{"product_id":"mutual-aid-building-solidarity-during-this-crisis-and-the-next","title":"Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)","description":"\u003cb\u003eMutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAround the globe, people are faced with a spiralling succession of crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, racist policing, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality. As governments fail to respond to--or actively engineer--each crisis, ordinary people are finding bold and innovative ways to share resources and support the vulnerable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurvival work, when done alongside social movement demands for transformative change, is called mutual aid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid is a crucial part of powerful movements for social justice, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, how to foster a collective decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriting for those new to activism as well as those who have been in social movements for a long time, Dean Spade draws on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community mobilization, social transformation, compassionate activism, and solidarity.","brand":"Dean Spade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53409029456236,"sku":"9781836742555","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/7985\/1884\/files\/9781836742555-us.jpg?v=1774448798","url":"https:\/\/commercestreetbooks.com\/products\/mutual-aid-building-solidarity-during-this-crisis-and-the-next","provider":"Commerce Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}