Daniel Bell at 100
Bell never quite reconciled the Jewish conservative and the Yiddish radical within him. This tension helped generate some of his most important and creative insights.
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In Memory of Martin Kilson
Long-time Dissent contributor and editorial board member Martin Kilson died on April 24 at the age of eighty-eight.
What Milwaukee Can Teach the Democrats about Socialism
The Democratic Party didn’t choose Milwaukee for its 2020 convention because of its radical past. But the city’s history shows how socialism worked in the United States—and could work again.
New Youth in China
On the hundredth anniversary of a youth movement that kickstarted the Chinese Communist Party, student activists are using Marxism to rebel against the party.
The Venezuelan Crisis
Socialists need to fight against the dangerous and destabilizing actions of the Venezuelan opposition and the United States, while supporting the vast majority of the Venezuelan people in their struggle to regain democracy.
The Mass Movement That Toppled Omar al-Bashir
The Sudanese protesters’ victory built on a long history of opposition to the country’s dictatorship. Now, they are determined to create a civilian government and avoid military rule.
Making the Monument
At the dedication for the Lincoln Memorial, President Harding portrayed Lincoln as the president who “maintained union and nationality” rather than the president who ended slavery. Changing the monument’s meaning took political struggle.
What Comes After Labor Zionism?
Israel’s founding ideology has run its course.
Yang Gang Education
If Andrew Yang’s fans are this excited about UBI, imagine how they’ll feel when they learn what socialism can do for them.
Britain Divided
The political paralysis Britain is experiencing derives from the fact that the country is divided along at least two axes: left vs. right, Leave vs. Remain.
France’s Philosopher-Presidents
Emmanuel Macron’s recent eight-hour debate with dozens of academics follows a long line of French leaders who champion intellectual discourse. But you can’t read your way out of a crisis.
Free College, Strings Attached
Two years ago, New York implemented a program promising free tuition. But policies that don’t offer support to part-time students only deepen inequality in higher education.
How to Confront the Courts
Trump has faithfully carried out a conservative remaking of the federal courts. Progressives need a strategy not just to win elections, but to overcome judicial challenges to popular policy.
A Show of Strength for Climate Justice
At Friday’s climate strike and the protests that followed, the “convergence of struggles” long championed by the French left began to take shape. A dispatch from Paris.
A Soft Coup in Guatemala
President Jimmy Morales kicked out an international anti-corruption commission established at the end of the country’s decades-long civil war. In doing so, he provoked a constitutional crisis.
