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Trump and the F-Word

Michael Kazin ▪ April 2, 2017

It is tempting to call our new president a fascist, but a fixation on Trump’s authoritarian personality obscures the real menace: the Republican agenda.

Leaked: Further Travel Restrictions from the Trump Administration

Feisal G. Mohamed ▪ March 21, 2017

Dissent has obtained an exclusive draft of a new Trump administration executive order, titled Protecting the Nation from Various Thingies Owned by Foreign Terrorists.

[EVENT | March 29] Labor, Trump, and the Fight for Economic Justice

Editors ▪ March 21, 2017

Join Sarah Jaffe, Michelle Chen, Pam Galpern, Bhairavi Desai, and Rabyaah Althaibani for a discussion about how labor can fight Trump.

Indecent Exposures

Ava Kofman ▪ Winter 2017

Oliver Stone’s Hollywood retelling of the Snowden saga ends up depicting surveillance as little more than an inconvenience that might threaten our sex lives.

The Politics of Resistance

Michael Walzer ▪ March 1, 2017

Suddenly, everyone on the left is talking about resistance. This is something we should celebrate—while recognizing that it is only half a politics.

The Return of Border Discrimination

Shakeer Rahman ▪ February 16, 2017

A product of the civil rights era, the 1965 Immigration Act changed the United States in ways its supporters could hardly imagine. But will the principle of open immigration withstand Trump’s presidency?

Why Michael Flynn’s Foreign Policy Ideas Will Live On in Trump’s White House

Daniel Bessner ▪ February 15, 2017

Michael Flynn may have been pushed out of Trump’s team, but his dangerous ideas live on in the White House.

Belabored Podcast #121: Trading Our Rights Away? With Arthur Stamoulis and John Cavanagh

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 10, 2017

Will Trump’s renegotiated trade deals be any better for workers—in the United States and abroad—than the old ones?

Booked: Capitalizing on Rural Resentment, with Katherine J. Cramer

Timothy Shenk ▪ February 7, 2017

Katherine J. Cramer talks about her new book, The Politics of Resentment, and how the right exploits rural-urban divides to promote a populist image.

How to Bring Down a Dictator: Reading Gene Sharp in Trump’s America

Rafael Khachaturian and Jeffrey C. Isaac ▪ February 4, 2017

The Trump administration poses a serious threat to liberal democracy, and we need to respond accordingly. Gene Sharp, the “Machiavelli of nonviolence,” offers valuable insights into how.

Signs of Our Time

Michael Kazin ▪ February 2, 2017

The outpouring of witty protest signs at recent anti-Trump protests is something new in the repertoire of social movements. But the thrilling horizontalism that the signs reflect has its limits.

Against Progressive Neoliberalism, A New Progressive Populism

Nancy Fraser ▪ January 28, 2017

To establish a counterhegemony against that of finance capital, we must build a new, “progressive-populist” bloc combining the goals of emancipation and social protection.