5LL #195 - ALU, Structure, Subjectivity, Libraries, Marx
Amazon Workers in Staten Island Clinch a Historic Victory
Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes
The improbable became the most probable when the scrappy band of workers who make up the Amazon Labor Union took the lead in a union election at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, putting within reach a historic labor win at the corporate behemoth.
Our Organizing Must Match the Structure of Our Target
Sam Nelson, The Forge
As we think about how to organize Amazon’s workforce, it is vital that we ask ourselves if our organizing matches the structure of the company — geographically, sectorally, and financially.
Vandalizing the Subject
Ulysse Carrière, Ill Will
With capital, we don’t have subjects — only subjectivities.
Notes of a Library Worker
Ben Webster, Viewpoint
Beneath the veneer of literacy and knowledge, the library is a site of work, and therefore of struggle.
The German Ideology Is the High Point of Karl Marx’s Philosophical Thought
Tom Whyman, Jacobin
The German Ideology marked an essential turning point in Marx and Engels’s intellectual development. A major achievement in the tradition of idealist philosophy, it allowed them to get beyond philosophical systems and engage with the world to transform it.
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