I am grateful to Oishik Sircar for asking me perhaps the most interesting questions I have ever been asked during this recent conversation. We talked about teaching, mutual aid, the role of legal work in social movements, and so much more. Check it out here. PDF here.
I had the opportunity to talk with mycologist Peter McCoy on The Last Stand podcast about applying the characteristics of fungal networks to the political work of resource distribution, resilience building, and solidarity.
Clara Liang recently interviewed me for In These Times.
Amid the catastrophe of the pandemic, climate emergency and racist state violence, mutual aid has exploded. Ordinary people around the globe, from Seattle to Nigeria, are finding ways to support each other when the government won’t.Mutual aid isn’t just that we help each other. We help each other based on a shared recognition that the systems aren’t delivering and are actually making things worse. We’re simultaneously building a movement to address the root causes of the crisis we’re in.
Continue reading “New Interview about Mutual Aid with In These Times”Roar Magazine just published this adapted excerpt from my new book.
The only thing that keeps those in power in that position is the illusion of our powerlessness. A moment of freedom and connection can undo a lifetime of social conditioning and scatter seeds in a thousand directions.
Many people are feeling great relief that Trump has been voted out and are rightly celebrating the efforts so many people have undertaken to make that happen. But even as we celebrate, we must ensure we do not demobilize, hoping that the new administration will take care of our problems. Unfortunately, we can be certain that the Biden/Harris administration will not address the crises and disasters of climate change, worsening wealth concentration and poverty, a deadly for-profit health care system and racist law enforcement.
Continue reading “Mutual aid will help us survive the Biden presidency”