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· Jan 12
Our winter issue, Socialism in the City, is out now!
Featuring @resnikoff.bsky.social @wlacher.bsky.social @yguichaoua.bsky.social @awhf.bsky.social @alanyan.bsky.social @atossaaraxia.bsky.social @mmschwartz.bsky.social @cgmaisano.bsky.social @arvinalaigh.bsky.social @ninasparling.bsky.social
Featuring @resnikoff.bsky.social @wlacher.bsky.social @yguichaoua.bsky.social @awhf.bsky.social @alanyan.bsky.social @atossaaraxia.bsky.social @mmschwartz.bsky.social @cgmaisano.bsky.social @arvinalaigh.bsky.social @ninasparling.bsky.social
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February 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Trump has doubled down on long-standing efforts to diminish the capacity of states to deliver social goods and protection beyond federal limits, while infusing that austerity with the logic of retribution. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Vindictive Federalism - Dissent Magazine
For decades, national policies have compelled states to pare back eligibility and benefits for social programs. Under Trump, federal austerity has become a tool to punish political enemies.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Trump has doubled down on long-standing efforts to diminish the capacity of states to deliver social goods and protection beyond federal limits, while infusing that austerity with the logic of retribution. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The history of the Garland Fund shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism—and the tensions inherent in that role.
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Philanthropy for Radicals - Dissent Magazine
The Garland Fund was not a typical foundation, but its history shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism—and the tensions inherent in that role.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The history of the Garland Fund shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism—and the tensions inherent in that role.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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For decades, national policies have compelled states to pare back eligibility and benefits for social programs. Under Trump, federal austerity has become a tool to punish political enemies.
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Vindictive Federalism - Dissent Magazine
For decades, national policies have compelled states to pare back eligibility and benefits for social programs. Under Trump, federal austerity has become a tool to punish political enemies.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
For decades, national policies have compelled states to pare back eligibility and benefits for social programs. Under Trump, federal austerity has become a tool to punish political enemies.
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
On a new episode of Know Your Enemy, a conversation with
Jason Zengerle about Tucker Carlson's political trajectory and how he has navigated a changing media landscape. dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
Jason Zengerle about Tucker Carlson's political trajectory and how he has navigated a changing media landscape. dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
Know Your Enemy: Tucker Carlson’s Phases and Stages - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam talk to Jason Zengerle about his new book, Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
On a new episode of Know Your Enemy, a conversation with
Jason Zengerle about Tucker Carlson's political trajectory and how he has navigated a changing media landscape. dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
Jason Zengerle about Tucker Carlson's political trajectory and how he has navigated a changing media landscape. dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
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🇺🇸 Todos hemos visto los vídeos de Mamdani, pero su éxito se debe a una estrategia digital que va más allá de las redes sociales, como explica muy bien este artículo de @arvinalaigh.bsky.social en @dissentmag.bsky.social que he traducido para @elsaltodiario.com.
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La maquinaria digital de Mamdani
El éxito del programa de Mamdani dependerá de una ambiciosa estrategia digital que va más allá de sus buenos resultados en redes sociales.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM
🇺🇸 Todos hemos visto los vídeos de Mamdani, pero su éxito se debe a una estrategia digital que va más allá de las redes sociales, como explica muy bien este artículo de @arvinalaigh.bsky.social en @dissentmag.bsky.social que he traducido para @elsaltodiario.com.
www.elsaltodiario.com/redes-social...
www.elsaltodiario.com/redes-social...
Socialists in Milwaukee are largely remembered for their achievements within the city’s limits. But they also understood themselves to be international actors, as did a substantial number of the people who voted them into power.
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More Than Sewers - Dissent Magazine
The pragmatism of the Milwaukee socialists was inseparable from the international world of socialism that they inhabited and helped to shape.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Socialists in Milwaukee are largely remembered for their achievements within the city’s limits. But they also understood themselves to be international actors, as did a substantial number of the people who voted them into power.
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It was a labor of love to collaborate with my friend Bob Bussel the former director of U of Oregon's Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) on this remembrance of Nick Salvatore, Eugene Debs's biographer, and a mentor and dear friend to us both. Nick's story has special meaning in this time.
Nick Salvatore, biographer of Eugene Debs, died at age 82 in November. Robert Bussel and @josephamccartin.bsky.social remember his work and legacy.
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Nick Salvatore: Citizen and Historian - Dissent Magazine
The author of Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist and other biographies, Nick Salvatore leaves behind a rich legacy that both challenges and inspires us at this historical moment.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:44 PM
It was a labor of love to collaborate with my friend Bob Bussel the former director of U of Oregon's Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) on this remembrance of Nick Salvatore, Eugene Debs's biographer, and a mentor and dear friend to us both. Nick's story has special meaning in this time.
"I am never the first person to arrive at an ICE raid. I am never the last person to leave."
Read Maeve Aickin's dispatch from Minneapolis: dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Read Maeve Aickin's dispatch from Minneapolis: dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
ICE on Ice - Dissent Magazine
I am never the first person to arrive at an ICE raid. I am never the last person to leave.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"I am never the first person to arrive at an ICE raid. I am never the last person to leave."
Read Maeve Aickin's dispatch from Minneapolis: dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Read Maeve Aickin's dispatch from Minneapolis: dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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Good piece that gets at an often underdiscussed issue -- of how much work in rebuilding state capacity (or denazification of remaining state capacity) will be necessary post-Trump
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The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Good piece that gets at an often underdiscussed issue -- of how much work in rebuilding state capacity (or denazification of remaining state capacity) will be necessary post-Trump
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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In his final weeks, Eugene Debs biographer Nick Salvatore smiled when he heard Zohran Mamdani invoke the socialist icon in his acceptance speech. Salvatore urged us both to keep the faith and never to forget the immensity of the challenges ahead.
