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February 06, 2026

Today in 1919
Seattle General Strike begins. The city was run by a General Strike Committee for six days as tens of thousands of union members stopped work in support of 32,000 striking longshoremen.

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Six Vital Lessons from Minnesota’s General Strike
Updated On: Feb 06, 2026
Feb. 6, 2026 | PROTESTS | […] On January 23, roughly 75,000 people flooded the streets on a workday, in sub-zero temperatures, demanding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leave Minnesota. Hundreds of businesses and cultural institutions in the Twin Cities closed their doors; one in four Minnesota voters either participated in the shutdown or knows a loved one who did, according to Blue Rose Research. A motley coalition led the charge: labor unions, racial justice groups, faith-based organizations… The author spoke with five organizers involved. Here are six takeaways from those conversations… Mother Jones
 
 
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