Radical Remedies is formed of a collective of friends, comrades and herbalists whose work focuses on skill sharing theoretical and practical knowledge of plants to support loved ones, social movements and those in need. As a collective in the early stages of our journey in medicinal herbalism we aim to learn from each other and those we meet a long our path. We aim to create safe, open spaces where we can share, spread and revitalise indigenous, sacred knowledge of the land and its magical healing plants.
Reconnection with the land through an understanding of healing herbs is a beautiful way to move attention away from the destructive forces of global capital that ravage our land, our interconnectedness to it and to one another. Totally outside of state control; foraging, growing and using herbs is an innately anarchist form of resistance that is a potent tool of dissent. The practice of permaculture and herbalism removes power and capital from neoliberal structures creating viable alternatives to big phrama, global food production and resource extraction. It can provide mental and physical health care and relief, education and support where it is most needed.
Healing knowledge of plants, where to find them on the landscape, cultivating, ingesting and working with them to create remedies, embodies autonomous resistance. It empowers us to look after our body, mind and environment so we have the strength to continue resisting the oppression of the state in its insidious forms and create alternative ways of being.
Love, rage and solidarity. RR x