Eric Blanc
@ericblanc.bsky.social
author We are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big
www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/
Red State Revolt,
laborpolitics.substack.com;
EWOC, AAUP-AFT, 🌹
Pinned
On May 1, 2006, millions of immigrants defeated a horrific Republican immigration bill by taking to the streets and walking out of work
To defeat ICE today we should learn from this "Day Without an Immigrant"
www.laborpolitics.com/p/weve-had-a...
To defeat ICE today we should learn from this "Day Without an Immigrant"
www.laborpolitics.com/p/weve-had-a...
We’ve Had a Nationwide Immigrant Strike Before. We Can Do It Again.
The 2006 “Day Without an Immigrant” offers urgent lessons for beating ICE today
www.laborpolitics.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:21 PM
On May 1, 2006, millions of immigrants defeated a horrific Republican immigration bill by taking to the streets and walking out of work
To defeat ICE today we should learn from this "Day Without an Immigrant"
www.laborpolitics.com/p/weve-had-a...
To defeat ICE today we should learn from this "Day Without an Immigrant"
www.laborpolitics.com/p/weve-had-a...
"The president has said that business officials are calling and complaining to him about longtime workers being thrown out of the country" - Wall Street Journal
Trump listens to billionaires, which is why we need to force billionaires to break with ICE
Trump listens to billionaires, which is why we need to force billionaires to break with ICE
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
"The president has said that business officials are calling and complaining to him about longtime workers being thrown out of the country" - Wall Street Journal
Trump listens to billionaires, which is why we need to force billionaires to break with ICE
Trump listens to billionaires, which is why we need to force billionaires to break with ICE
How has Minneapolis remained so non-violent in the face of Trump's horrific provocations?
JaNaé Bates Imari explained to @thedigradio.bsky.social how MN's deep progressive orgs set a tone of non-violent discipline for the movement as a whole
JaNaé Bates Imari explained to @thedigradio.bsky.social how MN's deep progressive orgs set a tone of non-violent discipline for the movement as a whole
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
How has Minneapolis remained so non-violent in the face of Trump's horrific provocations?
JaNaé Bates Imari explained to @thedigradio.bsky.social how MN's deep progressive orgs set a tone of non-violent discipline for the movement as a whole
JaNaé Bates Imari explained to @thedigradio.bsky.social how MN's deep progressive orgs set a tone of non-violent discipline for the movement as a whole
Organizing a general strike requires three ingredients: momentum, organization, & militant, risk-tolerant leaders.
The proportions can vary, but until we have a sufficient combination of these factors, a general strike will remain a wish rather than a reality
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
The proportions can vary, but until we have a sufficient combination of these factors, a general strike will remain a wish rather than a reality
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
How to Build a Real General Strike Against ICE
Minnesota shows what’s possible—here’s how we turn that spark into the kind of disruptive power that can actually stop ICE
www.laborpolitics.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Organizing a general strike requires three ingredients: momentum, organization, & militant, risk-tolerant leaders.
The proportions can vary, but until we have a sufficient combination of these factors, a general strike will remain a wish rather than a reality
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
The proportions can vary, but until we have a sufficient combination of these factors, a general strike will remain a wish rather than a reality
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
General strikes are workers’ most powerful weapon. But it takes more than hashtags to make them real.
Here’s how we can build a real general strike to stop ICE in the US
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
Here’s how we can build a real general strike to stop ICE in the US
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
How to Build a Real General Strike Against ICE
Minnesota shows what’s possible—here’s how we turn that spark into the kind of disruptive power that can actually stop ICE
www.laborpolitics.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
General strikes are workers’ most powerful weapon. But it takes more than hashtags to make them real.
Here’s how we can build a real general strike to stop ICE in the US
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
Here’s how we can build a real general strike to stop ICE in the US
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
Anybody looking to defeat ICE needs to listen to the extremely good new @thedigradio.bsky.social episode on lessons from Minnesota's key organizers
thedigradio.com/podcast/minn...
thedigradio.com/podcast/minn...
Minneapolis Fight Back w/ Emilia González Avalos, Greg Nammacher, JaNaé Bates Imari
Featuring Emilia González Avalos, Greg Nammacher, and JaNaé Bates Imari on how Minneapolis achieved its fight back against ICE/Border Patrol occupation. A decade building aligned mass movements has ma...
thedigradio.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Anybody looking to defeat ICE needs to listen to the extremely good new @thedigradio.bsky.social episode on lessons from Minnesota's key organizers
thedigradio.com/podcast/minn...
thedigradio.com/podcast/minn...
Reposted by Eric Blanc
Ready to fight ICE at work? We can help.
Here's @ericblanc.bsky.social on Brian Lehrer today with how.
Here's @ericblanc.bsky.social on Brian Lehrer today with how.
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Ready to fight ICE at work? We can help.
Here's @ericblanc.bsky.social on Brian Lehrer today with how.
Here's @ericblanc.bsky.social on Brian Lehrer today with how.
Spoke on Brian Lehrer-WNYC this morning about how we can organize an actual general strike in the US to stop ICE and Trump
www.wnyc.org/story/a-hist...
www.wnyc.org/story/a-hist...
A History of General Strikes | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Labor Politics author Eric Blanc talks about the history of general strikes, and what makes them effective.
www.wnyc.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Spoke on Brian Lehrer-WNYC this morning about how we can organize an actual general strike in the US to stop ICE and Trump
www.wnyc.org/story/a-hist...
www.wnyc.org/story/a-hist...
