I love seeing people make acronyms for Kapow. But it doesn’t stand for anything. It is just 💥 Kapow! 💥
Is KAPOW an acronym? Like Kat Abughazaleh Political Organizing Works or something?
July 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I love seeing people make acronyms for Kapow. But it doesn’t stand for anything. It is just 💥 Kapow! 💥
lol so many people signed up to download the KAPOW Handbook that it crashed our Dropbox link, waiting for for their tech support to call us back.
In the meantime, you can sign up (again) at this link to download from a different platform: kapow.solidarity.tech/download-the...
In the meantime, you can sign up (again) at this link to download from a different platform: kapow.solidarity.tech/download-the...
September 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
lol so many people signed up to download the KAPOW Handbook that it crashed our Dropbox link, waiting for for their tech support to call us back.
In the meantime, you can sign up (again) at this link to download from a different platform: kapow.solidarity.tech/download-the...
In the meantime, you can sign up (again) at this link to download from a different platform: kapow.solidarity.tech/download-the...
Yes!!! We’re phonebanking for our fave @coribush.bsky.social this Tuesday!!! Join our Kapow discord to learn more :)
discord.gg/kapow
discord.gg/kapow
July 20, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Yes!!! We’re phonebanking for our fave @coribush.bsky.social this Tuesday!!! Join our Kapow discord to learn more :)
discord.gg/kapow
discord.gg/kapow
We’ve had thousands of downloads and more than 150 people donate to get a hard copy of the handbook in the first 24 hours!
Get your free digital copy of the KAPOW handbook today at kapow.works/handbook !!!
Get your free digital copy of the KAPOW handbook today at kapow.works/handbook !!!
September 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
We’ve had thousands of downloads and more than 150 people donate to get a hard copy of the handbook in the first 24 hours!
Get your free digital copy of the KAPOW handbook today at kapow.works/handbook !!!
Get your free digital copy of the KAPOW handbook today at kapow.works/handbook !!!
💥 KAPOW 💥 community events are alive and active!
Join us for everything from park cleanups to movie nights this week:
Join us for everything from park cleanups to movie nights this week:
April 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
💥 KAPOW 💥 community events are alive and active!
Join us for everything from park cleanups to movie nights this week:
Join us for everything from park cleanups to movie nights this week:
If Fran wins I’m getting a Kapow tattoo
August 12, 2026 at 2:20 AM
If Fran wins I’m getting a Kapow tattoo
Want a physical copy of the KAPOW Handbook?
Donate $50+, and we’ll mail you one :)
kapow.works/donate
Donate $50+, and we’ll mail you one :)
kapow.works/donate
SUPPORT — KAPOW
kapow.works
September 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Want a physical copy of the KAPOW Handbook?
Donate $50+, and we’ll mail you one :)
kapow.works/donate
Donate $50+, and we’ll mail you one :)
kapow.works/donate
June 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨 IT’S FINALLY HERE 🚨
The KAPOW handbook is officially released: 60 pages all about how to integrate mutual aid into electoral politics. And it’s FREE.
Join the 1,500+ people who have already received their digital copy: kapow.works/handbook
The KAPOW handbook is officially released: 60 pages all about how to integrate mutual aid into electoral politics. And it’s FREE.
Join the 1,500+ people who have already received their digital copy: kapow.works/handbook
![Preview of the KAPOW handbook, excerpt copy [up until character limit] that reads:
How did we get here?
America has cultivated a culture where thousands of people across the country take the noble first step to run for office, only to find themselves sprinting all the way to Election Day through an extremely traumatic, masochistic, and undemocratic process we like to call "campaigning".
Political races are analyzed in terms of who raised more money (which is far easier when you know rich people or are rich yourself, who has the most connections (who doesn't love a backroom deal?), and who is more "electable" (translation: white, centrist man). The extraordinary amounts of cash burned on advertisements and consulting every year are considered a natural byproduct of a system we pretend is still functional. It's almost impossible for working class people to represent their communities as those with power consolidate it further.
But guess what?
It doesn't have to be this way. We don't have to suck.
When I started my congressional campaign, I wanted to try all of the things I've ranted about to my partner: "Why don't Democrats do [insert cool thing]?" Every time I was in a room with someone with power, I asked the same and was always told it won't work. "Well, have you tried it?" I'd ask. The answer was always no. So I decided to try it myself. At worst, I'd lose. But I'd still give the next person a case study to point to, to know that we tried to do something and make it better the next go around.
Well, I did lose. But we - myself, my team, our supporters - won a lot too. We beat 15 candidates, including multiple elected officials, coming in second, just 3 points shy of first place. When I launched, many politicos didn't think I'd break 5%. But we did. And we did it by actually breaking the mold.
That's where KAPOW comes in.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ats4shmeia7i7ildqm3denmd/bafkreiayy6betazf5ek27s3cy436e2umzcnk6wzsmzd3wd5q4qg45db4rq)
![Preview of the KAPOW handbook, excerpt copy [up until character limit] that reads:
So... What is KAPOW?
Great question! The KAPOW Method is the name for a new method of campaigning, defined by three main pillars:
• The integration of mutual aid and direct service into electoral campaign work, turning political resources into tangible impact
• The radical belief that helping your community before Election Day is a viable organizing strategy
• The creation of an explicitly political community through creative and non-traditional political action
But my personal favorite description comes from my friend and collaborator, Mia Orlando:
" ]When we say 'KAPOW!, it means halting the doom.
It means turning collective anger into meaningful change.
No one person can do this alone, and through many different channels, we can come together."
