5LL #148 - Riots, Organizing, Conspiracies, Nurses, PRO Act

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Tobi Haslett, n+1
The fear, the weeks of waiting, the vivid force of the eyewitness testimony; the replaying of grisly footage and then the shock of the conviction: the whole drama of the Derek Chauvin trial—its obscenity and thin catharsis—would not have taken place at all were it not for last year’s riots.
When the Party's Over
Brendan O'Connor, The Baffler
The slow, deliberate, boring work of the meetings and the spreadsheets and the phone calls is necessary to build the structures that can carry movements forward, provide accountability, and allow for thoughtful deliberation and debate.
In Defense of Liberal Conspirators
Astra Taylor, The New Republic
Our inability to truly conspire is why so many people are struggling today.
Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety
Sarah Jaffe and C.M. Lewis, The Nation
The pandemic—and widespread frustration over unsafe working conditions—has triggered a wave of strikes in hospitals from Massachusetts to Hawaii.
The PRO Act: What's in It and Why Is It a Labor Movement Priority?
Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue
This bill would be the first major worker-friendly labor law reform since the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935, would significantly expand workers’ ability to join and organize unions, and level heavy penalties on employers who stand in their way.
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