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title: "Mutual Aid: A Factor Of Evolution"
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author: Pyotr Kropotkin
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Each time, however, that an attempt to return to this old principle was made,
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it's fundamental idea itself was widened. From the clan it was extended to the
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stem, to the federation of stems, to the nation, and finally—in ideal, at
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least—to the whole of mankind. It was also refined at the same time. In
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primitive Buddhism, in primitive Christianity, in the writings of some of the
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Mussulman teachers, in the early movements of the Reform, and especially in the
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ethical and philosophical movements of the last century and of our own times,
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the total abandonment of the idea of revenge, or of “due reward”—of good for
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good and evil for evil—is affirmed more and more vigorously. The higher
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conception of “no revenge for wrongs,” and of freely giving more than one
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expects to receive from his neighbours, is proclaimed as being the real
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principle of morality—a principle superior to mere equivalence, equity, or
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justice, and more conducive to happiness. And man is appealed to to be guided
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in his acts, not merely by love, which is always personal, or at the best
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tribal, but by the perception of his oneness with each human being.
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In the practice of mutual aid, which we can retrace to the earliest
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beginnings of evolution, we thus find the positive and undoubted origin of
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our ethical conceptions;
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and we can affirm that in the ethical progress of man, mutual support not
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mutual struggle—has had the leading part. In its wide extension, even at the
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present time, we also see the best guarantee of a still loftier evolution of
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our species.
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title: What I Believe
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author: Emma Goldman
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published: 1908-07-19
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tags: skeleton
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The student of the history of progressive thought is well aware that every idea
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in its early stages has been misrepresented, and the adherents of such ideas
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have been maligned and persecuted. One need not go back two thousand years to
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the time when those who believed in the gospel of Jesus were thrown into the
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arena or hunted into dungeons to realize how little great beliefs or earnest
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believers are understood.
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The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have
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dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man’s right
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to his body, or woman’s right to her soul.
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If, then, from time immemorial, the New has met with opposition and
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condemnation, why should my beliefs be exempt from a crown of thorns?
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title: The Dispossessed
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author: Ursula K. Le Guin
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published: 1974-05-01
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tags: skeleton
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It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey
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the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond
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choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each
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of us must suffer alone, in hunger, in poverty, in hope, we know our
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brotherhood. We know it, because we have had to learn it.
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We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will
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save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out is
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empty, as mine is.
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You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have
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is what you are, and what you give.
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title: Connotations of Anarchy
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author: Dr Joseph Toscano
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published: 1986-05-01
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tags: skeleton
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Anarchy is a bogey word: we are coming out of the closet, as it were, to show
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that we do not have horns or tails. We are simply Australians who have a
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different philosophy of life. We don't believe in Big Government: in fact, we
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don't believe in government at all. Government, any government is based on
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violence and power. If you don't believe it, just look at your headlines over
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the past few weeks.
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Anarchy doesn't mean bombs in the street or supersonic bomber raids, it
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means 'without rulers'.
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Anarchy means voluntary co-operation and self-management, equality, shared
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economic decision making.
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title: Welcome to Resilient Rockhampton
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author: the collective
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tags: "mutual aid"
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Our collective is building a resilient community around the principles of mutual
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aid.
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All we have is each other, so it's critical that we provide a resilient
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community network that can support, sustain and grow itself in an autonomous,
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tolerant, diverse and inclusive manner.
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We will enable this by providing resources, information and tooling for
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collaboration, communication and event organising that's informed by ongoing
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discovery and facilitation of community needs.
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In the practice of mutual aid, which we can retrace to the earliest beginnings
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of evolution, we thus find the positive and undoubted origin of our ethical
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In its wide extension, even at the present time, we also see the best
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-- Mutual Aid: A Factor Of Evolution by Pyotr Kropotkin
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Being involved with our collective and associated groups should feel like
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living in alignment with our hopes for the world, our passions and enliven us
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in an environment of reciprocity and respect.
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