5LL #109 - Optimism, Cori Bush, Property, Canada, Union-Busting

It's a Tough Time for the Left. But I'm More Optimistic Than Ever.
Thea Riofrancos, The New York Times
On both sides of the Atlantic, the signs of radical possibility are everywhere.
What Cori Bush Means to the Left
Sarah Jones, New York Magazine
The last two years in American political life have provided one long lesson in the value of insurgency.
An Eviction Crisis Is Coming — We Need to Treat Housing as a Right
Kandist Mallett, Teen Vogue
As millions of people, particularly Black and Latinx Americans, are on the verge of eviction, it is time that we look at the idea of private housing and the role it plays in maintaining economic violence in those communities.
The Health Care Scare
Wendell Potter, The Washington Post
I sold Americans a lie about Canadian medicine. Now we’re paying the price.
The New Face of Union-Busting
Kim Kelly, The Baffler
Anti-labor strategies with a liberal twist
Split a donation between 70+ community bail funds, mutual aid funds, and racial justice organizers
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