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[EVENT | May 7] We Own the Future: A Virtual Discussion

Editors ▪ April 29, 2020

Join Kate Aronoff, Sarah Leonard, and Bill Fletcher Jr. for a discussion on the new book We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism—American Style.

[EVENT | April 14] Spring Issue Launch: Know Your Enemy

Editors ▪ April 10, 2020

Join us on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. for a conversation with the guest editors of our Spring 2020 special section on the right.

[EVENT | February 13] Winter Issue Launch: Democracy and Barbarism

Editors ▪ February 10, 2020

Join Jedediah Britton-Purdy, Aziz Rana, and Alyssa Battistoni for the launch of our Winter 2020 issue.

[EVENT | October 17] Fall Issue Launch: Why We Need a Working-Class Media

Editors ▪ October 7, 2019

Join us on Thursday, October 17 at 7 p.m. at Verso Books in Brooklyn for the launch of our Fall 2019 issue.

[EVENT | May 14] Spring Issue Launch: Labor’s Comeback

Editors ▪ May 9, 2019

Join us in celebrating our spring issue, “Labor’s Comeback.”

[EVENT | February 16] Dead Right? Conservatism After Trump

Editors ▪ February 11, 2019

American conservatives have entered a crisis decades in the making, and they’re taking the rest of us down with them. What’s happening to the right? Timothy Shenk, Corey Robin, and Julia Ott will discuss, this Saturday in New York.

[EVENT | November 12] World War I: The Resistance

Editors ▪ November 9, 2018

On the centenary of Armistice Day, join historians Michael Kazin and Irwin Yellowitz and peace activist Susan Schnall for a discussion of U.S. resistance to the First World War.

Watch: The Future of the Left in the Americas

Editors ▪ October 10, 2018

Watch videos of all eight panels at our conference on the Future of the Left in the Americas, October 5–6 at the New School.

Watch: Neoliberalism’s World Order

Editors ▪ September 20, 2018

Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian discuss neoliberalism, globalization, and the future of democracy. [Updated with video]

Conference | October 5–6
The Future of the Left in the Americas

Editors ▪ September 7, 2018

Watch live: Two days of discussion with scholars, activists, and journalists from across the Americas about the challenges and opportunities for left politics in the region today.

[EVENT | October 10] The Politics of Opera, with Mitchell Cohen

Editors ▪ October 2, 2017

Join us on Tuesday, October 10th at 7 p.m. to celebrate Mitchell Cohen’s The Politics of Opera at Book Culture on 112th.

[EVENT | October 5–6] The Crisis of Democracy

Editors ▪ September 29, 2017

Join the Albert Shanker Institute, Dissent, and many more for a two-day conference on the Crisis of Democracy, October 5–6 in Washington, D.C.

[Video] Populism in the Time of Trump: A Debate

Editors ▪ June 2, 2017

Watch Dissent editors Sarah Leonard and Tim Shenk face off with Julius Krein and Gladden Pappin, editors of the new journal American Affairs, on nationalism, race, and more.

[EVENT | May 26] Populism in the Time of Trump: A Debate

Editors ▪ May 16, 2017

Dissent editors Sarah Leonard and Timothy Shenk debate populism, nationalism, and the role of intellectuals with Julius Krein and Gladden Pappin, editors of the new pro-Trump journal American Affairs.