Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action Firth Rhiannon
Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action Firth Rhiannon As disasters become more commonplace, we need to think of alternatives for relief. Looking at Hurricane Sandy, Covid-19, and the social…
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Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action Firth Rhiannon
As disasters become more commonplace, we need to think of alternatives for relief. Looking at Hurricane Sandy, Covid-19, and the social movements that mobilized relief in their wake, Disaster Anarchy is an inspiring and alarming book about collective solidarity in an increasingly dangerous world.As climate change and neoliberalism converge, mutual aid networks, grassroots direct action, occupations, and brigades have sprung up in response to this crisis with considerable success. 'Commendable - a book that prepares us to think about and react to system failures' - Peter GelderloosAnarchists have been central in helping communities ravaged by disasters, stepping in when governments wash their hands of the victims.
Occupy Sandy was widely acknowledged to have organized relief more effectively than federal agencies or NGOs, and following Covid-19 the term 'mutual