a single protest candle
Protests serve a lot of purposes. One of them is holding onto to our humanity. reminding ourselves that no matter what those in power tell us, we do not agree…
Friends couldn’t afford apartments. Bought the building instead
As a housekeeper, Johnny Sanphillippo couldn’t afford to buy an apartment in San Francisco, but then he heard one of his employers talking about wanting to sell his five-unit building.…
7 friends built restoration ecovillage. Outcome 50 years on
In 1994 a group of seven friends began living and farming together after taking over an 80-acre, 1974 organic farm 70 miles north of San Francisco that had been left…
‘Solidarity, not charity’: Mutual aid groups are filling gaps in Texas’ crisis response
Not asking for proof of income or hardship is a core tenant of mutual aid