The following four essays examine the phenomenon of the Sunbelt from a number of perspectives. Alfred J. Watkins begins by examining the rapid growth of the Sunbelt. He argues that the attraction of the Sunbelt region to business can be …
Last spring the distinguished Israeli historian Jacob Talmon published in the newspaper Haaretz an “Open Letter to Prime Minister Menahem Begin,” criticizing the policies of the government with respect to settlements in the West Bank, expansionist and chauvinistic tendencies, etc. …
More than a century after the Civil War amendments and despite decades of legislation, Supreme Court decisions and affirmative action programs, racial equality remains unfinished business. The violence attendant on school busing for integration, the burning of suburban homes occupied …
We recently have been subject to an increase of disaster books on World War II. Not accidentally, I am afraid, the Holocaust shelves now appearing in bookstores are often right next to those offering popular sex guides, books on astrology, …
We asked Dissent editors whom they, as individuals, were going to vote for. Some threw up their hands, some groaned, some wrote a few words. Here is a representative sample of those who wrote their personal opinions — Eds. Irving …
In the fall of 1980 a half dozen huge new office buildings, ranging from trapezoidal to octagonal in shape, are thrusting upward to join Houston’s crowded downtown skyline. These edifices, with most of their space already leased to corporate clients, …
Lyndon LaRouche, whatever one thinks of his politics, has at least brought a modicum of excitement to the political scene. John Anderson, who recently gained such wide support, is only new as a candidate for the presidency; his opinions, except …
The Spanish-speaking population constitutes the fastest growing minority group in the United States. The annual growth rate for this group is 2.7 percent, a figure that translates into a doubling, within some 25 years, of the present Hispanic population of …
On April 13. 1980, a meeting was held at the College of the City of New York at which a plaque was unveiled to honor the students of CCNY who died fighting fascism in Spain. Among the speakers was Joseph …
The Polish workers fought for themselves and their families and won a victory for all of us. In coming issues of Dissent we will try to report extensively on the social basis and political meaning of that victory. Here (we …
This past June, at Anaheim, California, the United Automobile Workers’ Union held its 26th constitutional convention. Almost a third of its membership has been left jobless as a result of the recession and the poor planning of the auto corporations. …
The history of the labor movement in the South is varied and colorful, though little known. The first Southern unions were formed in the major cities early in the 19th century, especially in the building and printing trades. Shortly after …
I have been doing a slow burn over the Miltie Show on television. With his pixielike smile you have to call him “uncle Millie.” You cannot possibly think of him as Professor Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize winner in Economics and …
After the initial surprise this sort of news causes, I felt a resigned melancholy at the death of Jean-Paul Sartre. I was living in Paris during those years after World War II when his glory and influence were at their …
Long after it should be dead at the box office, Kramer vs. Kramer is still thriving. It is not hard to figure out why. Kramer vs. Kramer is a film with a subject to wrench the heart—a failed New York …
