The Mutual Aid Podcast

In this special cross-over episode, israa’ and Leila are joined by two compas from The Peoples Want, Juls and Alaa, to talk about Revolutions of Our Times, an internationalist manifesto written by The Peoples Want.The Peoples Want is an internationalist from below network where israa’, Leila, Juls, and Alaa organize together, and where From the Periphery Media Collective is also a member as a media collective working to elevate voices from the periphery.Our manifesto, Revolutions of Our Times, is now published by Haymarket and available wherever you get your books.In this conversation, israa’, Leila, Alaa, and Juls explore what it means to be an internationalist and build internationalist movements, how exile can be turned into a point of attack, and the role of mutual aid and active solidarity in liberation movements.We invite you to reach out to us to engage more deeply with both the manifesto and The Peoples Want network. We welcome invitations to gatherings, panels, readings, or any other event that deepens our discussion in the manifesto and weaves our struggles together.You can learn more about The Peoples Want and find PDF copies of the manifesto in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic here: https://thepeopleswant.org/You can learn more about the Mujwara campaign here: https://thepeopleswant.org/en/mujawaraYou can purchase the book here:English: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2732-revolutions-of-our-timesFrench: https://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/revolutions_de_notre_temps-9782355222375Spanish: Coming SoonItalian: Coming SoonGerman: Coming SoonHost:israa' (⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠,  ⁠⁠IG)⁠⁠Leila ( Bluesky)Subscribe to From the Periphery:PatreonYouTubeBlueSkyInstagramSubscribe to MAP:IGYouTubeBlueSkyYou can email us at [email protected], we'd love to hear from you and have you on the podcast!— — —From The Periphery Podcast is supported by the community around us. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Please consider becoming a member of our Patreon today. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You not only help us make more episodes like this, but you get exclusive access to other content, an invitation to our monthly hangout, and direct contact with the team.

In this episode, Angustia Celeste joins israa’ for a rich conversation ranging from the politics of borders, relationships, harm reduction, and mutual aid. We would like to offer a trigger warning for the last 20 minutes of the conversation as we discuss addiction, loss, and harm reduction.Angustia Celeste is an anarchist writer and parent. They have been in different epochs a sex worker, a healthcare worker and a humanitarian aid volunteer.Mentioned in this Episode:The Insurgent Southwest by Angustia Celestehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/fatima-insolacion-the-insurgent-southwestIt was not an Unexpected Death by Angustia Celestehttps://crimethinc.com/2024/03/14/it-was-not-an-unexpected-death-an-account-from-the-opioid-epidemicThey will Beat the Memory Out of Us by Peter Gelderlooshttps://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349770/they-will-beat-the-memory-out-of-us/Additional ResourcesShifting Trends in Policing Dissent with Kristian Williams & Garretthttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2MaHW5oSfL32SKab4TdJdThttps://sites.libsyn.com/572680/then-now-how-movements-are-policed-with-kristian-williams-garrettLife During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency Edited by: Kristian Williams, Lara Messersmith-Glavin, William Mungerhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16057163-life-during-wartimeFor More:Angustia Celeste can be reached at [email protected]’ is on Bluesky and IGAyman is on Bluesky and IGThe Mutual Aid Podcast is on IG, YouTube, and BlueSky. You can email us at [email protected]⁠From The Periphery is on ⁠Patreon⁠, YouTube⁠, Instagram, and has a website⁠Credits: Hosts - israa and Ayman Artwork - Hisham Rifai Music - Beit Youssef and Ramsey KhudairiThe Mutual Aid Podcast is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠.How to Support:Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠: You’ll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join ⁠⁠⁠⁠our monthly hangouts⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more.Leave reviews wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode of The Mutual Aid Podcast israa’ and Ayman speak with Yaffa. Their conversation weaves theory and practice as they tease out defining characteristics of mutual aid and clarify how mutual aid, resource distribution, and community care differ and interact with each other. Yaffa’s expansive experience as an organizer and writer helps us dig into the technicalities of language and how that manifests in our practice. As the conversation progresses, we turn to the role of strategy and tactics in our movements and organizing spaces and how clarity in language helps us gain clarity in our strategy and tactics. Mx. Yaffa (They/Them) is a disabled, autistic, trans, queer, Muslim, and Indigenous Palestinian. As Executive Director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD), they have earned multiple awards for their transformative work on displacement, decolonization, and equity. Yaffa is also an engineer, peer support specialist, death doula, birthing doula, and yoga teacher. They are the author of Blood Orange, a poetry collection on displacement and colonization; editor of Inara: Light of Utopia, an anthology by queer and trans-Palestinians; and author of Desecrated Poppies, a poetry and essay collection about the connections between anti-trans and anti-Palestinian politics. Their new book, Living to 99, will be released Feb 14th and Letters from a Living Utopia will be released in May 14th. Yaffa is also a visual artist, showcasing their work worldwide at festivals and art galleries. Yaffa debuted their one-person show, Harvesting Olives, created with support from Rad Pereira, in NYC, October 2024. Mentioned in this Episode: Whispers Beneath the Orange Grove by Yaffa As A Conversation with Dean Spade by The Mutual Aid Podcast Support QT Palestinians & the first QTM helpline by MASGD SAD MUTUAL AID FUND FOR Queer and trans Palestinians and front line organizers For More: Yaffa is on Bluesky, TikTok, and IG. israa’ is on Bluesky and IG. Ayman is on Bluesky and IG. The Mutual Aid Podcast is on IG, YouTube, and BlueSky.⁠ From The Periphery is on ⁠Patreon⁠, YouTube⁠, Instagram, and has a website⁠ Credits:  Hosts - israa and Ayman Artwork - Hisham Rifai Music - Beit Youssef and Ramsey Khudairi The Mutual Aid Podcast is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠. How to Support: Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠: You’ll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join ⁠⁠⁠⁠our monthly hangouts⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more. Ko-Fi: If you’d like to give a tip directly to the hosts of the Mutual Aid Podcast.

