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The movement for mutual aid during disasters isn’t something we invented. But we are trying to act as a swiss-army knife for this growing movement of movements, as it becomes more and more critical for our collective survival. One way we are supporting and uplifting this tactic, and the larger autonomous disaster relief movement, of which we are only a small part, is curating a database of news articles about autonomous, liberatory, mutual aid efforts in the context of disasters.
Hurricane Hanna (2020)
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Activists in the Rio Grande Valley, hardest hit area in Texas, start mutual aid effort for ...Volunteer organizers and community members from the Rio Grande Valley have stepped up to fill in for state inaction by creating a mutual aid collective to provide financial assistance to offset ...
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Community based fund created to aid Valley of Hurricane Hanna’s impact - The MonitorOn the day Hurricane Hanna made landfall in South Texas and left Rio Grande Valley communities flooded and hundreds of thousands without power, ABC’s “Good Morning America” reported the storm ...
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Local campaign helping the Valley recoverRIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (KVEO) — As the Valley recovers from the impact of Hurricane Hanna, one local campaign is collecting funds to help communities bounce back. RGV Mutual Aid is meant to help ...
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RGV Mutual Aid collects about $41,000 to assist people affected by Hurricane HannaIn the aftermath of Hurricane Hanna, a group of local organizers wanted to help the Rio Grande Valley — quickly.
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Crowdfunding effort aiding RGV recoveryBy Gaige Davila [email protected] After Hurricane Hanna swept through the Rio Grande Valley, countless people throughout the area found themselves needing help, some of whom have had …
Coronavirus (2020)
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‘The Cripples Will Save You’: A Critical Coronavirus Message from a Disability ActivistLearn more about why disabled patients are being left out of the coronavirus public health conversation and what we can do to change it.
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Decolonizing Community Care in Response to COVID-19 | NDN CollectiveResponding to the COVID-19 pandemic responsibly…
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As Coronavirus Anxiety Mounts, D.C. Neighbors Are Lending A Helping Hand | DCistSome are resisting the urge to panic and turn inward.
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Mutual Aid and Radical Care In the Time of Increased Uncertainty"Find the means that work best for you and the people you're in community with, and grab hold of what is yours. We have nothing to lose but our chains."
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Help In Exchange For Help: How D.C.'s Mutual Aid Groups Are Braving Coronavirus | WAMUSome are resisting the urge to panic and turn inward.
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People Are Helping Each Other Fight CoronavirusAn explosion of mutual aid networks is happening online.
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Coronavirus is a historic trigger event — and it needs a movement to respondEven in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation.
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We Have To Take Care of Each Other: Mutual Aid for COVID-19 and Beyond | AutostraddleWe don't know the answers to most of our questions about COVID-19 and this specific moment in history. But we do know this: together, we can take care of each other. We have no other choice.
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Want to do something good during your coronavirus quarantine? Do mutual aidPeople in cities around the country are setting up ad hoc groups of the young, healthy, and not at risk to help bring food and services to people who shouldn’t be in public at all.
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Decorah and Winneshiek County Mutual Aid Network establishedAs the coronavirus crisis has escalated, Winneshiek County residents have watched people around the world panic. It doesn’t matter which channel; the ne
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For the next two weeks, Mutual Aid volunteers are organizing food and toiletry drives and hope to continue their efforts as long as it is needed.
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Mutual Aid Worcester helps Worcesterites help each otherIt’s no great stretch to say the coronavirus outbreak, having already seemingly suspended normal life for a month, has caused a certain mood of
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Neighbors create 'Midtown Mutual Aid Network' amid coronavirus crisisPeople in midtown are stepping up to help their neighbors as coronavirus concerns spread.
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Coronavirus: How These Disabled Activists Are Taking Matters Into Their Own (Sanitized) Hands | KQEDStacey Milbern and her small collective of disabled activists are making their own hand sanitizers and disinfectants, and are distributing them to people in homeless encampments in Oakland.
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Local Rapid-Response and Mutual-Aid Groups Scramble to Fill Federal-Aid Gaps“Now we’re faced with the whole reason why I started this, which is that I thought we were going to have a disaster in the Triangle,” says Day One Disaster Relief's Jil Christensen. “And now ...
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San Diego Community Members Help Each Other During Coronavirus PandemicWhile the county continues to coordinate its response to the pandemic, neighbors in San Diego are reaching out and offering assistance to one another. It’s called mutual aid and it could save lives.
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A grassroots movement has organized hundreds of volunteers to bring food, pet supplies and other resources to those who need it most throughout the Portland metro.
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CrimethInc. : Surviving the Virus: An Anarchist Guide : Capitalism in Crisis—Rising ...Let's protect ourselves and each other from the threat posed by the virus and a social order that never preserved our well-being in the first place.
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Coronavirus leads to 'an angel at my door' in Marin CountyA College of Marin student — with a creative brain and a kind heart — had an idea to help the many older folks who couldn’t, and shouldn’t, leave home even for essentials like food and ...
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Coronavirus catalyzes growing wave of grassroots action - ShareableMany of the Coronavirus pandemic responses take the form of mutual aid — grassroots, horizontal, community-led aid that has emerged spontaneously to help.
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Covid-19: Co-operation and mutual aid to the rescue - Co-operative NewsHyper-local mutual aid groups have sprung up, bringing people together on streets, in towns and through social media, in response to the outbreak
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Mutual aid: Valley residents can care for each otherYoungstown resident Julie Scarsella saw the work others were doing in the wake of the pandemic and created the Facebook group Mutual Aid Youngstown.
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A grassroots volunteer network is helping Bushwick through the pandemic“What we’re really seeing is this outpouring of help.”
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Chicago Mutual Aid Network Connects Those In Need With Helpers Across The City"Just figure out what you have to give and how you can safely give and get on it," one organizer of the fund said. "This is an emergency.”
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Coronavirus is hitting communities hard. This grassroots group is filling the void for government ...People across the country are struggling to make ends meet during the COVID-19 outbreak. Many in the service industry have lost their jobs, and are worried about how to pay their bills and rent this ...
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Opinion | We Must Help One Another or DieLet this crisis motivate us to see through the fog of fake individualism.
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Everything Is Falling Apart, but Strangers Are Saving Each Other's LivesMutual aid groups are helping to connect those who most need help with those who can provide it.
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Mutual Aid Lynn providing connections during coronavirus crisis - ItemliveLYNN — Armed with resource lists, social media and compassion for one another, local residents are organizing Mutual Aid Lynn to provide connections while coronavirus continues to necessitate ...
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WTOL11
One Facebook post has now turned into a group of more than 3,300 people willing to help one another out. Shelly Kirsch has been spending most of her time lately at the Marketplace Community Church, making sure people have food in their pantries.
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Need help during the COVID-19 outbreak? Locals take to social media to offer free services | INFORUMGroup of passionate community-builders implement "mutual aid" and use social media to offer free services, ask for help or create community.
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Mutual Aid Team: Grassroots Group Helps The VulnerableA mutual aid group in Bloomington-Normal is channeling anxiety and stress over the coronavirus into helping others. Meghan Reha of the McLean County Mutual
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Pandemic PivotYouth climate activists sprung into action to help the community during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Intercepted Podcast: Mariame Kaba and a People’s Bailout for CoronavirusOrganizer Mariame Kaba discusses the realities facing some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
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Autonomous Groups Are Mobilizing Mutual Aid Initiatives to Combat the Coronavirus - It's Going DownHelp IGD Keep the Lights On – Donate Here! In the span of just a few weeks, the coronavirus has completely changed life as we know it, while also exposing the vast array of contradictions firmly ...
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What Is Mutual Aid, and How Can It Help With Coronavirus?Communities across the country are organizing to provide relief directly to people the government has failed.
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With a city in need, the Westcott community steps up to the plateThe newly-formed coalition will provide meals and other services to all Syracuse residents.
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Knollwood group forms to aid neighbors; Towson area hunkers downA group of Towson residents are banding together to help their neighbors live their lives safely in the pandemic.
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Amid coronavirus pandemic, neighbors delivering what government cannot - The Boston GlobeSo-called mutual aid organizations are springing up across the country to deliver essential supplies and financial relief to elderly or vulnerable neighbors.
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Solidarity Not Charity: Mutual Aid & How to Organize in the Age of CoronavirusAs lockdowns and layoffs sweep the U.S., mutual aid groups are forming to protect and provide for the vulnerable, including the elderly, incarcerated, undocumented and unhoused. We look at the ...
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Communities rally around one another — and Google Docs — to bring coronavirus aidSo many groups have popped up in the past five days that there are now master spreadsheets circulating on Twitter, Nextdoor and Facebook.
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To Survive Systemic Failure Induced by COVID-19, We Need Mutual AidMutual aid efforts catalyzed by the pandemic show us the ways we can challenge the systems that have failed us.
