OCCUPY MINNESOTA
united together. solidarity forever.
Continued action, extended legacy.
The Occupy Movement stirred up many discussions, theories, and questions about how it would impact the future. While we may have been removed from The People’s Plaza, one can be assured that unity built and solidarity extended within The People’s Plaza cannot be removed from the occupier. When we first occupied in 2011 we witnessed a revolution in the American heart and mind. Countless individuals began thinking critically about their government, corporate corruption, and the lack of representation for “the 99%”.
We came together as a community and worked to establish long-lasting friendships, comradery, working-groups, and other networks that continue create change into today. Since the occupation of Minnesota we have worked together to help create and realize many other brilliant movements of focus and actions together, such as Occupy Homes, Strike Debt, Fight for 15, March Against Monsanto, March Against Corruption, Idle No More, NoDAPL, Black Lives Matter, to the now emerging No Kings movement – along with countless others.
As a community we have worked to support a liberated and empowered Minnesota stand up and voice their outrage in instances of injustice. Our reverberations continue, such as after the murder Jamar Clark, as community connected to occupy the 4th Precinct. We saw this same energy re-emerge again after the murder of George Floyd, with the subsequent actions and occupation of George Floyd Square. As Minnesotans, we own our streets and continue to be collective agents of change. Indeed, many of us have been there through it all in body, spirit, or both. We continue to support and play a role in social change today. We are grateful for those who are joining in and especially those who are returning to the fight.
Our efforts continue to be brought to you by the same people who originally helped bring you the Occupy Movement. We didn’t stop doing what we do – and we won’t stop doing what we do – as we can’t stop… and we won’t stop. We run things, things don’t run we. Don’t take nothing from nobody…
OccupyMN
(opens in a new tab)Occupy Minnesota joined the global movement October 7th, 2011.
The revolution will not be televised. We are the 99%. Solidarity forever.
NoMoreVictims.Net
This is a HUGE win for the Boundary Waters and for clean water in Minnesota. Minnesota is drawing a line against a toxic copper-sulfide mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters. And it happened because people spoke up! Tens of thousands of you made calls, sent emails, and flooded the DNR’s and the governor’s inboxes demanding action. You kept the pressure on, and it made a difference.
This is an important first step, and it sets a precedent for canceling Twin Metals’ remaining state mineral leases in the years ahead. There’s still work to do, but we’ll keep pushing to protect the Boundary Waters from this polluting industry.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to make a call, send an email, share our posts, or simply stand with the Boundary Waters. We couldn’t do this without you!
MAGAs care about nothing - constitutional rights, American small businesses, the overall economy. Hopped up on great replacement theory lies & r4c1st propaganda, they watch like dummies as the Trump crime family and the rest of the Epstein Class rob us blind, and the US implodes. So long as they get their cruelty, terror, and deportations, they are good, even if they are suferimg due to ICE themselves. The biggest suckers in US history.
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NPR
"Professor Matt Wilson, a co-author of the study, noted how strongly the economic ripples were felt outside of immigrant communities in the area. The report estimates that decreased consumer mobility cost retail shops and restaurants in non-immigrant neighborhoods roughly $1.26 billion, while costing the state of Illinois an estimated $107 million in lost tax revenue.
"We see a 9% drop in retail and a 10% drop in restaurant visits, and it persisted for about a year," Wilson told NPR. "And it's not that it recovered after a year. People's behavior systematically changed after January 20, 2025." He says the city has yet to recover. . .
The new report is part of a growing body of research confirming that large-scale immigration enforcement operations send severe economic shockwaves through broader local economies. A Brookings Institution report estimates estimates a roughly 1.7 percentage point decline in aggregate consumer spending in high-enforcement states. . .
The White House defended the aggressive enforcement strategy. In a statement to NPR, White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said, "Removing these criminals from the streets makes communities safer for business owners and customers. Nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S."
However, ICE's own agency statistics show that roughly 70% of those currently detained have no criminal convictions."
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