Global Inequities included posts about war, (Mustafa Diriye)  imperialism, (Jess Sundin) refugees, (Nelsie Yang, Alfreda Daniels) unequal exchange,(Mustafa Jumale) trade policy, (David Gilbert-Pederson) transnational adoption (Hye-Kyong Kim, David Gilbert-Pederson, Isaac Reed)  You will find stories of people who came from,(Roya Damsaz, Teresa Ortiz)  or traveled to places outside the United States, stories of  veterans, ( Jerry Rau) peace activists, (Shauen V. Pearce) labor activists concerned about workers across borders (Filiberto Nolasco Gomez), transnational social movements like those inspired by the murder of George Floyd, or Occupy, or Climate activism. This page focuses on how Minneapolis interacts with the world.

Ruth Voights

Collaborating to Center Native American Women

Ronald Judy

Rich Complexity of the Historic, South Minneapolis Black Community

Sandy Berman

The Making of a Radical Librarian

Roya Taylor

Indigenous Radio Host and Actor Begins Her Third Act

Anna K. Binkovitz

Poet and MeToo Advocate, on the Politics of Consent.

Tom O’Connell

Our Minneapolis Revolution: 1930s, 1970s, & Today.

Rose Brewer

From Tulsa to Minneapolis: Activist Scholar is Rooted in Community

Bruce Nestor

From Immigrant Meat Packers to RNC and Standing Rock: The People's Lawyer

John Samuel Wright

4th Generation Minnesotan Recalls 150 years of Resistance to Jim Crow North

Teresa Ortiz

Mexico Ctiy Student Activist 1968, Becomes Latinx Advocate on Lake Street

Alfreda Daniels

Liberian American Organizes Across Communities and Continents

Ricardo Levins Morales

Puerto Rican Social Justice Artist Organizes to Win

Mel Reeves (1957-2022)

Long-Time Organizer Against Police Brutality, Fights the Power

Ahmed Anzaldua

Choral Director of BorderCrossSINGS Revolutionizes Classical and Folk Music

Jane Burnett

St. Louis Park Girl Radicalized in 70s Chicago, Organizes at Ford Plant, St. Olaf Alumni

Henry Jimenez

Son of Undocumented Immigrants with Las Vegas Roots, Advocates for Latinx Minnesota

Roy Guzmán

Celebrated Queer Honduran Poet Puts Down Roots in Minneapolis

April Knutson

Former Leader of MN CP Continues to Build United Fronts

Jerry Rau

Vietnam Veteran Against War becomes Sidewalk Troubadour

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez

Chicano Reporter from LA, Centers Marginalized Workers

Veronica Mendez Moore

CTUL Organizer Builds Labor Power with Marginalized Workers

Lisa Albrecht

Lesbian Feminist Educator Still Learning, To Repair the World

Daniel Alberto Perez

For School Social Worker; Labor, & Immigrant Rights Organizer, Three North American Nations are Home

Susana De Leon

From Torreón to Minneapolis: Immigration Attorney and Kalpulli Ketzal Coatlicue Dancer

Sandy Hernandez

Growing Up Undocumented in Minneapolis

Gilberto Vázquez Valle (1958-2021)

Radio Host Built Solidarity Through Encuentro with Latin American Folk Music

Valérie Déus

Haitian American Poet Misses New York, Builds Artist's Life in South Minneapolis

Robin Wonsley

Radical Transformation of an Organizer from Chicago's Southside

Jess Sundin

Police Justice and Anti-War Activist: The People Are My Mountains

Mustafa Diriye

Somali Immigrant Found What Makes Home: Colleges, Coffee Shops and a Mosque

Minerva Munoz

Makes Space in College For Working-Class People Like Her.

Guy Terrill Gambill

Veteran, Once Homeless, Fought for Housing Rights.

Roya Damsaz

From Iranian Revolution to Grassroots Movements in North Minneapolis.

Nelsie Yang

Hmong American with Northside Roots, Seeks Justice through City Hall and Streets

Louis Alemayehu

The Making of A Multicultural Spiritual Elder.

August Nimtz

From Jim Crow New Orleans to Professor in Mpls: The Making of a Black Communist

Nick Shillingford

Listen to Nurses, Build Coalitions, Create Socialist Alternatives to Mainstream News