Whistle Zine Resources – Twin Cities

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12/8/25 UPDATE: If you are looking for Twin Cities-oriented whistle zines to print, check this out!

I just wanted to set up a landing page so if I continue to share info about this stuff, I can just reference a single URL. If, for example, a document gets updated, I don’t want to have to send out new links all the time. THIS page will have the most recent drafts of stuff like the whistle zine, as well as the various supplementary notes to help people make sense of everything.

1. THE QUICK PITCH: In Chicago, people have been using whistles (alongside a little zine explaining the tactic; see it here) to protect each other from ICE. We made a Twin Cities-oriented “remix” of that zine: it condenses two pages from the original into one, and then adds a page of local resources: our rapid response line, legal aid stuff, etc. To be clear: this remix isn’t a project of any organization or official group; just neighbors crowdsourcing info and sharing at the grassroots level.

2. THE FILE: This is a cryptpad link to a two-page PDF: English on one page, Spanish on the other. You can print it doublesided if you want, but the way zines work, only one side is actually seen. So my plan is to print batches (one-sided) of whichever one I need at that moment. Here is a proton link to a one-pager version that someone made, in case you don’t know how (or just don’t like) to fold zines!

Here is an even more updated collection of links to print, courtesy of MSPwhistles.

3. HOW TO FOLD: The 8-page “foldy” zine format can be tricky for the first few times. Don’t be afraid to mess a few up as you get the hang of it (or just leave the folding to others; I don’t think that there’s going to be a shortage of these available). Here is the video tutorial I usually share.

4. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND READINGS:

FOR PEOPLE ASKING “SO WHAT DO I DO NEXT?”

Here in the Twin Cities, a lot of this work is happening at the neighborhood level, or even block-to-block. If you are able to “plug in” to your hyperlocal network of politically-engaged neighbors, that’s a great first step. There was just a big outdoor meeting in Powderhorn about this, with another planned; I’m up in NE MPLS, and there are similar efforts—but they can be hard to find since they’re usually not under the umbrella of any one specific organization. It might take some asking around, some online research, etc. For example, there is an “MSPwhistles” account on both IG and Bluesky; I don’t know them personally, but they seem to be sharing info. There is also this “Twin Cities Whistle Hub Guide” with more info.

One specific thing people can do is attend a MONARCA rapid response training. Find their full schedule of trainings (at various MN and also WI spaces) here.

A photo of three zines (small paper booklets) with the text “form a crowd, stay loud: protect each other” and the image of a whistle. Also a small burst with the text “twin cities remix”