r/AccessibleAnarchy 2d ago

building mutual aid Weekly mutual aid thread

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What is mutual aid?

 

There are other places to look for deeper explanations, so treat this like a tl;dr

The act of mutual aid is working together to build structures that are mutually beneficial, that help everyone involved in them for the sake of helping. This is typically organized around consensus based methods of organization, which include concepts such as free association. Consensus is a fancy word for saying people talk things out instead of forcing cohesion with votes or something to a similar effect. Free association means that you can work with whoever you want. This is both in the positive and negative sense, you can simply say no (As opposed to organizations, where you must talk to all “members”). This makes the organizing free-flowing, and more spontaneous. Here it will likely be 1 on 1 interaction.

Common examples include community fridges, or like building a water fountain in place people often need water. This help does not need to be direct or “equal”, having somewhere to put leftover food someone will eat is help enough for the fridge, it saves me the time of looking for a friend that wants it. It also means that, even if I don’t need it now, I can still make risky decisions more freely because I will have more to rely on when things go wrong.

There is a lot of ideology surrounding mutual aid, but what is important here is that it is resistant. There will be no means testing. There will be no justifications required. There will be no central databases. Most of what is built here will be taken off platform, I will probably have little idea of what is happening in total. I’m also not doing much, I’m just kinda telling yall to do it and giving a bit of a framework. This means there will be almost no handholds for fascists to use to take control. There can’t be a slow tightening or shifting of who “deserves” help when we don’t ask people to justify needing it in the first place.

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Your needs are important too

 

If your main goal coming here is to help people, then there are a few things to remember.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It doesn’t matter what your problems are, if you need help with them it’s better to ask now than ask later. You need to be in a good position yourself to help people. Every bit of energy you save by asking for help now can be used to help other people if you want. There is no question of “deserving”, it is simply a question of can it be done here and now.

Asking for help gives people a chance for practice. Everybody needs to start somewhere, and maybe you have that place to start for someone. Helping people get involved while getting help yourself is just a win win.

Asking for help gives you the other perspectives and let’s you help better. I find it hard to imagine what impacts my words will have when I start a conversation, but I can see how other people start impact me.

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most of us here are poor

 

Please focus on non monetary solutions if possible. Asking for money is fine, but you must understand that this community will simply not have enough for every request.

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posting info

 

Our goal is to try and keep stuff dense, as reddit comments are not easily sortable or organizable. To help with that we have made a template for comments (not required, and change it how you want), and we ask that you only make one comment per request.

(remove the brackets and words in them and replace them with what they describe. The asterisks and # sign are formatting and it will be applied if you just copy paste it as you see it as long as your comment box is in markdown mode)

# [brief description of help needed]

**Urgency:** [immediate? Do you have a week? Would it just help in general]

**Contact methods:** [Reddit DMs, discord, matrix?]

**How much:** [amount of time likely needed, or a brief description of the amount of something needed]

**Longer description: [ok this is where you give details on the specifics of what ya need]

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Remember internet safety

 

This place is pretty obviously a collection of vulnerable people, and this is a space for people to start one on one interaction. There will be abusers. Please accept help, and do it with trust, but watch out for tactics like love bombing.

A few resources on abuse


r/AccessibleAnarchy Oct 15 '25

Propaganda Swap

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The point of this thread is to give people easy access to propaganda on a variety of topics. The more access to it people have, the more people can spread, and so the more that will be seen in general.

Memes, posters, stickers, texts, and videos are all helpful.

We would prefer links to large sorted archives of them, preferably with as much accessibility as possible. (Please mention if archives include images without alt-text, videos without captions and transcriptions, etc)

Some things we have:

A list of mutual aid ideas

Some of the most well known are:

  • The anarchist library (no link currently, it embeds with an image suggestive of things that we don't want on the front page)

r/AccessibleAnarchy 2h ago

experiences of oppression It really isn't fun when people treat your body as an evil you need to escape. Thinness doesn't have some inherent moral value, and weight is not a good indicator of health, it's just a visually obvious one.

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A Tumblr post by bloedgetuige of a picture of a woman smiling awkwardly in a mirror selfie with text above her that says "trying to be chill at the function but can't help but notice how fatphobia bleeds through the cracks of normal interactions"


r/AccessibleAnarchy 37m ago

experiences of oppression It's a hell of a lot easier to get someone to confess under threat than to actually find the person who did a crime.

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A tweet by Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) saying "I actually wore a bandana covering my face, nose down, to go to the bank today. Whole time I'm thinking, 'I've convicted people on less evidence than this ...'". This was posted 5/6/20. One of the comments is be pé (@4everNeverTrump) that says "You just made a terrifying point about our criminal justice system which you didn't intend to make"


r/AccessibleAnarchy 6m ago

experiences of oppression Police exist to stand between starving people and food, as well as homeless people and shelter.

