Archive of Mutual Aid

Keller Easterling, author of Medium Design, surveys the thinkers, ideas and books that have influenced her most recent work, a radical reimagining of what the politics of design can be, and how we can use it.

Looking at the pandemic in its wider political context.

Our top 20 books on activism and anti-capitalist resistance, the perfect introduction to left politics.

From escapism to the end of policing, we bring you 10 books that have defined this strange year.

Books to ignite revolutionary possibilities: all 40% (print) and 60% (ebook) off until the of the year.

Publishing in an extraordinary time: we share our highlights from, and experience of, this year.

"The legacy of the corona crash will be the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of a tiny oligarchy, composed of senior politicians, central bankers, financiers and corporate executives in the rich world."

Dean Spade picks five books that explore how mutual aid projects have been part of every powerful social movement.

Shane Burley reports on 100 days of protest against racism, police violence, and white supremacist militias in Portland, Oregon. A movement for police reform, Burley writes, "is now impossible in Portland because police violence itself has escalated the political stakes nightly, keeping them focused on abolition."

Jen Marlowe reports from Seattle on antiracist mutual aid — with bikes!