[EVENT | December 14] Michael Walzer: On Democratic Internationalism
Join Michael Walzer for a lecture on politics and democratic internationalism.
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[EVENT | December 10] How Should We Reform Criminal Justice?
Michael Javen Fortner and Marie Gottschalk debate criminal justice reform, Thursday, December 10, 2015, 6:30 p.m. at CUNY’s Murphy Institute.
Take Back the Land!
In a special symposium, Karen Narefsky and Aaron Tanaka offer two visions for socializing the spaces where we live and work.
What Is Democratic Socialism?
A selection of key essays on democratic socialism from the Dissent archives.
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 …
