The DC General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World stands in unwavering solidarity with the Minnesota 15 in their fight against state-sponsored political repression. 

The tactics of the State mimic that of the boss– to distract, demoralize, and divide us. The State has shown us what they will pay for war. We cannot be subdued through brute force alone, as is evident in the centuries-long class war existing as a continuous conflagration that fuels the American politic and imagination. 

In the face of terror spread by the federal government in Minneapolis and St. Paul, the People have held strong in their resistance, exemplifying the bravery and commitment necessary of us all in this moment. The freedom fighters in the streets of the Twin Cities demonstrate the best of working class solidarity and serve as the fundamental answer to what we all seek in this time of brutal repression, the antidote to the rotten core of this fascist project.

To organize and fight back. To resist despair, numbness, indifference. To sacrifice and struggle for working class emancipation and the wresting of power from the exploiters of the Earth. 

We fight for a world where we can reclaim all that we have lost as we continue to seek all that we have to gain. A world where many worlds fit. A non-complacent, radically conscious world abound with human dignity and where all living things can flourish in solidarity. 

Our repression is a sign of the collective power we have already built in resistance. They fear the sparks that glow from Minneapolis to Prairieland to Spokane. May our words and actions be guided by the deepest solidarity, across race and gender, moving side by side with all our fellow workers in the struggle today. To fight is to fight to win.   
  
We call upon all organizations, especially those with greater means than ourselves, to contribute to the defence of these brave workers and others like them, so that we may all continue to struggle against fascism and build a world where all workers are secure in their dignity, and all are free to express their opposition to the authoritarian world view espoused by the forces of hate.\\

It has always been the time to mobilize and act, so let us remind these state actors that-

**An injury to one** 

**Is an injury to ALL!**

*Solidarity Forever.*

Legal Defense Fund for Minnesota 15 Anti-ICE Organizers