The Significance of Last Weekend’s 1200 Local Actions

Future Hope Column

By Ted Glick 

The new year began on a very foreboding note. First was the Trump regime’s invasion of Venezuela to kidnap its President with the explicit purpose being to get control of its oil. Then, a few days later, came the killing of 37-year-old, mother of three Renee Nicole Good by ICE in Minneapolis, followed by Trump regime lies about it being her fault.

It was hard not to wonder if this year is going to be even worse than last year. But then, three days after Renee Good’s murder, seemingly out of nowhere, came the 1200 or so coordinated “ICE Must Go” actions this weekend in all 50 states with possibly a million or more people taking part.

That is a very big thing.

There were bigger and more extensive actions last year, the biggest being the October 18 No Kings actions participated in by about 7 million people in about 2600 localities. But that one was built over a period of several months. Last weekend’s actions had a lead time of literally three days.

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Ted Glick has been a progressive activist and organizer since 1968. He is the author of the recently published books, Burglar for Peace and 21st Century Revolution, both available at https://pmpress.org. More info can be found at https://tedglick.com.