by Maximillian Alvarez | Feb 2, 2026 | ICE, Minneapolis, Podcast, Politics and Movements: US, Prisons and Policing, video, Working People
Transcript
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Speaker 1:
Alex Pretti was murdered while showing his humanity in the most clear way, helping another human. We ask for justice now. We demand eyes out of our communities. We demand investment in our future and not our capture. We demand that no money is invested in a machine that clearly threat to public justice and will murder with impunity.
Speaker 2:
Alex, he came to the rescue. I saw the video like 50 times like everybody else. A woman was being pushed down by a large man who was armed and he went to her rescue. He was beaten, he was sprayed, he was put to the ground and he was shot 10 times. And Alex’s boss is in that building right over there. And what did he do? He sends out a freaking tweet or whatever the hell it was. It was a political tweet saying, we acknowledge he worked for us. Shame. Yes, shame. What did Secretary Collins convey to over 450,000 VA employees? He doesn’t give a shit about any of ’em. I would say that Alex is a hero. He will be remembered as a hero, and we should all be very proud that he was a VA employee, that he was a federal employee. Thank you. We
Speaker 3:
Don’t want to stand idly by as our families are torn apart and our comrades are murdered, especially when our own institutions are profiting from this injustice. And as we mourn and grieve the tragic loss of our organizers,
by Maximillian Alvarez | Jan 28, 2026 | ICE, Minneapolis, Podcast, Politics and Movements: US, Prisons and Policing, Working People
On Friday, Jan. 23, around 50,000 people in Minneapolis, MN, engaged in a historic mass strike and day of protest to demand an end to ICE terror and President Donald Trump’s federal siege of Minnesota. Then, on Saturday, Jan. 24, an ICE agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, volunteer ICE observer and a registered union nurse who worked for the Veterans Health Administration. In this episode, we speak with Mary C. Turner, a registered nurse and a member of the Council of Presidents of National Nurses United, the largest nurse’s union in the US, which is forcefully calling for the abolition of ICE.Additional links/info:
National Nurses United: “Week of action in honor of Alex Pretti, RN and all others killed by ICE”
National Nurses United press release (1/24/26): “National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE”
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United website, Facebook page, Twitter/X page, and Instagram
Devon Lum & Haley Willis, The New York Times, “Videos show moments in which agents killed a man in Minneapolis”
Thomas Birmingham & Ari Bloomekatz, In These Times, “A staggering number of Minnesotans took to the streets Friday to demand ICE leave. The next day, ICE responded by killing another resident”
Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, “Trump plans massive military parade while cutting veteran jobs, benefits, & healthcare”
Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, “Trump cuts leave VA hospital nurses and veteran patients in a crisis”
Credits:
Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor
Transcript
The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible.
Maximillian Alvarez:
Alright, well welcome everyone to Working People, a podcast
by Marc Steiner | Jan 27, 2026 | Gaza, ICE, immigration, Israel, Palestine, Podcast, Politics and Movements: International, Politics and Movements: US, Prisons and Policing, The Marc Steiner Show
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Trump administration a victory this month in its ongoing attempt to deport Syrian-born Palestinian activist, husband, father, and former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil remains in the country for now and the legal battle is far from over, but the future of free speech in the US hangs in the balance. This week on The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Amy Greer, an associate attorney at Dratel & Lewis and a member of Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team, about the status of Khalil’s case.Guest:
Amy Greer is an associate attorney at Dratel & Lewis, and a member of Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team. Greer is a lawyer and archivist by training, and an advocate and storyteller by nature. As an attorney at Dratel & Lewis, she works on a variety of cases, including international extradition, RICO, terrorism, and drug trafficking. She previously served as an assistant public defender on a remote island in Alaska, defending people charged with misdemeanors, and as a research and writing attorney on capital habeas cases with clients who have been sentenced to death.
Additional links/info:
ACLU Press Release (1/15/26): “Appeals court in Mahmoud Khalil’s case decides federal court lacks jurisdiction until immigration court proceedings complete”
Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “‘Call Amy!’: Lawyer for Mahmoud Khalil reveals how he won his freedom”
Credits:
Production: David Hebden
Post-Production: Stephen Frank
Transcript
The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible.
Amy Greer:
When the line starts moving and inching creeping forward, and we all stay silent because it’s like, that’s not our people, or that’s
by Michael Fox | Jan 23, 2026 | Podcast, Politics and Movements: International, Politics and Movements: US, Under the Shadow, Venezuela
by Maximillian Alvarez | Jan 23, 2026 | ICE, Minneapolis, Podcast, Politics and Movements: US, Prisons and Policing, Unions
The Trump administration’s federal invasion and occupation of the state of Minnesota continues to sow chaos in the Twin Cities, but grassroots resistance to ICE and Trump has also exploded. And on Friday, Jan. 23, unions, community organizations, small businesses, faith communities, and Minnesota residents of all kinds will participate in a mass strike, a day of “No work, no school, and no shopping.” We speak with Aminah Sheikh, a union organizer and an active member and executive board member of Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America, and Nick Estes, an enrolled member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and an associate professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota.
Additional links/info:
Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, ““Shut everything down”: Amid federal invasion, Minnesota calls for mass strike on Jan. 23”
Credits:
Post-Production by Stephen Frank
Hosted and produced by Maximillian Alvarez
Transcript
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Nick Estes:
It doesn’t matter if you have a tribal ID that ain’t stopping ice. Give me your hands. Give me your hands. A passport. That ain’t stopping ICE. An ID card. That ain’t stop an ICE. No,
Speaker 2:
No! Shame! Oh my God. What the [expletive]!
Nick Estes:
This agenda is not just about immigration enforcement. It’s a campaign of terror.
Maximillian Alvarez:
Welcome everyone to The Real News Network podcast. My name is Maximillian Alvarez. I’m the editor in chief here at The Real News, and it’s so great to have you all with us as we speak. The state of Minnesota is under siege by our own federal government and residents.
by Maximillian Alvarez | Jan 22, 2026 | ICE, labor, Podcast, Politics and Movements: US, Prisons and Policing, Racial Justice, Trump, Working People
