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MN AWC Stands with Salah Sarsour!
MN AWC Stands with Salah Sarsour!
Salah Sarsour was abducted by ICE on Monday, March 30, 2026. Sarsour serves as the President of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, has been a community advocate for over three decades, and is a father, a grandfather, and a husband. Sarsour has been a lawful permanent resident in the United States for over 32 years. He was pulled over while driving by over 10 ICE agents with no cause. He was taken out of state to a detention facility in Chicago before being transferred to a detention center in Indiana. His family was left scrambling to determine his whereabouts and his condition.
We must be clear that Sarsour is being targeted on the basis of his Palestinian and Muslim background. Sarsour grew up in the Occupied West Bank in Palestine, where he faced oppression and torture at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces as a child. After marriage, he moved to the United States and built a strong and loving family. Along the way, he has supported dozens of community members, hiring countless Milwaukeeans who needed a job, and building up advocacy and educational organizations to bring greater voice to immigrants, Palestinians, and Muslims across Wisconsin and the country.
The Department of Homeland Security targeting of Sarsour is a part of a disturbing trend we’ve seen with Mahmoud Khalil, Leqaa Kordia, Mohsen Mahdawi and other voices critical of Israeli oppression. The Trump administration is weaponizing the U.S. justice system to advance the interests of a foreign state, Israel, at a time when it is carrying out a genocide in Gaza. Sarsour’s arrest also reflects deeper threats to our democracy from an administration that disregards American values and treats constitutional and legal limits as optional. We join with American Muslims for Palestine and stand against this coordinated attempt to wield U.S. immigration courts to silence Palestinian voices and advance a racist anti-Muslim agenda.
In 2010 the MN Anti-War Committee was subpoenaed and raided by the FBI as a part of an outrageous “material support for terrorism” investigation. We were targeted for our Palestine solidarity work and we refused to cooperate or to testify to their grand jury. We stand with Sarsour because we know the importance of solidarity and of the importance of defending dissent.
Free Palestine!
Protesting for Palestine is NOT a Crime!
MN AWC Stands with Rick Toledo
MN AWC Stands with Rick Toledo
On March 6, police employed by the California State Polytechnic University at Humboldt kidnapped graduate student and Palestine solidarity organizer Rick Toledo in the middle of the night. They detained Toledo for two days without bail, and they subsequently seized his laptop and phone from his apartment. Toledo is a member of Students for a Democratic Society and an advocate for divesting Cal Poly from apartheid, increasing wages for striking workers, and keeping ICE off the university’s campus.
In the wake of these acts of intimidation, Toledo has been suspended, fired from his teaching job, and he now faces four potential felony charges for organizing against Israel’s horrific crimes of apartheid and genocide. The State of California is attempting to disappear him for following the moral imperative to combat Israel’s systematic campaign of disappearing Palestinians through the tactics of incarceration, mass murder, land theft, attacks on students and educators, and ethnic cleansing.
The MN AWC knows that an attack against one of us is an attack against all of us, and we stand with Rick Toledo as he faces state persecution for speaking truth to power as the U.S.-Israeli war machine terrorizes Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon. We also denounce all campaigns on college campuses to demonize and punish anti-war voices of dissent.
We demand that the Humboldt County District Attorney drop charges against Rick Toledo, and we call on workers, students, and people of conscience across Minnesota to support Rick during his first court appearance on April 20!
032126 AWAN Palantir Webinar.mp4We Say NO to Palantir!
We Say NO to Palantir!
On March 21, 2026 our own Maeve Aickin representing the MN Anti War Committee spoke on this webinar with Brandon Gehrke Quintanilla (Co founder of Aurora Unidos CSO and Co-chair of Legalization for All Network), Hatem Teirelbar (Denver Anti War Action), Elinor Keener (Anti War Committee Chicago) and Hannah Collantes (South Florida Anti War Committee) about how Palantir is targeting Palestinians and immigrants and how activists in the U.S. are fighting back.
Black Against Empire Panel 2026
Black Against Empire Panel 2026
On February 22, 2026 the MN Anti-War Committee held its second annual Black Against Empire event at the Lucy Parsons Center in Minneapolis. This year’s panel highlighted perspectives of black anti-imperialists in the struggle for Pan-African liberation in the US, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Somalia.
Panelists included Margaret Kimberley of Black Alliance For Peace and Black Agenda Report, Malika Dahir from Reviving Islamic Sisterhood, Maurice Carney from Friends of the Congo, and Mohammed Farah from Health Care Workers For Palestine.
Venezuela Delegation Reportbak
Venezuela Delegation Reportbak
Listen to Allison Gunderson, Anti-War Committee member, discuss her recent trip to Caracus, Venezuela. She spoke about attending the People's Assembly For Peace and Sovereignty in Our Americas, attending the Ministry of Women's Dinner, and being able to visit one of the 4,000 communes throughout Venezuela.
The talk highlighted theme of unity and international solidarity. While Venzuela faces vicious U.S. sanctions and destabilization attempts, they see the conditions we endure here with people struggling to survive while our tax dollars are largely used to fund military interventions that cause chaos and violence throughout the world, while our communities are under siege by ICE and the National Guard. It is time we extend that same solidarity to Venezuela in the face of U.S. imperialism!
U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA!
FREE PRESIDENT MADURO!
NO WAR FOR OIL!
