5LL #263 - Strikes, Insecurity, Wells Fargo, Luddites, Art

Revaluing the Strike
Erik Baker, Jewish Currents
Rather than viewing strikes as a last-resort bargaining tactic, the labor movement must embrace them as engines of political transformation.
Astra Taylor’s Age of Insecurity
Molly Fischer and Astra Taylor, The New Yorker
The activist and writer sees capitalism as an insecurity-producing machine.
Organizing Wells Fargo
Tisya Mavuram, The American Prospect
The campaign to unionize workers and rectify banking practices at America’s most notorious bank now reaches across the nation.
I’ve Always Loved Tech. Now, I’m A Luddite. You Should Be One, Too.
Brian Merchant, The Washington Post
The kind of visionaries we need now are those who see precisely how certain technologies are causing harm and who resist them when necessary.
Alienated Nerds
Charlie Markbreiter and OK Fox, The New Inquiry
Although it’s difficult to separate from the industry around it, art is a rare space where we can take a breath and process what we're constantly consuming.
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