In order to help move the United States “toward a sane defense policy,” Bogdan Denitch [in Dissent, Summer 1982] calls for “a fundamental examination” by the democratic left of “the assumption behind U.S. defense policy.” Denitch characterizes U.S. society as …
I have subscribed to Dissent for many years—since 1960, I believe—and know I have helped the magazine gain a wider exposure. I convinced a librarian at the University of Western Ontario to establish a subscription, and to order all available …
As activists in the American peace movement dedicated to the abolition of all nuclear weapons, we protest the actions of the Soviet government in detaining independent Soviet peace activists and seeking to prohibit their activities. Such actions—taken even as the …
In “How Critical Is Our Condition?” (Dissent, Fall 1981), Dennis Wrong inaccurately equates opposition to the Vietnam War with isolationism when he writes that McGovern’s 1972 candidacy represented “an essentially isolationist rejection of American involvement in world politics.” McGovern sensibly …
Editors: Dennis H. Wrong makes a convincing case for his belief that the present decline of liberalism in American politics is more than a normal turn in a cyclical pattern (in “How Critical Is Our Condition,” Fall 1981). Not only …
Dennis H. Wrong makes a convincing case for his belief that the present decline of liberalism in American politics is more than a normal turn in a cyclical pattern (in “How Critical Is Our Condition,” Fall 1981). Not only does …
On “Commentary” and the American Jews Editors: I find much to disagree with in Bernard Avishai’s lengthy diatribe against Commentary Magazine. However, I write not to present a detailed rebuttal but to refute a statement attributed to me by Mr. …
On “The Legacy of Herbert Marcuse” Editors: Jean L. Cohen writes of “The Legacy of Herbert Marcuse” (Dissent, Winter 1981), expostulating his “penetrating analyses” and “spirit.” In the spirit of Dissent, I dissent. Marcuse was a sad figure and his …
Mistaken Identity Editors: Permit me to point out an error in fact in Jean Bloch-Michel’s article “Anti-Semitism and the French Right” (Summer 1980). Lucien Goldmann was neither a “former anarchist” nor was he killed by the neofascist Police Honor. He …
In June 1980 the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity, under the chairmanship of Arthur I. Blaustein, submitted its Twelfth Report, Critical Choices for the Eighties, to President Carter (available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, …
Editors: I am replying to the fundraising letter that I received today. Dissent is probably one of only a few causes that I support without reservation but I lack the means with which to back up my ideological support. I …
Thank You Editors: I am replying to the fund-raising letter that I received today. Dissent is probably one of only a few causes that I support without reservation but I lack the means with which to back up my ideological …
Community Organizing Editors: Michael Walzer’s “Pastoral Retreat of the New Left” is sympathetic [Dissent, Fall 1979]; but some facts are wrong. The only organizations he mentions specifically in his critique of the trends in community organizing are the Midwest Academy, …
A Correction Editors: In my article, “What is Political Equality” (Dissent, Summer 1979), I referred to an allegedly “crude formulation” of Nelson Polsby’s, “that if, say, poor people fail to vote in large numbers, it must be because they think …
Editors: Was the article “Africa: War and Revolution” in the spring issue of Dissent submitted to any member of the editorial board with some knowledge of Africa? If so, I find it hard to understand how such obvious anomalies as …
