All Eyes on Minneapolis: Lessons on Resisting Authoritarianism

About this episode

The episode discusses the resistance against ICE crackdowns in Minneapolis and the broader implications for fighting authoritarianism.

In this bonus episode, PRA researchers discuss the deadly ICE crackdown in Minneapolis and the powerful resistance we’ve seen on the streets. ICE continues to kidnap thousands with impunity, and the brutal murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti show the naked brutality of this authoritarian administration. But everyday people continue to defend their neighbors and communities: by organizing in neighborhoods, on street corners, at airports, and at City Hall; and by grinding business as usual to a halt and showing the entire country, and the world, what it takes to stand up in this moment. To make sense of the moment, PRA’s Ben Lorber talks to fellow Senior Research Analysts Annie Wilkinson and Ethan Fauré, as well as Principal Research Advisor Steven Gardiner. They discuss the decades-long advance of today’s anti-immigrant movement from the margins to the MAGA mainstream; the strategies of lawfare, repression and fearmongering at the heart of the authoritarian playbook; and what we can expect from the Right moving forward. They also explore what the resistance in Minneapolis can teach us as we sharpen our own strategies to block the Right and build a better future. This episode was…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Lorber

Guests: Annie Wilkinson, Ethan Fauré, Steven Gardiner

Topics covered

• resistance
• authoritarianism
• anti-immigrant movement
• community organizing
• lawfare
• repression
• fearmongering

Keywords

• ICE
• Minneapolis
• resistance
• authoritarianism
• community organizing
• anti-immigrant
• lawfare
• repression

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, Political Research Associates

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