Local Businesses Show Support for Nationwide 'ICE OUT' Strike

Two businesses in Great Barrington take part in general strike against ICE

Great Barrington — Railroad Street businesses Bon Dimanche and Hart took part in a national general strike on Friday, January 30, to protest the crackdown on immigration by the Trump administration and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including fatal shootings by ICE agents in Minneapolis. On January 7, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renée Good while she was in her car. On January…

Local businesses show support for nationwide 'ICE OUT' strike

Some small businesses across the region expressed support for a nationwide 'ICE OUT" initiative protesting recent immigration crackdowns.

Spokane businesses offer messages of support for immigrants amidst nationwide strike

While Friday was business as usual for most Spokane businesses, a handful either closed or remained open with a message of support for immigrant communities or a condemnation of Immigration Customs Enforcement as part of a nationwide strike.

ICE OUT: Resources to Support the General Strike on 1/30

Cover photo by Anna Wilcox    KBOO Community Radio stands in solidarity with the ICE Out General Strike. We support the immigrant community today and every day, and condemn the gruesome and unlawful actions of ICE in Minnesota and across the country.   We will continue to run our volunteer-produced programming today as usual to provide a grassroots, non-commercial media space for listeners to engage, reflect, and come together.  Today and every …

Kansas City Activist 'ICE OUT' Joins Nationwide General Strike

Today progressive organizers across the nation and our metro have mobilized to an American general strike against ICE.Locally the effort has more support than we would have expected . . . There are several Kansas City businesses that plan to shut down today.To be fair, in this economy, there are a lot more businesses that can't afford to close shop so, instead, they're showing solidarity by holding in-house events & fundraisers in solidarity. Fo…