This Saturday evening, Dissent‘s Sarah Leonard will speak with Laurie Penny about her new book, Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism. Penny is a journalist, feminist, and political activist from London whose blog, “Penny Red,” was shortlisted for the Orwell …
  
    
    
  
  
  
    This Saturday, November 17, Dissent is hosting an open forum on the U.S. elections. Historians Michael Kazin, David Greenberg, and Kim Phillips-Fein will talk about current trends in American politics—how we got here, and where we’re headed. Michael Kazin is …
  
    
    
  
     
    
    
      
        
      
   
  
  
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    Todd Gitlin is talking about his new book, Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street, on Tuesday and Wednesday in Maine. “Will there be an Occupy 2.0? Reflections on the roots, spirit, and promise …
  
    
    
  
  
  
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    [EVENT] Next Week in Maine, Michael Kazin Discusses the History of the American Left
  
    
    
  
  
  
    [EVENT] The New Dangerous Class? Perspectives on Organizing Precarious Labor
  
    
    
  
  
  
    [EVENT] Left Forum: Student Debt Serfdom