5LL #60 - Solidarity, RoseAnn DeMoro, MS-13, Low-Wage Work, Ursula Le Guin

One for All
Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix, The New Republic
To avert global catastrophe, we urgently need to resurrect the ancient ideal of solidarity.
How 'Medicare for All' Went Mainstream
Robert Draper, The New York Times
In the last presidential election, the idea of abolishing private health insurance was confined to the far left of American politics. Now it’s the central argument of the Democratic primary race.
The US Created MS-13
Belen Fernandez, Jacobin
The depictions of MS-13 as animals are as simplistic as they are dehumanizing. And they obscure what spawned the violent gang in the first place: US imperialism.
Capitalism Is Making Us Sick: A Q&A With Emily Guendelsberger About Her New Book, On the Clock
Sarah Jones, New York Magazine
At an Amazon warehouse in Kentucky, a call center in North Carolina, and a McDonald’s in San Francisco, Guendelsberger dealt with threatening customers and isolation at work, physical pain and emotional turmoil.
We Should All Be Reading More Ursula Le Guin
Siobhan Leddy, The Outline
Her novels imagine other worlds, but her theory of fiction can help us better live in this one.
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