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at 9/6/24 1:47pmA preview of our Fall 2024 issue.- — Know Your Enemy: Political Fictions
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at 9/3/24 10:44amMatt and Sam talk to Vinson Cunningham about his debut novel Great Expectations, political theater, and Barack Obama. - — A Demonstration of Working-Class Power
- at 8/30/24 2:00amLabor Day was the first national holiday that a social movement both created and persuaded the state and businesses to honor.
- — The Unity Convention
- at 8/26/24 12:35pmThe DNC showed a party that has successfully metabolized movement energy and insurgent campaigns while distancing itself from demands deemed harmful to its electoral prospects.
- — Know Your Enemy: What Happened to America’s Political Parties?
- at 8/19/24 8:24amMatt and Sam interview Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld about their new book, The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics.
- — “The Uncommitted Movement Is the Floor of What’s Possible”
- at 8/16/24 11:24amAn interview with Waleed Shahid.
- — Know Your Enemy: What’s Wrong With J.D. Vance?
- at 8/12/24 9:24amMatt and Sam revisit J.D. Vances 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy to try to understand the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
- — Fragments of a New World
- at 8/7/24 6:59amIn Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film, the landscape remains as a last witness to the violence of colonial power.
- — The Criminalization of Solidarity: The Stop Cop City Prosecutions
- at 7/29/24 6:59amGeorgia’s sweeping and political application of conspiracy law echoes a tactic that shattered the left roughly a hundred years ago, when the U.S. government targeted socialist parties and militant unions with laws against criminal syndicalism, espionage, and sedition.
- — Announcing ’s New Co-Editor: Patrick Iber
- at 7/25/24 2:37pmPatrick Iber will join Natasha Lewis as co-editor of Dissent.
- — Kamala Can Win
- at 7/24/24 3:46pmHope will be an essential resource for her campaign. At her first rally, she succeeded in providing it.
- — [EVENT | August 2] Summer Party
- at 7/24/24 10:11amJoin Dissent on August 2 at the Francis Kite Club.
- — The Labor Intellectuals
- at 7/22/24 6:51amThe new militancy coursing through the labor movement has revealed the growth of a more expansive and democratic union culture.
- — Know Your Enemy: Yoram Hazony’s Israeli Model
- at 7/19/24 12:28pmMatt and Sam are joined by historian Suzanne Schneider to discuss how Israeli illiberalism is inspiring the global right.
- — The Constitution and the American Left
- at 7/19/24 9:09amA culture of reverence for the U.S. Constitution shields the founding document from criticism, despite its many shortcomings. We need an alternative vision that provides meaningful freedom at home and embraces self-determination abroad.
- — A Popular Front, If You Can Keep It
- at 7/18/24 2:51pmBiden claims he is remaining in the race because the threat of Trump is too great. That’s the exact reason he should consider retiring.
- — No Social Movement Deserves Uncritical Support
- at 7/16/24 12:48pmA reply to Gemma Sack.
- — The World of the Radical Right
- at 7/16/24 6:52amA roundtable discussion on the global networks and political strategies of nationalist conservatives.
- — Biden’s Healthcare Problem
- at 7/8/24 1:44pmDeeply ingrained inequalities—many of which are reflective of the country’s patchwork healthcare system—belie rosy projections that Biden is delivering inclusive growth.
- — Elder Statesmen
- at 7/1/24 6:51amThe two old men worried to their very cores about Trump came to opposite decisions: Mitt Romney quit, and Joe Biden is running again. Both may have chosen wrong.
- — The GOP Attack on Free Lunch
- at 6/25/24 9:15amIn an era of retrenchment in social policy, food assistance is becoming more generous and inclusive. But Republican politicians are attempting to gut one of the most popular programs: free school lunch.
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