On a day when national media reported tens of thousands of people turned out for a nationwide strike on the streets of Minneapolis, about 50 people showed up along Hardwick’s South Main Street near the Peace Park. On a frigid, near zero day Friday, they joined thousands of others across the country for a general strike to demand an end to President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and advocating “no work, no school, no shopping.” photo by Terry AllenActivists on the sidewalk in front of the Hardwick Peace park protest ICE activity: “no school, no work, no shopping,” Friday, January 30. From left are Greensboro’s Bill Rogers, Danville’s Jo Oliver, Elmore’s Charity Carbine-March, her son Finn, wife Amber and daughter Bailey, holding the “WAKE UP!” sign. Amber hold a hand-crafted owl and said she took Friday off from work, and her children from school in support of the nationwide general strike. photo by Terry AllenA protester looks at a memorial with candles and flowers, set up in a snowbank at the Hardwick Peace Park by organizers of a Hardwick rally last Friday, which displays photos of people killed by ICE agents. photo by Terry Allen
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