5LL #70 - Jinwar, Chile, Nancy Pelosi, Leisure, Michael Moore

This Women-Only Village Was Built To Be A Feminist Utopia. Now It's Under Threat.
Jessica Roy, Elle
In the Kurdish region of northeast Syria, a female-only ecological commune has sprung up as a place for women displaced by the Syrian revolution and the rise of the Islamic State.
A Chilean Activist Explains the Protests: 'People in the Streets Are Experiencing an Awakening'
Sarah Jones, New York Magazine
Since early October, people have protested daily in the country’s capital, Santiago, and elsewhere, demanding not just the reversal of a fare hike, but fundamental political reform.
Pelosi Must Go
Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs
It is not acceptable to have a party leader who portrays the progressive left as crazy.
The Leisure Agenda
Ryan Cooper, People's Policy Project
With some simple and easy reforms, the United States could greatly increase the leisure time enjoyed by its workers.
Michael Moore Was Right
Meagan Day, Jacobin
Mocked and derided for his impassioned defense of poor and working people, Michael Moore is finally being vindicated. He hasn’t changed his tune. The political culture’s just catching up with him.
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