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All the inspiring ways regular people, not politicians, are working to help AmericansAs the U.S. government struggles to find its footing in the midst of a pandemic, with national leadership sometimes at odds with local officials and city residents over the best way to respond to the ...
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California on Coronavirus Lockdown : IndybayCalifornia residents have been ordered to "stay at home" to suppress the spread of COVID-19. Stringent mitigation measures mean millions are without an income. Students face the possibility of going ...
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COVID-19: Facebook and community aid groups help break isolationWhile self-quarantines and social distancing increase isolation, grass-roots support groups are fighting the pandemic on a community level.
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Coronavirus: Volunteers flock to join community support groupsAn army of volunteers joins Mutual Aid groups to help the vulnerable during the coronavirus crisis.
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Opinion | Feeling Powerless About Coronavirus? Join a Mutual-Aid NetworkA quarantine is the perfect time to get (virtually) close to your community.
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Mutual Aid, Social Distancing, and Dual Power in the State of Emergencyby Woodbine The viral crisis has mutated into a general crisis of social reproduction with no end in sight. With the shutdown of businesses, schools, and countless other institutions, millions are ...
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Local communities assembling mutual aid groups to help residents in needHundreds of volunteers are coming together through “mutual aid groups” in Massachusetts to help everyone affected by the COVID-19 mandates.
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In Solidarity with Tacoma Mutual Aid Collective - South Sound MagazineLooking to support boots-on-the-ground efforts in Tacoma during the COVID-19 crisis? Tacoma Mutual Aid Collective is a good place to start.
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Covid-19 mutual aid: the challenge of helping the vulnerable survive quarantine brings out best in ...A small army of altruistic Britons are banding together to help others survive their time in quarantine.In Long Ashton in north Somerset, Alison Langan, 71, who describes herself as a “technological
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How Yorkshire's coronavirus Mutual Aid online groups are helping the vulnerableYorkshire and the Humber has contributed over 70 of the more than 1,000 volunteer groups that have launched in the space of a week to help isolated people during the pandemic.
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Norfolk organizers help elderly, vulnerable citizens find volunteers during COVID-19 pandemicA grassroots group is stepping in to make sure people have the necessities to weather the worst of the coronavirus outbreak.
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With a little help: Brookline neighbors band together to lessen coronavirus impactHours after the coronavirus pandemic saw its first cases in Brookline, social media pages exploded. Some community members turned to Facebook groups or
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How to help people during the pandemic, one Google spreadsheet at a timeThousands of volunteers in "mutual aid" groups are bringing groceries, medications, and more to vulnerable strangers.
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The Washington Post
As the number of confirmed covid-19 cases increases around the world, people are struggling to keep themselves mentally and physically safe and stable. Some individuals and communities are having a tougher time than others, especially the marginalized.
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Students Form Mutual Aid Networks to Meet Needs in Pandemic CrisisA silver lining in the current pandemic is the emergence of bottom-up, mutual aid networks across the country and beyond.
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Mutual aid group helps those in WigtonSUPPORT groups are being set up across the county to try and combat the effects of people having to self-isolate due to coronavirus.
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While We’re Forced Apart, Mutual Aid Groups Bring Neighbors Back TogetherLocal mutual aid groups are helping community members find housing, food, and support—all while maintaining social distance.
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Local mutual aid networks offer supports in time of isolationEASTHAMPTON — “Hi neighbor! My name is Sita,” reads a flyer that has been left outside some homes in Precinct 1 in Easthampton.“I know that coronavirus is spreading in our area,” the flyer ...
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The community-led movement creating hope in the time of coronavirusThousands of community groups have sprung up around the world to help us stay together while we're apart.
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Mutual Aid Network of Ypsilanti aims for slow, calm growth during COVID-19 crisisThe group's signature program aims to redistribute excess retail products, and it recently donated a large shipment of toilet paper and paper towels. But organizers plan to continue helping people ...
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Neighbors Show Kindness During Coronavirus CrisisNeighbors are showing acts of kindness during the coronavirus pandemic.
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BAR Abolition Mutual Aid Spotlight: Ujimaa Medics | Black Agenda ReportChicago’s Ujimaa Medics bring a racial justice and cultural specificity lens to community health care through mutual aid. “The western medical-industrial complex has often left out or been ...
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Community Heroes: Mutual aid group steps it up to help neighbors in needAngela Harris, a first-grade teacher, created Milwaukee Community Care and Mutual Aid to help connect residents who need support during the COVID-19 pandemic with those who are able to help.
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Coronavirus Spurs Neighbors in S.F.’s Sunset District to Create Mutual Aid Society - San ...In less than two weeks,a well-meaning post in a neighborhood Facebook group has evolved into an extremely organized support system for an entire community during the time San Francisco’s COVID-19 ...
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Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future: Lessons from Depression-era Mutual Aid : IndybayAs coronavirus spreads and the death toll begins to climb, our most immediate concern is (and should remain) staying healthy and supporting our communities through the immediate crisis. As radicals, ...
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Solidarity In Action: Coronavirus Mutual Aid Networks Spring Up Across NYCA table on Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy offers free vegetable seedlings. Someone on Facebook announces they want to be…
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This anarchist thinker helps explain why we feel so driven to help each other through the ...'Mutual aid' groups are springing up all over. It's a concept first described by Peter Kropotkin in the 19th century.
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Mutual Aid in the Rust Belt*Updated 5/7/20 A developing list of coronavirus-related efforts in the region Compiled by Nina Ignaczak, Sharon Kelly, Sam Love, Kiran Misra, and Afi Scruggs The impact of coronavirus continues to ...
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Mutual Aid Teams Tackle Covid-19 Challenge | New Haven IndependentTwo groups of local community organizers have set up grassroots “mutual aid” funds with the goal of providing everything from grocery runs to educational support to direct cash assistance for...
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Amid the coronavirus crisis, mutual aid networks erupt across the country - Waging NonviolenceAs the government response to the pandemic falters, mutual aid projects — a staple of social movements for decades — are meeting people's basic needs.
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An inside look at one of Bristol's new coronavirus mutual aid groups | The CanaryA moment of hope amidst the global pandemic
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors Through the Coronavirus CrisisFrom that message, the Brooklyn Mutual Aid Network was born.
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The Neighbours Going Out of Their Way to Provide Coronavirus ReliefBefore Canada announced its multi-billion dollar aid package, Vancouverites started solving each other’s dilemmas on social media.
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We need solidarity during the pandemic. That’s what mutual aid networks are for.You can safely help others during the pandemic through mutual aid networks.
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“Not Fragile”: Survivor-Led Mutual Aid Projects Flourish in a Time of Crisis - Mad In AmericaDuring the current pandemic, mutual aid has become mainstream. But it has always had its roots in movements led by marginalized people.
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Mutual aid and solidarity against Covid-19: Interviews with political organizers (I) - Komun AcademyThe world is currently experiencing an extraordinary crisis as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Around the world, people on the ground have been organizing themselves in solidarity with each ...
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Fed Up With Their Government, Brits Are Taking the Coronavirus Response Into Their Own HandsA different kind of anarchy in the U.K.
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How to build mutual aid that will last after the Coronavirus pandemicThe coronavirus pandemic is inspiring works of wonder, writes Nathan Schneider, but will volunteers and activists have the energy to keep going after the worst has passed?
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BAR Abolition & Mutual Aid Spotlight: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief | Black Agenda ReportThe system is a disaster and the victims can best determine their own needs -- only the people save the people. “Mutual aid builds power from below, more effectively than any other means.”
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Mutual aid and solidarity against Covid-19: Interviews with political organizers (II) - Komun ...The world is currently experiencing an extraordinary crisis as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Around the world, people on the ground have been organizing themselves in solidarity with each ...
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Denton mutual aid coalition provides support for those affected by COVID-19As of March 31, there are over 200 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Denton County. Due to the growing number of cases, a coalition of organizations and individuals has come together and formed Aid ...
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Coronavirus In Ohio: Mutual Aid Network Emerges To Help Neighbors In NeedInside her apartment in North Linden, Nancy Vesey sits in a chair while her four kids play upstairs. All are under the age of 10. Although no one in her
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Mutual aid groups deliver food and meds to vulnerable BrooklynitesNeighbors have been running errands, mailing letters and picking up groceries and prescriptions for people at high risk.
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Mutual aid as radical hope | The Stanford DailyWhat’s particularly unique and cruel about the COVID-19 dystopia, however, is how much of it has emerged from the very conditions that allow many of us in the Global North to live comfortable…
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Tucsonans take care of each other through mutual aid effortsTucson mutual aid groups and neighbors have organized on their own during the coronavirus pandemic to help support others. Here are three examples of the ways Tucsonans are taking care
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City Limits
An RN in Queens and her husband fell sick with the virus, then worried how they would obtain food and snacks for their eleven-year-old daughter. A formerly incarcerated man and advocate struggled to afford caring for his kids; his jobs were all on hold and their mother had been hospitalized.
