Before the internet, bookstores were the commons for information and community. Today, like all local brick-and-mortar, they’re nearly extinct. We can’t fight oligarchs without addressing monopoly, so one of the ways we resist is through supporting local business. Buy your books locally when you can. If you buy online, use Bookstore.org — they donate a portion of each sale to local stores.
Small Bookstores Find Out How »
Food insecurity affects millions of American children. Make halloween a fun but practical night by by including simple kid-friendly real food as an option in your Halloween bowl: fruit cups, shelf-stable strawberry milk, mac-n-cheeese cups…
Food banks can stretch your dollar further by buying what they really need at wholesale. This year, don’t grab a few sale cans to throw in a box — donate that money to the food bank directly. If you’re able, make it recurring.
Food Banks need Cash Find Out How »
Fascists scrub and revise history. What we don’t know, we have to rediscover. Librarians and archivists are the quiet heroes of liberty, securing records we would otherwise lose. The internet is particularly easy to edit, but scrubbing it is a whole lot harder. The Internet Archive (AKA the Wayback Machine) has been quietly documenting the web for decades. Donate Today.
Wayback Machine Find Out How »
Common Power is running teams of door-knockers, and they could use financial support! Consider donating to the teams they already mobilized in critical races nationwide. CommonPower.org
Rent is due! Contribute to a rent fund where you live, in a hard-hit area like Minneapolis, or find out which tribe your land belonged to and see if they have a “real rent” program to support tribal operations.
