Who We Are
Who We Are
A Resource Hub and Community Builder
A Radical Guide connects people to liberation spaces, mutual aid, and organizing tools. We map thousands of grassroots projects around the world, move material support to mutual aid efforts, and share frameworks, histories, and stories that help people act together against systems of domination.
Vision
Collective Liberation
A world where people find each other across every border and boundary, build power together on their own terms, and live in full connection with each other and Earth.
Mission
Social Transformation
A Radical Guide connects people to liberation spaces and mutual aid efforts, moves material support directly to grassroots projects, and shares tools, histories, and frameworks for collective liberation.
Our work is shaped by global traditions of resistance: Indigenous sovereignty efforts, anarchist and anti-authoritarian organizing, Black radical thought, anti-fascist struggle, feminist and queer liberation movements, worker and tenant organizing, animal liberation, and more.
A Radical Guide is one small node in an ongoing history of communities organizing against oppression and building new ways of living together.
What We Do
The Work
We maintain a directory of 1,200+ liberation spaces across 94 countries, move resources through mutual aid, and share tools for organizing. Here's where it happens.
Directory
Liberation Spaces
A living map of mutual aid groups, social centers, radical bookstores, land projects, worker co-ops, and more. Listings are free. Projects claim their own pages.
Browse the Map → Programs
Mutual Aid & Support
Direct support to grassroots mutual aid groups, farmworker rental assistance, and sliding-scale consulting for organizations building collective power.
View Programs → Resources
Toolkit
A Guide for Radicals, podcasts, online courses, and downloadable resources — frameworks and histories to help people develop strategies with their communities.
Explore the Toolkit → Infrastructure
Financial Solidarity
Gives aligned grassroots projects a dedicated donation page and end-of-month fund transfers. Keeping movement money inside the movement.
Learn More → Our Why
Why We Exist
Systems of domination — capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy, patriarchy — don't only operate through force. They operate through what they teach us to accept as normal. That hierarchy is natural. That separation between people, between communities, between humans and the rest of the living world, is just how things are. That the arrangement we were born into is more permanent than it actually is.
Most of us were never taught to organize, to build shared power, or to imagine something structured around something other than domination. This is one of the ways unjust systems sustain themselves, by keeping people from discovering what becomes possible when they find each other, learn from each other, and build together across the lines those systems draw to keep us apart. And this is why A Radical Guide exists, to be a connector and work alongside those on the same journey to create the world we all deserve.
What Guides Us
How We Show Up
Values & Practices
A Radical Guide exists to support efforts grounded in collective liberation.
We Stand With Struggles Against
- Racism and white supremacy
- Colonialism and occupation
- Patriarchy, misogyny, and gendered violence
- Homophobia, transphobia, and attacks on queer and trans life
- Ableism and the disposability of disabled people
- Capitalist exploitation and class domination
- Authoritarian and fascist movements and governments
We Prioritize Groups That
- Practice mutual aid and solidarity rather than charity and saviorism
- Challenge hierarchies of race, class, gender, citizenship, and species
- Build non-hierarchical, accountable structures in their own work
- Hold that liberation looks different for each person and each community, and that we reach it through collective struggle and shared care
How We Show Up
Movement Support, Not Performance
Some of the practices that matter to us:
Listening First
We ask how we can support or step back, rather than designing projects in isolation.
Low Barriers, High Trust
Simple processes, less gatekeeping, and good faith toward groups on the ground.
No Hero Stories
The focus stays on collective work, not personalities, funders, or savior narratives.
Shared Tools
Everything we build is shared infrastructure that anyone aligned with our values can use and adapt.
We expect to be challenged and corrected. When our practices don't match our principles, we aim to listen, make changes, and keep moving with more care. We also reserve the right to refuse or remove listings and partnerships that reinforce oppression, call for state violence, or promote fascist, nationalist, or supremacist politics.
The People 
Meet the Folks Behind A Radical Guide
Thomas Barnett
Board of DirectorsTara Ingram
Mutual Aid Fund Sacramento OrganizerShi Woo Ji
Board ChairJason Bayless
Founder Voices
What Others Are Saying
I've had the chance to work with A Radical Guide through Move to Amend, and I can't say enough good things about them. Their mission to spotlight and celebrate radical movements is incredibly important and aligns well with what we do. ARG does an amazing job supporting marginalized communities and sharing valuable resources. Their projects—like creating educational materials and hosting discussions—really make a difference. Plus, their Mutual Aid program is a fantastic way to support grassroots efforts and build connections among activists. If you're into grassroots activism and social justice, definitely check out A Radical Guide. Their work is inspiring and worth getting involved with!
Alfonso S. via Move to Amend
Systemic inequality is a massive issue in this country and ARG is fighting against that, we love to see more orgs meeting the community where they're at, and providing for real world needs.
GSrev
Join the Work
Get Involved
Find Spaces
Use the map to look for liberation spaces near you or in regions you care about.
Add Your Project
If your project isn't on the map, add it. If it is, claim and update your page.
Use the Tools
Read the guide, host a study group, play podcast episodes for your collective.
Stay Connected
Subscribe to the newsletter and share feedback, needs, and stories from your context.
Support A Radical Guide
A Radical Guide exists because of collective support. If you value this work, you can help keep it going.
A Radical Guide is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your donation is tax-deductible.