Why the Left Needs Liberals
Every reform era came about, in the main, when left-wing movements compelled liberal politicians to back some of their key demands and then collaborated with those lawmakers against their common foes.
Spring 2025
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American Nationalism: A Debate
Does nationalism have a place in left politics?
Who Can Lead a More Progressive Party?
The ironic consequence of Sanders’s 2016 campaign is that most Americans now have a difficult time understanding how his socialism differs from the stands taken by other progressive candidates.
Beat the Rich
Any hope of creating economic democracy has to name enemies and hold them up to scorn. Bashing aspiring plutocrats is a necessary place to start.
How Eugene Debs Became a Socialist 
Before Eugene Debs became the most popular socialist in American history, he was an innovative and courageous labor leader. As leader of the American Railway Union (ARU), founded in 1893, he attempted to gather all the crafts in what was …
What Comes After the Blue Wave? A Q&A with David Duhalde
Our Revolution’s political director assesses the left’s midterm achievements and discusses the organization’s plan to build a progressive mass movement and transform the Democratic Party.
There Is Power in This Union
The Democrats’ midterm triumphs in Nevada would not have been possible without Culinary Workers Union Local 226.
Humble the Supremes
It is time for Congress to rein in the exaggerated powers of the most undemocratic branch of the U.S. government: the Supreme Court.
Five Reasons Why the Left Should Care About Russiagate
Putin and Trump are cast in the same reactionary, nationalist mold, and their alliance ought to concern anyone who cares about democracy.
The Party’s Just Getting Started
Nearly all Democrats agree about one thing: they are opposed to Donald Trump. But how to take power and what policies to enact if they succeed?
Introducing the special section of our Summer issue.
From Imagination to Power
Pragmatic thinking and strategic action are not in conflict with the radical spirit of 1968; they are the only way to fulfill it.
A Real Party of the People
It’s time to turn the Democrats into a truly democratic party—starting with a grassroots membership base.
So Long, 2017
Dissent’s best from a year of outrage.
The Rise of the Security State: From the Great War to Snowden
The American surveillance state was launched 100 years ago during the First World War, primarily to spy on and indict U.S. citizens who protested the war and the draft.
1917 Still Shakes the World
A hundred years ago, political earthquakes shook the globe; their tremors rattle us still.
Introducing the special section of our Fall issue.
