Anarchist Collective Glorifies Confrontation with Federal Agents During Minneapolis ICE Raid
Executive Summary
The anarchist media platform CrimethInc. published a zine celebrating community resistance against an ICE operation in Minneapolis. The zine, titled “Minneapolis to Feds: Get the F** Out,”* details how activists rapidly mobilized to disrupt a federal immigration raid, confronting agents and forcing them to withdraw. The publication glorifies this confrontation, calling for more aggressive and proactive measures against federal authorities and immigration enforcement.
Analysis
In the zine, CrimethInc. describes an incident where residents of Minneapolis allegedly forced Homeland Security agents to retreat from a neighborhood during an immigration raid. The text depicts the federal agents as disoriented and outmatched, while glorifying the local response as a form of community self-defense. According to the account, within minutes of a call to action, dozens gathered to block ICE vehicles, chanting, filming, and physically obstructing their movement.
More than just a retrospective, the piece serves as a tactical guide for future confrontations, urging people not to wait for a raid to react. It calls for offensive resistance against federal operations, coordination with jail support, and broader escalation across the country. The publication also praises acts of sabotage and property destruction against federal contractors and ICE collaborators, characterizing such actions as both strategic and morally justified.
CrimethInc. frames ICE as a violent, colonial institution and positions resistance as an ethical duty. The zine’s tone is unrepentant and militant, aiming to inspire similar confrontations elsewhere and to normalize defiance against federal law enforcement. It ends with a call to build networks for rapid mobilization and direct action, emphasizing speed, aggression, and solidarity as the cornerstones of effective resistance.
