Behind the kibbutz: Mutual aid organizations

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Severyn Bruyn
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Mutual Aid Organizations

scholarly journals Highlighting the Role of Mutual Aid in Chicago During COVID-19: Could Mutual Aid Be The Solution to Food Insecurity in Underserved Urban Communities?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Saria Lofton ◽  
Marjorie Kersten ◽  
Shannon D. Simonovich ◽  
Akilah Martin
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Food Access ◽  
Food System ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Communities Of Color ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Mutual Aid Organizations

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted food security and food access in urban communities of color. Loss of income, often associated with food insecurity, has affected Hispanic, Black, low-wage workers, single mothers, and women of color more than other groups of individuals. Mutual aid organizations have proliferated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet a description of the contributions of these organizations in addressing food insecurity has yet to be described in the literature to date. This article aims to describe the unique role and contributions of mutual aid organizations in addressing food insecurity and food access disparities in Chicago’s communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local mutual aid organizations can function as hubs to feed urban communities while reducing food waste and building community. During the pandemic, mutual aid organizations in Chicago have distributed thousands of pounds of food to families and individuals. Mutual aid organizations provide short-term food security while engaging with community members to create a more equitable and sustainable food system. The development of robust mutual aid hubs facilitated unique opportunities for collaboration and expansion of infrastructure that may allow mutual aid organizations to address food access in their communities well into the future.

Self-Help and Mutual Aid Organizations

Drug Courts ◽  
2008 ◽  
pp. 195-205
Author(s):  
Anne M. Herron ◽  
Dee S. Owens
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Mutual Aid Organizations

Kropotkin

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Kinna
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Special Character ◽  
Revolutionary Politics

This book is designed to remove Peter Kropotkin from the framework of classical anarchism. By focusing attention on his theory of mutual aid, it argues that the classical framing distorts Kropotkin's political theory by associating it with a narrowly positivistic conception of science, a naively optimistic idea of human nature and a millenarian idea of revolution. Kropotkin's abiding concern with Russian revolutionary politics is the lens for this analysis. The argument is that his engagement with nihilism shaped his conception of science and that his expeditions in Siberia underpinned an approach to social analysis that was rooted in geography. Looking at Kropotkin's relationship with Elisée Reclus and Erico Malatesta and examining his critical appreciation of P-J. Proudhon, Michael Bakunin and Max Stirner, the study shows how he understood anarchist traditions and reveals the special character of his anarchist communism. His idea of the state as a colonising process and his contention that exploitation and oppression operate in global contexts is a key feature of this. Kropotkin's views about the role of theory in revolutionary practice show how he developed this critique of the state and capitalism to advance an idea of political change that combined the building of non-state alternatives through direct action and wilful disobedience. Against critics who argue that Kropotkin betrayed these principles in 1914, the book suggests that this controversial decision was consistent with his anarchism and that it reflected his judgment about the prospects of anarchistic revolution in Russia.

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