When ICE Melts - documentary screening and panel discussion

Schedule

Sun Oct 04 2026 at 03:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

Madison Labor Temple | Madison, WI

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The Madison FREE THE 15 DEFENSE COMMITTEE invites you to join us for a special documentary screening and panel discussion:
"When ICE Melts - Testimonies from the frontlines" is a documentary film that examines how ordinary people organized across neighborhoods, workplaces, unions and communities to resist repression and build collective power against Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, MN. This documentary draws the strategic lessons of those experiences, including the decisive nature of the January 23rd mass strike in defeating ICE.
** 3-4pm Community potluck - bring a dish to share and build community
** 4-5:30pm Film screening "When ICE Melts"
** 5:30-7pm Panel discussion
SPECIAL GUEST PANELISTS:
- Kip Hedges, filmmaker and activist, Minneapolis MN
- Bruce Nestor, NLG/defense attorney Minneapolis MN
- Kieran Knutson, President, CWA Local 7250 Minneapolis MN
- Cynthia Sarver, labor activist, Twin Cities
- Andy Thayer, activist and independent journalist, Chicago IL
Endorsements (and growing):
- The Havens Wright Center for Social Justice
- The Progressive Magazine
- WIBOPM
- Voces de la Frontera
- UFAS/AFT #223
- UE Local 1186
- AFSCME Local 1
- PSL madison
- Madison Area DSA
- Socialist Horizon
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Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S Park St, Madison, WI 53715-2108, United States

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