Grief Circling
When our grief has structural causes, it can be the ground of struggle and a utopian political force.
Spring 2025
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[EVENT | August 26] Building the People’s Banks
A virtual discussion on postal banking with David Dayen, Courtney “CJ” Jenkins, Melissa Rakestraw, and Flynn Murray.
Will COVID-19 Spur a Wave of Unionization?
Workers have been infuriated by the callous treatment they’ve received in their workplaces. Many of them recognized that the most surefire way to get their employers to provide the protection they needed was through collective action.
How the Relief Effort Ran Aground
At each step, poor implementation has weakened the U.S. recovery effort.
Solidarity Across Species
The destruction and exploitation of non-human life has forced different kinds of animals into closer and closer contact with each other, increasing the likelihood that viruses like COVID-19 will emerge.
When Polaroid Workers Fought Apartheid
Fifty years ago, a group of Polaroid employees launched the first anti-apartheid boycott of a U.S. corporation. Their activism mirrors the burgeoning organizing efforts of tech workers today.
In Memory of David Bensman, 1949–2020
We remember longtime Dissent editorial board member David Bensman.
Tenant Unions for the Future
Calls to rent strike have yet to cohere into a national political movement. But as the economic crisis deepens, tenants’ fates will ultimately be decided by their level of collective organization.
Climate Apartheid Is the Coming Police Violence Crisis
Unless we win serious changes now, the worst is yet to come.
Monetary Myth-Busting: An Interview With Stephanie Kelton
The author of The Deficit Myth on why national debt is not an obstacle to progress—and why the government can afford to fund its priorities.
Know Your Enemy: Know Your Frenemies, with Samuel Moyn
A conversation with historian Samuel Moyn on the Never Trump movement, a collection of conservative intellectuals and Republican operatives trying to consolidate the so-called political center against not just Trump but also the left.
Coronavirus and the Surveillance State
The evolution of information technologies will beckon us to expand the powers of governments, especially when we believe they would serve the common good, like during a pandemic. A bit of reflection should give us pause.
Belabored Podcast #203: What the Pandemic Taught Us About Basic Income, with Barb Jacobson
The beginning of the pandemic saw governments around the world experimenting with ways to pay people to stay home. What have we learned?
A Response to Michael Walzer
The point of theorizing about racial capitalism is to focus our attention on the broader forms of organization that are constitutive of social life under capitalism, beyond how it organizes work and production.
The Disease Map of Rural America
In the hardest-hit rural communities, the collective immune system was already fatally compromised. They were deep into a decades-old crisis when the pandemic arrived.