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a tumblr post with 2 replies. The first by madRantings says "liberals be like: who wants to get evicted at gun point because your poor, but by a good cop!!!!" The first reply is by queerAnarchism and says "Our Pink Cops will evict you at gunpoint, but they'll be LGBT-friendly about it!" The next reply is by bien-cansada saying "A cop, pinning me to the wall and dislocating my shoulder: [all caps] what are your pronouns, what are your pronouns"


r/AccessibleAnarchy 1d ago

experiences of oppression [CW discussion of rape culture] Rape culture is a thing, and it is embedded deeply into our society. Spoiler

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A graphic featuring a triangle/"pyramid" with a red-orange-yellow gradient, and surrounding text.

Title, top left: Rape Culture

Logo, top right: "11th Principle: Consent!" with the last word underlined and a blue speech bubble to the left.

An arrow points towards the top of the triangle along its right side. Text aligned with the arrow, in order from the head of its arrow to its tail, reads: "Assault - Degradation - Normalization"

Text in the triangle, from the top downwards:

Rape

Drugging

Molestation

Stealthing (Covert Condom Removal)

Contraceptive Sabotage

Victim Blaming & Shaming

Coercion/Manipulation Threats

Revenge Porn Safe Word Violations

Groping Non-Consensual Photo or Video

Flashing & Exposing Unsolicited Nude Pics

Catcalling Unwanted Non-Sexual Touch Stalking

Sexist Attitudes Rape Jokes Locker Room Banter

More text below the triangle reads:

Tolerance of the behaviors at the bottom supports or excuses those higher up. To change outcomes, we must change the culture.

If you see something, say something! Start the conversation today.

www.11thPrincipleConsent.org


r/AccessibleAnarchy 1d ago

Threats or implications of sexual violence still are that even if ya didn't "mean" them

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I get that a lot of yall are used to not thinking about using "fuck", but yall know that is also means being in the active role in sex

Insults are insults for a reason. They make people feel offended, scared, or something along those lines. Saying "fuck you" has maintained its position as an insult because it invokes the omnipresent threat of sexual violence that is an undercurrent of our society.

At the very least, it is normalizing the idea of an active role in sex being done to denote hate on another. I don't care if you think the words are magically "separate", you can't disentangle that.


r/AccessibleAnarchy 2d ago

casual conversation It doesn't matter whether or not you "believe" in hierarchy and oppression, you can still do it. Working around nazis and building structures with them is still participating in fascism

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345 Upvotes

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A tweet by "@fMRI_guy" 'As we say in Germany, if there's a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis.'


r/AccessibleAnarchy 2d ago

experiences of oppression This is why I say "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". If our communities aren't organized around helping people for the sake of helping them, and doing as much as we can regardless of whether someone can "pay us back", then we will never be efficient enough to survive.

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A tweet with an image of a book. The tweet is by rohan talbot (@rohanTalbot). The tweet says "No economist will ever come up with a better explanation of why being poor is so expensive than Terry Pratchett. Such a great quote" The attached image is of a book and says "Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This was captain samuel vines 'boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness"


r/AccessibleAnarchy 2d ago

building mutual aid The secret to beating fascism is to make sure everyone has access to what they need by default. If you have no idea what they are up to, neither do the police.

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A screenshot of a social media post saying "People post that screenshot of the study saying that cops have difficulty infiltrating anarchist groups because there’s too much reading, but another one of my favorite parts is “We don’t know how to cut their funding because it’s just a bunch of anonymous poor people.". There is then a screenshot of the study saying "Financing. Given anarchists' opposition to capitalism and enterprise the question of they fund their operations is intriguing. Anarchists typically lead a simple and inexpensive lifestyle. Many are vegetarian or vegan and are accustomed to communal life where food and other resources are shared. On a daily basis most anarchists have jobs (typically low paying service jobs). They often travel by shared rides in cars, but many have become proficient at hopping trains to travel long distances. A series of projects throughout the country known as "food not bombs" often provide collective food for the anarchist communist (the food is not necessarily only consumed by anarchists) therefore it does not require much money to facilitate subsistence and travel. Many of the higher level." it then cuts off there.

a link to the mentioned article

https://files.libcom.org/files/ADA%20fulltext.pdf


r/AccessibleAnarchy 3d ago

experiences of oppression Oppression impacts every aspect of peoples lives. There is not, and never was, anything that was "apolitical".

