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Belabored Podcast #115: Organizing for Power, with Jane McAlevey

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 28, 2016

Jane McAlevey joins us to talk about her new book, No Shortcuts, strategies for workplace organizing, and what’s wrong with Saul Alinsky.

Booked: When Slaveholders Controlled the Government, with Matthew Karp

Timothy Shenk ▪ October 27, 2016

An interview with Matthew Karp about his book, This Vast Southern Empire, and the international politics of American slavery.

Red Lines, Black Lives

Colin Gordon ▪ October 25, 2016

A new digital archive reveals the extent of the federal government’s role in fueling and enforcing midcentury housing discrimination.

On Blueness: A Conversation with Joshua Bennett

Jesse McCarthy ▪ October 20, 2016

Joshua Bennett talks about writing poetry after Ferguson.

The TPP’s Last Stand

David Singh Grewal ▪ October 19, 2016

A fast-tracked trade agreement of this scale, passed by a lame-duck Congress, would be doubly illegitimate.

Standing Rock: Facing Increased Repression, “Water Protectors” Hold Their Ground

Kate Aronoff ▪ October 16, 2016

Journalist and organizer Desiree Kane brings us an update from Standing Rock, where Native American activists and their allies are gearing up for the winter as pipeline construction resumes.

Belabored Podcast #114: Striking the Ivory Tower, with Harvard Workers

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 14, 2016

We speak with two Harvard workers, Kecia Pugh and Anabela Pappas, and UNITE HERE organizer Tiffany Ten Eyck about the ongoing strike at the country’s most elite university.

Memorial for Bogdan Denitch | November 29

Editors ▪ October 1, 2016

On Tuesday, November 29, join the Sociology Department at CUNY Graduate Center and Dissent editors in remembering the life of Bogdan Denitch.

[EVENT | October 6] Fall Issue Reading Party

Editors ▪ September 30, 2016

Join us on Thursday, October 6 for an evening of short readings from our Fall issue.

Booked: Learning How to Be a Black Man in America, with Mychal Denzel Smith

Timothy Shenk ▪ September 29, 2016

An interview with Mychal Denzel Smith about his book, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, and why the language of universalism is not going to solve all of our problems.

The debate may have helped Hillary Clinton’s chances in November. But if she truly wants to set the United States on a path toward greater economic equality, Clinton will have to put class politics front and center.

Hillary Clinton’s Debate Victory

Nicolaus Mills ▪ September 27, 2016

After two weeks of losing ground in key battleground states, Hillary Clinton needed a good showing at last night’s first head-to-head presidential debate with Donald Trump. She did better than that.

Poland’s Pro-Death Bill

Dorota Głażewska ▪ September 26, 2016

Over the past week, thousands have taken the streets to protest a complete ban on abortion in Poland, which already has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in Europe. One of the founders of Krytyka Polityczna explains why she’s taking part in the protests.