Check out the whole thing! Grateful for the work of Ariel Aberg-Riger.
Beautiful Visual History of Mutual Aid
New Interview about Mutual Aid with In These Times
Clara Liang recently interviewed me for In These Times.
Amid the catastrophe of the pandemic, climate emergency and racist state violence, mutual aid has exploded. Ordinary people around the globe, from Seattle to Nigeria, are finding ways to support each other when the government won’t.Mutual aid isn’t just that we help each other. We help each other based on a shared recognition that the systems aren’t delivering and are actually making things worse. We’re simultaneously building a movement to address the root causes of the crisis we’re in.
Continue reading “New Interview about Mutual Aid with In These Times”Book Launch Event, Death Panel Podcast, and 5 Books that Inspire My Thinking on Mutual Aid
Last week I launched my new book, Mutual Aid, in conversation with Whitney Hu, hosted by Community Bookstore. You can watch the event video if you missed it.
Verso also recently gave me the opportunity to write a short descriptive list of five books that have influenced my thinking about mutual aid. You can read the essay, which focuses on the work of the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, No One Is Illegal, and INCITE! and includes writing by Peter Gelderloos, Alondra Nelson, Harsha Walia, and others.
I encourage you to listen to all the episodes of the Death Panel podcast, including my recent conversation with them about mutual aid, COVID, poor relief histories, law, and more.
Finally, I wanted to note that my new book is part of a four-book series from Verso about COVID and care. Collect all four!
5 Books that Influenced My Thinking about Mutual Aid
As part of celebrating the release of my new book on #mutualaid this week from Verso Books, I wrote this little piece highlighting 5 books that demonstrate how mutual aid is central to movements for transformative change. Check it out!
https://www.versobooks.com/lists/4876-5-book-plan-mutual-aid