5LL #46 - Change, Corporations, Bathrooms, Sabbaticals, Games

Reclaiming the Future
Astra Taylor, The New Republic
On the growing appeal of socialism in an age of inequality
Corporations Profit From Racism. It's Time For Us to Stand Up to Them
Rashad Robinson, The Guardian
We must prevent corporations from writing the exploitation of black and brown labor into the law in permanent ink
The Politics of Going to the Bathroom
Natalie Shure, The Nation
Access to adequate restrooms is a fundamental necessity for everyone, but it’s harder to come by the less structural power you have.
One Year Off, Every Seven Years
Meagan Day, Jacobin
How about this for a demand? You work for six years and you get a whole paid year off to do whatever the hell you want.
Would Marx Beat Engles at Fortnite?
Sam Adler-Bell, The Outline
‘Marx at the Arcade: Consoles, Controllers, and Class Struggle’ is a new, sociological investigation of how videogames and gaming fit into contemporary capitalism.
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