Activists are calling for a national shutdown Friday to protest ICE’s aggressive immigration enforcement. The call to action: no work, no school, and no shopping. The campaign opposes the administration’s immigration crackdowns, which in Minneapolis have cost Alex Pretti and Renee Good their liv es. “Every day, ICE, Border Patrol and other enforcers of Trump’s racist agenda are going into our communities to kidnap our neighbors and sow fear. It is time for us to all stand up together in a nationwide shutdown and say enough is enough!” the campaign said. The January 30 shutdown has been endorsed by over 27 organizations across the country, including the Minnesota Immigrant Movement, LA Tenants Union, Black Lives Matter Grassroots Detroit, and locally, at George Washington University Socialist Action Initiative and Mariposas Immigrantes DC. Here’s what we know about the shutdown in the DC area: A number of area businesses plan to observe the strike and show their solidarity through boycotts, closures, donations, or other actions. Additionally, the Party for Socialism and Liberation will hold a rally at the Gallery Place–Chinatown Metro at 3 PM today, with other rallies sprinkled across DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Several businesses in Mount Pleasant, which has a large Latino community, are also expected to observe by donating proceeds to Ayuda, an immigration-advocacy nonprofit in DC. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Solid State Books (@solidstatedc) Here are businesses in the DC area that have said they’ll close for the general strike. We’ll refresh the list throughout the day. DC-area establishments that are closed today: Bold Fork Books Domestique Wine Doubles DC Fantom Comics L’Enfant Gallery Lost City Books Penny Post Pippin Toy Co. Red Barn Mercantile Salt and Sundry Shop Made in DC Snappy’s Small Bar Solid State Books DC Spot of Tea Steadyfast Supply Establishments that have pledged to donate proceeds from today: Beau Thai Cielo Rojo Dua DC Coffee Each Peach Market Ellē El Tamarindo Grand Cata Haydees Restaurant Jane Jane Joia Burger La Tejana The Little Grand Martha Dear Marx Cafe MDI Ice Cream Maydan Nido OKPB Past Tense Yoga Pollo Sabroso Purple Patch Red Hound Pizza Republic Cantina Taqueria Xochi Vigilante Coffee Wonderland Books Yellow the Cafe Places that are open and supporting in other ways: Friends to Lovers Bookstore (offering resources to contact congress members as well as donating) Hot Yoga Capitol Hill  (free classes) Material Things Studio (open to pre-registered classes, but closed to purchases) The Green Zone (happy hour and drink specials all night, as well as donating)The post How DC-Area Businesses Are Observing Today’s National General Strike first appeared on Washingtonian. ...read more read less