Nick Salvatore: Citizen and Historian - Dissent Magazine
The author of Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist and other biographies, Nick Salvatore leaves behind a rich legacy that both challenges and inspires us at this historical moment.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In his final weeks, Eugene Debs biographer Nick Salvatore smiled when he heard Zohran Mamdani invoke the socialist icon in his acceptance speech. Salvatore urged us both to keep the faith and never to forget the immensity of the challenges ahead.
Nick Salvatore, biographer of Eugene Debs, died at age 82 in November. Robert Bussel and @josephamccartin.bsky.social remember his work and legacy.
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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Nick Salvatore: Citizen and Historian - Dissent Magazine
The author of Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist and other biographies, Nick Salvatore leaves behind a rich legacy that both challenges and inspires us at this historical moment.
dissentmagazine.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Nick Salvatore, biographer of Eugene Debs, died at age 82 in November. Robert Bussel and @josephamccartin.bsky.social remember his work and legacy.
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
New episode of Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam talk with David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard of @progintl.bsky.social
about Venezuela, Greenland, and the “Donroe Doctrine” dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
about Venezuela, Greenland, and the “Donroe Doctrine” dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
Know Your Enemy: The Donroe Doctrine - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam discuss Venezuela, Greenland, and the "Donroe Doctrine" with the Progressive International’s David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
New episode of Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam talk with David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard of @progintl.bsky.social
about Venezuela, Greenland, and the “Donroe Doctrine” dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
about Venezuela, Greenland, and the “Donroe Doctrine” dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
Read @wlacher.bsky.social and
@yguichaoua.bsky.social in our new issue: dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Read @wlacher.bsky.social and
@yguichaoua.bsky.social in our new issue: dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
Read @wlacher.bsky.social and
@yguichaoua.bsky.social in our new issue: dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Read @wlacher.bsky.social and
@yguichaoua.bsky.social in our new issue: dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The success of Zohran’s agenda will depend on an ambitious digital strategy that transcends social media performance.
Read @arvinalaigh.bsky.social on online organizing: dissentmagazine.org/article/mamd...
Read @arvinalaigh.bsky.social on online organizing: dissentmagazine.org/article/mamd...
Mamdani’s Digital Machine - Dissent Magazine
The success of Zohran’s agenda will depend on an ambitious digital strategy that transcends social media performance.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The success of Zohran’s agenda will depend on an ambitious digital strategy that transcends social media performance.
Read @arvinalaigh.bsky.social on online organizing: dissentmagazine.org/article/mamd...
Read @arvinalaigh.bsky.social on online organizing: dissentmagazine.org/article/mamd...
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An excellent, devastating critique of a field of policy practice & academic study that became an industry of liberal institutionalism all about procedure rather than substance, by @wlacher.bsky.social & @yguichaoua.bsky.social:
The Demise of Conflict Studies
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The Demise of Conflict Studies
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The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
dissentmagazine.org
January 17, 2026 at 9:27 AM
An excellent, devastating critique of a field of policy practice & academic study that became an industry of liberal institutionalism all about procedure rather than substance, by @wlacher.bsky.social & @yguichaoua.bsky.social:
The Demise of Conflict Studies
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The Demise of Conflict Studies
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Hugely uplifting piece by Kushanava Choudhury @dissentmag.bsky.social - on what's possible, the Kerala model of bottom-up community decision-making about health, education, food management, basic economic security, "and dignity for all people."
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The Kerala Consensus - Dissent Magazine
How did a society segregated by caste, class, and religion become an egalitarian community?
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January 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Hugely uplifting piece by Kushanava Choudhury @dissentmag.bsky.social - on what's possible, the Kerala model of bottom-up community decision-making about health, education, food management, basic economic security, "and dignity for all people."
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An excellent and thoughtful piece by @yguichaoua.bsky.social and @wlacher.bsky.social, well worth reading for those of us who have been wondering where the future of peace and conflict research, and more importantly, teaching, lies.
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
dissentmagazine.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
An excellent and thoughtful piece by @yguichaoua.bsky.social and @wlacher.bsky.social, well worth reading for those of us who have been wondering where the future of peace and conflict research, and more importantly, teaching, lies.
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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Gaza and the long collapse of the field of conflict studies - important piece by @wlacher.bsky.social and Yvan Guichaoua
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The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
dissentmagazine.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Gaza and the long collapse of the field of conflict studies - important piece by @wlacher.bsky.social and Yvan Guichaoua
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
Read @resnikoff.bsky.social on why the left needs bureaucrats: dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Read @resnikoff.bsky.social on why the left needs bureaucrats: dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
dissentmagazine.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
Read @resnikoff.bsky.social on why the left needs bureaucrats: dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Read @resnikoff.bsky.social on why the left needs bureaucrats: dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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Terrific essay about the need for and value of public administration. @resnikoff.bsky.social refutes critiques of bureaucracy by both Right AND LEFT. We need more and better bureaucracy not less. Here’s to public admin education and training!
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The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
dissentmagazine.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Terrific essay about the need for and value of public administration. @resnikoff.bsky.social refutes critiques of bureaucracy by both Right AND LEFT. We need more and better bureaucracy not less. Here’s to public admin education and training!
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Important piece from @yguichaoua.bsky.social @wlacher.bsky.social. As someone who is wondering whether she should continue to teach "International conflict management" rename the class "conflict making" or eliminate it, I'd like to offer a friendly critique. 1/11 dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
dissentmagazine.org
January 13, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Important piece from @yguichaoua.bsky.social @wlacher.bsky.social. As someone who is wondering whether she should continue to teach "International conflict management" rename the class "conflict making" or eliminate it, I'd like to offer a friendly critique. 1/11 dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...