Note: This essay was written in collaboration with Sonia Muñoz Llort.
- Introduction
- Organisation Within Our Movements: Building Mutual Care, Accountability, and Collective Responsibility
- Collaboration in Diversity: The Strength of Heterogeneity
- Resisting the Triple Supremacy of Globalised Capitalism: IGOs, Corporations, and International Alliances
- Conclusion
It should go without saying, but it appears that nearly every individual and collective we encounter is struggling with self-organisation and mutual support. Almost every conversation that we have across those we connect with highlights the same few problems. We hear complaints of groups that prefer to focus on 'building numbers' even as they engage in supporting and defending abusers and bigots within their ranks, further pushing people out. We hear complaints of exclusionary behaviours with groups or organisers completely ignoring almost any degree of accessibility and often refusing to do what it takes to maintain a healthy environment. We still see people trying to create hierarchies of inclusion which, they claim, is a result of "not having enough resources" to do everything and having to focus on only the "most important" actions. Read more…