Hear from the MINNESOTA 15
DATE:
10/01/2026
TIME:
06:30 PM
| When “Operation Metro Surge” flooded the Twin Cities with 3600+ ICE and Border Patrol agents last December, tens of thousands of Minneapolis-St. Paul residents confronted the law-breaking federal agents with rapid response networks, protests, mutual aid and a huge city-wide one-day general strike. The Chamber of Commerce reacted to this massive working class response by calling on the U.S. Government to de-escalate. In the aftermath, ICE leaders Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino were fired and thousands of ICE and BP agents were forced to leave the state.
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Thursday, October 1, 2026
6:30 PM. CT
Haymarket House, | While the federal government retreated, it came at a heavy price. Two rapid responders, Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, were murdered by ICE agents. Nearly 3,800 others have been arrested and ICE has regrouped to continue its mass persecution. In June 2026, the U.S. government charged 15 of the rapid responders, the “Minnesota 15,” with conspiracy to obstruct or injure federal agents, even though no federal agents claimed injuries resulting from the 15’s actions. The MN15 are being targeted for the same acts of solidarity that many thousands of their fellow Minnesotans were doing, as many thousands here in Chicago did during “Operation Midway Blitz.” The newly-formed “Minnesota 15 Defense Committee – Chicago” invites you to meet two of the Minnesota 15 defendants in person to hear their stories, build solidarity, and defend against creeping authoritarianism. Please join us to hear from MN15 defendants Isaac Sant and Callum “Cal” Robinet. |
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