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The Savage Entertainer

Michael Kazin ▪ Winter 2017

To win the country back from the likes of Donald Trump, the left needs to better appreciate the toxic charm of right-wing talk radio personalities like Michael Savage.

[EVENT | January 25] Trumpism: How Should the Left Respond?

Editors ▪ January 18, 2017

Join Bhaskar Sunkara, Nancy Fraser, Paul Berman, Robert Master, Deva Woodly, and Michael Kazin for a debate on how the left can fight—and defeat—Trumpism.

Milton Friedman, Betsy DeVos, and the Privatization of Public Education

Joanne Barkan ▪ January 17, 2017

For almost twenty-five years, Betsy DeVos has been one of the most dogged political operatives in the movement to privatize public education.

There Was No Such Thing as “Progressive Neoliberalism”

Johanna Brenner ▪ January 14, 2017

Were social movements really handmaidens to the rise of neoliberalism? A response to Nancy Fraser.

Don’t Curse, Organize

Michael Kazin ▪ Winter 2017

Leftists, in and out of social movements, should instead seize the opportunity that Hillary Clinton’s defeat has given them—by transforming the Democratic Party from inside.

Frightening as it is, Trumpism has many precedents in U.S. history—and the social movements of the last century, from the Southern Tenant Farmers Union to ACT UP, offer important lessons for how to fight it.

The End of Progressive Neoliberalism

Nancy Fraser ▪ January 2, 2017

In a moment of political upheaval, it is up to the left to reject the false choices on offer and seize upon widespread discontent to redefine the terms of debate.

The Historical Task of the Left in the Present Period

Michael Walzer ▪ January 2, 2017

If the survival of a vital center is also the precondition of an active left, one of the historical tasks of the left today is to help hold the center—even as we promote a militancy all our own.

[LONDON EVENT | January 4] Donald Trump, Brexit, and the Transatlantic Left

Editors ▪ December 28, 2016

Londoners: Join Dawn Foster, Peter Mandler, Pragna Patel, and Natasha Lewis to discuss the political shocks of the past year, and how the left should respond in 2017.

Hanukkah and the Apocalypse

Dan Sinykin ▪ December 23, 2016

A 2,200-year-old cold take on Donald Trump’s election.

Belabored Podcast #118: Fighting for Sanctuary and Solidarity

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 16, 2016

Rosanna Aran and Christina Fox of #SomosVisibles join us to talk about immigrant organizing in New York under Trump.

Belabored Podcast #117: Welcome to the Resistance, with Barbara Madeloni

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 2, 2016

Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni joins us to talk about an election victory for public education, and how labor should respond to Donald Trump.

We’ve Been Fighting Authoritarianism Since 1954. Are You With Us?

Editors ▪ December 2, 2016

Dissent was founded in a moment that must have felt as bleak as today, with two principal aims: to “defend democratic, humanist and radical values” and to attack all forms of authoritarianism. For 63 years, we’ve done just that, and we’re not going to stop now.

A Call for Sanctuary

Mae Ngai ▪ November 22, 2016

The American public does not support mass removal of immigrants. And by turning cities and campuses into sanctuaries against raids and deportations, we have the power to stop it.