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[EVENT | February 5] Winter Launch Party

Editors ▪ January 26, 2016

Join us on February 5 in Brooklyn for a celebration of our Winter issue!

[VIDEO] Income For All! Two Visions of a New Economy

Editors ▪ November 30, 2015

Should the left champion jobs for all or advance a basic income as part of a broader anti-work politics? Can we do both? Watch a special panel discussion with Alyssa Battistoni, Darrick Hamilton, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, and Jesse Myerson.

[EVENT | December 14] Michael Walzer: On Democratic Internationalism

Editors ▪ November 23, 2015

Join Michael Walzer for a lecture on politics and democratic internationalism.

[EVENT | December 10] How Should We Reform Criminal Justice?

Editors ▪ November 23, 2015

Michael Javen Fortner and Marie Gottschalk debate criminal justice reform, Thursday, December 10, 2015, 6:30 p.m. at CUNY’s Murphy Institute.

[EVENT] Income for All! Two Visions for a New Economy

Editors ▪ October 31, 2015

Should the left champion jobs for all or advance a basic income as part of a broader anti-work politics? Can we do both? Join Dissent, Jacobin, and the New Economy Coalition for a panel discussion, November 9 in Brooklyn.

[EVENT] The Battle for Rojava

Editors ▪ October 20, 2015

Kurdish activist Dilar Dirik in conversation with Meredith Tax, Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7 p.m. at the New School.

[VIDEO] A Voice Still Heard: Irving Howe and Dissent

Editors ▪ June 11, 2015

Nina Howe, Paul Berman, and Sarah Leonard discuss Irving Howe’s legacy and influence with American Jewish historian Tony Michels, May 27, 2015.

[VIDEO] Asia and Dissent in a Time of Strongman Leaders

Editors ▪ April 16, 2015

In February, Dissent and the India-China Institute co-hosted a panel on “Asia and Dissent in a Time of Strongman Leaders” at the New School, with Alexis Dudden speaking on Japan’s Shinzo Abe, Nina Khrushcheva on Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Ross Perlin on China’s Xi Jinping, and Sanjay Ruparelia on India’s Narendra Modi. The panel was moderated by Dissent editorial board member Jeffrey Wasserstrom.

[EVENT] Asia and Dissent in a Time of Strongman Leaders

Editors ▪ February 23, 2015

Please join us this Thursday in NYC for a roundtable discussion with experts on China, India, Japan, and Russia, hosted by the India-China Institute at the New School. Moderator: Jeff Wasserstrom, Chancellor’s professor of History, University of California at Irvine; …

[EVENTS] A Party, a Lecture, and a Reading

Editors ▪ October 19, 2014

Next Friday, October 24, Dissent will celebrate the launch of our fall issue in Brooklyn with our publishing friends, Verso Books and The New Inquiry. Join us for drinks, discussion, and dancing from 9pm in the beautiful backyard of Hollow Nickel bar in Brooklyn.