“We Belong to Each Other Now”: Lessons from Minneapolis
“This extreme closeness, togetherness and intimacy — you cannot infiltrate your way into a space where you'll understand that," says May, a rapid responder in Minneapolis.
“This extreme closeness, togetherness and intimacy — you cannot infiltrate your way into a space where you'll understand that," says May, a rapid responder in Minneapolis.
“Getting involved locally is critical,” says journalist Andrea Pitzer.
"Gender has always been an important throughline of fascist politics," says Shane Burley.
“This is not a cruel novelty project. It’s infrastructure, designed for permanence and expansion.”
“We are becoming the people that we always knew that we needed to be,” says Minneapolis organizer Andrew Fahlstrom.
"Every day, we decide who we are in relation to this wickedness. And we recognize that the answer to that question is lived, rather than merely asserted."
Rather than being disbanded or intimidated by Good’s murder, the people of Minneapolis have been galvanized, escalating their resistance and refusing to retreat from the work of protecting one another.
“This has absolutely nothing to do with either drug trafficking or democracy.”
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
“I cannot imagine doing anything else in this moment,” says community defense organizer Gabe Gonzalez.
As we close out a year of crisis and courage, I’m thinking about what sustains us — and what comes next.
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.