5LL #157 - Lauren Berlant, Transphobia, Drivers, IBM, Detroit

'What Would It Mean to Think That Thought?': The Era of Lauren Berlant
Judith Butler, Maggie Doherty, Ajay Singh Chaudhary and Gabriel Winant, The Nation

Four writers on the legacy of Berlant’s thinking both in the academy and in public life.

The Anti-Trans Lobby's Real Agenda
Jules Gill-Peterson, Jewish Currents

Seeing these bills in the context of their larger political strategy, it becomes clear that simply insisting on trans kids’ right to inclusion and individual liberty does not constitute an adequate defense against the agenda of the Christian right.

Mutual Aid Stations
Rida Qadri and Noopur Raval, Logic

Across the Global South, thriving tech labor movements are building worker power in diverse ways.

When Big Brother Is Your Boss
ann haeyoung, TWC Newsletter

Marceline Donaldson delves into the mechanisms that IBM used to dilute worker power as well as her steps toward forming a union, which led to IBM’s retaliation against her.

When Detroit Was Revolutionary
Billy Anania, Jacobin

In the 1960s and 1970s, when Detroit was home to a vibrant radical Left, photographer Leni Sinclair, cofounder of the White Panther Party and the Detroit Artists Workshop, stood at the center of a local scene where political and cultural ferment merged. We spoke to her about those years of upsurge.

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