Mutual aid ideas

Sharing via @comrademax It’s easy to empathize with the fear and loss of safety that people feel as the imperial bourgeois parties abusively dangle the few rights we have over our heads. This is why it’s so important for us to build a Party and structure that implements revolutionary mutual aid. While today’s Party mutual aid program will likely be different in many ways, here are just a few examples of what the Black Panthers Party’s Mutual Aid program was able to accomplish—becoming an…

The coronavirus pandemic’s massive economic toll has left almost 30 million Americans jobless and sent the United States into its worst economic crisis

"If it's inaccessible to the poor it's neither radical nor revolutionary"

Sharing via @comrademax It’s easy to empathize with the fear and loss of safety that people feel as the imperial bourgeois parties abusively dangle the few rights we have over our heads. This is why it’s so important for us to build a Party and structure that implements revolutionary mutual aid. While today’s Party mutual aid program will likely be different in many ways, here are just a few examples of what the Black Panthers Party’s Mutual Aid program was able to accomplish—becoming an…

Share your resources, money, and skills to support your community in times of crisis. #pollybarks

At Solid Ground, we strive to help people overcome poverty by meeting their basic needs and nurturing their success. But we also acknowledge that as a modern, hierarchical nonprofit organization, we operate within the very systems that oppress people and keep them in poverty in the first place. That’s why we admire and celebrate community

You’re probably seeing posts and conversations online about mutual aid and getting involved to help meet needs in your community more directly. Here’s a refresher on what mutual aid is, what it means, and how it can help you and your neighbors. 👉🏼👉🏼 #mutualaid #communitycare #lookforthehelpers #bethegood

Self-help groups have encountered fierce criticism as places where individuals join to share personal problems and to engage in therapeutic intervention without the aid of skilled professionals. These groups have flourished since the 1970s and continue to serve more people than professional therapy. Yet these groups have been criticized as fostering a culture of whiners and victims, and not using professional help as needed. Thomasina Jo Borkman debunks this commonly held assessment, and…

This echo of the iconic ‘Rosie the Riveter’ recalls the sense of popular mobilization present among civilians during WW2. Much has changed in the generations since, but the tenacity of common people to protect and support their communities is stronger than ever, and nothing exemplifies this better than the upsurge of decentralized, self-organized mutual aid [...]Read More... from #MutualAid Hero

Mutual-aid groups are helping Americans envision communities that meet everyone’s needs.

You’re probably seeing posts and conversations online about mutual aid and getting involved to help meet needs in your community more directly. Here’s a refresher on what mutual aid is, what it means, and how it can help you and your neighbors. 👉🏼👉🏼 #mutualaid #communitycare #lookforthehelpers #bethegood

You’re probably seeing posts and conversations online about mutual aid and getting involved to help meet needs in your community more directly. Here’s a refresher on what mutual aid is, what it means, and how it can help you and your neighbors. 👉🏼👉🏼 #mutualaid #communitycare #lookforthehelpers #bethegood

Mutual aid is rooted in Black and Indigenous resistance to state violence. We cannot allow white organizers, non-profits, and philanthropists to co-opt our teachings in a time of panic.