COVID-19, the Climate Crisis, and Mutual Aid
COVID-19, the Climate Crisis, and Mutual Aid Mutual aid is not only about addressing the crisis at hand but also about undoing the injustices of colonialism and imperialism. In the wake of disasters, most people respond with altruism, creativity, generosity, and a cooperative spirit. âMutual aid,â a concept coined by the Russian naturalist and anarchist Peter Kropotkin in his 1902 Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, refers to the principles of cooperation, and of people joining together to help each other. It ran counter to the then-hegemonic Darwinian theories emphasizing competiti...
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