Letters

Having digested the current issue of DISSENT in the comparative isolation of Puerto Rico, I am moved to sum up impressions on the publication’s relevance in the last two years. A lot of theoretical debris has been cleared away. Issues have been sharply delineated. Possibly the finest single group of thinkers on the Anglo-American left have enabled us to know where we are, conceptually, at this stage of the power struggle.

But has this been enough? Admittedly, for certain categories of readers it has. It is hard to imagine the alert whitecollar reader in our Northern and Western cities and suburbs not being satisfied with your performance. Yet, what has been the effect on the relatively few who are just becoming aware of soci...