5LL #201 - Law, Innocence, Science Fiction, Rent, Retaliation

The End of Roe
Rob Hunter, The Brooklyn Rail
How do we get out of a system in which emancipatory political struggle is subordinated to—and strangled by—constitutional law?
The Problem With Innocence
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Inquest
Human sacrifice is the central problem that organizes the carceral geographies of the prison-industrial complex.
Is Amazon the Borg? We Asked Their Workers
Max Haiven, Graeme Webb and Xenia Benivolski, Los Angeles Review of Books
In November and December 2021, we recruited around 24 rank-and-file Amazon workers to watch science fiction shows with us and talk about the future.
Nothin’ but the Rent
Trevor Jackson, The Baffler
Modern economies are dominated by the rentier.
What Is Retaliation in the Workplace? Here Are Your Rights and What to Know
Rainesford Stauffer, Teen Vogue
If we don’t know how to recognize retaliation, we’ll assume this is just what work is.
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