The Neo-Rurals
Spain’s “lost generation” heads for the hills.
Winter 2025
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A Voice Still Heard: Three Essays by Irving Howe
In celebration of a new anthology of Howe’s writing, we present three of his essays not previously published in Dissent: “This Age of Conformity” (1954), “The New York Intellectuals” (1969), and “Strangers” (1977).
The Best of Intentions: Debating the ASA Boycott
Last December, the membership of the American Studies Association voted to endorse a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Has the boycott effectively challenged academic complicity with the Israeli state? Or has it only further isolated voices of dissent in Israeli society?
The End of the Drug War—Or a New Cartel of Cartels?
This summer, Mexico’s four major cartels signed a pact of alliance. Is this a sign that they’re weakening—or are we entering a new era of state–cartel cooperation?
Stability Maintenance
Can the “umbrella movement” shake Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong’s silent majority?
Charity or Justice? Pope Francis Revisits Liberation Theology
Under Pope Francis, the Vatican has shown sympathy for a radical Catholic tradition. But Francis sidesteps liberation theology’s most revolutionary ideas.
Segregation’s Long Shadow
What is remarkable in Ferguson is not just the way segregation has been sustained, but the way it maps so cleanly onto patterns of economic disadvantage.
Ten Points Towards a Two-State Solution
A secure, well-run Palestinian state is more essential than ever, for the sake of justice and for the security of both sides.
Sectarian Entrepreneurs: How the U.S. Broke Iraq
The current U.S. intervention in Iraq serves as a stark reminder of the colossal policy failures that have plagued the country since 2003.
From Freedom Summer to Black August
Why civil rights activists should champion a little-known prisoner holiday
Between Israel and Social Democracy: Tony Judt’s Jewishness
Beyond Zionism and its discontents, Tony Judt’s Jewishness was a vibrant companion of the historian’s aspiring cosmopolitanism.
The Central American Child Refugee Crisis: Made in U.S.A.
The United States has had a long history of supporting repressive governments in Central America, fueling the violence that has caused tens of thousands of children to flee.
Unite Queer
Out in the Union, a new book by Miriam Frank, shows that unions have been crucial to the growth and success of the modern LGBT rights movement.
Hurling the Little Streets Against the Great: Marshall Berman’s Perennial Modernism
For Marshall Berman, the street was not just the site where modernism was enacted; it was modernism incarnate.
Should We Abolish the CIA?
It is time to ask how we can end our pathological dependence on the ineffective and swollen agency.
