What Is Democratic Socialism?
A selection of key essays on democratic socialism from the Dissent archives.
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Income for All: Two Visions for a New Economy
In a special roundtable, Kathi Weeks, Darrick Hamilton, and Alyssa Battistoni examine the contending proposals for a universal basic income and a federal job guarantee.
[EVENT] Income for All! Two Visions for a New Economy
Should the left champion jobs for all or advance a basic income as part of a broader anti-work politics? Can we do both? Join Dissent, Jacobin, and the New Economy Coalition for a panel discussion, November 9 in Brooklyn.
[EVENT] The Battle for Rojava
Kurdish activist Dilar Dirik in conversation with Meredith Tax, Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7 p.m. at the New School.
The Nameless 
“Most of those who made the movement weren’t the famous; they were the faceless. They weren’t the noted; they were the nameless—the marchers with tired feet, the protestors beaten back by billy clubs and fire hoses, the unknown women and …
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Three Cubas
As the United States reopens its embassy in Cuba, we offer three accounts of the country’s aging dictatorship, and what the future could hold.
70 Years After Hiroshima
Political theorists John Rawls, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Ronald Takaki, and Michael Walzer consider the moral and political implications of nuclear weaponry.
Spring 2015 – Mobile Editions
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Summer Issue Preview: American Movements
As July approaches, we’re excited to offer you a glimpse of our forthcoming Summer issue, which ships on July 1 and launches online July 6. The issue includes a special section on “American Movements,” surveying the accomplishments and the limits of some …
[VIDEO] A Voice Still Heard: Irving Howe and Dissent
Nina Howe, Paul Berman, and Sarah Leonard discuss Irving Howe’s legacy and influence with American Jewish historian Tony Michels, May 27, 2015.
Marilyn Bensman, 1925–2015
Dissent is deeply saddened at the loss of Dr. Marilyn Bensman, a fighter, radical, feminist, and sociologist who taught at Lehman College. She was a longtime reader and supporter of Dissent. Funeral services will be held at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel at …
[VIDEO] Asia and Dissent in a Time of Strongman Leaders
In February, Dissent and the India-China Institute co-hosted a panel on “Asia and Dissent in a Time of Strongman Leaders” at the New School, with Alexis Dudden speaking on Japan’s Shinzo Abe, Nina Khrushcheva on Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Ross Perlin on China’s Xi Jinping, and Sanjay Ruparelia on India’s Narendra Modi. The panel was moderated by Dissent editorial board member Jeffrey Wasserstrom.
Introducing the Solidarity Sub
Dissent has always been more than just the sum of its writing. It is a political community, across several generations and at least as many continents; a forum for debating visions of social change; a vehicle for advancing radical and egalitarian ideals.
These are the enduring ideals of the left—our striving for social and economic equality, our faith in our collective ability to enact democratic change. Over several decades, some of the left’s sharpest writers have given voice to these ideals in our pages.
Announcing Our New Contributing Editors
We’re excited to welcome six new contributing editors to Dissent’s masthead. You’ll recognize their names from our pages—each person listed below has contributed fantastic work to the magazine in recent years, and each embodies founding editor Irving Howe’s mantra of …
