TC Workers Defense AllianceDec 25, 2022
This Wednesday in Northeast Minneapolis. When we have more good people than cops show up, the city backs off from their enforcement of the structural violence of capitalism.
Show threadSoNotNic šŸšŸ‰šŸˆDec 25, 2022

@WorkersDefenseAlliance

Boosting this and adding hashtags.

These evictions of encampments with the destruction of personal property are cruel, don't address much less solve the problem of homelessness, and must stop.

#MNastodon #Minnesota #TwinCitiesMN #TwinCities #Minneapolis #NEMpls #NortheastMinneapolis #Homelessness #Eviction #Encampments

The City of Minneapolis plans to attack the Quarry encampment in Northeast Minneapolis on Wed 28 Dec.

https://kolektiva.social/@WorkersDefenseAlliance/109574489748501519

TC Workers Defense Alliance (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image This Wednesday in Northeast Minneapolis. When we have more good people than cops show up, the city backs off from their enforcement of the structural violence of capitalism.

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Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 27, 2022

@SoNotNic many individuals with support from Communities United Against Police Brutality are holding a news conference speaking out against the planned encampment destruction now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41FnXbEZ5f4

Advocates hold press conference to stop encampment evictions during extreme cold

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Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 27, 2022

The National Lawyers Guild hotline will be active during this attack: 612-444-2654

People are routinely arrested even when not standing in defense (but only trying to help) so everyone should have this number written down and with them.

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 27, 2022

During events where people will be known to be at risk, NLG coordinates with Minnesota Freedom Fund when there are arrests.

The MFF has its own number, 612-217-4442, if people need bail funds the MFF number should be called directly.

But when there are arrests during NLG-monitored events the hotline 612-444-2654 can be used first.

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

Put some of this information about the city's impending attack TODAY on one web page you can share anywhere:

https://workersdefensealliance.org/events/defend-unhoused-people-quarry-encampment-northeast-minneapolis

Defend Unhoused People at Quarry Encampment in Northeast Minneapolis

The City of Minneapolis announced an eviction date for the last major encampment not already forced off city-owned, unused public land.  It is tomorrow, Wednesday, December 28th. People living at the Quarry encampment have called for defense, and the wider community has responded.  (The Twin Cities Workers Defense Alliance is posting this event listing to provide publicly-available information about the defense, but is not coordinating it in any fashion.)

Twin Cities Workers Defense Alliance
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

Including a link to officials responsible for this that you can begin to call now:

https://northdef.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/these-officials-have-no-conscience/

These Officials Have No Conscience

So Call Them As Often As Needed to Fill This Gap in their Humanity Demand the City of Minneapolis disavow government violence as a response to poverty. Mayorā€™s Office 612-673-2100 Jacob Frey,ā€¦

Near North Camp Defense
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

Even better numbers to call currently pinned at the top here:

https://social.edist.ro/@silberfuchs

/dev/silberfuchs (@[email protected])

349 Posts, 280 Following Ā· so called anarchist in the so called united states and so called admin of this so called mastodon instance. so called fediverse member since 2019.

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Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

Added a section on the fraud of shelter beds available

https://workersdefensealliance.org/events/defend-unhoused-people-quarry-encampment-northeast-minneapolis

Defend Unhoused People at Quarry Encampment in Northeast Minneapolis

The City of Minneapolis announced an eviction date for the last major encampment not already forced off city-owned, unused public land.  It is tomorrow, Wednesday, December 28th. People living at the Quarry encampment have called for defense, and the wider community has responded.  (The Twin Cities Workers Defense Alliance is posting this event listing to provide publicly-available information about the defense, but is not coordinating it in any fashion.)

Twin Cities Workers Defense Alliance
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022
City told both people living at the encampment and press that the eviction would begin at 9:30am. Half an hour in and it has not started yet. Keep coming if you can, and keep calling the officials responsible for this terrorism if you cannot come!
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

Keep those phone lines lit up!

https://northdef.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/these-officials-have-no-conscience/

https://social.edist.ro/@silberfuchs

These Officials Have No Conscience

So Call Them As Often As Needed to Fill This Gap in their Humanity Demand the City of Minneapolis disavow government violence as a response to poverty. Mayorā€™s Office 612-673-2100 Jacob Frey,ā€¦

Near North Camp Defense
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Occasional MPD police cars, number 210 hanging around especially.

And #Minneapolis public works trucks.

And now a fire truck.

But nowhere near the numbers the city comes in with when attacking an encampment full force.

Dec 28, 2022 at 5:04pmWeb
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

A couple Hennepin County sheriffs squads were around too.

Might be coincidence, but the coordination capabilities of various agencies and governments are impeccable when it comes to repression, but it is impossible for them to provide housing.

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

At 9:30am, a Biffs portapotties truck came to take away the portable toilet servicing the camp.

The workers saw the strong presence of defenders and left almost immediately.

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022
At 9:49am, United Operators Inc CEO Paul Daily pulled into the Home Depot lot, parking across four spaces at once, dumped out a bunch of needles on the ground, picked them up and said "This is why we're evicting this camp."
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

UOI is hired goons for commercial real estate managers. Mr. Daily then spoke to sketchy alleged reporters who declined to identify themselves and are believed to be affiliated with far-right propaganda outlet Alpha News.

Credit to https://twitter.com/ohnolife_/status/1608129911620861954 for the picture and report above and https://twitter.com/medickimw/status/1608130570269396993 and https://twitter.com/stoatno1/status/1608143208906645505 for the identification of Paul Daily.

