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Mutual aid is when people work together to help each other with things they need. This could include:
Mutual aid is different from charity because:
In mutual aid groups:
Groups work together to:
The idea of mutual aid became well known through Peter Kropotkin's book 'Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution' in 1902.
Kropotkin showed that working together, not competing, helped humans and animals survive. This challenged ideas that competition was most important for evolution.
From the 1800s to early 1900s, mutual aid included:
More recently, mutual aid has been important in:
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, mutual aid groups:
Groups may struggle with:
