On Political Identities

It’s useful, sometimes even fun, to locate one’s self on the political map. This is true both for us as individuals and for Dissent collectively. As a political publication we need to maintain a distinctive position for ourselves among the array that makes up political geography.

When in our lifetimes have those maps changed so rapidly and so radically? For Dissent, of course, these times bring special hazards. The great danger is that of being dismissed as pa...