A strong criticism and request of leftist literature has emerged for me: please give specifics. I have read 70 books this year, many of them in the wider socialist intersectional sphere, and exactly none of them give specific advice on how to put theory into practice. I understand why; they argue that the specifics should be created by the individuals partipating, they don't want to be limiting. I maintain that we will attract/convince more people to participate if we have a rough structure to begin working from, then adapt. Even myself, a dedicated socialist, am really struggling to participate in praxis.

'Mutal Aid' by Dean Spade gets really close. It dedicates a large portion of the book describing common pitfalls and problems arising in mutal aid groups and how you can try to avoid them, but honestly, even the tables he provided for these chapters were not specific enough for me. What we need on the left is a resource tool kit for actually running mutal aid groups. Examples and templates that people can print off, or replicate and adapt as they see fit.

That irritation aside, this book is a great explanation of what mutual aid is and does. It's a wonderful introduction for people who know nothing about mutal aid, and contains enough examples (USA-centric) for veteran-socialists to build upon their knowledge. I certainly recommend this book. I'll post the chapter structure below so you get an overview of the content.

PART I - What is Mutal Aid
1. Three key elements of mutal aid (explains the full definition and justification for mutal aid)
2. Solidarity not charity (explains the difference between mutal aid and charity)
3. We get more when we demand more (gives historical explanation behind this statement)

PART II - Working together on purpose

4. Some dangers and pitfalls of mutal aid (self explanatory)
5. No masters, no flakes (how to work effectively in a group)