Everything described in this handbook comes from our own experience in the Kat for Illinois campaign and what we have learned since founding KAPOW. While we have given a lot of thought to how this would apply in a hyper-urban landscape like Manhattan or a more rural landscape like Idaho, at the time of writing this, we have not been able to do this kind of operation in those places. I say this to remind you, the reader, that nothing in politics and nothing in human-to-human interaction will be one-size-fits-all. And, if we have the capacity, we would love to help you tailor this method to your own campaign.
This is also a method that requires buy-in from both the candidate and their staff. It requires strong values and courage, a willingness to analyze and accept opportunity costs, investment in divergent methods, accessibility, creativity, and a commitment to the work, win or lose. But that's why you're running in the first place, right?
We included an index that divides our method into a variety of categories. At the end of each category, we also added a section for Frequently Asked Questions.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ats4shmeia7i7ildqm3denmd/bafkreicswembfaa27jhnn5xzdrrnfmlv3ckodqhsj2lwjprzzx2dcmgbla)
September 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
🚨 IT’S FINALLY HERE 🚨
The KAPOW handbook is officially released: 60 pages all about how to integrate mutual aid into electoral politics. And it’s FREE.
Join the 1,500+ people who have already received their digital copy: kapow.works/handbook
The KAPOW handbook is officially released: 60 pages all about how to integrate mutual aid into electoral politics. And it’s FREE.
Join the 1,500+ people who have already received their digital copy: kapow.works/handbook
Mending workshops, game nights, livestreams, and beach cleanups — oh my!
Here’s what’s happening with KAPOW this week. RSVP and learn more here: www.mobilize.us/kapow/
Here’s what’s happening with KAPOW this week. RSVP and learn more here: www.mobilize.us/kapow/
April 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Mending workshops, game nights, livestreams, and beach cleanups — oh my!
Here’s what’s happening with KAPOW this week. RSVP and learn more here: www.mobilize.us/kapow/
Here’s what’s happening with KAPOW this week. RSVP and learn more here: www.mobilize.us/kapow/
Boom/kapow
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Boom/kapow
We’ve been testing what it looks like to organize around mutual aid, community, volunteers, art, and civic engagement.
The KAPOW Handbook brings those lessons together for candidates, campaign staff, organizers, and anyone wondering how we can make politics suck less.
Get it in your inbox Sep 21:
The KAPOW Handbook brings those lessons together for candidates, campaign staff, organizers, and anyone wondering how we can make politics suck less.
Get it in your inbox Sep 21:
KAPOW HANDBOOK PRE-RELEASE — KAPOW
kapow.works
September 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
We’ve been testing what it looks like to organize around mutual aid, community, volunteers, art, and civic engagement.
The KAPOW Handbook brings those lessons together for candidates, campaign staff, organizers, and anyone wondering how we can make politics suck less.
Get it in your inbox Sep 21:
The KAPOW Handbook brings those lessons together for candidates, campaign staff, organizers, and anyone wondering how we can make politics suck less.
Get it in your inbox Sep 21:
We hear you. You have questions.
How does KAPOW actually work? Will it work for your campaign? Where the hell do you even start?
📞 Call (872) 29-KAPOW and leave us a voicemail with your questions about KAPOW!!
How does KAPOW actually work? Will it work for your campaign? Where the hell do you even start?
📞 Call (872) 29-KAPOW and leave us a voicemail with your questions about KAPOW!!
August 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
We hear you. You have questions.
How does KAPOW actually work? Will it work for your campaign? Where the hell do you even start?
📞 Call (872) 29-KAPOW and leave us a voicemail with your questions about KAPOW!!
How does KAPOW actually work? Will it work for your campaign? Where the hell do you even start?
📞 Call (872) 29-KAPOW and leave us a voicemail with your questions about KAPOW!!
this ROCKS lmao
just throwing it out there but would anyone wanna do something similar in chicago with Kapow after primaries maybe 👀
just throwing it out there but would anyone wanna do something similar in chicago with Kapow after primaries maybe 👀
The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
Democratic Socialists’ bus benches remain, city mum on next steps | Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The handmade bus benches installed by the Wilmington Democratic Socialists of America have highlighted a problem nearly everyone agrees exists: most Wave bus stops have nowhere for riders...
portcitydaily.com
August 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
this ROCKS lmao
just throwing it out there but would anyone wanna do something similar in chicago with Kapow after primaries maybe 👀
just throwing it out there but would anyone wanna do something similar in chicago with Kapow after primaries maybe 👀
Every conversation counts, join us!
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💥 kapow.works/events
KAPOW - Join Our Movement
kapow.works
September 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Every conversation counts, join us!
💥 kapow.works/events
💥 kapow.works/events
Fuck it I’m gonna shill for our org on his behalf. If you wanna give him a present, donate $5 to our organization Kapow: Kapow.works/donate
SUPPORT — KAPOW
Kapow.works
September 16, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Fuck it I’m gonna shill for our org on his behalf. If you wanna give him a present, donate $5 to our organization Kapow: Kapow.works/donate
10 years ago today, ‘Right Now Kapow’ premiered on Disney XD.
September 19, 2026 at 1:41 AM
10 years ago today, ‘Right Now Kapow’ premiered on Disney XD.
January 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We’re so excited to show and prove a new type of politics. And we need your help to do it.
If you’re able, be one of our first contributors today: givebutter.com/kapow
If you’re able, be one of our first contributors today: givebutter.com/kapow
KaPow!!
By Common Power
givebutter.com
April 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
We’re so excited to show and prove a new type of politics. And we need your help to do it.
If you’re able, be one of our first contributors today: givebutter.com/kapow
If you’re able, be one of our first contributors today: givebutter.com/kapow
Please help us keep growing with any amount at kapow.works/donate !!
KAPOW!
KAPOW! Turning campaigns into community, with Kat Abughazaleh and Common Power
kapow.works
June 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Please help us keep growing with any amount at kapow.works/donate !!