Joshua Potash on Mutual Aid

What is mutual aid? Joshua Potash helps me answer this question in an episode that connects the dots between mutual aid, capitalism and policing. We examine the anarchist origins of the term before we discuss how the practice of mutual aid can help us start to build a world outside of capitalism. 

Joshua Potash is an anticapitalist abolitionist who helped to found WSP Mutual Aid – a group that provides food, tenets, sweep defense, and other support for folks experiencing houselessness. He also works for Slow Factory, an institute that uses science, education, and regenerative design to advance climate justice and social equity. I am constantly sharing Joshua’s brilliant takes from Twitter, where he uses his following to shine light on issues like policing, activism, and the rise of fascism. 

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Reading list:

 Solidarity Not Charity, Dean Spade
Mutual Aid, Dean Spade
Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution by Peter Kropotkin
Jackson Rising

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Mutual Lemon-Aid
(spirit -free mocktail)

Makes one drink

1        Large lemon

60    ml    Juice from the one lemon

40    ml    Sugar

250    ml    Water

            small pinch of salt

            Optional: 1 cardamom pod
  

Makes approximately 2 liters of Lemonade

6        Large lemons

350    ml    Juice from the 6 lemons

250    ml    Sugar

1.5    L    Water

            large pinch of salt    

            Optional: 5 cardamom pods  

Peel lemons with a vegetable peeler, getting as much of the peel off as possible w/o much white pith. Put the peels in a container & cover with granulated sugar and massage the peels with your hands or a muddler to release the oils into the sugar. Cover & let stand for 3 to 24 hours. Periodically stir to

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