{"id":302,"count":39,"description":"Mutual Aid is a volunteer-led initiative \/ project where groups of people in a particular area, or from a particular community join together to support one another, meeting vital community needs without the help of state institutions or NGOs. It is, by definition, a horizontal mode of organising, in which all individuals are equally powerful. Mutual Aid, in simpler words, is co-operation for the common good.\r\n\r\nMutual Aid \u2013 in all of its forms and varieties \u2013 is a universal practice, rather than a catch-all term, or definition. It is an evolutionary factor as old as life on Earth.\r\n\r\nRead more about the history and current practices of Mutual Aid around the world today at our sister project: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutualaid.coop\/\"><b>www.mutualaid.coop<\/b><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe articles below are about Mutual Aid practices in both North and East Syria (Rojava \/ West Kurdistan) and southeastern Turkey \/ North Kurdistan (Bakur). You can also search for article on Mutual Aid according to region.\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/category\/mutual-aid-rojava\/\">Click here to read about <b>Mutual Aid in Rojava<\/b><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/category\/mutual-aid-bakur\/\">Click here to read about <b>Mutual Aid in Bakur<\/b><\/a>","link":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/category\/mutual-aid\/","name":"Mutual Aid","slug":"mutual-aid","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}