Walking around a campus the other day and saw several posters referencing making money donations to a cause to in support of a “mutual” aid action. How is “mutual” aid different than just donating to a non profit / NGO?
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Its largely a concept that came out of anarchist/communist circles of on a small scale donating to those in need within your local community. It largely contrasts with the non profit/charity model in that there is little to no rigid organization deciding where the money goes and instead it’s largely just people in a community donating to those in need on an altruistic basis. Whether someone needs the help is largely determined by trust of those donating. Whether it’s a more effective model of charity than traditional charity is up for debate, there is certainly an argument against regular charity that its administrative overhead makes it wasteful.
Though frankly in recent years it’s become more of a buzzword and has strayed from this, often just becoming much the same as regular charity but with “leftist lingo.”
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