5LL #173 - Buffalo, Domestic Labor, Solidarity, Postal Banking, Equity

Another Buffalo Is Possible
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker
This summer, India Walton looked likely to become the first Black woman to lead Buffalo, and the first socialist mayor of any major American city in decades. Then the sitting Democratic mayor launched a campaign to defeat her.
How Domestic Labor Robs Women of Their Love
Sophie Lewis, Boston Review
Netflix’s Maid and three recent best-sellers depict the agonies and rage of being a low-wage housekeeper or nanny. But all fail to identify capitalism itself as the culprit.
A Practical Guide to Strike Solidarity for DSA Members
Laura Wadlin, Portland DSA
Over the 40-day strike against Nabisco this summer, DSA chapters from five cities – Portland, OR; Richmond, VA; Denver; Atlanta; and Chicago – collaborated in a national solidarity campaign with local actions that bolstered the army of union bakers. In Portland, it was game-changing – for both DSA and the bakers.
Postal Banking Is Finally a Reality in (Some of) the United States
Donald Cohen, In These Times
A pilot postal banking program has been implemented in a number of U.S. cities. Next, let’s rapidly expand it—and take it nationwide.
Why Is "Equity" All the Rage in Washington?
John Patrick Leary, The New Republic
The fact that politicians and institutions now prefer the word over “equality” is a warning sign.
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