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As ICE travel bans target international students, communities resist through care – ScalawagOne graduate student at Duke University recounts her experience of nearly being stranded after Trump’s surprise travel ban, and the rapid communal generosity that brought her home.
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'Solidarity Not Charity': How L.A.'s 'Mutual Aid' Groups Are Creating Community During a CrisisThroughout the Southland, volunteers are determining where help is needed—and then they're organizing
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Wheaton mutual aid group helping those most hurt by economic falloutVolunteers are bringing groceries and reassurance to people bearing the brunt of the coronavirus economic crisis.
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Amid a global pandemic, kindness prevails over fear through mutual aid fundsCOVID-19 has plunged the world into darkness in a matter of weeks. Unemployment claims are at a record high in the US, and millions of jobs are expected to be lost as the outbreak continues to unfold ...
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KTOO
Community organizing has blossomed around the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Mutual aid networks” are volunteer-led, grassroots efforts to connect people with resources that might be more difficult to access during social isolation.
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Mutual Aid Southeast Ohio helps those in Athens region with pandemic needsThe group focuses on connecting those with needs and those with the ability to help.
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Mutual aid and solidarity against Covid-19: Interviews with political organizers (III) - Komun ...The world is currently experiencing an extraordinary crisis as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Around the world, people on the ground have been organizing themselves in solidarity with each ...
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'We are a community who has each other’s back': Albuquerque organization helps New Mexicans in ...An Albuquerque organization is working to help New Mexicans through these trying times.
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As virus batters government, US mutual aid groups step upA mask on his face and gloves on his hands, Anthony Lorenzo Green navigated a silver Cadillac through the streets of northeast Washington, delivering groceries to needy people, no strings attached. ...
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BAR Abolition & Mutual Aid Spotlight: Chicago Community Bond Fund | Black Agenda ReportThis arena of the mutual aid movement is energized by “a vision of the absence of prisons, jails, detention, and criminalization.” “Paying bail is more than paying ransom.”
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As virus batters government, US mutual aid groups step upA mask on his face and gloves on his hands, Anthony Lorenzo Green navigated a silver Cadillac through the streets of northeast Washington, delivering groceries to needy people, no strings attached. ...
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Lessons From Mutual Aid During the Coronavirus Crisis (SSIR)Community-led responses to the COVID-19 epidemic are providing a model for treating the vulnerable that should remain when this crisis comes to an end.
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Almasude Co-Founds New Haven Area Mutual Aid Fund to Provide Relief Amid COVID-19Second-year Psychiatry resident Eden Almasude, MD, MA, co-founded the New Haven Area Mutual Aid Fund to help provide help to New Haven households during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WRV 'Mutual Aid' Groups Chart Path Ahead | The White River Valley HeraldWith many residents of the White River Valley settling into their third week of the COVID-19 self-isolation order, communities of volunteers have begun efforts to organize around the essential needs o
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Más apoyo mutuo y resistencia en tiempos del coronavirusEl apoyo mutuo es uno de los pilares de las entidades de la economía social y el micromecenazgo una de sus herramientas más útiles
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Let the spirit of mutual aid run free - Stabroek NewsWe live in a time of heightened fear and uncertainty. For those of us who plan ahead as a past time, we might feel that our objectives and timelines are
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As Pandemic Layoffs Top 17 Million, Mutual Aid Networks AriseAs unemployment reaches levels unseen in the US in 80 years, networks of mutual aid arise to support neighborhoods.
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CrimethInc. : And After the Virus? The Perils Ahead : Resistance in the Year of the PlagueConfronting the pandemic and the totalitarian power grabs accompanying it, we must ask not only how we will survive, but also how we want to live.
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CrimethInc. : All We Have Is Us: A Call from a Delivery Driver in Manhattan : For a Solidarity of ...A delivery driver at the epicenter of the pandemic in Manhattan describes the stark class relations between the vulnerable and the protected.
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Gov't Failure to Address Coronavirus is Sparking a Mutual Aid RevolutionCoronavirus: A volunteer-driven mutual aid revolution is taking hold in disenfranchised communities across America writes Eleanor Goldfield.
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These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn’tWhen their universities failed to provide support during the early chaos of the coronavirus outbreak, students launched mutual aid efforts across the country to share resources and support.
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Mutual aid groups respond to double threat of coronavirus and climate changeCareMongering is one of many mutual aid organizations around the world that have either been created or expanded to help people struggling during the pandemic — either because of age, health status ...
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Newsweek
As New York City became one of the first major areas in the country to order residents to stay at home as the coronavirus pandemic spread nationwide, a group of activists in the borough of Queens quickly realized that they needed to organize to help their neighbors in the weeks ahead.
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Mutual Aid Groups: Five reflections for ‘Activists’ going local for the first timeInspired by Anna Kleist‘s hot takes on an initial few weeks of local mutual aid organising in the UK, I was inspired to throw in a few (slightly longer!) additional reflections, building on some ...
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Coronavirus Has Given the Left a Historic OpportunityAs major corporations work their will on Capitol Hill, workers are spending their energy helping each other stay alive.
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#WeSeeYouKSHB: Kansas Citians create mutual-aid resources for those in needPeople in Kansas City are putting their heads together to come up with new ways to help those who need it.
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McKinley Park News - Neighbors Activate McKinley Park COVID-19 Mutual Aid NetworkA group of volunteer residents in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago has started up the McKinley Park COVID-19 Support Network, a mutual aid program to help vulnerable residents with food and ...
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BAR Abolition and Mutual Aid Spotlight: Ejeris Dixon | Black Agenda ReportMutual aid efforts are proliferating in this time of epidemic, organizing communities towards self-determination by creating mechanisms that oppose the state violence. “Support organizations need ...
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How to help people during the pandemic, one Google spreadsheet at a timeThousands of volunteers in "mutual aid" groups are bringing groceries, medications, and more to vulnerable strangers.
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New mutual aid campaign launches for emergency food reliefThe campaign by Cville Community Cares is called #50forFood.
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Bed-Stuy Strong: Scaling Mutual Aid During COVID-19 | Civic HallHow smart product management and tech savvy helped a mutual-aid group in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, quickly scale to thousands of volunteers.
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How to Get Mutual Aid to Those Most In NeedThe deep digital divide means organizers must step away from their screens to reach low-income residents.
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DIY relief effort delivers for Wind RiverA young couple mobilizes an effort on the Wind River Reservation to deliver goods to 300 families whose members are vulnerable to COVID-19.
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‘Great love and care’Community members in Bluff have banded together to help their most vulnerable members during the coronavirus pandemic, spending over $10,000 a week to provide supplies to those isolated, and sometimes
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Mutual aid volunteers offering to help neighborsSince the COVID-19 pandemic first started impacting Utah communities, we have seen many of our neighbors suffering from great need.
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Local mutual aid group provides community support during COVID-19Christina Griffin-Jones is a volunteer with We All We Got SD, which provides mutual aid during the COVID-19 pandemic to people in San Diego County
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TGNC Mutual Aid Fund Offers Relief to Transgender Community - Big Easy MagazineNote: This article was originally published on the Tulane Hullabaloo. In light of financial crisis brought on by the novel coronavirus, the Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Crisis Funding Circle ...
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Need money? Exasperated by the pace of government help? Person-to-person mutual aid funds fill a ...Individuals and communities are raising money to give directly to those struggling because of COVID-19.
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How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the CoronavirusTheir efforts highlight the deep history of organizing and radical mutual support in the sex worker community.
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Caring New Yorkers increasingly lend a helping hand to neighbors in need as war against coronavirus ...While the COVID-19 pandemic keeps New Yorkers separated by face masks and social distancing and self-quarantine, a growing number of city residents are connecting through local mutual aid groups now ...
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With Online Spreadsheets, Mutual Aid Networks Are Keeping People Fed During CoronavirusAcross the internet, home cooks are finding ways to provide meals for others
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Civil Society and the Coronavirus: Dynamism Despite DisruptionThe coronavirus is catalyzing new forms of civic activism. International supporters of civil society should step up their efforts to bolster these local responses.
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How mutual aid volunteers are helping vulnerable communities in the coronavirus ageAcross the nation, people who are able to are volunteering to offer free delivery of food and household supplies to the most vulnerable members of their communities. Volunteers all over are sewing ...
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Mutual aid is an old idea whose time has comeMany people are volunteering to help their neighbours during the pandemic, says Anne Bennett
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NYC Immigrant Communities Fight Hunger, Exploitation & Invisibility Through Mutual AidWe look at how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting undocumented people here in New York City, where the coronavirus has hit immigrant communities the hardest, even as the numbers of daily deaths ...
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Mutual aid: “When the system fails, the people show up”Across the US, mutual aid initiatives provide basic goods and services while building community, resilience and collective power that could outlast the pandemic.
