Dissent Magazine
4,730 FOLLOWERS
Dissent Magazine is the oldest democratic socialist magazine in the United States, an independent quarterly magazine, publishing some of America's most exciting long-form political and cultural criticism since 1954.
Dissent Magazine
1w ago
Matt and Sam talk to the poet Christian Wiman about his recent book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair ..read more
Dissent Magazine
1w ago
The National Labor Relations Act still functions, just barely, for Starbucks workers. Employees at fast-food franchises face even worse odds under federal labor law ..read more
Dissent Magazine
3w ago
Matt and Sam are joined by historian Ronnie Grinberg to discuss her book Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals ..read more
Dissent Magazine
3w ago
The Israeli government is restricting access to food in Gaza at the same time as it is destroying healthcare infrastructure. Each process intensifies the lethal consequences of the other ..read more
Dissent Magazine
1M ago
Voters understand that a left unity pact provides the only path to victory on the national level ..read more
Dissent Magazine
1M ago
Matt and Sam talk to B.D. McClay about the right’s freakout over Taylor Swift—and what she can tell us about American fame, fortune, and fear ..read more
Dissent Magazine
1M ago
The German political establishment has abandoned the belief that the Holocaust gave it a responsibility to humanity and replaced it with a responsibility to Israel alone ..read more
Dissent Magazine
2M ago
An interview with Collectif Golem, a left-wing Jewish group in France fighting antisemitism and the far right ..read more
Dissent Magazine
2M ago
Matt and Sam welcome back John Ganz to discuss René Girard, the Stanford polymath whose theory has inspired a devoted following—including Peter Thiel, Girard’s former student ..read more
Dissent Magazine
3M ago
Bernstein used his status as a public figure both to popularize classical music and to support civil rights, the antiwar movement, and other political causes ..read more