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Portland Coffee Shop Steps In During SNAP Cut
- Heretic Coffee in Portland fed SNAP recipients and raised over $310,000 after benefits were cut off.
- Founder Josh White runs it as a volunteer nonprofit training baristas to find industry jobs.
Mutual Aid Versus State Power
- Mutual aid can scale community power but remains David versus Goliath against state resources.
- Successful mutual aid both saves lives short-term and showcases alternative social organizing long-term.
Soccer Mom Tracks ICE Vehicle Chases
- Angelica Vargas and networks like LAHoodLove use dashcam and social posts to chase and document ICE activity.
- These citizen trackers build large followings and real-time alerts that mobilize local resistance.