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BAR Abolition & Mutual Aid Spotlight: La Resistencia | Black Agenda ReportPublic pressure works. Some local entities are not willing to work with ICE anymore. “Our goal is not just to put money on their commissary, but for them to be free.”
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Cultivating communities of care - Boulder WeeklyIn this world, there are winners and there are losers. It’s survival of the fittest, and only the strongest survive. By this point in our collective history, we’re all pretty familiar with these ...
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Un llamado a la cooperación - El Diario de YucatánLos ciudadanos se coordinan para entregar despensa More
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Solidarity, Not Charity - Flatbush United Mutual Aid - BKLYNERNew mutual aid groups, grassroots organizations that operate on the idea that communities can and should care for one another...
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Mutual Aid Volunteers Provide Relief to Most Vulnerable CommunitiesApril M. Short: The Chico DSA and other mutual aid groups are operating as open sources for the public and working to offer education and resources to anyone interested in joining the mutual aid ...
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The Washington Post
Other than tending to her backyard rose garden, 82-year-old Breda Courtney hasn’t been out of her house in Berkeley, Calif., in nearly six weeks, knowing that a trip to the grocery store or pharmacy is a gamble she can’t take.
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What Are Coronavirus Mutual Aid Groups?How mutual aid groups are organising to help the most vulnerable members of society.
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Kensington/Windsor Terrace Mutual Aid: "If you need help, ask. If you have something to give, ...KENSINGTON/WINDSOR TERRACE - The once vibrant neighborhood filled with chatter and woman walking by wearing shalwar kameez with every color in existence, is now a ghost town. People are grieving ...
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Brooklynites Are Organizing Online to Deliver Groceries to At-Risk NeighborsLocal mutual aid groups have organized on Slack and Facebook to get supplies to New Yorkers who aren’t able to go out shopping right now
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Mutual Aid Toledo looks to help as many as possible | Toledo City PaperIf you’re in need of help, in need of advice, or if you just want to assist someone else, the members of Mutual Aid Toledo are here.
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Mutual Aid Networks Are Distributing Food With Tech That Works For EveryoneWith millions unemployed due to COVID-19, tech-savvy volunteers are building systems that combine automation with community outreach.
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Hudson Valley Mutual Aid to the RescueAt least a dozen mutual-aid groups in the Hudson Valley are working to meet the medical, economic, and social challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BAR Abolition & Mutual Aid Spotlight: Timmy Châu | Black Agenda ReportWe need to understand mutual aid work as part and parcel to the work of all radical organizing. “Policing is a necessarily white supremacist and violent system weaponized by the ruling class to ...
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Tucson Food Share giving out free groceriesTucson Food Share is working to give out free groceries throughout town. Food is being bagged up inside Tall Boys on Fourth Avenue, ready to be delivered to homes that need it.
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Middletown Mutual Aid Collective Formed to Meet Needs of Middletown CommunityWesleyan University's twice-weekly student newspaper since 1868.
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The Practice of Mutual Aid & Community Careby Nicole Sara Simpkins, Sarah Jane Keavney, Cara Carlson, Minkara Tezet Photo: Minkara Tezet In mid-March, several community practitioners and elders began sharing concerns about our city’s ...
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Music, Prayer and Action: Klee Benally leads mutual aid projects to help Navajo Nation during ...Navajo activist / musician Klee Benally believes that one factor contributing to Native American’s suffering so much in this current pandemic is the long-term colonialism, racism and environmental ...
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Local mutual aid group coordinates food sharing locations across Tompkins CountyITHACA, N.Y. –– Mutual Aid Tompkins, a group that has emerged during the COVID-19 crisis as both a community forum and a community resource, has stationed miniature food pantries across the ...
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Beyond Mutual Aid: Toward the Poor Organizing the PoorIn the midst of the dual crises of pandemic and poverty, many are turning to mutual aid—but mutual aid may only be a bandaid. Projects of survival, meanwhile, are woven into a political and moral ...
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Beyond charity: Greater Manchester’s mutual aid response to coronavirus - The MeteorMutual aid groups have flourished across Greater Manchester during the coronavirus lockdown, helping people get through these worrying times.
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Mutual Aid to Detained Refugee Women Grows — Coronavirus in Greece Part 3 - UNICORN RIOTAthens, Greece – A people’s movement of solidarity for female detainees is growing in Greece. As the coronavirus crisis has shown, the most vulnerable in society are frequently the last to ...
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NEWS RELEASE: Navajo & Hopi Families Relief Fund Builds Movement in Response to Covid-19 PandemicFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2020 Cassandra Begay Email: [email protected] www.navajohopisolidarity.org Navajo & Hopi Families Relief Fund Builds Movement in Response to Covid-19 ...
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North Brooklyn Mutual Aid Grows to Over 500 Volunteers Since March - GreenpointersNorth Brooklyn Mutual Aid formed in March as a community network of volunteers to help find and provide solutions to the many problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Spread out […]
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Rockaway mutual aid members pitch in along the peninsula — Queens Daily Eagle“With all of the devastation that was — and still is — occurring due to this virus, I just couldn’t sit back and not do something about it.”
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This Is What Mutual Aid During a Pandemic Looks LikeVolunteer crisis responses are crucial in an emergency. But can they make lasting change?
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We are not accustomed to destruction looking, at first, like emptiness. The coronavirus pandemic is disorienting in part because it defies our normal cause-and-effect shortcuts to understanding the world.
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Women-led mutual aid initiatives in the age of COVID-19 - ShareableThroughout history, women have played key roles in advocating for those around them. Today, those ideals are helping to spur activism amid COVID-19.
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Queens Group Delivers the Goods — Just in Time for RamadanVolunteers from the Queens Mutual Aid Network are bringing dates and other holiday-friendly staples to borough families observing Islam’s holy month.
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NWA Mutual Aid: Fighting Coronavirus with Hillbilly HospitalityThe crisp sound of a new email alert rings, but Luke Gould doesn’t stop typing. He’s become used to the top right corner of his computer screen piling up with notifications every few minutes, and ...
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Resisting COVID-19 with mutual aid in Chico - The Response - ShareableWe take a deep dive into the mutual aid work done in response to the coronavirus pandemic by the Chico chapter of DSA in this episode of The Response.
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How Hong Kong Did ItWith the government flailing, the city’s citizens decided to organize their own coronavirus response.
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What is Mutual Aid? A Primer by the Climate Justice Alliance - Climate Justice AllianceAn introduction to what mutual aid is and how it differs from other forms of aid, as well as a guide to how to join a mutual aid network
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Be About It: A History of Mutual Aid Has Prepared POC for This MomentA look at the history of mutual aid societies in our communities and how a couple of coronavirus-response initiatives are a reminder of that DNA.
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First-Time Mutual Aiders Rush to Feed Need in QueensTwo Astoria women find their rhythm coordinating food deliveries and sharing a credo: "If you’re feeling sorry for yourself, lend a hand."
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'The way we get through this is together': mutual aid under coronavirus | Rebecca SolnitThe long read: Amid this unfolding disaster, we have seen countless acts of kindness and solidarity. It’s this spirit of generosity that will help guide us out of this crisis and into a better ...
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Mutual aid network responds to coronavirus crisis - Rochester BeaconLaunched in April, the effort to meet community needs is focused on “solidarity, not charity.”
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Philippines: Mutual Aid Action To Fight Covid 19 PandemicPhilippines are now on it’s two months of Enhanced Community Quarantine (Lockdown). And, yet some local government unit extended it till May 30 but we expect that it will be extend it further…
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Northeast Mississippi mutual aid networks builds community ties to address pandemic needsTUPELO • Mutual aid projects in Northeast Mississippi are rallying for communities to take care of each other’s needs during the coronavirus pandemic.
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As the state fails communities, mutual aid projects are working to meet people's needs across the ...Mutual aid response to the pandemic
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Neighbor network 'Mutual Aid' answers community calls for helpMutual Aid of the Midlands started shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began, and volunteers are ready to feed local needs.
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St. Louis Mutual Aid helping people connect through community supportST. LOUIS – The late Fred Rogers used to say that when he was a boy and saw scary things in the news his mother would say “look for the helpers, you will always find people who are help…
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Emancipatory mutual aid: from education to liberationA New Orleans radical mutual aid group organizes with and within communities to help transform the conditions that created the crisis in the first place.
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After distributing nearly $22,000 in aid, Duke Mutual Aid members look to restructureAfter distributing nearly $22,000 in aid to members of the Duke community, the students behind Duke Mutual Aid are currently restructuring their model, according to sophomore Lily Levin, one of the ...
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Mutual Aid in Queens Amidst COVID-19 - CounterPunch.orgCOVID-19 has taken the lives of over 90,000 in the US alone, and has infected more than 1.5 million. The heart of this crisis is strongly beating in New York City, with 191,650 cases and 20,887 ...
