5LL #124 - Student Debt, Co-ops, Drugs, China, Political Correctness

It's Not That Complicated. Cancelling Student Debt Is Good.
Ben Burgis, Jacobin
The argument that we shouldn’t cancel student debt because it’s unfair to those who have paid off their loans doesn’t hold up. Don’t overthink it: we should cancel all student debt and make public universities, community colleges, and vocation schools tuition-free.
Inside A Worker-Owned Cooperative: Brooklyn Packers' Alternative Economy
Leah Kirts, Good Food Jobs
Its growth during the pandemic is evidence that their vision for a local regenerative food economy is not only sustainable, it's essential.
The Oregon Model
Zachary Siegel, The Baffler
Oregon has decriminalized all drugs—but it’s only the first step.
Why China Is Capitalist
Eli Friedman, Spectre
We must chart our own course of radical liberation, independent of and opposed to all existing state powers.
What's So Bad About Politically Correct Art?
Malcolm Harris, Mother Jones
Why PC is not PC under liberalism.
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