5LL #237 - Innocence, Strikes, Ron DeSantis, Political Prisoners, Startups

Of Innocence and Of Experience
Sophie Lewis, Tank
It may be necessary for leftists in the 21st century to first give up apologizing for the production (and self-fashioning) of non-innocent young people, and practice vindicating it.
After the Strike: Reflections on the UC Struggle
Emily Rich, The Brooklyn Rail
Organized labor and the strike weapon are hardly the only methods available for social change.
The Sunshine Imperium
Jasper Craven, The Baffler
DeSantis still operates under the assumption that so long as you’re draped in the American flag, nothing you do can be deemed wrong or off-limits, no matter how inhumane.
Why We Work to Free Political Prisoners of the Black Power Era
Monifa Akinwole-Bandele and Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele, Hammer & Hope
If we don’t bring home our elders, they will die in prison and our movements will suffer.
The Silicon Valley Loop
Malcolm Harris, New York
How the dot-com crash created Palo Alto’s clueless investor class.
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