Erica L, Brooklyn, NY
The fight against ICE in Minneapolis is resonating with workers everywhere—and it was on display during my cell’s weekly recruiting stall in a subway station.
We usually have a political discussion beforehand to increase the quality of our conversations. But the comrade who started off couldn’t finish a sentence before we were swarmed. People wanted to talk about ICE!
When asked how to fight back, many of them brought up mutual aid, but not in the typical charity way; they saw it as a tool to organize and fight back. When we explained that the working class could defeat ICE by electing action committees linked up city- and nationwide to coordinate a fightback, copies of The Communist and other Marxist literature sold themselves. One person insisted on buying his paper for double price, unprompted.
