Mutual-aid is in the air. Look near any anarchist or socialist project, and you will see the importance of it emphasized in big bold text. In the name of mutual-aid, […]
The United States is a country of staggering disparities, many of which have been put in stark relief over the past year amid compounding crises. As the coronavirus pandemic has […]
‘[D]o you not realise that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in order to sustain the ruling class, your masters. Like […]
Over the past three months, starting with the pandemic and expanding into the current rebellion, there has been a beautiful flowering of mutual aid. These projects grew from the seeds […]
[Via Gal-Dem, 5 June, 2020, by Eshe Kiama Zuri] “As the black founder of a radical mutual aid group launched in 2018, I am frustrated to see new, white, middle-class […]
Mutual aid initiatives have rapidly spread during the coronavirus pandemic. But as the crisis is only likely to change and not abate, can community-led action stay the course? Argentina may […]
I keep thinking about a man named Tony Sizemore, whose partner Birdie Sheldon was the first person in Indiana to die of Covid-19 in March, when deaths were fewer and […]
Mutual-aid groups are distributing groceries and spare air conditioners via tools designed to turn labor into money as efficiently as possible. The workplace chat app Slack is where you go […]
Lack of international recognition as a state has disastrous consequences on an area already suffering from war and displacement. Local structures at work As mutual aid initiatives spring up across many wealthy […]
A radical practice is suddenly getting mainstream attention. Will it change how we help one another? We are not accustomed to destruction looking, at first, like emptiness. The coronavirus pandemic […]