Israel and Vietnam Editor: The threat to Israel’s survival compels democratic socialists to reconsider their attitude toward American foreign policy in the face of unabated Communist expansionism in the Near East as well as Southeast Asia. One such effort is …
Einstein & the Bomb Editor: In his letter published in the May-June 1970 issue of your magazine, Professor Dennis H. Wrong asserts that Einstein “played a leading role in encouraging his fellow scientists to work for the Manhattan Project.” Professor …
Mandarins and Sociologists Editor: In his thoughtful review of my Decline of the German Mandarins, [DISSENT, January—February 1970] Arthur Mitzman argues that I do not sufficiently connect the writings of the great German sociologists with the “middle- and working-class opposition …
A Point of Difference Editor: Gordon Haskell’s article in the March—April 1970 issue of DISSENT, entitled “Civil Liberties: To Hell in a Basket?,” is incorrect in a very important respect. After correctly pointing out that the ACLU sought to have …
Oppenheimer & Chomsky Editor: I was taken aback by the penultimate sentence in Dennis Wrong’s review article on Noam Chomsky’s American Power and the New Mandarins (DISSENT January—February 1970). Mr. Wrong writes that “his [Chomsky’s] career as a scientist and …
Editor: In Professor Robert J. Christen’s Comment on the NYCLU and the Ocean-Hill Brownsville dispute which so sadly shook that organization [DISSENT September–October 1969], he quotes me as calling for the ACLU “to go beyond the traditional civil liberties concerns …
Volume XV: 1-96, January–February 1968; 97-192, March–April 1968; 193-288, May–June 1968; 289-368, July–August 1968; 369-464, September–October 1968; 465-560, November–December 1968. Volume XVI: 1-96, January–February 1969; 97-192, March–April 1969; 193-288, May–June 1969; 289-368, July–August 1969; 369-464, September–October 1969; 465-560, November–December 1969.
College Teachers’ Union Editor: May I make a few corrective comments on our UFCT member Murray Hausknecht’s analysis of the City University collective bargaining election? 1. The union’s position on promotions is that of a dual track of advancement up …
The following appeared in a leaflet distributed by Students for a Democratic Society at New York University the day after it broke up a meeting at which James Reston was scheduled to speak, as well as another meeting at which …
Elegant Tombstone Editor: In “Elegant Tombstones” (DISSENT, January – February 1969) Professor Macpherson’s major contention is that a “moment’s thought will show” Milton Friedman’s view, that under capitalism transactions are voluntary, to be wrong. For Macpherson argues “the proviso that …
A Friend Editors: Every time a copy of Dissent arrives at our desk we feel thrilled. All of us are so eager to go through it. It is a pity that such a fine venture has to ask for funds. Or, …
On Mass Culture Editor: More power to “high culture,” by all means, but is Bernard Rosenberg’s cri de coeur really likely to contribute to the worthy cause he espouses?
On Socialism and the Jews Editor: George Lichtheim is to be commended for bringing to the attention of your readers certain aspects of the problem of socialism and anti-Semitism (“Socialism and the Jews,” DISSENT, July—August 1968). The more so since …
Civil Disobedience Editor: The recent discussion of “Civil Disobedience and Resistance” in DISSENT magazine was provocative and helpful. I think however that there was a sense of the academic about the discussion and a tendency to define civil disobedience in …
The following statement was prepared before President Johnson’s announcement that he would institute an incomplete ban on the bombing of North Vietnam. Our hope is that events in the next few months—a cease-fire, negotiations toward peace— will render this statement …
