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Free Zine from @CrimethInc
#MutualAid, #TheCommons, and the #Revolutionary Abolition of #Capitalism
Revisiting the Difference Between Mutual Aid and #Charity
2025
"Much has been made of the distinction between charity and mutual aid. Charity is top-down and unidirectional, while mutual aid is supposed to be horizontal, reciprocal, and participatory. In practice, however, the majority of today’s self-described mutual aid projects remain more or less unidirectional efforts to provide goods and services to those in need.
"This has contributed to a situation in which conventional non-profit organizations are rebranding themselves with the language of 'mutual aid,' while some anarchists have given up on the concept entirely, fed up with a rhetoric that some say amounts to 'mutual aid being good and radical, and charity being bad and conservative.'
"Is there more to the distinction than this? How could we unlock the revolutionary potential of mutual aid?"
You can read the content of this zine online in at the link below:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/mutual-aid-the-commons-and-the-revolutionary-abolition-of-capitalism#TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #CapitalismKills #CapitalismSucks
#GreedKills #Oligarchy #Oligarchs #Oiligarchy #TechBillionaires #CrimethInc
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How to Organize an #Assembly
Preparing to Respond in an Era of #Disasters and #Despotism#Crimethinc
2024-11-10"There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a #hurricane has just torn through the state, or a #demagogue has just won reelection on an explicitly #fascist electoral platform. For many people, this is one of those moments right now. But how do we connect with them—or at least connect them with each other? One answer is to host an open assembly.
"Here, we’ll offer a brief guide, along with some sample discussion questions you could use to discuss how to prepare for the second Donald #Trump administration.
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"If you want to organize with a modicum of confidentiality rather than turning out the largest possible crowd, you could limit your announcement to #handbills and #Signal messages. Generally speaking, you’ll want to maximize the number of earnest participants while keeping your assembly off the radar of people with bad intentions.
"Hopefully, you’re already connected to local projects that have some reach through which to make the announcement. These could include #MutualAid projects, #CommunitySpaces, #bands, #SignalLoops, #ReadingGroups, #DJs, #StudentGroups [I would include neighbors and folks already involved with #activism whom you know and can trust and rely on]. Consider approaching other groups at the outset and inviting them to help organize or at least publicize the assembly. The more different groups are on board from the beginning, the wider the range of people you will bring together, and the less the gathering will feel like the private property of any one group."