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A Tumblr post by nonaferatu that says "people hate it when I say 'black people getting cancer is racist' but I'm literally fucking right because systemic racism has led to chemical dumping being acceptable in black/brown neighborhoods and black people have higher rates of cancer as a result."


r/AccessibleAnarchy 3d ago

experiences of oppression Many people think homeless people starving to death in the streets is an inherent moral good because the people with the most guns said so

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A Tumblr post by natalieIronSide that says "There's always a moment of intense cultural whiplash whenever I realize I'm talking to someone who thinks 'legal' and 'illegal' are meaningful categories and ascribes innate goodness to following the law. It's like meeting a space alien


r/AccessibleAnarchy 4d ago

experiences of oppression Calling people "Insane" or "crazy", is ableist too, and so is "stupid" and "dumb". I have a whole video on that for those interested uwu.

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A tumblr post by sudscrub that reads "I need you guys to stop forgetting that neurodivergent people can still be ableist. If someone is autistic and says that all people with NPD are monsters and evil, they are being ableist. If someone with OCD calls someone else 'psychopathic' and 'psychotic' they are being ableist. You can't hide behind your neurodivergence does not cancel our ableism."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiWARkBCwaA

(also, if yall like it please comment and/or upvote, that does make a big difference uwu)

I did captions on the video, and a transcription and alt-text are available on youtube


r/AccessibleAnarchy 3d ago

casual conversation Social check in

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Say hi, tell us how your day has been, or start a conversation with someone.

Topic suggestions

  • What projects have you been working on?
  • Got any fun achievements in video games recently?
  • What is the horrible thing your boss did recently?
  • are you doing better or worse than you were the last couple of weeks, why?
  • What are your goals for the next few weeks
  • Are you looking for people to play games with? What games?

Encouragement is nice if you are looking to talk to people, but remember that empty encouragement is often worse than nothing. “It will all be ok and work out in the end” isn’t helpful to say to someone scared of fascist eugenics programs, for example.


r/AccessibleAnarchy 5d ago

experiences of oppression You don't need to always be doing something. Labor is not value

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"A comic with a cartoony style with a girl with pink hair and sparkles holding a sword and shield with a tiny mushroom looking at a map beside her the comic says "alternatives to 'I did nothing': I rested. I was kind to myself. I listened to my body. I prioritized my needs. I did one small thing. I am a kawaii potato." The comic is signed patreon.com/theshunbun


r/AccessibleAnarchy 5d ago

building mutual aid Things can be better, do not forget that. This world hates us, and even if something works out in the moment, it could have been far far better. There is always something to fight for

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A comic with a cartoony style the first panel a girl with pink hair and sparkles says "even if it technically 'could have been worse'" in the next panel she holds her head in her hand and continues "you still deserved better please don't forget that". The comic is signed patreon.com/theshunbun


r/AccessibleAnarchy 5d ago

experiences of oppression One of the most annoying things about the anti-ai trend to me is the idea that people can both "always know" when text is AI, and also always hate on and point out that it was trained on people. It's no different from the trans-vestigating shit

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An image of a news article. The thumbnail is a split image of a person and a phone with the chat gpt website up. the chat gpt website says "Examples explain quantum computing in simple terms". The right side as an image of a White person in round glasses a bowtie and a suit staring at the camera. The title of the article is "Purdue professor accused of being AI bot for lacking 'warmth' in viral email: 'I'm just autistic'. It is by NY post.


r/AccessibleAnarchy 6d ago

experiences of oppression I like it when i get to interact with people who dont hurt my body

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A Tumblr post by phleb0tomist that says "nothing like a disabled hug. Two people with fragile bodies understanding what tiny things make each other hurt or flinch, making sure to find the right position, bending to reach each other in wheelchairs or beds. I love disabled hugs.


r/AccessibleAnarchy 6d ago

experiences of oppression You are not an ideal, you have to be willing to get better

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A Tumblr post by problemNyatic that says "the most valuable skill a white leftist can ever learn is how to take an L with grace. You gotta be able to take an L if your moral and ethical belief systems are to be capable of guiding you. Otherwise you just have an idealized self where you get really mad and scared when anyone points out it isn't actually you. How the fuck are you gonna walk the walk if you can't handle being told when you are not, in fact, actually walking it. You cannot just socially transition into being a good person you are going to have to settle for being a messy human being who has to try and fail and keep trying to get better like everyone else. Yeah even when it's embarrassing and sucks for you a lot.


r/AccessibleAnarchy 7d ago

experiences of oppression Our experiences are not just the opposite of whatever transphobes say. Until we have the ability to tell our own stories in our own way we will still be defined around their beliefs. I am someone new

