5LL #216 - Mental Health, Monarchy, Identity Politics, Warfare, IWW

Mental Health Is Political
Danielle Carr, The New York Times
What if the cure for our current mental health crisis is not more mental health care?
Ostensibly, the Royal Family Is Apolitical. That’s Why Americans Are Obsessed With It.
Suzanne Schneider, The New Republic
The monarchy offers a comforting fantasy of power without politics.
Elites Stole Identity Politics From the Left — Olúfémi Táíwò Wants Them Back
Astra Taylor and Olúfémi Táíwò, Lux
The American left desperately needs a coherent strategy — and crucially, says philosopher and Georgetown professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, a way for people with different identities to build it together.
Point. Click. Occupy.
Sophia Goodfriend, The Baffler
From Israeli military bases to Silicon Valley corporate campuses, warfare has simply become a white-collar tech job.
The Early IWW’s Unionism Was So Effective That Capitalists Decided It Had to Be Smashed
Peter Cole and Ahmed White, Jacobin
The Industrial Workers of the World pioneered a radical unionism that built a small but incredibly dedicated group of unionists and union supporters — which is why American capitalists and politicians quickly decided they needed to stop the union.
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