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A new zine by @gregpak.net!

Two panels of a zine. Panel One: First caption reads: "When you see the Trump regime do horrible things, do you ever yell..." Then you see a drawing of a frustrated/angry person throwing up their hands and yelling "SHUT IT ALL DOWN!" Second caption reads: "Me too!" Panel Two: Text: That's why you and I are joining MAY DAY STRONG! Image is a photo of people at a demonstration raising their fists, which have been outlined with heavy white line with power sparks coming off of them. Above that image is the Rosie the Riveter word balloon reading "We Can Do It!" Beneath that are the words: "On May 1, 2026!"

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Tuesday night, April 21. 8 pm ET.
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Enforcing the Affordability Agenda
March 26, 6 - 7:30 pm
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
* speakers will discuss exciting new NYC legislation that will help workers in multiple industries win new protections.

Register: bit.ly/enforcement-affordability

The torso and upper legs of a fat man with tiny hands. He's naked except for a tie and a diaper. He's using the Constitution as a diaper.

Text along bottom of first page (but there doesn’t have to be a specific space for it; this is just for when it’s a separate piece): ©2026 by Michael Goodwin. Art by Ian Akin and Brian Garvey. No affiliation with any campaign. Title: One Solution Panel: Narrator looks at his laptop. We see his face and the laptop from behind. He’s shocked and upset. A whirlwind is going on outside; we can see it in the window (it takes up the whole window, it’s not in the distance). Caption: Now it’s early February of 2026, and, well, things haven’t let up. From laptop: “It’s okay, I’m not mad at you.” SFX from laptop: BANGBANGBANG From laptop, in another word balloon: “Fucking bitch!” Arrow to the balloons coming from laptop: ICE killing Renee Good, January 7. Source: A decent description of the exchange is here: https://www.wired.com/story/the-campaign-to-destroy-renee-good/ Panel: A caption box. Caption: So let’s take a break and look at a real cause for hope: New York State has found a way to fight big money in elections. Panel: The big donors from before, dropping money on all the institutions. We don’t see the Congress. Caption: Big money in elections isn’t our only problem. Caption by all the institutions that aren’t politicians: Heck, it’s not our only problem with big money. . . . Panel: This chart, but the x-axis labels change; “1” is 2000, “2” is 2004, and so on up to 2024. The data labels shouldn’t cross the line either. My Excel skills are poop. Caption: But it is a big problem. Small text below chart: Data presentation courtesy of Nathan Kalmoe. Reproduced in modified form. Source: from https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires-buying-elections-theyve-come-to-collect/. This is actually just Federal election spending. Panel: Some regular people speak. They look unimpressed. Caption: New York’s solution: matching funds for donations up to $250* in state and local elections. Person 1: Okay? Person 2: That’s nice, I guess? Footnote text: *Per cand…

Panel: A person, an outline of New York State, and a candidate (like, maybe she has a “Vote for me” sign?). One $10 bill is going from the person to the state, and then seven $10 bills (or a stack marked $70) to the candidate. Caption: That sounds lame, but it’s not—the match is crazy generous. In the NY state outline: 6 to 1 match Source: https://pcfb.ny.gov/candidate-committee-services; https://pcfb.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/01/pcfb-handbook-revised-2025-final_5.pdf Panel: A chart showing these data, except that the bars are labeled 2020, 2022, and 2024 (I think it would look better if the legend labels (“From PACs” and so on) are to the right of the last bar, next to the part they refer to, instead of in a legend, but I can’t make Excel do that). Chart title: Sources of donations in New York State legislative races Caption: The new funds were first available in the 2024 election cycle. Caption by or arrow to first 2 bars (maybe the yellow and grey parts are circled somehow?): And while 2020 and 2022 were the usual story—big money buying our elections. . . . Caption by or arrow to last bar: 2024 was different. Source: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/new-york-states-public-campaign-financing-program-empowers-constituent Panel: Mamdani looks happy. A crowd of billionaires are on the left, looking at him angrily. We don’t need to see each one, just a crowd. If we do see any, then Bill Ackman, Ronald and William Lauder, Barry Diller, Dan Loeb, and/or Alice Walton. Caption: In 2025, the usual New York City power brokers poured crazy money on Andrew Cuomo, their toady mayoral candidate, and they lost anyway. Arrow: Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor. Even with matching funds (in NYC the match is 8 to 1) he raised less than Cuomo, but the money he did raise was enough. Source: Crazy money: more than $40 million according to this: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/mamdani-cuomo-nyc-mayor-bid-billionaire-spending.html. Toady: In the…

