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Spring 2025
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Solidarity and Crisis
Introducing our Winter 2020 special section, “Democracy and Barbarism.”
Lifestyle Migrants
The contrasts between North Americans moving south and Central Americans traveling north, or Western migrants frolicking on Thai beaches while Burmese refugees languish in camps, are numerous and stark.
Stopping the War This Time
As the deadening pall of national security discourse once again falls over the United States, we need to hold onto the shock and outrage of these first hours.
Prisons and the Rural Ghetto
Prison construction becomes an attractive proposition in the face of poverty and the absence of other forms of private or public investment. To fight mass incarceration, we need different avenues for rural economic development.
Norwegian Mood
Dag Solstad is widely considered Norway’s most accomplished living writer, in part because of how his writing has intertwined with the fortunes of the Norwegian left.
Israel–Palestine Today: A Values-Based Approach
Refusing to hold Israel to the standards to which we hold all other states would be wavering in our commitment to freedom, democracy, and equality. (With a reply from Michael Walzer.)
Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
What’s wrong with anti-Zionism is anti-Zionism itself. (With a response from Joshua Leifer.)
The Battle to Frame the Defeat
Four responses to the UK’s general election.
The Roots of the Right-Wing Coup in Bolivia
The international left must name what has happened in Bolivia for what it is: a popular mobilization against alleged electoral fraud that was sabotaged by the neo-fascist right.
The Year at Dissent
Looking back at some of our best and most-read pieces in 2019.
Belabored Podcast #190: The Year in Labor
Sarah and Michelle talk about this year’s biggest labor stories.
Democracy and Barbarism: A Preview of our Winter 2020 Issue
A preview of our next issue.
Who Closes Hospitals?
A series of recent hospital closures points to the limits of the U.S. multi-payer healthcare system. Private provision cannot guarantee public access so long as insurance companies fuel rising costs.
What Makes a Place Rural?
The 2016 electoral map, with its seas of rural red, has served as the basis for a misleading and simplified shorthand for urban and rural life. These maps suggest different approaches.
