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At the same time, though, this systemic externalisation of social services onto the commons makes the existence of politicised mutual aid projects like ours more important than ever. Because our purpose is not just to respond to the current crisis, we need to look beyond. What awaits after the immediate public health emergency is an economic crisis of unprecedented magnitude that will change the capitalist system as we know it. Socio-economical reconfigurations that follow disasters and crises traditionally offer “an opportunity for elites to recapture and even intensify their power”.[^6] However, there’s also a window of opportunity that we should try to seize. We need popular mutual aid efforts such as Cooperation Birmingham to become strong alternative institutions that take power from political elites and redistribute it among the working class. We need to have a major role in writing the new rules of the world to come. A world defined by the worst economic crisis of our times and by climate change, an uncertain world in which the elaborate system of social ordering will start to crack.[^7] A world of hope. At the same time, though, this systemic externalisation of social services onto the commons makes the existence of politicised mutual aid projects like ours more important than ever. Because our purpose is not just to respond to the current crisis, we need to look beyond. What awaits after the immediate public health emergency is an economic crisis of unprecedented magnitude that will change the capitalist system as we know it. Socio-economical reconfigurations that follow disasters and crises traditionally offer “an opportunity for elites to recapture and even intensify their power”.[^6] However, there’s also a window of opportunity that we should try to seize. We need popular mutual aid efforts such as Cooperation Birmingham to become strong alternative institutions that take power from political elites and redistribute it among the working class. We need to have a major role in writing the new rules of the world to come. A world defined by the worst economic crisis of our times and by climate change, an uncertain world in which the elaborate system of social ordering will start to crack.[^7] A world of hope.
# Notes # Notes
[^1]: [For more on Cooperation Birmingham see their website](https://cooperationbirmingham.org.uk/) [^1]: https://cooperationbirmingham.org.uk/
[^2]: [Neil Smith: "There’s No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster"](https://items.ssrc.org/understanding-katrina/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-natural-disaster/) [^2]: [Neil Smith: "There’s No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster"](https://items.ssrc.org/understanding-katrina/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-natural-disaster/)
[^3]: [Rebeca Solnit (2010). *A Paradise Built In Hell. The Extraordinary Communities That Arise In Disaster*. Penguin Books.](http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/7951fc75-1b97-4859-93e7-02b2fcfbbef6) [^3]: [Rebeca Solnit (2010). *A Paradise Built In Hell. The Extraordinary Communities That Arise In Disaster*. Penguin Books.](http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/7951fc75-1b97-4859-93e7-02b2fcfbbef6)
[^4]: [Fundraising for Mutual Aid Kitchen](https://www.gofundme.com/f/cooperation-birmingham-mutual-aid-kitchen) [^4]: https://www.gofundme.com/f/cooperation-birmingham-mutual-aid-kitchen
[^5]: [Forum website of Cooperation Birmingham](https://forum.cooperationbirmingham.org.uk/) [^5]: https://forum.cooperationbirmingham.org.uk/
[^6]: [Ashley Dawson (2017: 257). *Extreme cities: The peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change. Verso Books.*](http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/103a590d-1468-46d5-9c13-d0e228e59881) [^6]: [Ashley Dawson (2017: 257). *Extreme cities: The peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change. Verso Books.*](http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/103a590d-1468-46d5-9c13-d0e228e59881)
[^7]: [John Holloway (2010). Crack Capitalism. Pluto Press.](http://93.174.95.29/main/785D482DC68EEF043E865E6853A7EF17) [^7]: [John Holloway (2010). Crack Capitalism. Pluto Press.](http://93.174.95.29/main/785D482DC68EEF043E865E6853A7EF17)