ICE Enforcement, FBI Raid Show Government is Afraid. Democracy is in Trouble.

By Susan Marx, Chief Programmes Officer

Standing in solidarity — defending the right to protest, rejecting dehumanisation, supporting civil liberties organisations — is not radical. It is constitutional.

In recent days, the streets of Minneapolis once again became a front line in a struggle that extends far beyond one city.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns — conducted with militarised tactics, secrecy and intimidation — have been met by public resistance from ordinary people who showed up not because they were required to, but because conscience demanded it.

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