A symptom of our society's ongoing crisis is the loss of live, in person community networks and the personal and social relations founded on those networks. This book explores this problem and offers solutions.
Dean Spade is a trans activist, writer and teacher. Stephanie Luce interviewed him about his recent book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (And the Next).
The anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin, writing in 1902, called Mutual Aid "the conscience — be it only at the stage of an instinct — of human solidarity." This new book offers insight into how that idea can live in today's world.
“Rent strikers and people at risk of losing their shelter are doing all they can to stop the violence of evictions and promote a vision of collective and community ownership of housing for everyone.”
Mutual aid is not only about addressing the crisis at hand but also about undoing the injustices of colonialism and imperialism.
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The essence of Chanukah is the theme of resistance. The story commemorates the victorious resistance of the people over the power and might of empire. Chanukah celebrates the spiritual strength of resistance to an often harsh and unyielding world.
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In a small city in northern New England, one local nonprofit mobilizes to meet the COVID-19 crisis in its New American community.
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