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About Mutual Aid Disaster Relief

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is a grassroots disaster relief network based on the principles of solidarity, mutual aid, and autonomous direct action. MADR envisions strong, vibrant, resilient, connected, and empowered individuals and communities as part of an awakened civil society that will restore hope following crisis, and turn the tide against disaster capitalism and climate chaos, in favor of a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.

Jul 16, 18

Getting Ready in the Gulf

Mutual Aid Disaster relief is gearing up for a new round of intervention in the hurricane season; and offering skills and workshops... Read Full Article

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Jun 14, 18

Finishing One Training Tour & Beginning The Next!

Report and update from Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, who announces their next tour. We are so happy to announce that our pilot-project,... Read Full Article

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Jun 6, 18

(Solar) Power to the People

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief discusses their ongoing campaign to install a solar powered energy system into a squatted school in Puerto Rico.... Read Full Article

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Feb 4, 18

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Marks End of Convergence Center

This following report from Mutual Aid Disaster Relief marks the closing of their autonomous space in Florida. To hear more about the... Read Full Article

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Jan 18, 18

Building the Movement for Mutual Aid: Spring Tour 2018

The following statement comes from Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, and announces their spring tour in 2018 across parts of the US. Friends,... Read Full Article

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Jan 9, 18

Dreaming With Our Hands: On Autonomy, In(ter)dependence, and the Regaining of the Commons

“Neighbors are collectivizing the means of survival and building for future resiliency. Many of these community centers are known as Centros de... Read Full Article

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Dec 27, 17

2017 Reflection: Unafraid of Ruins

2017 has been a busy year for us. We saw unprecedented disasters, both climate related and political. The storms are increasing in... Read Full Article

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Nov 30, 17

The Disaster is the Colony

Rolling through the gates of west end Aquadilla’s Medium/Minimum security prison Institución Correccional de Guerrero, our view widens to capture barbed wire... Read Full Article

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Nov 26, 17

This is Caguas: “Centro de Apoyo Mutuo”

“Apoyo Mutuo seized the space a month and a half ago. A month ago they defended it from policia who demanded to... Read Full Article

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Nov 10, 17

Dispatches from Puerto Rico: Front Line Relief

Our current Mutual Aid Disaster Relief team in Puerto Rico has concentrated efforts mostly on HIV/AIDS prevention, safe water outreach/education, breastfeeding in... Read Full Article

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Oct 31, 17

Jayuya: Remembering the Past, Demanding a Future

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is a movement decentralized throughout civil society linking and contextualizing the intersectional struggles of climate/social/environmental and economic justice,... Read Full Article

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Oct 19, 17

Puerto Rico: No Longer Forgotten

As the days grind up in number, creating time and distance from the thrashing winds and surging inundation of the deluge of... Read Full Article

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Oct 19, 17

Growing the Movement for Mutual Aid: Invite Trainers & Prepare Your Community for Grassroots Direct Action Disaster Response

Climate Chaos is happening. Adaptation and preparation are essential. Grassroots disaster response will be more and more necessary as we see more catastrophes... Read Full Article

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Oct 16, 17

SWAT Team Raids Autonomous Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico

Several police vehicles, an armored tactical vehicle, and law enforcement personnel including swat team pointed their guns at relief workers while surrounding... Read Full Article

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Oct 14, 17

Puerto Rico: Building A Future Based On Mutual Aid

We drove through neighborhoods in the mountains with local residents and our comrades from Guaynabo, delivered food, cases of water, water purification... Read Full Article

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Oct 11, 17

Puerto Rico: Building Power While The Lights Are Out

A land abandoned is one in which no one has come to respond. That’s not the case in Puerto Rico. Thousands of... Read Full Article

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Oct 10, 17

Resistance is Disaster Relief

On this day, we must remember that for some communities, disasters have been unfolding for centuries, depriving people of life and liberty... Read Full Article

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Oct 3, 17

Against Colonialism & Neoliberalism: Solidarity with Puerto Rico

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is organizing response teams to continually travel to Puerto Rico and surrounding areas to assist with rebuilding sustainable, modular... Read Full Article

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Oct 3, 17

The Speed of Dreams’ Resonance

Our weeks, like our hearts, have been so full lately. As the phases of relief and recovery transition rapidly, we are reminded... Read Full Article

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Sep 25, 17

Where Non-Profits Fear to Go: Report From Florida

The following is a report back for a relief trip to the Florida Keys made possible by the work of numerous folks... Read Full Article

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Sep 17, 17

Autonomy in Tampa, Solidarity in Immokalee: Love Letter to the Future

Thankfully, Tampa did not get “punched in the face” as much as anticipated. Still, if you are in the Tampa Bay area... Read Full Article

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