If we dismiss concepts because of particular examples of misuse, we encourage the repression of discomforting histories and ideas.
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[NYC EVENT | October 19] Food Tour with Arun Gupta
Please join us in New York City for a food tour in support of Dissent. On Saturday, October 18, Dissent editors, staff, and donors will enjoy New York City’s “only Marxist food and history tour,” eating our way through the …
To Outlive Tyranny
Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.
Know Your Enemy: The Case for Democracy
Matt and Sam talk to Osita Nwanevu about his new book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
Falling Leaves
How do we know when democracy is gone?
Sympathy for the Devil: Faust, the ’60s, and the Tragedy of Development
Our day and night at the Pentagon, like Faust’s encounter with the Earth Spirit, marked a new awareness of ominous, fearful powers that had to be dealt with before our dreams of freedom and self-fulfillment could be made real.
Know Your Enemy: Frank Meyer, Inventor of Conservatism
Matt and Sam interview Daniel J. Flynn about his new book The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer.
[NYC EVENT | September 4] Gospel of the Working Class
An exhibition of tapestries by Tabitha Arnold.
Authoritarianism and Resistance
A preview of our Fall 2025 issue.
The Women’s Basketball Boom
An influx of gifted, charismatic, politically active stars have willed the WNBA into a genuine sporting attraction. Can they leverage the sport’s growing popularity into a better deal for players?
Damage Control in the Roberts Era
Progressive activists face an increasingly hostile legal environment. What strategies can they pursue?
Know Your Enemy: The Minority Voters Moving Right
Matt and Sam talk with Daniel Martinez HoSang about the gains the GOP and Trump are making with racial minorities.
Is America a Democracy?
An interview with Osita Nwanevu, author of The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
Know Your Enemy: Has Trump 2.0 Been a Success So Far?
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about Trump, Judaism and Catholicism, bourbon, literature, and more.
Attention Stuffed
Our future rests on our capacity to make digital technology more boring.
[SAN FRANCISCO EVENT | July 30] The Milk Tea Alliance
A conversation with Jeffrey Wasserstrom.
