In the merciless subzero grip of January 2026, Minnesota's so-called "economic blackout" protesting ICE operations stands exposed as a meticulously coordinated insurrection masterminded by Marxist radicals—masquerading as a heartfelt plea for justice after the regrettable death of Renee Good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dk67g4q91o
This is not sincere advocacy. It is a deliberate campaign to erode American democracy, replace constitutional order with revolutionary committees, and impose a suffocating socialist dictatorship that history has proven leads only to poverty, famine, and tyranny.
These ideologues cynically exploit tragedy to advance their agenda—yet in their fanaticism they inflict crushing economic pain on the very immigrant communities they claim to defend, forcing closures and lost wages in a spectacle of ideological cruelty.
This is not principled dissent. It is a frontal assault on civic order, cloaked in moral posturing.
The most damning evidence comes straight from the radicals’ own mouths.
Revolutionary Communists of America (RCA) They openly describe the January 23 blackout as nothing less than a "launchpad for an all-out general strike" to "end ICE and the capitalist system once and for all" — and call for building "neighborhood action committees" to replace elected government with revolutionary bodies.
→ Read their own words here: Anti-ICE Rage Surges in Minnesota — Prepare for a General Strike!
Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) They explicitly instructed workers to "fake sick" using Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) law — taking a "mental health day" without documentation — to join the political strike without employer pushback.
→ Read their own guidance on exploiting sick leave for the strike: Twin Cities DSA ESST Guidance for January 23
These are not fringe statements. They are the public, intentional blueprints of the groups driving the action.
ESST Fraud Rep. Dave Baker called DSA’s coaching "a blatant abuse of the system" that "damages the trust required for all future labor protections." This is not clever organizing — it is theft by deception: stealing taxpayer-funded sick time to finance political insurrection.
Paramilitary Stalking via "ICE Watch" Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino reported agents being "stalked" for up to 10 hours — followed even into gas station restrooms — in a deliberate campaign of psychological terror. Encrypted Signal chats dox license plates in real time. This is not protest; it is coordinated conspiracy to intimidate federal officers and their families.
Sacrilege at Cities Church On January 18, 2026, radicals stormed a worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul because the pastor is an ICE official. They disrupted prayers, shouted down congregants, terrified children, and endangered innocent worshippers. Attorney General Pam Bondi is prosecuting them under the federal FACE Act — the same law that protects abortion clinics and places of worship. These radicals do not merely oppose ICE; they oppose the First Amendment.
More than 700 businesses — most of them Somali-owned in Cedar-Riverside and other immigrant neighborhoods — closed on January 23, forfeiting vital revenue during a brutal post-holiday slump and -20°F wind chills.
Hourly workers and shopkeepers lost a full day’s pay in a month when margins are already razor-thin.
Meanwhile, the "professional" activists from DSA, RCA, and allied groups — often students, academics, or full-time organizers — risked zero personal income.
They exploit Somali merchants, restaurant workers, and low-wage laborers as economic human shields — forcing them to sacrifice their livelihoods so radicals could test their "general strike" theories in real time.
On January 23, while radicals shouted about "liberation," their actions shuttered Minneapolis Public Schools, stalled Metro Transit, and froze commerce — trapping thousands of working-class families in their homes during -20°F wind chills.
That is not freedom. That is confinement.
That is a preview of the socialist future they demand: impoverished, immobilized, and ruled by "rank-and-file committees."
While the BBC paints a sanitized picture of "Faith in Action," the ground reality is Revolution in Action.
These subversives aren’t just targeting ICE. They are targeting the bank accounts of Somali shopkeepers, the education of American children, and the sanctity of churches.
It is a deception built on a martyr who resisted arrest, executed by radicals who have far more in common with Bolsheviks than with the Minnesota neighbors they claim to represent.
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RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/anti-ice-rage-surges-in-minnesota-prepare-for-a-general-strike
Twin Cities DSA ESST Guidance: https://tcdsa.org/ice-out-strike-esst-guide
Baker on ESST Abuse: https://www.willmarradio.com/news/baker-says-using-earned-safe-and-sick-time-to-strike-is-abuse-of-the-system/article_e5eb27ec-036f-408b-95ac-975334311db0.html
Bovino on Stalking: https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/local/border-patrol-says-agents-were-stalked-with-no-help-mpd
Bondi on FACE Act Prosecutions: https://www.npr.org/2026/01/22/g-s1-106899/minnesota-church-protest-arrests-pam-bondi-don-lemon
School & Transit Disruptions: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/22/dangerous-cold-minnesota-schools