
France’s Yellow Vests: A Test for the Populist Left
With the threat of the far-right looming, transforming the “gilets jaunes” into a viable political force that can defeat Macron, let alone neoliberalism, will be no simple task.
With the threat of the far-right looming, transforming the “gilets jaunes” into a viable political force that can defeat Macron, let alone neoliberalism, will be no simple task.
A look back on the year at Dissent.
The Affordable Care Act is deeply flawed, but it has nonetheless made healthcare cheaper and more accessible for millions.
Last week, New York established an important new pay floor for app-based drivers. Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance joins us to talk about the victory.
Could a maximum wage gain traction in the United States?
Unemployment is at its lowest since 1969, yet the average American worker remains badly underpaid. Why?
We spoke with an immigrants’ rights activist from the Cosecha Movement about conditions at the border.
“Traumatized, triggered, shocked.” An immigrants’ rights activist from the Cosecha movement describes the feeling among Central American migrants at the San Diego-Tijuana crossing.
Our Revolution’s political director assesses the left’s midterm achievements and discusses the organization’s plan to build a progressive mass movement and transform the Democratic Party.
Bye Scott Walker.
White supremacists are seeing the limits of what they can achieve electorally. Now, the raging fear Trump inflames threatens escalating violence.
Ballot initiatives led to progressive victories in unlikely places. The left should use them more often.
Contrary to Trumpian fantasy, noncitizens didn’t get a direct say in the midterms. But their voices still mattered on Election Day.
Socialist parties emerged as dynamic, powerful forces at the turn of the twentieth century. After decades of decline, can they revive themselves in the twenty-first?
On the centenary of Armistice Day, join historians Michael Kazin and Irwin Yellowitz and peace activist Susan Schnall for a discussion of U.S. resistance to the First World War.