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The Battle Over Civil Society
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
Know Your Enemy: Death, Power, and the Charlie Kirk Memorial
Matt and Sam discuss the Charlie Kirk memorial service/MAGA rally with Pat Blanchfield.
[EVENT | October 14] How Will Zohran Govern?
A conversation with Chi Ossé, Cea Weaver, and J.W. Mason.
Who’s Afraid of “Settler Colonialism”?
If we dismiss concepts because of particular examples of misuse, we encourage the repression of discomforting histories and ideas.
[NYC EVENT | October 19] Food Tour with Arun Gupta
Please join us in New York City for a food tour in support of Dissent. On Saturday, October 18, Dissent editors, staff, and donors will enjoy New York City’s “only Marxist food and history tour,” eating our way through the …
Know Your Enemy: The Case for Democracy
Matt and Sam talk to Osita Nwanevu about his new book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
Lula’s Unfinished Democracy
The Brazilian president once argued that democracy will founder where inequality reigns. Today, he sees fighting inequality as democracy’s animating mission.
The Mexican Model
Does Morena’s success offer a blueprint for the left? An exchange.
How Democracies Fall Apart
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
To Outlive Tyranny
Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.
The Case for a Third Reconstruction
The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.