About this campaign
The American Bystander has spent the past decade keeping print humor—and satire itself—alive. In a time when media conglomerates and algorithms flatten everything into noise, we remain proudly independent, absurdly human, and fully in print.
Free speech is under siege. Comedy is policed by corporate fear, social pressure, and the ever-shrinking attention span. The Bystander stands as a refuge: a place where smart, fearless humor can exist without permission.
Your donation keeps that refuge alive. You’re not just supporting a magazine—you’re protecting the last, best habitat for wit, dissent, and the printed joke.
Help us keep the lights on and the presses running. Laughter is freedom, and it needs allies.
American Bystander is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts and Media (EIN: 94-3355076).