Section: Opinion

Bob Kroll Still Needs to Go

Violent, racist police lieutenant - an architect and cheerleader of violent policing in Minneapolis - has been barred from being a police officer, but is now trying to get appointed a US marshal

Respectability in Politics is Bullshit

As rightwing politics becomes more corrupt and winner-takes-all, the majority of left argues about if it will look bad if we stand up for ourselves

Trans Rights are Not Optional

Right-wingers will always find or invent a threat to scare their base. We cannot stop supporting threatened groups because centrists think it’s inconvenient.

Solidarity

Solidarity is needed for an effective mass response to oppression.

What Now?

Post-election thoughts, suggestions, support, and criticism

Voting is Harm Reduction

Many of us are sick of voting for the lesser of two evils, and Harris' positions on Palestine and immigration are unforgivable; but can we fight oppression while fighting off the broad far-right attacks on basic rights that come with another Trump presidency?

Minneapolis Chooses Police Violence

The new police contract was an opportunity to add some much needed accountability to the police department that caused a global uprising with its violence. In stead, the cops just got a pat on the back and a huge raise.

Rainbow Capitalism is not Pride

Corporations use Pride to pinkwash their support of anti-LGBTQ politicians. Increasingly, they use sponsorship and media influence to sanitize Pride events and turn them into increasingly generic celebrations, not events rooted in queer liberation.

The MPCA Protects Polluters Not the Environment

Our alleged "pollution control agency" sided with a long-term polluter against the EPA and the community. Inaction on urban pollution is the norm at the MPCA.