived on Chicago-Lake Liquors wages": an account of a campaign

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Sep 18 2016 03:49

An account by Juan Conatz of an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) campaign at a liquor store in Minneapolis during the first half of 2013.

Hat Trick

Submitted by Recomposition on Sep 15 2016 02:29
Hat Trick / Image by Monica Kostas

A piece by John O’Reilly in Minnesota about his experiences working at a liquor store. Sports is often there in the background shaping our interactions, defining relationships, and reflecting the struggles and aspirations of workers. In Hat Trick O’Reilly reminds us of the role of sports setting out the divisions and unity in our lives.

Wages so low you'll freak - Mike Pudd'nhead

A book by Mike Pudd'nhead about his experience working at Jimmy Johns in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and attempting to organize a union with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) from 2007-2011.