New Video: Conversation with Dream Defenders, Ujimaa Medics, Mariame Kaba,...
“Mutual Aid” is a People’s Movement: Beyond Philanthropy, Charity, and Dependence on the (Police) State An American Studies Association 2020 Freedom Course recorded on April 22, 2020 Framing questions:...
View ArticleRecommended Reading about COVID-19 Mutual Aid in China
Check out this recently translated article about the failures of government responses to COVID-19 in China, the reasons for those failures, and the responses coordinated by mutual aid groups. It raises...
View ArticleHandy Guide for Legal Issues Facing Mutual Aid Groups
Check out this handy guide that looks at the kinds of things mutual aid groups might get sued about or have tax problems about and offers clear answers to common questions.
View ArticleProject South Report on COVID Testing and Mutual Aid in the South
Check out this new report from Project South about the mutual aid work they are doing, providing free COVID testing. The report also looks at histories of radical mutual aid in the South that are so...
View ArticleTeach In: Handling Money for Mutual Aid Groups
On February 9, the Barnard Center for Research on Women is hosting a teach-in where Mike Haber, author of this useful guide for mutual aid groups about legal issues, will be sharing info about dealing...
View ArticleGiving Small Rewards to Your Mutual Aid Group’s Donors
This post by Mike Haber is part of a series on Handling Money and Taxes. Mutual aid is rooted in community solidarity and movement organizing, but as activities grow in size and complexity, questions...
View ArticleClassroom-Friendly Version of Animated Mutual Aid Explainer Video
Ciro worked up a version that doesn’t have such strong language, hopefully useful for spaces where that is more appropriate.
View ArticleTwo Questions on Fiscal Sponsorship and Mutual Aid
This post by Mike Haber is part of a series on Handling Money and Taxes. Mutual aid is rooted in community solidarity and movement organizing, but as activities grow in size and complexity, questions...
View ArticleVideo about Mutual Aid Inside Prisons
Don’t miss this video of a very useful conversation about mutual aid work that prisoners have done and are doing to support each other surviving inside prisons. https://youtu.be/GmjftJG_ScI
View ArticleNew Legal Resource for Community Fridges
There’s a new legal Q&A guide for community fridges out now. You can submit any community fridge-related legal questions through this form, and a small team of lawyers will do their best to answer...
View Article1099-K Forms and Taxes on Money for Mutual Aid Projects that Passes through a...
This post by Mike Haber is part of a series on Handling Money and Taxes. Mutual aid is rooted in community solidarity and movement organizing, but as activities grow in size and complexity, questions...
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