5LL #75 - Humanity, Churches, Homelessness, Britain, Emotional Labor

Somebody's Baby
Maximillian Alvarez, Current Affairs
On what we choose to live with…
This Sort-Of Socialist Church is Taking A Radical Approach to Christianity
Anne Helen Peterson, BuzzFeed News
Jubilee Baptist is a quasi-socialist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming church conducting a bold experiment: focusing on debt, work, and freedom from oppression instead of fear and moralism.
We Can Solve Homelessness If We Want To
Jacob Bacharach, The Outline
It is yet another problem that cannot be solved by targeted charity and entrepreneurial initiatives but through collective social action.
What the U.S. Left Can Learn From the Labour Party's Epic Loss
David Adler, In These Times
Liberal pundits say the lesson is that Democrats shouldn’t move left. They’re wrong.
Socialists Need to Take Back the Term "Emotional Labor"
Erica West, Jacobin
The concept of “emotional labor” can help us better understand work and exploitation. But when it’s used to keep score between friends and family rather than examine our relationship as workers, it doesn’t bring us any closer to liberation.
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