post: welcome to resilient rockhampton

posts/1902-05-01-mutual-aid.rst

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-title: "Mutual Aid: A Factor Of Evolution"
-author: Pyotr Kropotkin
-tags: jfdi
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-
-Each time, however, that an attempt to return to this old principle was made,
-it's fundamental idea itself was widened. From the clan it was extended to the
-stem, to the federation of stems, to the nation, and finally—in ideal, at
-least—to the whole of mankind. It was also refined at the same time. In
-primitive Buddhism, in primitive Christianity, in the writings of some of the
-Mussulman teachers, in the early movements of the Reform, and especially in the
-ethical and philosophical movements of the last century and of our own times,
-the total abandonment of the idea of revenge, or of “due reward”—of good for
-good and evil for evil—is affirmed more and more vigorously. The higher
-conception of “no revenge for wrongs,” and of freely giving more than one
-expects to receive from his neighbours, is proclaimed as being the real
-principle of morality—a principle superior to mere equivalence, equity, or
-justice, and more conducive to happiness. And man is appealed to to be guided
-in his acts, not merely by love, which is always personal, or at the best
-tribal, but by the perception of his oneness with each human being.
-
-  In the practice of mutual aid, which we can retrace to the earliest
-  beginnings of evolution, we thus find the positive and undoubted origin of
-  our ethical conceptions;
-
-and we can affirm that in the ethical progress of man, mutual support not
-mutual struggle—has had the leading part. In its wide extension, even at the
-present time, we also see the best guarantee of a still loftier evolution of
-our species.

posts/1908-07-19-what_i_believe.rst

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-title: What I Believe
-author: Emma Goldman
-published: 1908-07-19
-tags: skeleton
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-
-The student of the history of progressive thought is well aware that every idea
-in its early stages has been misrepresented, and the adherents of such ideas
-have been maligned and persecuted. One need not go back two thousand years to
-the time when those who believed in the gospel of Jesus were thrown into the
-arena or hunted into dungeons to realize how little great beliefs or earnest
-believers are understood.
-
-  The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have
-  dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man’s right
-  to his body, or woman’s right to her soul.
-
-If, then, from time immemorial, the New has met with opposition and
-condemnation, why should my beliefs be exempt from a crown of thorns?

posts/1974-05-01-the_dispossessed.rst

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-title: The Dispossessed
-author: Ursula K. Le Guin
-published: 1974-05-01
-tags: skeleton
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-
-It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey
-the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond
-choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each
-of us must suffer alone, in hunger, in poverty, in hope, we know our
-brotherhood. We know it, because we have had to learn it.
-
-  We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will
-  save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out is
-  empty, as mine is.
-
-You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have
-is what you are, and what you give.

posts/1986-05-01-connotations_of_anarchy.rst

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-title: Connotations of Anarchy
-author: Dr Joseph Toscano
-published: 1986-05-01
-tags: skeleton
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-
-Anarchy is a bogey word: we are coming out of the closet, as it were, to show
-that we do not have horns or tails. We are simply Australians who have a
-different philosophy of life. We don't believe in Big Government: in fact, we
-don't believe in government at all. Government, any government is based on
-violence and power. If you don't believe it, just look at your headlines over
-the past few weeks.
-
-  Anarchy doesn't mean bombs in the street or supersonic bomber raids, it
-  means 'without rulers'.
-
-Anarchy means voluntary co-operation and self-management, equality, shared
-economic decision making.

posts/2021-11-19-welcome_to_resilient_rockhampton.rst

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+title: Welcome to Resilient Rockhampton
+author: the collective
+tags: "mutual aid"
+---
+
+Our collective is building a resilient community around the principles of mutual
+aid.
+
+All we have is each other, so it's critical that we provide a resilient
+community network that can support, sustain and grow itself in an autonomous,
+tolerant, diverse and inclusive manner.
+
+We will enable this by providing resources, information and tooling for
+collaboration, communication and event organising that's informed by ongoing
+discovery and facilitation of community needs.
+
+  In the practice of mutual aid, which we can retrace to the earliest beginnings
+  of evolution, we thus find the positive and undoubted origin of our ethical
+  conceptions; and we can affirm that in the ethical progress of man, mutual
+  support not mutual struggle—has had the leading part.
+
+  In its wide extension, even at the present time, we also see the best
+  guarantee of a still loftier evolution of our species.
+
+  -- Mutual Aid: A Factor Of Evolution by Pyotr Kropotkin
+
+Being involved with our collective and associated groups should feel like
+living in alignment with our hopes for the world, our passions and enliven us
+in an environment of reciprocity and respect.