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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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’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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SoleIn 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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WTSPTAMPA, 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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
