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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis by Dean Spade

3 reviews

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

informative reflective

3.75

This had a lot of great insight on organizing mutual aid. I wish I'd read this years ago when I started working with groups. There is a lot of great practical advice. I do think there were some things that I would have liked to see considered more (like more on disability accessibility, which should be central and I felt like there was more to be desired when talking about inter-group issues). I listened to this on audiobook, which was a bit dry but still very informative. I would definitely to look this over again in physical format to revisit some things. Overall, I think this is a great starting point for learning more about how to do mutual aid and issues to consider when organizing in general. 

Edit: the more I think about this, the more gaps I see in it... I definitely need to look back at some parts to get a really good grip on this. I think a 4 might be a bit strong but some of this did have very useful points, so it's definitely above a 3. I'll tentatively put this in the neighborhood of 3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Classism

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I liked this overall. I wish, though, that the author had addressed the ways that hierarchy can inadvertently crop up in purportedly non-hierarchical activist spaces. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Deportation

thevampiremars's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

“Activism and mutual aid shouldn’t feel like a hobby—it should feel like living in alignment with our hopes for the world and with our passions. It should enliven us.”

Dean Spade’s Mutual Aid is an extraordinarily useful guide. It’s accessible, digestible, and more helpful than I can put into words. Despite its brevity, it offers a far better explanation of the concept than Kropotkin’s famous book of the same name, and it goes on to identify common pitfalls and give advice on how to avoid them, introduce the consensus process, and offer a few suggestions on how to mitigate conflict and burnout.

A vital resource for those new to mutual aid and activism, as well as those who have been involved for a while – we all have room to improve, and this book is full of good insights and prompts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Misogyny, Racism, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail