Sarah Paris

Wow!

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
--Hannah Arendt

Title: Where writers really get their ideas. A writer, holding a note in his outstretched hand approaches a cart in the park. The front of the cart reads 'Fresh ideas' and a colourful umbrella shades the server who is reaching deep into the body of the cart (much as an ice-cream vendor might) and saying: "I'm all out of mind-blowing concepts and heart-rending narratives, but I've got an acerbic observation, an unexpected outcome and a couple of amusing notions."

My cartoon for the books page in this week’s @theguardian.com

Congratulations!!!

So uh this is going to be the biggest day of mass protest yet

The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.

Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.

And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.

Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.

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Congratulations!!

Gorgeous.

October 18! Save the Date!
#NoKings

“Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America.”

No, I don’t believe the life of a tree is worth more than the life of a human. But trees are beings too. Olive trees can live for hundreds of years, bearing fruit and nourishing generations. So yes, this was murder.

heartbreaking. still.

A character walks into a shop. The sign reads: “Books” Across the floor of the bookshop, past the bookshelves, is a stair down with a sign reading: “Used Books” Across the used books floor is a stair down marked: “Antiquarian Books” Across the antiquarian books floor is a stair down marked: “Forbidden Books of the Elden Ones” Stalactites hang. Strange tomes sit on plinths. Unearthly creatures scuttle in the gloom. A figure stands before a cash desk where a cyclopean, tentacled staff member says: “Yes, we do have the new Stephen King but it's back up on the ground floor.”

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

“Cannot be delivered to a US address …” 😟😟

Done

Every day I look at the photos and videos of people in Gaza and I feel horrified and paralyzed. We are committing a genocide. We are doing this. We are bombing humans, killing humans, and starving humans. We are doing this.

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have

We can STOP the regime and save this country. We have to do it together, every day with mass action. That’s what One Million Rising is all about.

#Indivisible
#1MillionRising
#Resist
#Rebel
#FlightLikeHell

Dates: July 16, July 30, and August 13.

Register here: act.indivisible.org/go/838738

It’s now or never.
#stopthecuts

Love this idea! Let’s do it 🌈💜🌞💐

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😂😂😂 that’s such a haiku in-joke.

You and me are on the same page today

I could be doomscrolling over breakfast, eating anxiety, and dread. Or, I could watch the cat watching birds.
#beherenow

Under Republicans' budget, 16 million people will lose their health insurance — including kids, parents, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities who rely on Medicaid.

We're attacking these schemes at every angle to protect health care and stop this disastrous budget.

Please act to prevent this deadly bill from passing. Call your representatives (Republican or Democrat) today. ☎️

Today’s Bizarro

As our nation girds for possible Iranian terrorist attacks, this is the person Trump put in charge of terrorism prevention.

22 years old. Recent work experience: landscaping/grocery clerk.

Never worked a day in counter-terrorism. But he’s a BIG Trump fan. So he got the job.

Republicans want you to forget they’re ripping health care away from over 16 million people while Trump wages a new endless war against Iran.

That’s Republican leadership for you.

“Plants reinvent sugar daily
and hardly anyone applauds.” 🌿
Love that he uses “hardly.” There may yet be hope.