Panel: Jeffries and Schumer, looking like Droopy Dog again. Some protesters are yelling at them. Caption: The same machine that gave us these saps, who (deliberately or not) block real opposition to Trump. People: Abolish ICE! Abolish ICE! Jeffries: We hear you. You want us to give ICE more money. Schumer: Don’t forget to donate. Source: The more money would be for training, as if that would help; see, e.g., here: https://therealnews.com/renee-good-killing-dems-ice-reforms Panel: Uncle Sam is sitting on a toilet, looking relieved. We don’t need to see his bare ass—maybe just the top of the tank behind him—but it should be clear what he’s doing (that is, he’s been constipated but he’s just taken a massive dump.) Caption: If the state matching funds applied to federal races, we could be confident of clearing these blockages this year (Jeffries) and in 2028 (Schumer). Sam: Aah. Panel: Schumer and Jeffries again, in the same low-energy positions, but now they have grins on their faces. Money is raining down on them. Caption: But they don’t, so we’ll have to fight the full power of big money in both cases. https://pcfb.ny.gov/program-overview Panel: Mamdani and Kathy Hochul looking all buddy buddy. Caption: By contrast, the funds do apply to the governor’s race, which may be why Governor Kathy Hochul has suddenly been a lot more responsive (in some ways at least). Mamdani: Child care for all! Hochul: Yes! https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani---governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw; includes the phrase “The Governor is committing to fully fund the first two years of the city’s implementation.”

Panel: Some rich people yell or wail; maybe one is clutching her pearls. The word balloon and text should be prominent in some way (like, drawn instead of lettered). Caption: Now: you’ve already probably thought of the big objection to generous matching funds like these: Rich people: How will you pay for it? Panel: Narrator speaks. He looks a bit unnaturally happy. Caption: The answer is simple: Narrator: By making politicians more responsive to voters! Panel: Silly beings like unicorns, puppies, teddy bears, and so on frolic in a land of rainbows and candy canes and so on. One of the teddy bears is starting to dig with one of those kiddy beach shovels. Caption: And okay, that sounds silly. Unicorn or whatever: With better politicians, money will appear out of nowhere! Teddy bear that’s digging: And we’ll find pirate treasure! Puppy or whatever: And everyone will get a pony! A My Little Pony, responding to the puppy: Wait, what? Panel: One of the silly beings from the previous panel speaks. Caption: But it’s not. Being: Read on!

A comic about New York's election matching funds, and the comptroller's race (they're connected, I swear):

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How did Minneapolis pull of their January 23 shutdown? Come to the NYC May Day Solidarity School on February 21 and learn how.
Agenda and registration: tinyurl.com/MayDaySchool

Land doesn’t vote and land also doesn’t protest

Tonight! Join recently striking nurses, State Sen. Jabari Brisport, teachers, and Tax The Rich movement leaders to discuss how we can arm ourselves with the ideas and strategies to successfully mobilize NYers and win this fight.

Thanks @clementpetitj.bsky.social

Minnesota organizations have been organizing for years to get to the place where they could pull off a general strike. We don’t have years, but we can learn from them and scale up quickly. We have no choice!

Thanks @indivisible12084.bsky.social! Hope you find it useful.

How We Build a General Strike · May Day Strong We are inspired by the incredible wins coming out of Minnesota - and we know how they got them. More than 75,000 people took to the streets in Minneapolis January 23rd and hundreds of stores closed in...

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A crowd of hundreds gathered in downtown Manhattan tonight to protest ICE killing Alex Pretti. The crowd in this picture wearing coats and hats (it was 15 degrees), standing outside a Hilton hotel yelling, at times, “Fuck Hilton!” One sign says “The whole world is watching”

Hundreds of people gathered and marched in downtown NYC tonight to protest ICE killing Alex Pretti. The crowd chanted “Fuck Hilton” outside one of their hotels. One man staying in a room there held up a sign saying “Fuck ICE” in his window.

BREAKING: Young people have taken over the Hilton in NYC where ICE agents are staying.

We will not stand by while Hilton houses ICE in our city. As long as Hilton chooses to host fascists, we will disrupt their operations.

Learn about general strikes! Feb 5, 7 pm ET.

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE - Workday Magazine Some 100 faith leaders are braving freezing temperatures to block a key road outside of the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport to protest ICE.

“Oh my God, today is amazing, overwhelming, and very powerful,” says Feben Ghilagaber, an airport food service worker and steward for UNITE HERE Local 17. ​“It was bigger than I was expecting, much bigger. I was kind of worried about the weather, but everybody showed up.”

ICE Out for Good On January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action.

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Find out how to support the Minneapolis general strike on January 23, whether you live in Minneapolis or elsewhere.

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CWA Local 7250 President: General strike is just the start YouTube video by On The Line

An injury to one is an injury to all.

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Solidarity Mobilizations: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities · Showing Up for Racial Justice Across the country, immigrant communities are under attack and authoritarian forces are gaining ground. But there’s a growing movement of people ready to take action with clarity, courage, and discipl...

While Trump is out here threatening to use the insurrection act against our communities, we're continuing to organize.

The fight for our freedoms are intertwined: white, Black, brown, immigrant, citizen or not.

Join a 2 part training starting Tuesday, January 20 to step into action with us.

Rain, snow or shine! Nurses are holding down the line!

Striking NYC nurses continued their MLK weekend actions by taking their message from the picket lines to the home of Montefiore CEO, Dr. Ozuah, demanding "Fair Contract Now!"

Great classes!

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Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj

An alternative to capitalism is possible, at least in comic books A wave of recent comics focuses on facilitating the understanding of economics and denouncing labor exploitation and its social, environmental, and mental health consequences

I got quoted in El Pais (@elpais.com)! With leads to other great comics:

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Trump filling out his NYC DSA membership card to vote on primarying Jeffries right now