5LL #117 - The Future, Women, Unemployment, QAnon, Fascism
A Message From the Future II: The Years of Repair
Naomi Klein, The Intercept
Can we imagine a better future? If we stop talking about what winning actually looks like, isn’t that the same as giving up?
As a Woman
Mindy Isser, Current Affairs
When the richest and most powerful women say “as a woman…”, they alienate more than they include.
'Feels Like They Are Just Waiting for Us to Die'
Bridget Read, The Cut
On r/unemployment, a community of desperate people has stepped in where the government failed.
QAnon, Blood Libel, and the Satanic Panic
Talia Lavin, The New Republic
How the ancient, antisemitic nocturnal ritual fantasy expresses itself through the ages—and explains the right’s fascination with fringe conspiracy theories
The Lessons We Need to Learn From Europe's Struggle Against Fascism
David Renton, Jacobin
The catastrophic descent of interwar Europe into fascist rule may not be repeatable in today’s world. But a different form of reactionary politics could still take shape and prove to be just as harmful.
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