5LL #43 - Welfare, Occupy Wall Street, Liberation, Acupuncture, LSD

Can We Please Relax About 'Socialism'?
David Bentley Hart, The New York Times 

Only in America is the word freighted with so much perceived menace.

We Are (Still) the 99 Percent
Emily Stewart, Vox

Occupy Wall Street was seen as a failure when it ended in 2011. But it’s helped transform the American left.

The Feminist Imperative to Believe Another World Is Possible
Astra Taylor, Jezebel

What would a truly feminist political movement or truly egalitarian and liberated society be like? How can we organize toward such an end, and are the obstacles mostly external or, actually, inside our heads?

The Cooperative Acupuncture Clinics Popping Up in Middle America
Valerie Vande Panne, In These Times

With skyrocketing healthcare costs, residents of Middle America are turning to acupuncture.

Make America Trip Again
Garrison Lovely, Current Affairs

Are psychedelics a solution to our political turmoil, a dangerous unknown, or something else entirely?

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