5LL #118 - Mutual Aid, Abolition, Liberals, ExxonMobil, Bush v. Gore

What Is Mutual Aid (And How Can It Build Power)
Cate Root, Current Affairs

From the New Orleans DSA brake light clinic to benevolent associations in the Jim Crow South to a disaster relief supply “heist” in Puerto Rico, Cate Root explains mutual aid and its relationship with power.

The Demand for Abolition
Colin Kaepernick, LEVEL

Only by dismantling unjust systems can we imagine a future that is safe, healthy, and truly free

Why Liberals Pretend They Have No Power
Luke Savage, The Atlantic

Elite politicians invoke the rhetoric of national emergency only to behave like hapless passengers trapped aboard a sinking ship.

ExxonMobil Should Not Exist
Kate Aronoff, The New Republic

A striking new report reveals that the oil giant plans to increase emissions. That’s the very business model the government is enabling.

Florida, November 2000
Jane McAlevey, excerpt from "Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)"

The Democratic Party and the AFL-CIO leadership smothered the movement moment in Florida, snuffed it right out.

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