Minneapolis Rises: How a Subzero General Strike Became the Twin Cities’ Defining Moment of Resistance

When clergy members knelt on frozen pavement outside Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport on Friday, singing “Everybody’s got a right to live” as police loaded them onto buses, they crystallized something extraordinary: an entire metropolitan area willing to sacrifice economic prosperity to defend its soul. In subzero temperatures, thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul while hundreds of businesses voluntarily closed their doors, marking the most widespread organized resistance since federal immigration agents arrived over six weeks ago.

We’ll break it down.