This workshop with Tyasha/Ty (teamwithty.com/Tyasha/Ty) explores lessons from more than 50 years of grassroots organizing by Black Feminists, Abolitionists, and Anarchists across Turtle Island and beyond. Drawing from the Break the System Archive (breakthesystem.xyz), participants are guided through histories of Black-led movements and connected to today’s organizing with the Free4ALL mutual aid network in Connecticut.The session highlights what has worked, what hasn’t, and emerging ways of practicing sustainable, anti-carceral care for collective liberation. After a 30–35 minute workshop, the discussion opens for Q+A.About the speakers and projects:Tyasha/Ty is a liberation artist, radical archivist, researcher, and caretaker of Break the System Archive. Their work spans collective care networks, self-publishing, community-based research, healing arts, and protest guerrilla installations.Break the System Archive is an independent archive, zine press, and distro showcasing zines, protest ephemera, and DIY media from the 1970s to today.Free4ALL is an anti-carceral, grassroots mutual aid and peer support network active across Connecticut and beyond, hosting free stores, zine distros, community pop-ups, and peer support groups. Since launching in 2023, they’ve connected with more than 1,500 people.The NYC Anarchist Book Fair has gathered thousands of anarchists, supporters, and curious folks since 2007 on Lenape land, creating space to learn about anarchist traditions, philosophy, praxis, and anti-capitalist struggle.This series is brought to you in collaboration with Floresta TV and A Radical Guide:Floresta TV emerged from a call by Indigenous Peoples to record, share, and expand sustainable, collective, and peaceful culture in today’s digital world.A Radical Guide connects, amplifies, and unites liberation movements — preserving histories, amplifying present struggles, and fostering collective action.Learn more and explore: https://www.radical-guide.comhttps://anarchistbookfair.net/2025-bookfair/https://www.floresta.tv/en#Anarchism #MutualAid #RadicalSankofa #CollectiveCare #NYCAnarchistBookFairSupport A Radical Guide: https://www.radical-guide.com/ways-to-support/

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