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Trump’s Monstrous Call

Jedediah Britton-Purdy ▪ December 8, 2015

In Donald Trump’s campaign, a new kind of unapologetic brutality is coming to the home front.

Jerry G. Watts, a longtime contributor to Dissent, passed away on November 16. Jerry, a professor at CUNY Graduate Center, earned his B.A. from Harvard and PhD from Yale University. His essays for Dissent—on intellectuals, politics, crime, affirmative action, the …

What Kind of a War Is This?

Michael Walzer ▪ December 3, 2015

The war against ISIS, as it is currently being waged, cannot be called a just one.

[VIDEO] Income For All! Two Visions of a New Economy

Editors ▪ November 30, 2015

Should the left champion jobs for all or advance a basic income as part of a broader anti-work politics? Can we do both? Watch a special panel discussion with Alyssa Battistoni, Darrick Hamilton, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, and Jesse Myerson.

This Day in Feminist History: Johnnie Tillmon

Laura Tanenbaum ▪ November 27, 2015

Johnnie Tillmon, activist and chairperson of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), was a visionary feminist of the second-wave era who advocated for a universal basic income and dignity for all.

Belabored Podcast #91: Fasting for $15 and Full-Time

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 27, 2015

This Black Friday, Walmart workers and their allies have undertaken a “Fast for $15.” Belabored spoke with Dan Schlademan, co-director of OUR Walmart, and Tyfani Faulkner, who was in the middle of her fifteen days without food.

Bernie Sanders and the Spiritual Case for Socialism

Vaneesa Cook ▪ November 25, 2015

If Bernie Sanders is going to win the hearts and minds of the American public, he will need to emphasize socialism’s moral—and, moreover, religious—foundations.

8 Thoughts on Bernie Sanders’s Democratic Socialism and the Primary

Mike Konczal ▪ November 25, 2015

What was missing from Bernie Sanders’s democratic socialism speech and policy agenda is just as interesting as what was included.

[EVENT | December 14] Michael Walzer: On Democratic Internationalism

Editors ▪ November 23, 2015

Join Michael Walzer for a lecture on politics and democratic internationalism.

[EVENT | December 10] How Should We Reform Criminal Justice?

Editors ▪ November 23, 2015

Michael Javen Fortner and Marie Gottschalk debate criminal justice reform, Thursday, December 10, 2015, 6:30 p.m. at CUNY’s Murphy Institute.

Booked: A Suitcase Full of Passports

Timothy Shenk ▪ November 19, 2015

An interview with journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian about her new book, The Cosmopolites, and the buying and selling of citizenship.

Refugees Are Victims of Terrorism, Not Its Source

Slawomir Sierakowski ▪ November 16, 2015

If we give in to the politics of fear, we will only harm ourselves and others.

Belabored Podcast #90: Offshoring Dirty Jobs, with Erik Loomis

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 13, 2015

An interview with historian Erik Loomis about his new book, Out of Sight, on the labor and environmental catastrophes caused by our outsourcing of dirty jobs. Plus: the Mizzou football players, updates in the Fight for $15, and FedEx workers on strike.