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.

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez


Chicano Reporter from LA, Centers Marginalized Workers

Tom O’Connell


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

Nick Shillingford


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

Valérie Déus


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

Gilberto Vázquez Valle (1958-2021)


Radio Host Built Solidarity Through Encuentro with Latin American Folk Music

Roya Taylor


Indigenous Radio Host and Actor Begins Her Third Act

Susana De Leon


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

April Knutson


Former Leader of MN CP Continues to Build United Fronts

John Samuel Wright


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

Daniel Alberto Perez


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

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

Guy Terrill Gambill


Veteran, Once Homeless, Fought for Housing Rights.

Lisa Albrecht


Lesbian Feminist Educator Still Learning, To Repair the World

Jane Burnett


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

Ronald Judy


Rich Complexity of the Historic, South Minneapolis Black Community

Alfreda Daniels


Liberian American Organizes Across Communities and Continents

Mel Reeves (1957-2022)


Long-Time Organizer Against Police Brutality, Fights the Power

Jerry Rau


Vietnam Veteran Against War becomes Sidewalk Troubadour

Jess Sundin


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

Ruth Voights


Collaborating to Center Native American Women

Sandy Hernandez


Growing Up Undocumented in Minneapolis

Rose Brewer


From Tulsa to Minneapolis: Activist Scholar is Rooted in Community

Teresa Ortiz


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

Roy Guzmán


Celebrated Queer Honduran Poet Puts Down Roots in Minneapolis

Nelsie Yang


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

Ahmed Anzaldua


Choral Director of BorderCrossSINGS Revolutionizes Classical and Folk Music

Robin Wonsley


Radical Transformation of an Organizer from Chicago's Southside

Ricardo Levins Morales


Puerto Rican Social Justice Artist Organizes to Win

Anna K. Binkovitz


Poet and MeToo Advocate, on the Politics of Consent.

Minerva Munoz


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

Bruce Nestor


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

Mustafa Diriye


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

Veronica Mendez Moore


CTUL Organizer Builds Labor Power with Marginalized Workers

Roya Damsaz


From Iranian Revolution to Grassroots Movements in North Minneapolis.

Sandy Berman


The Making of a Radical Librarian

Henry Jimenez


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