Reposted by Eric Blanc
Catch @ericblanc.bsky.social talk about the history of general strikes, and what makes them effective, and listeners call in if they are participating in today's general strike.
www.wnyc.org/story/a-hist...
www.wnyc.org/story/a-hist...
A History of General Strikes | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Labor Politics author Eric Blanc talks about the history of general strikes, and what makes them effective.
www.wnyc.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Catch @ericblanc.bsky.social talk about the history of general strikes, and what makes them effective, and listeners call in if they are participating in today's general strike.
www.wnyc.org/story/a-hist...
www.wnyc.org/story/a-hist...
Over 1,000 tech workers have signed this open letter calling on their companies to break from ICE—including employees at Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple, Nvidia, and OpenAI 👀
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Over 1,000 tech workers have signed this open letter calling on their companies to break from ICE—including employees at Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple, Nvidia, and OpenAI 👀
French unions are raising hell about Capgemini's contract with ICE, demanding it immediately sever ties
Need that type of union energy here
Need that type of union energy here
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
French unions are raising hell about Capgemini's contract with ICE, demanding it immediately sever ties
Need that type of union energy here
Need that type of union energy here
Minneapolis has developed an effective new tactic to disrupt ICE and break companies away:
Make a ton of late-night noise outside the hotels ICE agents are staying at
Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay explains why this tactic has been so powerful — and how people nationwide can do the same 🧵
Make a ton of late-night noise outside the hotels ICE agents are staying at
Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay explains why this tactic has been so powerful — and how people nationwide can do the same 🧵
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Minneapolis has developed an effective new tactic to disrupt ICE and break companies away:
Make a ton of late-night noise outside the hotels ICE agents are staying at
Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay explains why this tactic has been so powerful — and how people nationwide can do the same 🧵
Make a ton of late-night noise outside the hotels ICE agents are staying at
Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay explains why this tactic has been so powerful — and how people nationwide can do the same 🧵
ICE can't function without the private sector. Here are ICE's top corporate collaborators 👇
January 24, 2026 at 10:56 PM
ICE can't function without the private sector. Here are ICE's top corporate collaborators 👇
Many sympathetic “radical King” accounts still cling to a American fairy tale—the Great Man who had it in him. But MLK Jr came up inside a web of socialist organizers who treated racial & economic justice as inseparable & treated organizing as a teachable craft
www.laborpolitics.com/p/who-taught...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/who-taught...
How did MLK Jr. Become a Socialist?
A forgotten network of radicals helped teach King how to organize—and how to link civil rights to economic redistribution for all
www.laborpolitics.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Many sympathetic “radical King” accounts still cling to a American fairy tale—the Great Man who had it in him. But MLK Jr came up inside a web of socialist organizers who treated racial & economic justice as inseparable & treated organizing as a teachable craft
www.laborpolitics.com/p/who-taught...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/who-taught...
Spoke on Brian Lehrer's show about how and why the Zohran movement is ramping up its organizing to win an affordable New York
www.wnyc.org/story/mobili...
www.wnyc.org/story/mobili...
Mobilizing the Mamdani Volunteer Army | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Eric Blanc talks about how the thousands of volunteers who canvassed during Mayor Mamdani's campaign could be mobilized to help the new mayor achieve his policy goals.
www.wnyc.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Spoke on Brian Lehrer's show about how and why the Zohran movement is ramping up its organizing to win an affordable New York
www.wnyc.org/story/mobili...
www.wnyc.org/story/mobili...
Want to support frontline anti-ICE organizers in Minnesota? Please donate here
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Support frontline organizers demanding justice and shutting down ICE in Minnesota
ICE killed a mother and legal observer during a raid in Minneapolis. Community organizers are rising up to demand justice and shut ICE down. Join us in our fight!
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January 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Want to support frontline anti-ICE organizers in Minnesota? Please donate here
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People don't realize how much corporations are collaborating with—and making possible—ICE's deportation machine
January 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
People don't realize how much corporations are collaborating with—and making possible—ICE's deportation machine
ICE relies on companies to help carry out its thuggery — we need to go after these private sector collaborators
Here are our suggestions for corporate targets and campaign tactics
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Here are our suggestions for corporate targets and campaign tactics
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
ICE relies on companies to help carry out its thuggery — we need to go after these private sector collaborators
Here are our suggestions for corporate targets and campaign tactics
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Here are our suggestions for corporate targets and campaign tactics
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
This is the video you need to show any of your friends, family, or coworkers who are confused by the regime's lies about Minnesota
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is the video you need to show any of your friends, family, or coworkers who are confused by the regime's lies about Minnesota
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
NYC — tonight at 6pm, Foley Square
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
NYC — tonight at 6pm, Foley Square
One of the underappreciated benefits of socialists running on the Democratic ballot line is that it makes it harder for the establishments of both parties to join together to stop you 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM
One of the underappreciated benefits of socialists running on the Democratic ballot line is that it makes it harder for the establishments of both parties to join together to stop you 🧵
We are a Left with ballots cast but few shop floors won, with more cultural importance than class power
For Zohran's election to start a lasting transformation we have to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: despite our impressive electoral reach, our movement’s roots are still shallow
For Zohran's election to start a lasting transformation we have to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: despite our impressive electoral reach, our movement’s roots are still shallow
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
We are a Left with ballots cast but few shop floors won, with more cultural importance than class power
For Zohran's election to start a lasting transformation we have to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: despite our impressive electoral reach, our movement’s roots are still shallow
For Zohran's election to start a lasting transformation we have to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: despite our impressive electoral reach, our movement’s roots are still shallow
