Millennials Are Killing Capitalism

Spring Surge to Melt ICE: Dare to Struggle on Building Organized Mass Resistance to Smash the Deportation Machine

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Mar 15, 2026
Vlad (Austin organizer building ties with affected families), Ezzy (Chicago organizer coordinating anti-police and immigrant justice work), and Kenny (New Mexico organizer shaping strategy on police brutality, homelessness, and anti-ICE actions) discuss tactics and lessons from recent ICE raids. They cover sustaining mass resistance, coordinating national surges, turning local outrage into prolonged campaigns, and building lasting neighborhood relationships.
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INSIGHT

Spontaneous Protests Alone Cannot Shut Down ICE

  • Spontaneous protest without strategic coordination fails to stop deportation infrastructure.
  • Ezzy describes Broadview actions where 100 people were outgunned, tear-gassed, and failed to shut down the facility, revealing the need for broader strategy.
ADVICE

Create Centralized Strategy To Scale Local Actions

  • Build centralized strategic leadership to convert local energy into national pressure.
  • Kenny explains the Spring Surge to Melt ICE as a coordinated national push to mass-resist, set demands, and keep people in motion beyond single actions.
INSIGHT

People Power, Not Politicians, Forces Federal Pullbacks

  • Mass street confrontation, not politicians, forced federal retreat in Minneapolis and LA.
  • Ezzy emphasizes that visible people power pushed back federal agents, exposing bipartisan nature of the deportation machine.
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