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Dissent in 2020

Editors ▪ December 30, 2020

Highlights from a year of upheaval.

After Trump: A Preview of Our Winter 2021 Issue

Editors ▪ December 23, 2020

A look at our forthcoming Winter 2021 issue, After Trump.

[EVENT | December 14] Belabored Live: How the Pandemic Changed Our Working Lives

Editors ▪ December 7, 2020

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen, the co-hosts of the Belabored podcast, will gather some of the smartest thinkers about labor and unions to look back on 2020, a tumultuous year for workers.

Our Winter Reading List

Editors ▪ November 26, 2020

We’re partnering with our friends at Verso Books to offer you a winter reading list curated by our editors.

Tributes to Michael Kazin

Editors ▪ October 6, 2020

Celebrating Michael Kazin as he retires from co-editorship of Dissent.

Announcing New Editors

Editors ▪ October 5, 2020

Natasha Lewis joins Timothy Shenk as co-editor of Dissent, and eight contributors join the editorial board.

Salute to Michael Kazin

Editors ▪ Fall 2020

As Michael Kazin retires as co-editor, his Dissent colleagues pay tribute.

[EVENT | October 7] Fall Issue Launch: Technology and the Crisis of Work

Editors ▪ October 1, 2020

Join us on Wednesday, October 7 at 7 p.m. (EST) for a conversation on the special section of our Fall 2020 issue with its guest editors and contributors.

Technology and the Crisis of Work: A Preview of Our Fall 2020 Issue

Editors ▪ September 25, 2020

A preview of our Fall 2020 issue, Technology and the Crisis of Work, guest-edited by Katrina Forrester and Moira Weigel.

[EVENT | August 26] Building the People’s Banks

Editors ▪ August 19, 2020

A virtual discussion on postal banking with David Dayen, Courtney “CJ” Jenkins, Melissa Rakestraw, and Flynn Murray.

Memorial Service for David H. Bensman

Editors ▪ August 5, 2020

Please join us as we honor the life of Professor David H. Bensman. Share stories, memories, and loving recollections with family, friends, and colleagues. Wednesday, August 5 7–8:30 p.m. via Zoom (link here) Hosted by Yael Bromberg, Janice Fine & …

[EVENT | July 9] Dismantle Racial Capitalism

Editors ▪ July 2, 2020

Join William P. Jones, Marcia Chatelain, K. Sabeel Rahman, and Olúfémi O. Táíwò to discuss what it means to confront racial capitalism during a pandemic and an election year.

Work, Politics, and the Plague: A Preview of our Summer 2020 Issue

Editors ▪ June 30, 2020

[contentblock id=crowdfund-ad] COVID-19 has produced some of the greatest social convulsions in living memory. For our Summer 2020 issue, out next Monday, titled Work, Politics, and the Plague, we asked writers to help us think through what’s been going on, …

An Uprising Reader

Editors ▪ June 5, 2020

In solidarity with the uprising sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, we’ve gathered selections from our archives that speak to the political concerns of the moment.