#MutualAid Is Having a Moment in #PortlandOR. Here Are 5 Initiatives to Support.

An unscientific guide to the proliferating number of groups providing aid to those in need.

By Fiona McCann June 14, 2021

"After a year and change of pandemic life, what’s left but to help each other out? Portlanders have stepped up to supply each other with everything from funds for gas bills to warm dim sum via a proliferation of mutual aid groups. There’s even a podcast now to help guide you through it all (find the #MutualAidCoalitionNorthwest on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get your podcasts—for free, natch.) Here are five initiatives to restore your faith in the kindness of strangers.

#TutoringBloc

Started by a 19-year-old college freshman, Tutoring Bloc offers free tutoring via Zoom to underresourced students, pairing pupils from preschool to college with volunteer tutors. They also help those interested get library cards and access to books.

#PetBlocPDX

Got a pet in need of a home? Having trouble looking after your furry friends? PetBlocPDX has your back, offering supplies—pet treats, canine coats, and more—and financial assistance for pets and their people.

#PDXWoodBloc

PDX Wood Bloc, who per their Twitter account are '#anarchists with no money who collect and give out wood to people in Portland,' found themselves in high demand after power outages last February prompted a mad dash for other heat sources. They continue to offer yard cleanups and firewood donations for summer campfires.

#MendingBloc

From #Mending clothes for protesters and community members to sharing #zines on how to sew on patches, Mending Bloc also shows up with masks and pins at events, and offers to repurpose fabric into everything from balaclavas to pet vests.

So Many #FoodBlocs

It being Portland, there’s a bloc for what feels like every item in the pantry—hot potatoes (Potato Bloc) to tamales (Tamale Bloc) and more. For a full list of these and other blocs or mutual aid orgs, check out the '211 directory of PDX blocs' Bloc Bloc PDX."

Source:
https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2021/06/mutual-aid-is-having-a-moment-in-portland-here-are-5-initiatives-to-support

#SolarPunkSunday #PDX #BuildingCommunity #HelpingOthers

Italy: about the June 16 raids on anarchists

https://anarchistnews.org/content/italy-about-june-16-raids-anarchists

Power is preparing for war and we, anarchists, revolutionaries, conscious individuals, would like to do the same…

#Italy #StateViolence #MediaAssistance #Projection #Prison #Anarchists #Revolutionaries #ConsciousIndividuals #Society

Gays, Crazies, and Motherfuckers: #Anarchists in the Stonewall Uprising
Towards a #Queer History of Riots and Affinity Group Organizing

What can today’s rebels learn from the Stonewall riots? Why did the uprising have such an impact? To answer these questions, we explore the previously unacknowledged significance of at least two anarchist groups—the Motherfuckers and the Crazies—in the rebellion and the movements that emerged from it. Along the way, we trace a queer genealogy of #anarchist organizing methods in North America from the #Stonewall Uprising through the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999 to today.
#resist #riseup #riots #revolution #queerhistory #pride #history #happypride #americananarchists

Read entire article below:

https://crimethinc.com/2026/06/17/gays-crazies-and-motherfuckers-anarchists-in-the-stonewall-uprising-towards-a-queer-history-of-riots-and-affinity-group-organizing

Hi everyone except sloppy AI,

- I just tried to join a UK baste/based server/instance BUT it was too hard. I feel like a migrant #poster.
- I won't go into the details but #servers are under attack from the unbanned AI that is enslaving not saving US.
- Wot to do...

Give up on #anarchists, #weirdos and all the fun? Never. Install TOR. Failed on that too. Get another hobby hoss? Maybe...
https://www.torproject.org/

Anyway time for me to to eat real food. Will have to go forage in the fridge.

Have a great #meal and day if you can. I recommend fresh #garlic #soup with oodles of #noodles. Yumitty yum yum yum...

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Anarchism will always seem utopic unless one lets go of ideas like: the national identity, historical claims, living everyone under one economy, centralizing coercion (AKA trading freedom for security), and (of course) passive income. You can't just think about it the same way you'd analyze other systems. It's none.

#anarchism #politics #anarchists #leftists #socialism #libertarian #philosophy

A friend shared this with me. It's for real!

The top part is from page 7, the bottom part is from the forward.

From page 7 of the United States Counterterrorism Strategy:

"In addition to cartels and Islamist terror groups, our national CT activities will also prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-#transgender, and anarchist. We will use all the tools constitutionally available to us to map them at home, identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like #Antifa, and use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally before they can maim or kill the innocent. We will do the same with the state sponsors of such groups and those governments undertaking lethal plots on U.S. soil or against Americans anywhere.

From Trump's signed forward:

"Our new U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy is a return to common sense and Peace through Strength. As I said after our first successful counterterrorism mission, just days after I was sworn back in office – if you hurt Americans, or are planning to hurt Americans, 'We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.' "

Raw Story news article:
https://www.rawstory.com/counterterrorism/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/n7Y2h

PDF [source of the graphic]:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf

#USPol #TrumpSucks #CriminalizingDissent #CounterTerrorismStrategy #Anarchists #Activists