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April 19, 2026

Brave Hungarians showed up to the polls in historically huge numbers to defeat Orbán and his authoritarian regime this week. For everyone watching, the lesson was that sustained organizing on the local level and in the streets can defeat fascism. As Anne Appelbaum points out in The Atlantic, this victory showed authoritarians can be beaten when they don’t have the hearts of the people. As we approach the next nationwide mobilization on May 1 with No Work, No School, No Shopping for May Day (International Workers’ Day), go to May Day Strong to sign the pledge and learn more, and check out these trainings for a deeper dive. And before then, we have lots of ways to build power locally this week.

Your Top 3 actions for this week

  1. 📋 Join our monthly Organizing meeting this Monday, April 20 at 7pm on Zoom. Help plan our May Day actions, learn how we act together to remove power from the regime, and push our local, state, and federal representatives to resist authoritarianism, promote democracy, and stand up for our communities. RSVP here.

  2. 🌊 Sign up for a special Indivisible Brooklyn canvass for Brad Lander on Saturday, April 25 at 12pm in Prospect Heights. Let’s show up in force to elect Brad Lander to Congress and power toward the better world we all believe is possible. RSVP here to knock doors with us on Saturday, or sign up for another shift sometime this week here.

  3. 🗽 Tell your NYS electeds to defend NY now! NYers are struggling through a crisis on all fronts. But Gov. Hochul has been slow-walking action to protect us from ICE, the climate crisis, and federal budget cuts. Now she’s holding up the NYS budget rather than deliver the change that NYers overwhelmingly demand. Use this one-click tool from NYCLU to email your NYS electeds and tell them to act now before it’s too late. Or even better: call Gov. Hochul (212-681-4580), Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins (518-455-2585), Speaker Heastie (518-455-4911), and your own NYS Senator and Assembly Member (you can find their phone numbers here).
    Script: Hi, my name is… and I’m a voter living in [your neighborhood and zip code]. I’m calling to urge you to do everything you can to pass New York for All (S.2235/A.3506) in its entirety – not some watered-down version that would still leave our communities exposed to ICE’s violence. I also want to urge you to defend the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act against Gov. Hochul’s threatened rollbacks, which would leave our communities exposed to the devastating impacts of burning our way through unaffordable, dirty fossil fuels. And I'm urging you to support raising taxes on the ultra-wealthy and big corporations so we can prevent cuts to healthcare, childcare, housing, and transit caused by Trump’s tax scam. Will you make sure this year’s New York State budget invests in our communities and not in ICE, polluters, or the billionaires profiting off of the MAGA tax cuts?

Upcoming Events

Eyes on ICE: Train-the-Trainer on Immigrants' Rights: Monday, April 20 at 8pm on Zoom. Abusive immigration enforcement poses a threat to us all but places non-citizens at particular risk. This session will equip participants to train others on core Know Your Rights topics such as the right to remain silent, the right to refuse to consent to searches, and the right to record ICE and other law enforcement officials. We will also cover best practices for reducing risks when exercising rights. RSVP here.

“No Collusion, No Cages” Advocacy Day with the Dignity Not Detention & NY For All Coalitions: Tuesday, April 21 in Albany. Join us as we advocate for the passage of the NY4All Act and the Dignity Not Detention Act. Together these bills provide the protections that families, workers, and communities need, by ending our state’s entanglement with ICE both on the detention and collusion front. If Albany is serious about protecting New Yorkers from ICE, then it must stop the State from helping ICE kidnap people, and stop profiting from locking them up. There will be a bus leaving from NYC. (The organizers are still encouraging you to RSVP here even though the deadline has passed.)

Climate Action Press Conference with Brad Lander and Sunrise NYC: Tuesday, April 21 at 9:45am in Gowanus. Join Brad Lander, Sunrise NYC, and other climate activists to protest AlphaGen’s decision to continue burning fossil fuels at a power plant that was scheduled to close. More details and RSVP here.

Dignity Not Detention Phone Zap: Every Tuesday at 1pm on Zoom. The Dignity Not Detention Act would end NY’s support for immigrant detention. Join our coalition partners in pushing constituent phone calls to NYS legislators about the need to pass the bill now so that NY doesn’t run or profit off of the mass detention of our neighbors. RSVP here.

Weekly Vigil for Democracy at Brooklyn’s ICE Jail: Tuesday, April 21 at 6pm in Sunset Park. Join INBK and our fellow organizers at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge for our weekly vigil outside the Metropolitan Detention Center (Third Ave. & 29th St.), where 200 of our abducted neighbors have been imprisoned. Let’s stand firm against the inhumane treatment of our neighbors, and call for the release of all ICE detainees. Sing songs of resistance and bring signs to bear witness in solidarity. RSVP here to stay updated. See our full vigil list and make a plan to bring folks with you to one of these events.

Non-Cooperation and Community Strike Training by Freedom Trainers: Wednesday, April 22 at 6pm on Zoom. Join Freedom Trainers and Strike Ready Corps for practical training on civil resistance, non-cooperation, and collective economic non-cooperation that can be sustained over time. RSVP here.

We Will Not Be Silent – May Day Rally: Friday, May 1 at 4pm in Lower Manhattan. Join the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO; New York Immigration Coalition; union & community members from across the City to commemorate International Workers Day! We’ll be rallying in Washington Square Park and then marching together to Foley Square to demand a better future for the workers targeted by this administration and all workers abroad and at home. RSVP here.

More Ways to Resist this week

Tell NYS lawmakers to fix NY’s home care crisis. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the private equity takeover of our state’s most popular home care program, the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. It’s been a year of loss and destruction as workers have gone without pay and vulnerable consumers have lost trusted caregivers. Call your State Senator and Assemblymember NOW to ask for them to fight for our lives!  You can look up your state legislators and their contact info here.
Script: Hi, my name is… and I’m a constituent living in [your neighborhood]. I’m calling to ask the Senator/Assemblymember to support the Home Care Transparency Act (S.9142/A.10537). Since PPL took over CDPAP last year, we have been plagued by one  issue after another - lost pay, lost care, lost jobs, lost services and lost lives. Meanwhile, there has been almost no public oversight of this contract. The Home Care Transparency Act would create common sense reporting requirements so that the public and state legislators know how PPL is spending $11 billion tax payer dollars meant for care. Will the Senator/Assemblymember sign on as a co-sponsor to the Home Care Transparency Act and speak directly with leadership on the need to pass the bill this session?

Tell the City Council to pass the Delivery Protection Action Act. Big corporations like Amazon use “Last Mile” facilities to get packages from warehouses to your door. These facilities are usually packed into just a few Black and Brown neighborhoods, bringing pollution, traffic violence, and safety risks. And they rely on underpaid, unsafe, unstable jobs subcontracted to fake “third parties” to evade accountability. Help hold big corporations accountable and keep New Yorkers safe by strengthening regulations and improving working conditions at these “Last Mile” facilities by telling the City Council to pass the Delivery Protection Act immediately! Use this one-click tool from ALIGN to email the City Council.

Stand with the families of ICE detainees. Thanks to all who came out for our April Rent Party on the 11th! We raised more than $2200, which has been distributed to three families whose breadwinner has been detained by ICE.  You can learn about the families we are partnering with on standwithsouthbrooklyn.org, which includes GoFundMes. If you are able, giving even just $10 to each of the families at the top of the page would help our neighbors stay housed, cover living expenses, and support their detained loved ones. And please give to our South Brooklyn Legal Support Fund, which will be used for commissary and legal support.

In solidarity,
The INBK crew

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