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Jackson Heights' COVID Care Neighbor Network: A multi-purpose resource center run by neighbors for ...Right in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbors are working together to support each other through the COVID Care Neighbor Network.
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In South Brooklyn, volunteers step in to help low-income residents struggling during pandemicYoung leaders in New York City's South Brooklyn are leading the volunteer effort because they say the government is not doing enough to help the most vulnerable.
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Neighbors unite to form 19th Ward Mutual AidPlease note: The Beverly Review is providing this article for free due to a generous grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
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Where Coronavirus Help on Facebook Is ‘Inherently Political’Three young organizers in the Detroit area started a group for people to offer face masks, emergency cash or help navigating unemployment. They see it as part of a larger vision.
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Noam Chomsky: Mutual Aid Is Rising -- and It's Key to Our SurvivalReports from around the world suggest self-organizing communities keep people safe in the age of COVID.
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Finding Strength and Resilience Through Mutual AidAs unemployment rates rise and essential services become harder to access both economically and physically, mutual aid groups around the world continue to reaffirm their roles as agents of change, ...
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Propaganda and Mutual Aid in the time of COVID-19A double sentiment is overwhelming: intense connectivity on one hand and dislocation on the other.
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Rockaway Mutual Aid | The WaveWhen the COVID-19 crisis struck, paralyzing New York City and forcing a nationwide quarantine, Rockaway resident Jennifer Krol could not help but think of the many vulnerable people all around her who
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We defend ourselves so we can all breathe in peaceTo move from uprising to liberation we each have a role to play. The conflict is at our doors, and we need to put collective needs before individual wants.
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Mutual aid is sweeping the world. Here’s how we make this anarchist way of organising lastMutual aid initiatives have rapidly spread during the coronavirus pandemic. But as the crisis is only likely to change and not abate, can community-led action stay the course? Argentina may well have ...
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COVID-19 Mutual Aid Group Grows Crops, Distributes to Food Insecure Neighbors Mutual Aid Growers ...Mutual Aid Growers's Giulia Gouge describes how the project came together and their mission during the pandemic
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Mutual Aid Groups Band Together to Feed Communities Through CrisisDuring nationwide demonstrations against police brutality, community groups are distributing food to protesters and underserved communities
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Mutual aid grows in popularity during protests and pandemicDozens of new groups have popped up around the country just in the last few months.
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Bed-Stuy Strong: How to Start a 3,000-Member Neighborhood Mutual Aid Network | Autostraddle"Nobody may come to help us in time; we are all we’ve got. We need to organize, quickly, online, and geographically."
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Uprisings Are Driving a Surge in Mutual Aid in Minneapolis and BeyondNeighbors are coming together to build strategies for keeping each other safe without the police.
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Mutual Aid Organizing Is Growing in Capitol Hill"We got music, we got love, we got people, and we got peace."
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Norwalk Mutual Aid seeks food drive hostsThe neighborhood food drives will be held June 13 and June 27.
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5 Organizations Aiding Disaster Relief EffortsDisasters like hurricanes and earthquakes can devastate communities. Rebuilding after these events strike can take a great deal of time, effort, and funding. That's why organizations like the ones ...
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How An ‘Activist Spanglish Bookstore’ Became a Source of Aid in the Pandemic“Real talk, thousands of people were dying and millions were already living week to week ... you can’t be shook by the information,” Herron tells Remezcla. “You have to address it.”
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Food, medics, free rides home: Seattle protests see rush of volunteer supportWith a long history in citizen activism, ‘mutual aid’ helps sustain local demonstrations.
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During the Pandemic, Vermont's Mutual Aid Groups Lend a HandBy the third week of each month, Rebecca Campbell's bank account is usually overdrawn. She lives in a subsidized apartment next to Momo's Market in...
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Brazilians in Favelas Form Mutual Aid Systems to Survive the PandemicMore than 400 people have been appointed “street presidents” to carry out the duties President Jair Bolsonaro has left gaping.
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Sharing, mutual aid, and sustainability transitions - ShareableThe post-COVID-19 period marks a time for sustainability transitions toward new systems of consumption & production organized around relationships & solidarity.
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Friends in NeedMutual aid societies offer a model of cooperation for helping the vulnerable.
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New to mutual aid? Welcome to 'helping' for the long haul. | City PagesMinneapolis City Pages is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Minneapolis.
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A Mutual Aid Network Blooms in Bay RidgeIn organizational theory, mutual aid means the exchange of services or resources in which both parties benefit. Mutual aid…
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Seattle volunteers look out for Black Lives Matter demonstratorsAs protests continue, mutual aid networks have sprouted up to provide food, medical assistance and rides home.
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Mutual Morris Offers Relief, Support During COVID-19 PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has devastated communities across the United States. Mutual Morris wants to help.
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Creating a hyperlocal infrastructure of care: COVID-19 Mutual Aid GroupsCOVID-19 mutual aid groups revolve around caring for neighbours as a hyperlocal infrastructure. This can have a powerful impact on political mobilisation.
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Solidarity, Not Charity: Mutual Aid in LGBTQ+ Drug-Using CommunitiesMutual aid has been under the spotlight during the pandemic. It should not be forgotten this Pride Month that the model has deep LGBTQ+ roots.
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A Filmmaker Turns to Organizing Through Mutual Aid | KQEDAroMa launched themselves into organizing the same way they approach art: wholeheartedly.
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These are the Utahns making sure protesters are safe — and not spreading coronavirusOn most recent evenings, those passing through downtown Salt Lake City are likely to see hundreds marching against police brutality. Those who don’t see them might hear the group’s chants ...
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Mutual aid hub launches in Germantow with free food and diapersMutual aid has a long history among oppressed groups, and is embraced by many modern Indigenous societies.
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Can a Neighborhood Become a Network?The mutual-aid networks that have defined the COVID-19 pandemic are looking to the long term.
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Mutual aid comes to Four CornersThe Four Corners Mutual Aid Network, a local group that sprang up this spring in the Four Corners, is spearheading efforts to help individuals and...
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The People’s Bodega Is the Mobile Mutual-Aid Site Serving Sustenance to New York and L.A. Protests“I want to give marginalized voices a Ricola and a water and help them yell something that needs to be said.”
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Faith-based mutual aid flourishes amid protests, virusMany volunteers and organizers say their efforts are driven both by the understanding that existing welfare systems are broken, and that it’s their duty as people of faith to step in. In ...
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Enough 14 -- Its time to revolt! - -Anarchist Responses to a #Pandemic – The #COVID19 Crisis as a ...The core elements of anarchist thought, illustrating how each can be found in the praxis of grassroots responses to COVID-19.
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The ARTnews Accord: Gonzalo Casals and Caroline Woolard Talk About Rebuilding Through Mutual Aid, ...New York’s newly appointed Department of Cultural Affairs commissioner joins an artist in conversation.
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New York family creates mutual aid network to help hundreds of neighbors through COVID-19 crisisIn what was at one point the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, one New York family decided to help their neighbors in need. A few posters around the neighborhood turned into an almost 1,000-person ...
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Op-ed: We Can Build a Better Food System Through Mutual Aid | Civil EatsImagine if food producers and movements worked together to secure the basic needs of those fighting for a better world for everyone.
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As pandemic and economic crises wear on, Hyde Park mutual aid project expandsAs the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt in Chicago and beyond, a neighborhood mutual aid project has expanded to meet the needs of people in Hyde
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Enough 14 -- Its time to revolt! - -The resilience and fragility of #MutualAid: #ArgentinaComparing mutual aid initiatives in Argentina and the United States. A further contribution to mutual aid and anarchist politics…
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CrimethInc. : Finding the Thread that Binds Us : Three Mutual Aid Networks in New York CityHow three mutual aid networks in New York City—Woodbine, Take Back the Bronx, and Milk Crate Gardens—are modeling a more interconnected way of living.
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The UK's mutual aid groups are making plans for a new post-lockdown future | The CanaryMutual aid coming out of lockdown
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Mutual aid organization strives to strengthen the Princeton community ·A group of Princeton community members gathered for a virtual meeting in early March to discuss the predicted impact of the pandemic on their town and how they could help. They envisioned an ...
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Why Today’s Social Revolutions Include Kale, Medical Care, and Help With RentWhen I needed to donate a box of vegetables recently, I called a nonprofit in my neighborhood in Queens, New York, that organizes low-wage immigrant workers.
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Mutual Aid, for and by Undocumented ImmigrantsImmigrant advocacy groups are creating mutual aid funds to support the undocumented community, who are otherwise locked out of federal benefit programs.
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Behind America’s Mutual Aid Boom Lies A Long History Of Government NeglectThe tradition of mutual aid is as old as the country itself because social inequity is baked into the system.