This week we talked with Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in this Crisis (and the Next). Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past 25 years. He’s the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law, and Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) the director of the documentary “Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!.” His next book, Love in a Fucked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up and Raise Hell Together, is forthcoming from Algonquin Press in January, 2025. In this expansive conversation, we start with Dean’s definition of mutual aid and how mutual aid differs from charity before we jump into the problem of criteria. Dean shares why he wrote Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), how it was received, and what he has learned since writing the book. Throughout the conversation, we explore the many ways mutual aid is manifested. Whether through food, housing, babysitting, or post-death care, we land on how mutual aid projects contain the things that sustain and care for life. We also discuss how mutual aid is inherently political and reflects one’s political beliefs. And how engaging with mutual aid can help us deepen our political education and understanding of the world around us. We end the conversation by exploring the role of relationship building and the interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics that make or break our groups. Books By Dean: ⁠Love in a Fucked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up and Raise Hell Together Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)⁠ ⁠Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law References: Dean’s website: https://www.deanspade.net/ Big Door Brigade: https://bigdoorbrigade.com/ Credits: Hosts: israa' and Ayman Artwork: Hisham Rifai Music: Beit Youssef and Ramsey Khudairi The Mutual Aid Podcast is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠. How to Support: Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠: You’ll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join ⁠⁠⁠⁠our monthly hangouts⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more.

In this episode, israa & Ayman share what they know about the history of mutual aid, as a term and practice. While neither of us is a historian, we attempt to track the use of the term throughout history and the way it shows up in different societies. From Kropotkin to Omar Aziz to the Black Panthers, Sudanese Resistance Committee, and Syrian Local Councils, we share our understanding of the development of the term and how mutual aid helps us prefigure a new world in the shell of the old. References Made: Peter Kropotkin - Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution The Peoples Want Manifesto Nina Simone: I wish I knew How it would Feel to be Free Credits: Hosts - israa and Ayman Artwork - Hisham Rifai Music - Beit Youssef and Ramsey Khudairi The Mutual Aid Podcast is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠. How to Support: on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠: You’ll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join ⁠⁠⁠our monthly hangouts⁠⁠⁠, and more.

In this episode, israa and Ayman provide an overview of what we mean we talk about mutual aid. We provide a theoretical framework with many practical and tangible examples. This expansive conversation attempts to weave our understanding and experience with mutual aid with a wider exploration that stretches time, geographies, and societies. -- -- Become a member of our Patreon to support this podcast Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery

Welcome to The Mutual Aid Podcast. Join Ayman and israa every week as they discuss, share, and explore all things mutual aid. In this intro episode they talk about the reasons they started this project, what the project even is, and their experience, history, and positionally with mutual aid in general. They also discuss what you can expect from this project in the future and the necessity to take discussions of mutual aid more seriously, especially as the systems around us face collapse and crisis. Gaza Relief Mutual Aid https://www.instagram.com/ibrahimforgazamutualaid/ https://www.liberationthrumutualaid.com Queer Mutual Aid Lebanon https://www.patreon.com/qmalebanon References: https://www.thepublicsource.org/charity-mutual-aid Peter Kropotkin - Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution Dean Spade - Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next) David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery Credits: Artwork - Hisham Rifai Music - Beit Youssef and Ramsey Khudairi Hosts - israa and Ayman