Speech given by Anti- War Committee member Andrew Josefchak on 1/8/2026 at People’s Action Coalition Against Trump press conference
Statement by the MN Anti-War Committee and U.S. Palestinian Community Network MN
November 10, 2025
Speech given by Nicholas Tolliver, Anti-War Committee member, on October 19, 2025 at our protest to Shut Down AFRICOM as a part of the 5th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM
Speech given by Maddy Schwartz, member of the Anti War Committee, on October 16, 2025 at MN Peace Action Coalition's protest outside Howmet Aerospace in New Brighton. The action was a part of a week of action against Howmet called for by Pittsburgh BDS and a week against weapons by the Anti War Action Network. Howmet makes parts for Lockheed Martin's F35 jets which were used by Israel to bomb Palestinians in Gaza the past two years.
Speech given by Meredith Aby, member of the Anti-War Committee, at the Two Years On, End the Genocide Protest and March on October 7, 2025 where 2,000 people took to the streets to again stand with Palestine
Speech given by Shawn Rodine, member of the Anti-War Committee, on 10/4/25 at our protest against Trump’s attacks on Venezuela
Statement published on 9/17/2025 after US attack on Venezuelan fishing boat which killed 3 people
July 25 - 27, members from the MN Anti-War Committee, WAMM and Asians for Palestine traveled to New York City to join 500 organizers from across the globe at Nodutdol's inaugural People's Summit for Korea. The conference was geared toward assessing the enormous historic and ongoing harms inflicted on the Korean people by U.S. imperialism; cultivating a robust spirit of solidarity with the Korean liberation struggle; and reinforcing participants’ shared commitment to the overarching fight against U.S. imperialist domination. We had a reportback from the summit on 9/13/2025. Click here to read their speeches.
Speakers:
Trent Fast is a member of the Anti-War Committee.
Cedar Larson is a member of WAMM.
Emily Newberg is with the MN Anti-War Committee & WAMM.
Allison Gunderson is a member of the MN Anti-War Committee and the WAMM Palestine Solidarity Committee.
Sahai Kham (Suh-Hi Cam) is a member of Asians4Palestine - Twin Cities.
Liz McLister is an AWC member and co-founding member of FAMM (Families Against Military Madness).
Solidarity with Teamsters 320
Solidarity with Teamsters 320
Teamsters at UMN are starting their strike this week. The university has presented their final offer to the Teamsters, which does not begin to approach meeting their demands. As the cost of living increases, along with UMN tuition, the university repeatedly refuses to fairly compensate the workers that allow the institution to function. All the while, top administrators like President Cunningham line their heavy pockets.
UMN Teamsters consists of over 1400 members in myriad roles such as janitors, food service workers and more. The strike began Monday night at Crookston and Morris campuses with Twin Cities and Duluth the following day. The University's refusal to offer fair and just compensation creates the necessity for a strike.
We ask that you support the Teamsters Local 320 in standing up for justice and fighting for working-class interests. We at the AWC stand with the Teamsters and all workers struggling for their rights. Join us on the picket line!
Speech by Nick Tolliver, member of the Anti-War Committee, on 9/5/2025
Statement issued by the AWC on August 29, 2025
Iran: Author event with Kovalik
Iran: Author event with Kovalik
On August 14, 2025 the Anti-War Committee hosted Dan Kovalik, author of the book 'The Plot To Attack Iran' for an educational event focused on the history of U.S. imperialism and intervention in Iran.
Speech given by AWC member Allison Gunderson on July 18, 2025 at Women Against Military Madness’ Palestine protest
Struggle AGainst Racism and Imperialism
Struggle AGainst Racism and Imperialism
Nick Tolliver from the Anti-War Committee gave a speech at the "Good Trouble" protest in downtown Minneapolis on July 17, 2025 to connect the struggles against racism and U.S. imperialism.
Published on July 2025
Korea, just like Palestine, has the right to self determination, sovereignty, and reunification without U.S. Imperialism intervening!
Statement from MN Anti War Committee July 2025
Iran’s independent development path should be celebrated not feared
Iran’s independent development path should be celebrated not feared
Divest MN: Investment in Israel’s crimes is investment in Trump’s racist attacks here at home!
Divest MN: Investment in Israel’s crimes is investment in Trump’s racist attacks here at home!
Fighting for justice, for Palestinians to be free in their own land, is not antisemitic!
Fighting for justice, for Palestinians to be free in their own land, is not antisemitic!
Say NO to the Ecocide of Gaza! Free Palestine!
Say NO to the Ecocide of Gaza! Free Palestine!
Money for Human Needs NOT for Bombing Yemen!
Money for Human Needs NOT for Bombing Yemen!
Trump’s actions in Ukraine are U.S. policy as usual
Trump’s actions in Ukraine are U.S. policy as usual
Black Against Empire
Black Against Empire
On February 8, 2025, the Minnesota Anti-War Committee hosted a panel titled "Black Against Empire: Perspectives On Liberation In Haiti, Congo, Sudan, and the USA". The event featured panelists speaking on black liberation across the world, from Minneapolis to Sudan. The event took place at the John B. Davis Lecture Hall at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.
Reproductive justice and the fight for Palestine are both struggles for LIBERATION!
Reproductive justice and the fight for Palestine are both struggles for LIBERATION!
Willy Massay - From The Frontlines: Providing Healthcare In A Genocide
Willy Massay - From The Frontlines: Providing Healthcare In A Genocide
Willy Massay is a critical care ICU nurse from Omaha, Nebraska who spent six weeks in Gaza providing healthcare to Palestinians under siege by Israel in 2024. Mr. Massay delivered this talk to the Minneapolis community on October 27, 2024. This event was organized by the Minnesota Anti-War Committee.
A whitepaper by the Minnesota Anti-War Committee
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