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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.

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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 mans right
to his body, or womans 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?

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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.

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title: Connotations of Anarchy
author: Dr Joseph Toscano
published: 1986-05-01
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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.

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title: Welcome to Resilient Rockhampton
author: the collective
tags: "mutual aid"
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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.