Dissent

Comparisons of repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang reveal a new consolidation of authority in Xi’s CCP, intent on stifling any signs of nonconformity.

Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Work Won’t Love You Back.

We must recognize and compensate for the intrinsic political weaknesses of taxation—and specifically progressive taxation—through the alternative fiscal strategy of economic democracy.

Rather than bypassing the problem of power by putting our faith in MMT’s printing press, we need a strategy to rebuild the tax state and move toward economic democracy.

A discussion on how moral panics fueled America’s right turn, with Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes.

A long line of critical fiscal theorists has pointed to the limits of financing a politics of emancipation through levies on a regressive economy. We need to heed their warnings today.

A wildly popular documentary shows the depth of coronavirus denialism in France—and its relationship to right-wing movements worldwide.

Invoking the specter of voter fraud to undermine democratic participation is a tactic as old as the United States itself.

A replicable strategy for organizing the jobless on a mass scale has yet to emerge. The future may depend on finding one.

“One of our dreams that we have as workers is to be treated as essential workers. We just don’t want people to say that we are essential workers, but to be treated as that.”

A string of pseudo-populist conservative movements have reverted to the same agenda of tax cuts and deregulation. Why should we expect anything different?

Is Donald Trump a fascist? A breakdown of the long-roiling debate.