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Mutual aid groups band together to help those in need during COVID-19Groups around Arizona are coming together to provide mutual aid, and help people with food, rent and care packages during COVID-19.
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Mutual Aid Groups Band Together To Help Those In Need During PandemicSome marginalized communities, like those experiencing homelessness, often benefit the most from community support.
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How to start a mutual aid network in a pandemic - ShareableDrawing from existing knowledge instead of reinventing the wheel, this article is a guide to starting or increasing the capacity of a mutual aid network.
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Turn Mutual Aid Into Meaningful Work | Dissent MagazineCommunity care as formal employment seems necessary in the face of a disaster-prone future. It could also feel a lot better than any large-scale employment on the table now.
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Chef, activist Jocelyn Jackson on importance of care and mutual aid among POC during the pandemicJocelyn Jackson is the founder of JustUs Kitchen, a project that provides healing food experiences for Black women and femmes, and co-founder of the People’s Kitchen Collective. She talks about ...
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Why 'Mutual Aid'? – social solidarity, not charityPeter Kropotkin's most famous work advancing a belief in the depth of our connection to each other is titled 'Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution'.
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Comedores Sociales Is Doing What the Government Won’t: Taking Hunger in Puerto Rico SeriouslyDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve managed to distribute groceries to families in need across the Island and organize protests that have helped their movement garner attention.
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Mutual aid networks deliver groceries with a side of social changeFawzia Syed never planned to create a network to help hungry New Yorkers.
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SF’s First Free Community Fridge Joins Long Mutual Aid LegacyOrganizers focused on trust, cultural sensitivity and community-oriented efforts.
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Pandemic Solidarity: care, love and mutual aidA new book offers snapshots of struggles and intimate stories about life during the pandemic from across the globe, reminding us who we really are.
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'Love And Solidarity': Amid Coronavirus, Mutual Aid Groups Resurge In New York CityFilling in the gaps of a strained safety net, volunteers give their time and resources to help neighbors hit hard by the pandemic and its economic fallout.
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‘Pandemic Solidarity’ Offers Hope Amid COVID GloomThe global crisis of COVID-19 has lasted long enough for us to see books published on how we responded…
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If Congress Fails, Mutual Aid Organizers Are Still Ready to Step Up"Are our representatives waking up in a panic about the impending mass evictions too?”
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The Herbal Mutual Aid Network Creates Free Tinctures for Black OrganizersH.M.A.N. founders Yves B. Golden and Remy Maelen send free plant medicine to Black individuals, activists, community groups, and herbalists
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In Minnesota, mutual aid groups surge in wake of Floyd deathMutual aid societies revived to help with riot losses, pandemic
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For us, by us: New mutual aid effort delivers groceries to Black queer and trans people in the Bay ...A small group of like-minded San Franciscans have teamed up to buy and deliver groceries for Black and queer people in the Bay Area. After a week in operation, they’ve already raised several ...
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In Twin Cities, Mutual Aid Groups Surge after George Floyd MurderIn the Twin Cities, mutual aid networks have experienced explosive growth in the wake of the Memorial Day police murder of George Floyd.
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Red Hook Relief is a volunteer-led mutual aid group in Red Hook that started during the Covid-19 ...They work with at-risk neighbors, and in collaboration with long standing community members, non-profit organizations, local officials and businesses to leverage community access to resources and ...
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Opinion: Amid a pandemic, mutual aid unites neighborsNancy Perez, a 45-year-old resident of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, contracted COVID-19 in March. She stayed quarantined in her room for a month to isolate from her two sons and ...
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Can free fridges tackle food insecurity and 'poverty porn'? Two mutual aid orgs challenge status quoGabriela Alemán of the Mission Meals Coalition and Ashley Rahimi Syed of SF Community Fridge talk about protecting the dignity of those they serve and mitigating the “performative” aspect of ...
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Reparations, Redistribution & Justice: Pass The Mic’s Black Mutual Aid Fund — The Skidmore NewsPass The Mic functions as a space on campus that aims to amplify the unfiltered experiences of Skidmore students whose voices are underrepresented in other spaces.
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Austin Mutual Aid Organizations Share Resources During COVID-19 and BeyondLooking for solidarity, not charity
Tennessee Tornadoes (2020)
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'We need help': In tornado recovery, North Nashville doesn't want to be forgotten againIn the aftermath of the tornado, pockets of North Nashville felt isolated — and disregarded. Help has come from within, neighbors helping neighbors.
Hurricane Dorian (2019)
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Socialist Rifle Association, Food Not Bombs preparing for disaster relief for underserved ...As Hurricane Dorian is upgraded to a Category 4 storm with potentially devastating impacts, a number of local and national organizations are raising money and preparing for disaster relief for poorer ...
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Autonomous Groups Set up Hubs Across Several States to Mobilize Dorian Aid - It's Going DownWhile Trump baffles the nation with Tweets and sharpie drawings, and the State cuts disaster relief funds to pay for a border wall, autonomous and anarchist groups are mobilizing to provide direct ...
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A Discussion on Autonomous Responses to Hurricane Dorian - It's Going DownDonate to Mutual Aid Disaster Relief HERE In the past week, Hurricane Dorian has devastated the Bahamas, leaving close to 20% of the population homeless and lashed the Eastern Seaboard. Compounding ...
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Act Out! [226] - How Togetherness Rips Us Apart, Building Aid Efforts in Your CommunityMedia literacy has perhaps never been more important than it is now. And as corporate media continues to dodge reality like bullets in the Matrix, some headl...
Bomb Cyclone (2019)
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Act Out 202: Indefinite Detention for All + Nebraska Aid & MoreThe 202nd edition of Act Out!
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This Is America #67: In the Face of the Storm - It's Going DownWelcome, to This Is America, April 6th, 2019. On this show we feature an interview with someone from Wounded Knee, which is located within the Pine Ridge reservation, on Oglala Lakota land, about the ...
Hurricane Michael (2018)
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This Is America #35: Hurricane Michael & Proud Boys Attack - It's Going DownWelcome, to This Is America, October 15th, 2018. We have an action packed show for you today. First, we’re going to bring you an interview straight out of Tallahassee, Florida, where Pearson, one ...
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[Act Out! 182] - Amazon IS The Government, No Press for Nobel Winner & Post-Hurricane UpdatesAmazon gets cozy with the CIA, DHS and ICE. The Nobel Peace Prize winner you didn't hear about and why. Dezeray Lyn joins the show...
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Bonus: Chris Talks Hurricane Relief & "Disaster Socialism" with Tallahassee DSAHere's a little Thanksgiving bonus for you all: Producer Chris talks to members of the Tallahassee DSA about their disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Michael. They discuss their idea of "disaster
Hurricane Florence (2018)
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This Is America #30: Into the Eye of the Storm - It's Going DownWelcome, to This Is America, September 13th, 2018. We have a special show today, as we will present an interview with Blue Ridge Autonomous Defense, a group of people that are gathering supplies as ...
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This Is America #31: Autonomous Florence Relief Efforts - It's Going DownWelcome, to This Is America, September 20th, 2018. In today’s episode we’re going to talk specifically about Hurricane Florence, and anarchist and autonomous disaster relief responses to it. ...
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Coffee with Comrades: Episode 15: “Solidarity, Not Charity” feat. Mutual Aid Disaster ReliefIn this early edition of Coffee with Comrades, Pearson sits down for a conversation with Jimmy Dunson of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. But first, in the absence of our beloved Bree, Pearson invites ...
California Wildfires (2017-2018)
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The Final Straw Radio: Northern California Fire ReliefI'd like to share a Final Straw Radio mini-episode, a conversation with Emilio of the currently unofficial Sonoma County IWW, or Industrial Workers of the World. This chapter doesn't yet have an ...
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Column: California Wildfires | PerspectivesWitchcraft & Pagan News - Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire — Robert Frost At the time of | Perspectives
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From Sonoma County's Ashes, a Fund for Undocumented Immigrants Rises | Civil EatsUndocuFund wants to build long-term support for the undocumented hit hard by the fires. Will it be enough to solve a looming housing and employment crisis?
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Groups mobilize to aid Ventura County farmworkers during the Thomas FireOn Friday, as firefighters battled the growing Thomas Fire, much of Ventura County’s large agricultural operations kept humming.
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The Grassroots Movement to Transform Our Broken Disaster Relief SystemIt would have been a beautiful autumn day in Oakland, if not for the haze. Standing in a parking lot next to the iconic Lake Merritt, the smoke hung over everything, turning the sky a bluish beige ...
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Welcome to Wallywood: Dispatch from Chico #1 - It's Going DownA personal reflection on a growing squatted encampment in Chico, California that has grown in the wake of the Camp Fire disaster. As I drove towards Chico, California along a long stretch of Highway ...
