Exlurker wrote on March 20, 2022 at 6:20 AM

I think this is a little condensing, expecting groups made just to get a little bit of food to expand to taking down the system. Movements don't help anyone, the focus should always be on empowering individuals.

fortmis OP wrote on March 21, 2022 at 3:05 PM

Movements don't help anyone,

individuals have significantly more power when they engage as a movement. it's true some movements spiral out of control, but saying "movements don't help anyone" is like saying restaurants don't feed people.

expand to taking down the system

shouldn't we all be trying to do this? also, i have a sneaking suspicion that mutual aid, when done truly autonomously, naturally challenges the system.

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.

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