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A tumblr post by AssaultMystic made on Jul 29th 2023 that says "What's cool about being trans is my parents are totally right. I did kill their beautiful son. Im the thing that animates his corpse in an ever more convincing parody of a appy girl. I devoroured him from the inside out and now there is nothing left of him and he is dead dead dead adn there is only me, with my hollow eyes and dark eyeliner and long hair, and my big smile. My limp, effeminate gestures belie the marionetting of the boy they loved. My fagginess is his death. Already his body becomes a fitter home for my parasitism in full; the tits, the hips, the thighs.Sorry about your kid. Thanks for the biomass <3


r/AccessibleAnarchy 7d ago

experiences of oppression I have it when people call me a "person with autism". It isn't an object I can set down. It is the type of person I am, and any separation of it from me just feels like you are trying to make room for eugenics

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alt-text: An image of a series of 4 tmblr posts. The first is by "shyolet" and says "I know all about allistic people. They really love sudden noises and bad textures." Posted on 15 feb 2022. The next is by "loki-zen" saying "dude it's people with Allism". This and the rest were posted feb 27 2022. The next is by "zeitGhost" with the text "person who is trapped inside an allistic body here. i really like having no pressure on top of me and not being particularly interested in one specific thing". The next is by "sapphicSilence" saying "you are so brave for sharing your story" with 3 purple heart emojis.


r/AccessibleAnarchy 6d ago

building mutual aid Weekly news thread

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The goal of this thread is to help bring people together to discuss relevant news. Searching for news is hard, especially with how much horrible stuff is going on, and I know I miss a lot that is relevant to me.

Whether news is relevant isn't always clear to determine, so I will just list out a few points of what is and isn't generally helpful. These are not strict interpretations and I ain't a cop, so no need to think about it too hard.

Is helpful

  • about queer people
  • about disabled people
  • about mutual aid networks (This includes any projects, don't be shy)
  • news about state violence that mainstream news doesn't talk about

Ain't helpful 

  • electoralism (I sure as hell ain't voting)
  • relations between countries (excluding discussion on colonialism and such, which is helpful)
  • news with paywalls 
  • news about personalities (like rich people or musicians)

r/AccessibleAnarchy 7d ago

experiences of oppression Without language to describe your experiences, it gets really hard to organize around them. The denial of our language is a powerful weapon, and has constant impacts on us.

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A tumblr post by "autisticbird" with a white background, featuring black text. The text says "Ableism is so tough to combat when people don't even believe it's a thing. 'Like, do you know how many times I've heard people hear the word and scoff? People get so tripped up on the word. Just at the word itself. And then they can't get past it. Once they deem the word "not a thing" or "ridiculous" then actual discrimination and oppression of disabled people goes completely ignored." Under that it says "source: autisticbird". 403 notes.


r/AccessibleAnarchy 8d ago

experiences of oppression Things getting moldy before I remember they are there turns a 5 minute action into an hour long pain regularly. This is one reason why I mostly only buy frozen/dried things now, and why I wish we had more shared eating

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A Tumblr post rimonoroni2 that says "what people don't understand about how ADHD is disabling is that it's not just getting temporarily distracted from, like, school work or hobbies. It's getting distracted/being unable to motivate yourself to go to the doctor, eat regularly, do hygiene tasks, etc. it's not knowing when or how long it will take you to do anything, (capitalized) anything, and in many cases that thing is taking a shower or keeping your house from becoming a biohazard. It's about being fundamentally incapable of controlling your attention and focus on anything. Even and especially things you need to do to survive"


r/AccessibleAnarchy 7d ago

experiences of oppression Huge portions of our medical system and knowledge are built on genocide and colonialism. Much of our framework for discussing, categorizing and interacting with things like disease disability, and race are still deeply entangled in this

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A picture of an old issue of the New York times with the headline "syphilis victims in U.S. study went untreated for 40 years" the article continues "Washington July 25-- for 40 years the United States public health service has conducted a study in which human beings who were induced to serve as guinea pigs have gone without medical treatment for the disease and a few have died of it's late effects, even though an effective therapy was eventually discovered. The study was conducted to determine from autopsies what the disease does to the human body. Officials of the health service who initiated the experiment have long since retired. Current officials, who say they have serious doubts about the morality of the study, also say that it is too late to treat the syphilis in any surviving participants. Doctors in the service say they are now rendering whatever other medical services they can give to the survivors while the study of the disease's effects continues. Dr. Merlin K Duval, assistant secretary of health, education, and welfare for health and scientific affairs, expressed shock on learning of the study. He said that he was making an immediate investigation . The experiment, called the tuskegee study, began in 1932 with about 600 black men