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Defend Wallywood: A call for Material Support for our Friends, Elders and Community Members ...Call to support the continuing autonomous encampment in Chico, California that was organized in the wake of the Camp Fire in early November. Many people have come to Wallywood: those displaced by the ...
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Forged in Fire: California’s Lessons for a Green New DealDays before the anniversary of the deadly Camp Fire that killed 86 people, a community in California unveiled a plan to adopt its own Green New Deal.
Hurricane Maria (2017)
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Trump Scores Administration's Response to Puerto Rico a Perfect 10Activists work to provide relief to Puerto Rico's poorest; Spain cracks down on Catalonia; Trump's Travel Ban struck down again.
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Coming together to overcome FEMA failuresGiving the lie to Trump's racist rants, people in Puerto Rico are organizing themselves after being failed by the federal government.
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Puerto Rico: SWAT team raids Mutual Aid Disaster ReliefMembers of the Mutual Aid Disaster Relief collective, went to Puerto Rico, to help distribute food and water and to provide medical aid in the aftermath of hurricane Maria. On the morning of October ...
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Tampa group brings aid to Puerto Rico; raided by police - WMNFTampa’s Mutual Aid Disaster Relief returned this week from delivering medical and food aid to Puerto Rico and fared better than many larger orgs.
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Imagine a Puerto Rico Recovery Designed by Puerto RicansUnder the banner of a “just recovery” for Puerto Rico, thousands have come together to design a bold and holistic plan for the island to be rebuilt.
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Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: Houston, Mexico and Puerto RicoWe've had one disaster after another this past month, from the multiple hurricanes slamming the Caribbean and US south, to the earthquakes in Mexico. Anarchists, anti-fascists, and anti-capitalists ...
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TAMPA, FL - Dezeray Lyn has dedicated her life to helping those in need. She part of a disaster relief network 'Mutual Aid Disaster Relief.' Recently, they provided 120 thousand pounds of food and water to people in Puerto Rico. Areas, where they say, hadn't been helped at all after Hurricane Maria. "Many deaths could have been prevented by planning, by not allowing the genocide of abandonment to happen, we want those stories to be told," says Lyn.
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In this edition of The Solecast I speak with Frank Lopez about his recent trip to Puerto Rico. We discuss the failure of the state to act quickly enough and the devastation he witnessed. We talk about how the people of Puerto Rico are helping themselves and how anarchists have launched mutual aid projects in the region.
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Punk Rock Hurricane ReliefPuerto Rican punks, artists, queers and freaks of all stripes volunteer to feed people in their community after hurricane Maria
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Puerto Rico’s DIY Disaster ReliefTwo weeks after Hurricane Maria hit, aid remained a bureaucratic quagmire, mismanaged by FEMA, the FBI, the US military, the laughably corrupt local government. The island looked like it was stuck ...
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Puerto Rico, abandoned by Trump and facing disaster capitalism looting by big business, turns to ...Disaster capitalism depends on the idea that “There is No Alternative” and that the populace can only sit by passively while their infrastructure, government, homes and schools are hija…
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Puerto Rico. Sin perdón y sin permisoPara adelantar cambios profundos en Puerto Rico, la expresión popular “es mejor pedir perdón que pedir permiso” tendrá que crecer por toda la isla. En realidad lo hace ya en algunos espacios ...
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ESCUCHAR, LA POLÍTICA NECESARIA: cómo nació un comedor social en YabucoaKique Cubero García narra como escuchar a las personas con las que trabaja lo llevaron a él y al Centro de Apoyo Mutuo de Caguas hasta Yabucoa para dar inicio
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After María: How Puerto Ricans Are Rebuilding By Relying On Each OtherTwo months after Hurricane Maria, it's local organizations who are rebuilding the island.
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Inspired by the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, Puerto Rican Activists Launch Centro De ...Inspired by the Black Panthers and The Young Lords, Centro De Apoyo Mutuo, a group of community activists in Caguas, Puerto Rico offer aid to residents in need. Centro De Apoyo Mutuo (CAM) means ...
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Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich “Puertopians” Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake ...Six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans are designing a recovery that defends their island. Politicians and bitcoin billionaires have other ideas.
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This is America #2: Puerto Rican Squats, Prison Drones, & More - It's Going DownUpdate: Host says “FUCK ICE!,” in this episode. We’re still learning. Just FYI if you were going to play this on the radio. Feel free to bleep. As we reported Monday, hurricane season ...
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Best of the Left
Today we take a look at the high toll Puerto Rico is paying, in both money and lives, for the triple disasters of colonialism, Hurricane Maria and disaster capitalism
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In August, nearly one year after Hurricane Maria wrecked Puerto Rico's electrical grid and plunged its 3.4 million residents into darkness, island officials heralded a milestone: The lights were back on. The state-owned electric company even tweeted a photo of a smiling family it said was the last to receive power.
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The Response Podcast Episode 2: How Puerto Ricans are Restoring Power to the People - ResilienceIn the midst of all the austerity and hurricane-driven chaos, a quiet revolution has been slowly taking place on the island.
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Community Science ForumRead about cutting edge techniques in hacking environmental science in our Community Science Foru...
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Beyond Relief | Robert RaymondA new network of mutual aid centers across Puerto Rico wants to do more than provide disaster relief—it wants to build a movement.
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Las Carolinas de Caguas: una comunidad contra el huracán MaríaComo otros, este barrio fue abandonado por el Estado tras el ciclón, y no se cruzaron de brazos
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Mutual Aid Networks Go Beyond Disaster Relief. They Offer Community Empowerment.Building climate resilience for an uncertain future can come through strengthening local ties.
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"The Spark Is Already There & the Flame is Catching On": Between the Shell of the State & the ...On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we spoke with an organizer from El Grito de Sunset Park and Asamblea de Pueblo NYC about the evolving situation on the ground in Puerto Rico ...
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[243] - Puerto Rico’s Fight & Build + War is a Home GameNo more war – not over there, but not over here either. We draw important connections between imperialism's global reach and the home game. Next up, Puerto R...
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The Response Film - ShareableThe award-winning Film from Shareable, "How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People," explores mutual aid centers that emerged in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
Hurricane Irma (2017)
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How you can help Coalition of Immokalee Workers after Hurricane Irma - WMNFIn the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, we hear how the migrant farming community of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has been affected.
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Living Autonomy: Anarchists Organize Relief Efforts in Florida - It's Going DownRecently we spoke with Dezeray about her organizing with Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (MADR) in the weeks since Hurricane Irma and how spaces such as the hub in Tampa are crucial sites for building ...
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Where Non-Profits Fear to Go: Report From Florida - It's Going DownThe following is a report back for a relief trip to the Florida Keys made possible by the work of numerous folks involved with Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (MADR). The immense amount of support and ...
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"Trump's Katrina": Disaster Statism Vs Autonomous Relief - It's Going DownThe situation in Puerto Rico is one of disaster – and things are only looking worse. Already, it has been over 7 days since hurricane Maria touched down, killing between 16 to 30 people so far, ...
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Imagining another world in post-Irma Florida – ScalawagActivists in Florida have dispatched aid all over the state, and to Puerto Rico. Can this grassroots storm response warm people up to a post-capitalist dream?
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Hurricanes Continue to Wreak Havoc as Political Storms BrewHurricane Irma continues its march across Florida as Steve Bannon hints at political war.
Hurricane Harvey (2017)
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What are the antifa doing after Hurricane Harvey? (#GonzoNotes)Antifa are part of relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston and Southeast Texas, and they're vital organizers in justice movements too.
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The Red Cross Won’t Save Houston. Texas Residents Are Launching Community Relief Efforts InsteadHurricane Harvey has sparked comparisons to Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans 12 years ago yesterday. The devastating storm killed more than 1,800 people and forced more than 1 million people ...
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Antifa and leftists organize mutual aid and rescue networks in HoustonLeftists, radicals and anarchists, including those involved in antifa, are coming together to provide Harvey relief
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Leftists to the Rescue: Where the State and Big NGOs Fail, Mutual Aid Networks Step InIn the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, solidarity-based, grassroots networks are helping Houston residents pick up the pieces.
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Solidarity After the StormsIn Texas and Florida, political activists are “living socialism” with their disaster-relief efforts.
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Reflections from Houston: Ads, gift cards, and glimmers of hope, by Ben HirschHouston’s recovery effort has been led not by companies but by people willing to work collectively and help each other. This cooperation and mutual aid offers a glimpse of a new way of ...
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Houston Neighbors Said No to Walmart and Invested in Black-Owned Businesses After the Hurricane - ...Communities of color turned to each other to make it through the disaster. Months later, they’re doing the same to rebuild.
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Thousands of Texans are still in temporary housing awaiting Hurricane Harvey aidFive months after Hurricane Harvey tore through Houston with record rainfall and 130 mph winds, 33,000 Texans are still displaced and living in temporary federal housing. Meanwhile, 80 percent of ...
