Minnesota has a reputation for being nice. Cute. Now watch us be brave.
This shirt is for the people who refuse to let fascism grow roots in the North Star State.
For the ones who keep showing up when ICE is prowling, when deportations are treated like paperwork, when immigrant families are expected to disappear quietly.
Minnesota Rebel Alliance is what you call it when you stop pretending this is somebody else’s problem. It’s a choice you make in public. It’s a refusal you wear on your chest.
The loon is the symbol for a reason. It’s a lake creature with a warning call. It’s a “heads up, something’s wrong” sound you can’t ignore. On the front, it sits inside a circle badge like a stamp of refusal. Not fragile. Not polite. Not asking.
Wear it to the rally. Wear it to the school pickup. Wear it to the grocery store where somebody always wants to talk about “keeping politics out of it” while real people are getting targeted. The message lands fast, especially in a crowd. It’s a shortcut to the right conversations and a dead end for the wrong ones.
Keep the practical stuff close too. A hotline number saved. A mutual aid link bookmarked. A friend you can call without explaining the whole story first. Resistance is also logistics, and Minnesota does logistics like it’s a winter storm prep list.
It’s also for the households raising little rebels. Kids tee for the next generation, long sleeve for the windy days, T-shirt for the everyday grind. Minnesota resistance isn’t seasonal, even when the weather is.
If you’ve got Gophers gear in your drawer, if you’ve yelled at the Vikings, if you’ve suffered through a Wild overtime, you already understand commitment. Now aim that loyalty at your neighbors in Cedar-Riverside, in Frogtown, in Duluth, in Rochester, in Moorhead. Protect people. Share resources. Keep eyes open.
Strange Gang made this for anyone doing the work, loud or quiet, tired or energized, new to it or deep in it. And big thanks to Bernie Anderson for creating the loon symbol that holds all this energy without needing a single word.