5LL #133 - BLM, Biden, Planning, Counterculture, Shipping

A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker
In a new book, Alicia Garza writes, “We can’t be afraid to establish a base that is larger than the people we feel comfortable with.”
Biden is President. The Labor Movement Must Demand More Than a Return to "Normal."
Editorial Board, Strikewave
While Joe Biden has a much longer track record of supporting labor unions than Trump -- a low bar to clear -- his support has often been superficial at best.
How to Make a Pencil
Aaron Benanav, Logic
What would a socialist economy look like? The answers to this question vary, but most of them involve planning.
The Internet Didn't Kill Counterculture—You Just Won't Find It on Instagram
Caroline Busta, Document
What does today’s counter-hegemonic culture look like?
To Understand Capitalism, We Have to Understand Shipping and Oil
Peter Cole, Jacobin
There is no twenty-first-century capitalism without the shipping and oil industries. And understanding the global economic system means understanding their operation in the Arabian Peninsula.
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