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We're still fixing Harvey's mess; let's do it in best way possible wayHow can Houstonians access the help they need after Harvey? In the months since the storm, West Street Recovery has been working with other grassroots groups to connect those hardest hit by Harvey ...
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Disaster bag effort hopes to better prepare Houstonians for next stormThe effort is fledgling, but a Houston nonprofit hopes to distribute at least 500 disaster...
Mexico Earthquake (2017)
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Mexico: Solidarity and Self-Organization in Earthquake Aftermath - It's Going DownOn Tuesday, September 19, a powerful earthquake struck central Mexico. With a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale and the epicenter just south of the city of Puebla, it has caused numerous deaths ...
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On Mutual Aid and Confronting State Power in DisasterFor us, any victim, alive or dead, who isn’t recovered will represent a forced disappearance.
Boulder Flood (2013)
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Residents looking to help band together as Boulder Flood ReliefBoulder’s 100-Year Flood Flood-related resources: Boulder County road closures How to help victims of the flood How to file a claim with FEMA Complete coverage: Camera’s full reporting …
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Activists Step Up For Flood Relief In Colorado - PopularResistance.OrgAt 9 or 10, I was invited to a page on Facebook named Occupy Boulder Flood Relief, and after joining the group I was invited to a Google Doc which contained a long list of relief organizations, ...
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The WildLife: Boulder Flood ReliefYes the floods have passed, the clouds have lifted and the sun is out; but there are still tons of people that are struggling to get back on their feet after the tremendous rain and damage in the B…
Oklahoma Tornado (2013)
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Anonymous launches #OpOK initiative for tornado victims | The Daily DotThe initiative is not unlike last fall's Occupy Sandy, and it includes resources for victims, pets, families, and friends.
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After The Tornado, Anonymous And Occupy Coordinate Relief Efforts In OklahomaOccupy activists also had provided relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy last October., Anonymous, disaster relief, FEMA, Moore, Moore tornadoes, Occupy, Oklahoma, Oklahoma tornadoes, Sandy, ...
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The People's Response: How OpOK Relief is Rebuilding OklahomaAfter the tornado, OpOK Relief has stepped in to fill the gaps as part of the People's Response.
Superstorm Sandy (2012)
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Occupy SandyAt the St. Francis de Sales church on B-129th Street, the church hall has been taken over by Occupy Sandy--an offshoot of the still-active networks of …
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Is OWS Outperforming the Red Cross in Disaster Relief?In Sunset Park, a predominantly Mexican and Chinese neighborhood in South Brooklyn, St. Jacobi’s Church was one of the go-to hubs for people who wanted...
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Occupy Sandy Efforts Highlight Need for Solidarity, Not CharityOccupy Sandy, the grassroots relief effort started by Occupy Wall Street, has been helping individuals when traditional aid groups and organizations have failed to show up.
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Occupy Sandy Becomes 21st Century's Relief OrganizationAs local leaders and citizens complain of FEMA and the Red Cross and general government absences in their own neighborhoods, independent and local volunt...
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Occupy Sandy aids storm victimsFor the past few months the Occupy Wall Street movement has been fairly quiet. But due to Superstorm Sandy, OWS has proven to be alive and well. The demonstr...
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Organizers Set Up Amazon 'Wedding Registry' for Sandy Victims [VIDEO]A group of organizers dubbed "Occupy Sandy" have registered for a wedding on Amazon -- except no one's getting married.
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VOA News
NEW YORK - The scene at St. Jacobi church in Brooklyn is controlled chaos: scores of people sorting and distributing tons of aid for relief centers in the hardest-hit parts of New York. Everyone is a volunteer, and all seem to be working at top speed.
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Occupy Sandy: A Movement Moves to Relief (Published 2012)In Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath, Occupy Wall Street has tapped into an unfulfilled desire among city residents to assist in the recovery.
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Occupy Sandy on NBC Nightly NewsThe mainstream (corporate) media would love the world to think we've become another charity organization, but if it helps to bring in some needed support to our...
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Left in the Dark: Inside the Buildings of Chinatown After Hurricane SandyAn illustrated dispatch.
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Abandoned by the U.S. government, hurricane-ravaged Staten Island turns to the Occupy movementAll Veronica Skibinski wants is a yellow tag. She had one two weeks ago, so she hired a crew to gut her home in Midland Beach, four blocks from the ocean on Staten Island. Mold-covered drywall and ...
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Occupy Sandy: Horizontal lessons in community-based disaster recoveryPlease support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca. By the time Hurricane Sandy crashed up on the shores of New York City in October 2012, pundits had ...
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STORM TROOPERS The Legacy of Occupy SandyFinally cooling off from a bike ride on a 100-degree summer day in an air-conditioned coffee shop with a cup of water, Shawn Carrié takes a moment before he offers his eulogy.
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The Response podcast: Radical approaches to disaster relief in New York - ShareableHow do we respond to natural disasters? What comes to mind? Large relief organizations like the American Red Cross? Or perhaps the Federal Emergency and Management Agency? Well, those images are ...
Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Haiti: Responding to the SituationJanuary 20, 2010 It has been a week since we all learned of the devastating situation unfolding in Haiti, as thousands struggle to survive and await rescue and humanitarian assistance. INCITE! ...
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Palestine, Haiti, and the Politics of Aid: “Disaster Relief” vs Sustainability and ...The authors, members of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, ask why there were very different responses by the US and Europe to the earthquake in Haiti and Israeli war on Gaza? In both cases, ...
Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Anarchists Providing Medical Aid in New OrleansIn a time of crisis, a medical clinic has sprung to life in a storm-damaged New Orleans neighborhood, with an unlikely crew giving aid. Anarchists with medical training, calling themselves the Common ...
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The Washington Post
NEW ORLEANS -- Malik Rahim, a granddaddy with a broad face and long gray dreadlocks, leans across his wooden kitchen table and with a low Nawlins growl lets you know what he thinks local pols did for racial harmony.
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Alter Net
In Katrina's aftermath in New Orleans, an unlikely group of four men -- white and black, old and young -- came together to form a relief collective unlike any other.
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The Street SamaritansPost-Katrina volunteer medics on bicycles created a new model of community health care in New Orleans.
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New Orleans City Business
Dressed in cuffed dirty jeans, a purple T-shirt and dusty flip-flops, Amy Squires unloads bottled gallons of water for New Orleans residents under a distribution tent on Pauline Street in the Ninth Ward.
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Democracy Now!
We speak with New Orleans community activist and co-founder of the Common Ground Collective, Malik Rahim, about his continued relief efforts in the Gulf Coast, the racism in the federal government’s response to the disaster and much more.
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Hundreds Face Eviction in New OrleansOver 100 families living in an apartment complex in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans are facing eviction. Tenants in the complex recently received notices telling them they had to vacate the ...
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Reason
After Katrina, nontraditional, decentralized relief steps in where big government and big charity failed.
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For Us, By Us. Health Care after Katrina - Making Contact RadioHurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive disasters in U.S. history for human lives and destroyed property. And while a full three years have passed since the storm, New Orleans and the ...
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Katrina's Hidden Race WarWhite vigilante justice tore through New Orleans after the storm. But no official investigation has shed light on the violence.
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Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With ImpunityProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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The Secret History of Hurricane KatrinaThere was nothing natural about the disaster that befell New Orleans in Katrina's aftermath.
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A Paradise Built in Hell: Rebecca Solnit on “The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in ...We speak with author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit about her latest book that examines Hurricane Katrina and other disasters. A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that ...
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The unheard story of Hurricane Katrina 9yrs on: Blackwater, white militias & community ...Abby Martin features special coverage dedicated to the ninth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the military response and why Blackwater mercenaries were sent in to New Orleans as first responders
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‘Katrina: After the Flood’The New York Times sent Gary Rivlin to Baton Rouge and New Orleans, days after the storm, to cover Katrina as an outsider. Rivlin’s instincts had him looking forward “to the mess ahead. ...
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If You are Poor, It’s Like the Hurricane Just Happened: Malik Rahim on Katrina 10 Years AfterWe continue our coverage of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by speaking to Malik Rahim, co-founder of the Common Ground Collective and one of the founders of the Louisiana chapter of the ...
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Q&A With Scott CrowAnarchist and community organizer co-founded Common Ground Collective
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Solidarity Not Charity - CounterPunch.orgscott crow’s Black Flags and Windmills throws racist media sound bites of looting into the recycle bin of the internet and places the reader inside the battlefield of hope in New Orleans after the ...
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“Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance”: Lisa Fithian Reflects on Decades of ...Activist and organizer Lisa Fithian looks back on decades of activism and paves a road forward for current movements in her new book, “Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance.” We ...
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Activist Lisa Fithian Never Hesitates to Shut It DownNationally recognized activist Lisa Fithian talks about her work, her new book, and a lifetime dedicated to resistance.