{"@context":["https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams",{"Hashtag":"as:Hashtag","sensitive":"as:sensitive"}],"id":"https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution\/","type":"Note","attachment":[],"attributedTo":"https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/@info","content":"\u003Cp\u003EThe path of Mutual Aid builds on the relevance of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Kropotkin\u0022\u003EPeter Kropotkin\u003C\/a\u003E in contemporary social mess and political struggles. To move on with this, we need parallels between his time and our own to emphasize the importance of radical paths in challenging dominant thinking on power. Peter Kropotkin was a Russian geographer, biologist, and anarchist who published \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mutual_Aid:_A_Factor_of_Evolution\u0022\u003EMutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution in 1902\u003C\/a\u003E. In this book, Kropotkin challenged the social Darwinist path, that human progress was pushed by competition and \u0026#8220;survival of the fittest.\u0026#8221; Instead, he argued that cooperation and mutual aid were fundamental to both humane societies and the natural world. This idea was radical at the time, as it went against capitalist and nationalist ideologies that were, as now, deeply ingrained in the scientific and social thought.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs then, as now, little changes, \u0026#8216;s ideas were dismissed by contemporaries, who pushed \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalism\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalism\/\u0022\u003E#capitalism\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, nationalism, and state authority as the \u0026#8220;natural\u0026#8221; path of human society. \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/kropotkin\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/kropotkin\/\u0022\u003E#Kropotkin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, however, saw these as they are, artificial and contrary, to the cooperative tendencies that are easy to see in both human and animal behaviour. By advocating for \u0026#8220;stateless socialism\u0026#8221; rooted in mutual aid, Kropotkin proposed an alternative social path based on voluntary cooperation rather than coercion and competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis path is still a hard one to take, public authorities continue to demonize \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/anarchists\/\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/anarchists\/\u0022\u003E#anarchists\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E as radicals, as they have throughout the 20th century. This is relevant in the context of global movements against racism, state violence, and other right-wing paths. Now more than ever, mutual aid and cooperative social structures offer a vision of a world beyond capitalist exploitation and state control. Seeds already present in the existing society, not just historical curiosities but relevant to today\u0026#8217;s social movements. By \u0026#8220;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sustainlv.org\/focus-on\/introduction-to-pyotr-kropotkins-mutual-aid-an-illuminated-factor-of-evolution\/\u0022\u003Erediscovering what is and has always been right before our eyes\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026#8221; we can encourage people and communities to look beyond the surface of the current mess and glimpse the possibilities for radical change that already exist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA call to action, that radical ideas, science, politics and social organization are paths to challenging the status quo and taking a more just and equitable path. A powerful reminder of the transformative potential of mutual aid and cooperative action, especially in times of social mess. It challenges us to think beyond the limits of capitalist \u0026#8220;common sense\u0026#8221; and only building from the state. To imagine new paths of organizing society that are balanced by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/mutualaidfactoro00krop_1\/page\/n3\/mode\/2up\u0022\u003Esolidarity and mutual support\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\u0022 data-a2a-url=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution\/\u0022 data-a2a-title=\u0022Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution\u0022\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022a2a_button_mastodon\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/mastodon?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fmutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution%2F\u0026amp;linkname=Mutual%20Aid%3A%20A%20Factor%20of%20Evolution\u0022 title=\u0022Mastodon\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022a2a_button_bluesky\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/bluesky?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fmutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution%2F\u0026amp;linkname=Mutual%20Aid%3A%20A%20Factor%20of%20Evolution\u0022 title=\u0022Bluesky\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022a2a_button_threads\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/threads?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fmutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution%2F\u0026amp;linkname=Mutual%20Aid%3A%20A%20Factor%20of%20Evolution\u0022 title=\u0022Threads\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022a2a_button_x\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/x?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fmutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution%2F\u0026amp;linkname=Mutual%20Aid%3A%20A%20Factor%20of%20Evolution\u0022 title=\u0022X\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022a2a_button_facebook\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fmutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution%2F\u0026amp;linkname=Mutual%20Aid%3A%20A%20Factor%20of%20Evolution\u0022 title=\u0022Facebook\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022a2a_button_email\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fmutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution%2F\u0026amp;linkname=Mutual%20Aid%3A%20A%20Factor%20of%20Evolution\u0022 title=\u0022Email\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution\/\u0022 class=\u0022status-link unhandled-link\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/anarchists\/\u0022\u003E#Anarchists\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/capitalism\/\u0022\u003E#capitalism\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca rel=\u0022tag\u0022 class=\u0022hashtag u-tag u-category\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/hamishcampbell.com\/tag\/kropotkin\/\u0022\u003E#Kropotkin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","contentMap":{"en":"\u003Cp\u003EThe path of Mutual Aid builds on the relevance of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Kropotkin\u0022\u003EPeter Kropotkin\u003C\/a\u003E in contemporary social mess and political struggles. 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