Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (And the Next), Part 1

In part 1 of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (And the Next), Dean Spade outlines what mutual aid is, isn't, and could be. He also outlines several examples of successful mutual aid problems, and argues for the absolute necessity of mutual aid in this very moment, as a way to help one another *right now*.

[@s1g1tal]

Section 2 - Mutual Aid, Not Charity 33:50 Section 3 - We Get More When We Demand More 51:03

[@RokuErickson]

Thank you! Our book club A Club About Books is reading this! We love this account!

[@sugarplumfairy777]

I love you, thank you so much for this. The way you narrate the book is exceptional and gets the audience very excited. ❤

[@greasycuisine_]

Thank you comrade

[@AudioAnarchy]

No problem!

[@april_showers97]

Great narration. Thank you for this 🏴

[@zeanian]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. ❤️

[@AudioAnarchy]

You're very welcome. Part 2 is much more useful and practical, but I like the energy and excitement that comes with Part 1!

[@BroccoliDog420]

Wonderful stuff as always!

[@subfreak1996]

Thank you!

[@eve36368]

45:47 this part helps articulate what I've found in my education about foundational oppressionism being bourgeois/recuperation. For those unfamiliar with the term "foundational oppression" think in terms of reductionism, but reduced all the way (which is why "reduction" was considered a softer term for course correction). Seriously, if "radical" means to the "root" then it usually implies this sort of thing as opposed to intersectionality. Like back circa 2002 my classmates were told to choose a cause basically, like this work is describing. So feminism, racism, childism, were all like separate flavors we were *told to choose 1 of. My attempt to articulate intersectionality but still conforming to this was to say biological essentialism was the foundational oppression, but of course that was still wrong. Anyways, this sort of thing is how we got Lifetime vs BET vs Nickelodeon when it came to TV channels.

[@jacara5260]

Thank you for this 🫶

[@TheLionrazor]

amazing, thanks so much!

[@charlie-jd3ls]

thanks so much

[@jdizzle708]

Thank you for this! When will we get part 2?

[@AudioAnarchy]

I’m currently recording part 3 of The Wretched of the Earth, but it’s super long, so I’ll take a break to do Mutual Aid (out of town for a couple days, but I’ll try to have it up in four)!

[@AudioAnarchy]

Figured I'd update you, I'm recording part 2 right now, but I didn't realize how long it was. I should hopefully have it up in a matter of days. Sorry for the delay!

[@AudioAnarchy]

Sorry for how long it took; it's up!

[@jdizzle708]

@@AudioAnarchy thank you! perfect timing since I will have time to listen today and tomorrow

[@AudioAnarchy]

Strap in; it's a long one!

[@LongDefiant]

Nice

[@carrotthemonkey1265]

Thanks!

[@NoThatRyan]

Fuck, I didn't notice the blooper at the end on my first listen. That was unexpected.

[@AudioAnarchy]

I don’t even remember what it was 😥

[@Chann223]

Is that him critiquing himself at the end of the audio or someone else?

[@AudioAnarchy]

That’s me, not Dean Spade.

[@Chann223]

​@@AudioAnarchy Oh ok, sorry.

[@monsieurfrancoise]

47:00