We’ve reached a breaking point. The murders of George Floyd—and Breona Taylor, Tony McDade, and the other Black people whose lives were ended by police just this month—are only the latest in a centuries-long string of tragedies. But in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the state is openly treating Black communities as a
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Crimethinc: Minneapolis: Now This Fight Has Two Sides. What the Riots Mean for the COVID-19 Era
The demonstrations this week in Minneapolis mark a historic watershed in the COVID-19 era. As we argued in March, there are some things that are worth risking death for. Perpetuating capitalism is not one of them. But some of us face threats even more deadly than COVID-19. It is worth risking our
Growing Deeper Roots in Mutual Aid: a list of reflections, inspiration, & resources
“We Keep each Other Safe” by Monica Trinidad While grieving the loss all around us, we’re simultaneously finding fortitude in a world suddenly in bloom with thousands upon thousands of mutual aid-based projects, ideas, and connections. We’ve seen so many inspiring resource lists sharing the logistics of how to respond
A Wellness List: Informed, Integrative, Accessible Recommendations for Treating COVID-19
I took a deep dive reading about holistic wellness strategies for supporting us through this pandemic and decided to gather a list of blogs with some big takeaways from each. There’s a lot more info than what I composed here but I chose a few of my favorites and shared
When Every Community is Ground Zero: Pulling Each Other Through a Pandemic
Radical solidarity through Covid-19 Community mobilizations for mutual aid and medical solidarity have formed in as many spaces as the new coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread. From continent to continent, people have innovated and navigated through information suppression, governmental inadequacy and unpreparedness as well as supply shortages in panic-economies with global
(Re)Building for the Future: Solar Solidarity in Puerto Rico
The networks of mutual support in Puerto Rico that sprung up like a flower through the concrete after Hurricane Maria, show how mutual aid responses to disasters build power and resilience for future crises, both political and climate-related. These Centros de Apoyo Mutuo (Mutual Aid Centers) served as nuclei for
The Powerful Shake
On January 7th, 2020, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico, causing widespread damage in the south and temporarily knocking out power throughout the island. There have been thousands of earthquakes and tremors starting in late December 2019 and continuing to the present day in the south of Puerto Rico.
G.A. Minutes 1-28-20
G.A. Minutes 1-28-20 We’re back at Coney Island again this Tuesday evening and guess what……it’s still winter. Crap! In this part of the country it always feels like cold, snow and wind chill will go on forever. It kinda does too; in general, we have winter weather for around 6
G.A. Minutes 1-7-20
G.A. Minutes 1-7-20 After a 2 week hiatus, we are back at Coney Island again this evening. We were on hiatus because the last 2 Tuesdays were Christmas Eve and New Years Eve; we knew the Coney Island staff peeps would be eager to close up shop and get on
A Fire Burning
PG&E has failed the people of California. The company has been giving billions of dollars to investors through dividend payments and payouts to politicians instead of doing the necessary repairs for its aging fire hazard infrastructure. Millions of people have recently been left without power, and hundreds of thousands of
G.A. Minutes 11-5-19
G.A. Minutes 11-5-19 When the first two Occupiers arrive at Coney Island this evening they find staff guys who they haven’t met before working behind the counter. However, this is not a problem; these new guys have been informed about the Occupiers and friends and their regular Tuesday evening gatherings.
Apoyo Mutuo: Building Power in Paradise
Over two years after Hurricane Maria, the Centros de Apoyo Mutuo are still vibrant, people-powered, living examples of mutual aid and community-based resistance and resilience. In the community of Bucarabones in Las Marias, immediately after Hurricane Maria, the state was forced to pull back in the face of the disaster
The Disaster of White Supremacy
This summer saw death tolls rise amidst proliferating white supremacist acts of terror across the country. The state, another agent of white-supremacist terror, has persisted its administration-directed campaign of snatching children from their parents, and parents from their children, leaving young kids alone and traumatized. The tragic collision of those
G.A. Minutes 10-1-19
G.A. Minutes 10-1-19 On the first day of October, Mother Earth and all of her helpers have joined together to let us know that there’s no turning back; autumn is definitely upon us. This evening the sky is overcast and the temperature is somewhere in the low 50s. Very strong
Dorian, Imelda, and More
Hello friends! Just wanted to update you about some of our recent activities. On September 1, Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 storm, decimated entire communities in the Northern Bahamas islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco. After stalling over the Bahamas, Dorian continued on a destructive path, scraping the southeastern seaboard