Cheeks wrote on January 16, 2020 at 4:23 AM

Reply to comment by An_Old_Big_Tree in Five Ways You Can Engage in Mutual Aid Now! by An_Old_Big_Tree

I do agree with you u/Tequila_Wolf but you are limiting the concept of mutual aid to humans and (sub)cultural existence. Kropotkins idea of mutual aid is biologically scientific extending across species and further validates a lot of biological scientific thought even before him. Mutual aid is simply working in tandem for the benefit of the whole, whether it's a small group, large group, in mass, inter-species or extra-species. I'm sure I could phrase that better but I'm a few pints deep at the pub.

An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote on January 16, 2020 at 6:35 AM

You're right! I'd also been thinking narrowly just then :) Thanks for the reminder.

Mutual Aid

This forum is dedicated to setting up structures and networks of aid, on all scales, whether interpersonal or international, as well as just showcasing and talking about examples of help and care.
Common projects like Anarchist Black Cross chapters and Food Not Bombs are meaningful examples of developed projects embodying mutual aid.

It's also a good place to show us getting things done to help others in the spaces where capitalism has failed to, like disaster relief, and for thinking about the broader significance of these acts for our struggles.

There is also significant room here for appealing for financial assistance for comrades in prison or affected by disaster, for example.

Check out mutualaiddisasterrelief.com's resource page here, for loads of useful info.

If you have suggestions for the forum, a desire to change its look, or to become a moderator, please feel encouraged make a post about it in the forum or contact the moderator(s) directly.

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