5LL #59 - Unions, Meritocracy, Tenants, Workplace Democracy, Bookchin

I Was Skeptical of Unions. Then I Joined One.
German Lopez, Vox
A union isn’t just right for Vox Media, but for everyone.
How Life Became an Endless, Terrible Competition
Daniel Markovits, The Atlantic
Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, making everyone—even the rich—miserable. Maybe there’s a way out.
Rents Are Rising, and Neighborhoods Are Changing. Renters Mobilized to Form A Tenants' Union.
Marissa J. Lang, The Washington Post
For decades, there has been no centralized effort to organize renters on Districtwide issues like single-family home renters’ rights, gentrification and rent control.The new D.C. Tenants Union is vowing to change that.
Bernie's Plan for Workplace Democracy Is the Boldest Presidential Plan for Workers' Rights Ever
Barry Eidlin, Jacobin
Bernie Sanders’s Workplace Democracy Plan, unveiled yesterday, is the best plan for promoting workers’ rights ever proposed by a major US presidential candidate. Whether they support or oppose it, all the other Democratic candidates will have to respond to it.
Bookchin's Revolutionary Program
Janet Biehl, Roar
The lifelong project of Murray Bookchin (1921-2006) was to try to perpetuate the centuries-old revolutionary socialist tradition by renovating it for the current era.
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