This zine-book is an artifact of mutual aid organizing by Crown Heights Mutual Aid (CHMA) and Mutual Aid Medford/Somerville (MAMAS) from the beginning of the pandemic until early 2022.

It contains transcribed interviews between Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy and mutual aid workers; the transcript of a conversation about food pods, convened by Mark (and sponsored by the Urbano Project) with members of the two mutual aid groups; an article by Lauren Hudson (CHMA member) about solidarity economies and mutual aid, reprinted from a digital publication by the Editorial Collective of Rethinking Marxism; and flyers from CHMA and MAMAS.

The texts are interspersed with descriptions and reflections written by Mark, who has been involved with both groups. Important themes include, among others: solidarity, mutuality, needfulness, adaptability, and the role of technology in organizing. 

While the pandemic has passed, the lessons learned should continue to be shared and documented; as the world moves forward further into the second decade of the twenty-first century, can mutual aid organizations help us realign ourselves within and toward community?

Designed by Omnivore, Inc.

Published by Thick Press, 2022

Softcover, 143 pages, two-color printing on colored paper, 14.4 × 7 inches