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The Strongman Illusion

The Strongman Illusion

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Aslı Iğsız

Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism was facilitated by collaborators, enablers, and an inept opposition.

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¿Por Qué MAGA?  

Manuel Pastor ▪ Fall 2025

Progressives will only make lasting progress with Latino voters if they examine not just why Trump was appealing, but also why the left was not.



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Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left  

Sean T. Byrnes ▪ Fall 2025

Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.



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Know Your Enemy: How Charles Murray (Almost) Predicted the Trump Era  

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ October 15, 2025

Matt and Sam read Charles Murray’s 2012 book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010.



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Lula’s Unfinished Democracy  

Andre Pagliarini ▪ Fall 2025

The Brazilian president once argued that democracy will founder where inequality reigns. Today, he sees fighting inequality as democracy’s animating mission.



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Close Attention  

Natasha Lewis ▪ Online Articles

An interview with Frederick Wiseman.



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The Power of the Starbucks Model  

Rich Yeselson ▪ Fall 2025

How does labor organize at scale?



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The Battle Over Civil Society  

John Ganz ▪ October 1, 2025

An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.



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[EVENT | October 14] How Will Zohran Govern?  

Editors ▪ September 30, 2025

A conversation with Chi Ossé, Cea Weaver, and J.W. Mason.



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A Permanent State of Exception in El Salvador  

Julia Gavarrete ▪ Fall 2025

In cooperation with gangs and with massive popular support, Nayib Bukele is cracking down on dissidents and expanding the state’s carceral apparatus.



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Know Your Enemy: Death, Power, and the Charlie Kirk Memorial  

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ September 29, 2025

Matt and Sam discuss the Charlie Kirk memorial service/MAGA rally with Pat Blanchfield.



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How Democracies Fall Apart  

Patrick Iber ▪ Fall 2025

An interview with Adam Przeworski.



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The Mexican Model  

Viri Ríos and Humberto Beck ▪ Fall 2025

Does Morena’s success offer a blueprint for the left? An exchange.



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Who’s Afraid of “Settler Colonialism”?  

Aziz Rana ▪ Fall 2025

If we dismiss concepts because of particular examples of misuse, we encourage the repression of discomforting histories and ideas.



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[NYC EVENT | October 18] Food Tour with Arun Gupta  

Editors ▪ September 17, 2025

Join us on New York City’s “only Marxist food and history tour” to support Dissent.



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To Outlive Tyranny  

Yangyang Cheng ▪ Fall 2025

Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.



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