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Remembering Murray Hausknecht, 1925-2012

Editors ▪ October 17, 2012

His commentary was sharp, as much of Dissent is, but I always imagined him writing with a smile on his face, while many of our other writers write with grim determination.

[EVENT] A Dissent Fundraiser and Beach Party!

Editors ▪ October 1, 2012

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Web Letter: Timothy Messer-Kruse Responds to Thai Jones

Editors ▪ September 20, 2012

Thai Jones, clearly discomforted by what my book is—essentially an ideological genealogy of a particular strain of revolutionary anarchism that flared into popularity in the 1880s and died in America with the explosion of the Haymarket bomb—employs the age-old dodge …

[VIDEO] Occupy Tactics: Violence and Legitimacy in the Occupy Movement and Beyond

Editors ▪ September 17, 2012

Last Wednesday, the CUNY Graduate Center hosted a debate between author and journalist Chris Hedges and B. Traven of CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective on violence and “diversity of tactics” in Occupy and other social movements. The debate, moderated by CUNY sociology …

[EVENT] Todd Gitlin on Occupy Nation in Maine

Editors ▪ September 10, 2012

Todd Gitlin is talking about his new book, Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street, on Tuesday and Wednesday in Maine. “Will there be an Occupy 2.0? Reflections on the roots, spirit, and promise …

Chicago Teachers on Strike

Editors ▪ September 10, 2012

Update (9/10): read Bill Barclay’s background on the strike here. Update (9/12): watch Dissent contributor and editorial board member Joanne Barkan discuss the strike on Al Jazeera English. After unsuccessful negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union, …

Patricia Cayo Sexton Memorial Service

Editors ▪ September 6, 2012

There will be a memorial service for long-time Dissent editorial board member Patricia Cayo Sexton on Sunday, October 14 at 3 p.m. The service will be held at the Grand Hall in NYU’s Global Center, 238 Thompson Street, NY, NY. …

[EVENTS] September Events in NYC

Editors ▪ August 31, 2012

[EVENTS] September Announcements for Dissent

[From the Archives] Milton Friedman’s Inventions

Editors ▪ August 2, 2012

[From the Archives] Milton Friedman’s Inventions

Partial Readings: The New Austerity Games

Editors ▪ July 26, 2012

Partial Readings: The New Austerity Games

Letters

Editors ▪ Fall 2025

Out to Lunch Editors: I was struck by the Spring issue dedicated to “Food,” where there were seven articles but not one that addressed the subject of food and hunger or poverty. This extraordinary omission, especially for a leading periodical …