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US immigration and customs enforcement The architecture of exclusion: The global offensive against the right to migrate

While the economies of various nations are sustained on the labor of migrants, the “ICE-ization” of immigration policy around the world criminalizes their very existence.

European left denounces EU Parliament vote outcome as attack on right to asylum

Left parties and activists warn the EU is dismantling the right to asylum while its border agency Frontex echoes ICE patterns.

Milan’s Winter Olympics met with protests against ICE and Israel

As an elite audience gathered in Milan for the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics, thousands protested the presence of ICE agents, Israel’s participation, and land speculation.

Abuelas of the Panal Commune Venezuela How Venezuela poses an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the US agenda

Unlike social democratic projects in the West, Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has set out to fundamentally transform society and build a socialist project rooted in class struggle and run by its people.

Desk drawer with printed pictures including Trump with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and Trump standing with women in swimwear. Trump, ICE, and the Epstein Files

Belgian political leader Peter Mertens writes on how in the US, security forces move into working-class neighborhoods – not into the villas and golf clubs of Epstein or Trump. Words like “monsters” and “death penalty” are reserved for people at the bottom, but as soon as the spotlight is turned upward, the hysteria dissipates.

Rod Adams, executive director of the New Justice Project MN “We are winning”: Minnesota calls on the country to join January 30 national shutdown

Minnesota calls for a nationwide shutdown as organizers cite escalating ICE repression, recent killings, and growing support for a national general strike.

Announcement of ICE presence at Italy’s Winter Olympics exposes Europe’s own anti-migrant policies

European left groups are calling for solidarity with movements in the US by mobilizing against ICE presence at Italy’s Winter Olympics and Europe’s own right-wing turn.

NUMSA march to US consulate in solidarity with Venezuela “It is Venezuela today. It will be South Africa tomorrow,” warns its largest trade union

Marching to the US consulate in Johannesburg, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) protested against US aggression on Venezuela on January 24.

protest at Pretti's murder site Killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis a day after general strike ignites community outrage

The killing of Alex Pretti came hours after Minnesota’s historic general strike, marking an escalation of violence and repression by federal authorities.

Somali business owners spearhead Minnesota shutdown against ICE

Hundreds of Somali-owned businesses are joining a multi-sector general strike on January 23, as communities across Minnesota mobilize to demand ICE out of the state.

mass protest against ICE in Minneapolis ICE and fire: momentum surges in Minnesota toward a general strike against Trump’s agenda

A statewide shutdown looms in Minnesota as mass opposition to ICE builds into a general strike with implications far beyond the Twin Cities.

Minnesota community calls for day of action against ICE “Now is the time”: Minnesota calls for general strike on January 23 to drive ICE out

Faith groups, labor unions, community organizations, businesses, and more have come together to mobilize millions to withdraw from the economy on the day of action.