Mutualaidistheradicalactofcaringforeachotherwhileworkingtochangetheworld.Aroundtheglobe,peoplearefacedwithaspirallingsuccessionofcrises,fromtheCovid-19pandemicandclimatechange-inducedfires,floods,andstormstotheongoinghorrorsofmassincarceration,racistpolicing,brutalimmigrationenforcement,endemicgenderviolence,andseverewealthinequality.Asgovernmentsfailtorespondto--oractivelyengineer--eachcrisis,ordinarypeoplearefindingboldandinnovativewaystoshareresourcesandsupportthevulnerable.Survivalwork,whendonealongsidesocialmovementdemandsfortransformativechange,iscalledmutualaid.Thisbookisaboutmutualaid:whyitissoimportant,whatitlookslike,andhowtodoit.Itprovidesagrassrootstheoryofmutualaid,describeshowmutualaidisacrucialpartofpowerfulmovementsforsocialjustice,andoffersconcretetoolsfororganizing,suchashowtoworkingroups,howtofosteracollectivedecision-makingprocess,howtopreventandaddressconflict,andhowtodealwithburnout.Writingforthosenewtoactivismaswellasthosewhohavebeeninsocialmovementsforalongtime,DeanSpadedrawsonyearsoforganizingtoofferaradicalvisionofcommunitymobilization,socialtransformation,compassionateactivism,andsolidarity.
