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City Limits - Dissent Magazine Anne Hidalgo’s mayoralty illustrates the limits of local responses to national and international problems like housing and climate change. Without wider coordination, even the most successful mayor’s ...

In Paris "socialist policy has not been accompanied by affordability. And in becoming a place that fulfills many people’s dreams, it’s also become a place in which it’s much harder to actually live."

Read @mmschwartz.bsky.social on Mayor Anne Hidalgo: dissentmagazine.org/article/city...

The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.

This is an excellent, thought-provoking piece by @wlacher.bsky.social and @yguichaoua.bsky.social discussing the subject (and industry) around conflict studies. Its a piece I'll be chewing on for the next couple of days, and something I've been feeling as well
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War, Revolt, and Iran's Unfinished Struggle - Dissent Magazine The protests and repression that preceded the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign exposed both the fragility of the Iranian governing elite and the organizational weakness of Iranian civil society—dynamics ...

The protests and repression that preceded the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign exposed both the fragility of the Iranian governing elite and the organizational weakness of Iranian civil society—dynamics that will continue to shape the country in the months to come.

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Could Democrats Regain the Rural Vote? - Dissent Magazine The end of the twentieth century left rural America shell-shocked, and residents reacted accordingly.

The end of the twentieth century left rural America shell-shocked, and residents reacted accordingly.

Read @dorajfacundo.bsky.social in our winter issue: dissentmagazine.org/article/coul...

Know Your Enemy: Trump's War Against Iran - Dissent Magazine Matt and Sam talk to Matt Duss, a leading foreign policy expert on the left, about the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.

On the Know Your Enemy podcast, Matt and Sam talk to @mattduss.bsky.social about the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.

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The piece @wlacher.bsky.social and I wrote for @dissentmag.bsky.social is now available in Arabic | The Demise of Conflict Studies

A New Vision for Public Lands - Dissent Magazine Policy debates around public lands point to larger unresolved questions about the nature and function of the public trust. What should we do with this national resource at a moment of major transition...

“To see an opposite energetic and extractive agenda accomplished through the same techniques is uncanny. The stated goal of a new instruction memorandum for oil and gas leasing […] could have been written by either administration.”

As in, Biden or Trump.

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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.

Check out my former UWM colleague Aims McGuinness on the often misunderstood idea of "sewer socialism," Milwaukee history, and the interconnection of local and international politics.
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A Tale of Two Plumbers - Dissent Magazine Hannah Spencer's victory in a UK parliamentary by-election is a major win for the Green Party, which aims to build a viable left-populist alternative to Reform UK and Keir Starmer's Labour Party.

Hannah Spencer’s victory in a UK parliamentary by-election is a major win for the Green Party, which aims to build a viable left-populist alternative to Reform UK and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.

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Fantastic interview. I have a lot of respect for Pedro Gonzalez - it takes a lot of courage and integrity to break out from a political movement that is so warped. Thank you to Know Your Enemy for making the space - a lot of helpful insights into the cravenness that is the Right today.

A New Vision for Public Lands - Dissent Magazine Policy debates around public lands point to larger unresolved questions about the nature and function of the public trust. What should we do with this national resource at a moment of major transition...

Really great @dissentmag.bsky.social piece on the use of public lands by my friend, @hiangelo.bsky.social. A must read!

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[EVENT | February 28] Socialism in the City: Issue Launch - Dissent Magazine A discussion between Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Nikhil Pal Singh, and Chris Maisano.

Join us in Brooklyn tomorrow for an event on our Socialism in the City issue, with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Nikhil Pal Singh, and Chris Maisano. dissentmagazine.org/blog/a-discu...

A New Vision for Public Lands - Dissent Magazine Policy debates around public lands point to larger unresolved questions about the nature and function of the public trust. What should we do with this national resource at a moment of major transition...

Policy debates around public lands point to larger unresolved questions about the nature and function of the public trust. What should we do with this national resource at a moment of major transition?

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The demise of conflict studies- Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights | BISA - Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group

Looking forward to this:

On 10 March, @yguichaoua.bsky.social and I will be discussing our @dissentmag.bsky.social essay on "The demise of conflict studies" with @christinecheng.bsky.social at this @mybisa.bsky.social online seminar - register here:

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[EVENT | February 28] Socialism in the City: Issue Launch - Dissent Magazine A discussion between Atossa Araxia Abrahamian and Chris Maisano.

How have @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social first weeks as mayor been so far? Will there be free childcare or even socialism in New York? @dissentmag.bsky.social and @rosaluxnyc.bsky.social invite you to an exciting discussion!

Know Your Enemy: Leaving MAGA Behind - Dissent Magazine Matt and Sam talk to writer Pedro L. Gonzalez about his break with MAGA and the New Right.

New Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam talk to writer Pedro L. Gonzalez about his break with MAGA and the New Right.

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[EVENT | February 28] Socialism in the City: Issue Launch - Dissent Magazine A discussion between Atossa Araxia Abrahamian and Chris Maisano.

Next Saturday, February 28, join us in Brooklyn for a conversation on our winter issue, Socialism in the City, with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian and Chris Maisano dissentmagazine.org/blog/a-discu...

My co-editor Natasha Lewis spoke with the wonderful Frederick Wiseman for @dissentmag.bsky.social in 2025 dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

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.

If you want to read a good piece about foundations today you can read Claire Dunning on the Garland fund dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

There Is No Place for Us challenges the public perception of homelessness as a reflection of individual choices, but it also looks beyond the assumption that housing prices alone are driving the surge.

Read @ninasparling.bsky.social's review in our winter issue: dissentmagazine.org/article/afte...

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.

Aims McGuinness on what Milwaukee’s experience with “sewer socialism” has to teach us in @dissentmag.bsky.social.
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The Reactionary Heartland Is a Myth Don't believe the media stereotype. An inclusive left-populism has won in the Midwest before, and it can win again.

Jesse Jackson's passing has reminded me of this @dissentmag.bsky.social piece that I cowrote with my dear friend Matt Stanley in 2019, ahead of the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. I think it's aged fairly well. 🗃️ dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

Went back this morning and read @dissentmag.bsky.social's coverage of the Jackson campaign in 1988; I think it is Michael Harrington's "A Case for Jackson" that holds up the best dissentmagazine.org/article/a-ca...

Close Attention - Dissent Magazine An interview with Frederick Wiseman.

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman died today at age 96. "At a moment when many of the institutions he documented are being decimated and our attention is divided," Natasha Lewis wrote last year, "Wiseman’s films are out of time and completely timely." dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

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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.

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...

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.

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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