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Mutual Aid
Disability Justice Organizers Dream Big and Resist a Culture of Disposability
Disabled mutual aid sees us as people who have skills and gifts to offer, says Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
Unexpected Tenderness in “The Last of Us” Offers Grist for Radical Politics
Post-apocalyptic TV dramas don’t have to be cynical or atomizing — they can inspire a politics of care and mutual aid.
Amid Wave of Right-Wing Terror, Trans Communities Are Keeping Each Other Safe
“Trans joy is out there,” Tre’Andre Valentine said. “We are … deserving of space, and time and love, and resources.”
Ten Years Ago, Occupy Sandy Helped New Yorkers and Redefined Disaster Relief
Rooted in Occupy Wall Street, the relief effort showed how mutual aid groups can step up when government aid is lacking.
Puerto Rico Needs Support After Hurricane Fiona. Here’s How to Help.
Without proper resources from the government, many Puerto Ricans have turned to grassroots organizations for aid.
Organizers and Community Groups in Jackson Turn to Mutual Aid Amid Water Crisis
The sudden emergency in the majority-Black capital of Mississippi is a crisis decades in the making.
Starbucks Union Starts Workers’ Fund After Firing of Over 50 Pro-Union Workers
Starbucks has reached “historic levels of union busting,” workers say.
Mutual Aid Groups That Arose During COVID Gather to Build Power Regionally
Durable mutual aid networks prioritize building relationships around anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist values.
As a Former Abortion Doula, Here’s How I’m Facing the Dawn of a Post-“Roe” World
We will work to create communities of mutual aid and care that can be our buffers against these far right attacks.
FEMA Isn’t Only Solution to Climate Disaster. Government Must Fund Mutual Aid.
As wildfire and hurricane season approaches, we must demand solutions that empower communities to rebuild with dignity.