Uncool Niece on Twitter

ā€œCan't make this shit up. This man pulled up to the Home Depot parking lot, dumped out a bunch of needles on the ground, picked them up and said, "This is why we're evicting this camp." He is now talking to news reporters. This is also his car.ā€

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Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

Correction, Paul Daily is the President (not CEO) of commercial real estate management outsourcer United Operations, Inc.

He can be reached at [email protected] or 763-551-0606

He is just one more small player in the structuring of society to harm rather than uplift, but his personal dedication to slandering unhoused people is notable.

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

Other hired goons were skulking around the Quarry camp today, 10-Code LLC, sketchy even by the standards of private security, feature a particularly fashy take on the Thin Blue Line flag on their about page, 10codellc.com/about

They were part of the apparatus of repression at #StandingRock, and are owned by a retired Bismarck North Dakota police chief.

They appear to be working for Cub grocery.

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022
More than three hours after the time Mayor Jacob Frey personally vowed to have this camp destroyed, and humanity is winning in #Minneapolis over his fascist forces, for now.
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

Humanity vs fascist forces may sound hyperbolic but 10-Code sneaking around the Quarry encampment is merely yet another linking of the repression facing people resisting the environmental destruction of capitalism and people trying to survive the economic devastation of capitalism.

Listen also to the fascist purge language used in why unhoused people should not be allowed to exist and rationalizing the use of force to make that happen (rather than, say, providing housing).

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

But that is very much "for now"ā€” we need people continually showing up to keep the city's forces at bay.

And we need more people able to collect everything that is happening and make it easy for reporters to pick up on it.

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

We have received confirmation that the encampment defense tipline, (612) 712-9191 (text or Signal) and [email protected] is operational.

Get this to everyone who works for or with the city!

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022

More on what we can all do to defend encampments:

https://ni.hil.ist/@riotmuffin/109569226154886168

#RiotsWork RIP Tortuguita (@[email protected])

Attached: 4 images What does "make a plan" to defend a camp from eviction mean? In the context of an immediate eviction defense, things people have done in the past include: --creating physical barricades --having vehicles and moving supplies ready to help people move if needed --various tactics for stalling pigs to give people move time to pack --climbing on or sabotaging heavy equipment --attacking eviction forces before they attack our neighbors --among lots of other ideas for various levels of risk More broadly though, here are some things you can do to help defend neighbors from camp sweeps whether you're 1 person, 5, or 20 or more:

ni.hil.ist
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022
Really need people to help hold the day right now.
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 28, 2022
A little boost in numbers can make a big difference as the cops and regulatory services assess what cruelty they can get away with.. and the media looks for excuses for the government's inexcusable behavior. Great way to get involved!
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 29, 2022
People living in the Quarry encampment of Northeast #Minneapolis (opposite side of the parking lot from the Home Depot in the Quarry Mall) again call for people to join them in defense of their homes, following yesterday's success!
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 30, 2022
#Minneapolis cops by the dozens attacking Quarry camp now
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 30, 2022
Infamous local mercenary Nathan Seabrook spotted on sceneā€” this guy: https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/private-mercenary-group-targets-assaults-detains-anti-police-protesters-in-uptown-minneapolis/
Private Mercenary Group Targets, Assaults, & Detains Anti-Police Protesters in Uptown Minneapolis - UNICORN RIOT

Conflict Resolution Group (CRG) security members have assaulted, detained, threatened, and surveilled community members while providing armed patrols in Uptown Minneapolis. ā€œItā€™s an evolution in repressive tactics,ā€ says Michelle Gross, President of Communities United Against Police Brutality. 

UNICORN RIOT
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 30, 2022
Person displaced by the massive #Minneapolis police and public works operation to destroy the Quarry camp: "They could have gotten everyone in this camp, and maybe even another one, housed for a year at least. It's screwed up they think this is OK."
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 30, 2022
Anyone able to balance the audio (make it so people can hear the person evicted!), do transcriptions, and edit into under-40mb chunks videos like this? Or some of these could be audio only.
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 30, 2022
The community gained people two full extra days to pack upā€”some people did move out before the police attackedā€”and again exposed the violence inherent EVERY time a camp is cleared and the real reason rich people are wedded to police.
Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 30, 2022

A tiny thing we can all do now is give financial support to those displaced, the admins at the Quarry Open Collective opened a project for post eviction support:

https://opencollective.com/quarry-community-mutual-aid/projects/post-eviction-support

Post-Eviction Support - Open Collective

This fund will be used to replace residentsā€™ belongings destroyed during the raid on 12/30 and pay for other expenses while they relocate.

Show threadTC Workers Defense AllianceDec 30, 2022

Longer term, it is this, it is always this:

https://kolektiva.social/@riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist/109569226770626859

And the already large and impressive collection of people practicing mutual aid and mutual defense around unhoused people, needs to extend to housed people facing eviction, needs more people getting the word out and building mutual defense networks.

#RiotsWork RIP Tortuguita (@[email protected])

Attached: 4 images What does "make a plan" to defend a camp from eviction mean? In the context of an immediate eviction defense, things people have done in the past include: --creating physical barricades --having vehicles and moving supplies ready to help people move if needed --various tactics for stalling pigs to give people move time to pack --climbing on or sabotaging heavy equipment --attacking eviction forces before they attack our neighbors --among lots of other ideas for various levels of risk More broadly though, here are some things you can do to help defend neighbors from camp sweeps whether you're 1 person, 5, or 20 or more:

ni.hil.ist