5LL #77 - Morality, Activism, Organizing, Subscriptions, The West Wing

"Socialists Identify With Humanity as a Whole" 
Meagan Day, Jacobin

We speak with Nathan J. Robinson, founder of Current Affairs, about self-interest versus moral conviction, the cruelty of conservatism, and the cluelessness of liberalism.

When Does Activism Become Powerful?
Hahrie Han, The New York Times

It’s about much more than amassing money or people.

From the Ashes of the Old
Alex Press, Jewish Currents

Can DSA bridge the gap between its membership—which skews urban, white, and highly educated—and the labor movement in all its geographic, sectoral, and demographic diversity? And will the group’s efforts be enough to change the course of a long-atrophying American labor movement?

Luxury on the Installment Plan
Gaby Del Valle, The Baffler

Millennials may not be able to afford the good life—but they can rent it!

How Liberals Fell in Love With The West Wing
Luke Savage, Current Affairs

Aaron Sorkin’s political drama shows everything wrong with the Democratic worldview…

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