The Mutual Aid Podcast

In this special cross-over episode, israa’ and Leila are joined by two compas from The Peoples Want , Juls and Alaa, to talk about Revolutions of Our Times , an internationalist manifesto written by The Peoples Want. The Peoples Want is an internationalist from below network where israa’, Leila, Juls, and Alaa organize together, and where From the Periphery Media Collective is also a member as a m...

In this episode, Angustia Celeste joins israa’ for a rich conversation ranging from the politics of borders, relationships, harm reduction, and mutual aid. We would like to offer a trigger warning for the last 20 minutes of the conversation as we discuss addiction, loss, and harm reduction. Angustia Celeste is an anarchist writer and parent. They have been in different epochs a sex worker, a healt...

In this episode of The Mutual Aid Podcast israa’ and Ayman speak with Yaffa. Their conversation weaves theory and practice as they tease out defining characteristics of mutual aid and clarify how mutual aid, resource distribution, and community care differ and interact with each other. Yaffa’s expansive experience as an organizer and writer helps us dig into the technicalities of language and how...

This week we talked with Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in this Crisis (and the Next) . Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past 25 years. He’s the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law , and Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and...

In this episode, israa & Ayman share what they know about the history of mutual aid, as a term and practice. While neither of us is a historian, we attempt to track the use of the term throughout history and the way it shows up in different societies. From Kropotkin to Omar Aziz to the Black Panthers, Sudanese Resistance Committee, and Syrian Local Councils, we share our understanding of the d...

In this episode, israa and Ayman provide an overview of what we mean we talk about mutual aid. We provide a theoretical framework with many practical and tangible examples. This expansive conversation attempts to weave our understanding and experience with mutual aid with a wider exploration that stretches time, geographies, and societies. -- -- Become a member of our Patreon to support this podca...

Welcome to The Mutual Aid Podcast. Join Ayman and israa every week as they discuss, share, and explore all things mutual aid. In this intro episode they talk about the reasons they started this project, what the project even is, and their experience, history, and positionally with mutual aid in general. They also discuss what you can expect from this project in the future and the necessity to take...