5LL #105 - Bosses, Violence, Racial Capitalism, Solidarity, Consultants

How the American Worker Got Fleeced
Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg Businessweek
Over the years, bosses have held down wages, cut benefits, and stomped on employees’ rights. Covid-19 may change that.
How I Became a Police Abolitionist
Derecka Purnell, The Atlantic
When people dismiss abolitionists for not caring about victims or safety, they tend to forget that we are those victims, those survivors of violence.
What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism?
Robin D.G. Kelley, Boston Review
Today’s insurgent black movements against state violence and mass incarceration call for an end to “racial capitalism” and see their work as part of a “black radical tradition”—terms associated with Robinson’s work.
How Do We Actually Build Solidarity?
Samuel Miller McDonald, Current Affairs
“Solidarity” is a word that gets thrown around a lot on the left. But what does it really mean? And how do we take it from a concept to reality?
Stop Trying to Fight Racism with Corporate Diversity Consultants
Bhaskar Sunkara, The Guardian
Inclusivity seminars and books like White Fragility protect power; they don’t challenge it. We’re being hustled
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