Fragments of a New World
In Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film, the landscape remains as a last witness to the violence of colonial power.
Winter 2025
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The Criminalization of Solidarity: The Stop Cop City Prosecutions
Georgia’s sweeping and political application of conspiracy law echoes a tactic that shattered the left roughly a hundred years ago, when the U.S. government targeted socialist parties and militant unions with laws against criminal syndicalism, espionage, and sedition.
Announcing Dissent’s New Co-Editor: Patrick Iber
Patrick Iber will join Natasha Lewis as co-editor of Dissent.
Kamala Can Win
Hope will be an essential resource for her campaign. At her first rally, she succeeded in providing it.
The Labor Intellectuals
The new militancy coursing through the labor movement has revealed the growth of a more expansive and democratic union culture.
Know Your Enemy: Yoram Hazony’s Israeli Model
Matt and Sam are joined by historian Suzanne Schneider to discuss how Israeli illiberalism is inspiring the global right.
The Constitution and the American Left
A culture of reverence for the U.S. Constitution shields the founding document from criticism, despite its many shortcomings. We need an alternative vision that provides meaningful freedom at home and embraces self-determination abroad.
A Popular Front, If You Can Keep It
Biden claims he is remaining in the race because the threat of Trump is too great. That’s the exact reason he should consider retiring.
The World of the Radical Right
A roundtable discussion on the global networks and political strategies of nationalist conservatives.
Biden’s Healthcare Problem
Deeply ingrained inequalities—many of which are reflective of the country’s patchwork healthcare system—belie rosy projections that Biden is delivering inclusive growth.
Elder Statesmen
The two old men worried to their very cores about Trump came to opposite decisions: Mitt Romney quit, and Joe Biden is running again. Both may have chosen wrong.
The GOP Attack on Free Lunch
In an era of retrenchment in social policy, food assistance is becoming more generous and inclusive. But Republican politicians are attempting to gut one of the most popular programs: free school lunch.
Know Your Enemy: When the Clock Broke
Matt and Sam interview John Ganz about his new book, When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s.
Integrity and Defiance in Equal Measure
Percival Everett’s James, set in the nineteenth century, is a novel of the present moment—when legal measures that were once regarded as essential components of racial justice are being dismantled.
Inequality Without Class
To grasp where inequality is headed—much less to reduce it—we will need to look beyond the economic.
