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Our fall issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance, is out now!
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good to see "partyism" taken up (and if anyone can come up with better branding for the tendency, they have my blessing fwiw)
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Partyism Without the Party - Dissent Magazine
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
good to see "partyism" taken up (and if anyone can come up with better branding for the tendency, they have my blessing fwiw)
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This is a good read.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Partyism Without the Party - Dissent Magazine
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is a good read.
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"Why fill in the hollow parties when you can do much the same thing outside of them?" Not quite sure I buy everything here, but a smart, meaty analysis of Mamdani campaign's civic roots and possibilities.
And, I might add, exactly what an author wants to see with a book out in the world.
And, I might add, exactly what an author wants to see with a book out in the world.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Partyism Without the Party - Dissent Magazine
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Why fill in the hollow parties when you can do much the same thing outside of them?" Not quite sure I buy everything here, but a smart, meaty analysis of Mamdani campaign's civic roots and possibilities.
And, I might add, exactly what an author wants to see with a book out in the world.
And, I might add, exactly what an author wants to see with a book out in the world.
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Smart analysis.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Partyism Without the Party - Dissent Magazine
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Smart analysis.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Partyism Without the Party - Dissent Magazine
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
New Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam talk with
@lkatfield.bsky.social about her new book.
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@lkatfield.bsky.social about her new book.
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Know Your Enemy: The Furious Minds of MAGA - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam talk to Laura K. Field about her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam talk with
@lkatfield.bsky.social about her new book.
dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
@lkatfield.bsky.social about her new book.
dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
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In @dissentmag.bsky.social, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social makes the case for a third reconstruction.
The Case for a Third Reconstruction - Dissent Magazine
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In @dissentmag.bsky.social, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social makes 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.
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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The Case for a Third Reconstruction - Dissent Magazine
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.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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.
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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Another great ep
New Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam talk with @peterbeinart.bsky.social
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Know Your Enemy: Zohran, the Jews, and Reckoning with Gaza - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam talk to Peter Beinart about Zohran and Islamophobia, Jews and antisemitism, the genocide in Gaza, and more.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Another great ep
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Tonight!
Next Thursday, join us for a conversation with @die-linke.de's Heidi Reichinnek, Ross Barkan, and @lukashermsmeier.bsky.social on left-wing politics in Germany and the United States.
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[EVENT | November 13] A Conversation With Heidi Reichinnek - Dissent Magazine
An event with the German Left Party's parliamentary co-leader.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tonight!
The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.
Read @cgmaisano.bsky.social in our Fall issue:
dissentmagazine.org/article/coal...
Read @cgmaisano.bsky.social in our Fall issue:
dissentmagazine.org/article/coal...
Coalition Socialism - Dissent Magazine
The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.
Read @cgmaisano.bsky.social in our Fall issue:
dissentmagazine.org/article/coal...
Read @cgmaisano.bsky.social in our Fall issue:
dissentmagazine.org/article/coal...
New Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam talk with @peterbeinart.bsky.social
dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
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Know Your Enemy: Zohran, the Jews, and Reckoning with Gaza - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam talk to Peter Beinart about Zohran and Islamophobia, Jews and antisemitism, the genocide in Gaza, and more.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam talk with @peterbeinart.bsky.social
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Consistently the best political podcast I listen to, this. So good, and this one in particular so terrifying
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Consistently the best political podcast I listen to, this. So good, and this one in particular so terrifying
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"Both views ignore what may be Mamdani’s most important contribution in the current moment: he has resurrected a universalist, redistributive, civic-egalitarian politics that had practically vanished from the national and international scene." www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Zohran's Promise - Dissent Magazine
The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the c...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Both views ignore what may be Mamdani’s most important contribution in the current moment: he has resurrected a universalist, redistributive, civic-egalitarian politics that had practically vanished from the national and international scene." www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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A sobering and hopeful analysis from Nikhil Pal Singh:
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Zohran's Promise - Dissent Magazine
The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the c...
www.dissentmagazine.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A sobering and hopeful analysis from Nikhil Pal Singh:
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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"Inept opposition." Implications here for Dem leadership, absolutely.
Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism was facilitated by collaborators, enablers, and an inept opposition
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The Strongman Illusion - Dissent Magazine
Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism was facilitated by collaborators, enablers, and an inept opposition.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Inept opposition." Implications here for Dem leadership, absolutely.
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Hurra! @heidireichinnek.dielinkebt.de kommt nach New York. 🗽
Next Thursday, join us for a conversation with @die-linke.de's Heidi Reichinnek, Ross Barkan, and @lukashermsmeier.bsky.social on left-wing politics in Germany and the United States.
Register here: www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-n...
Register here: www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-n...
[EVENT | November 13] A Conversation With Heidi Reichinnek - Dissent Magazine
An event with the German Left Party's parliamentary co-leader.
www.dissentmagazine.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Hurra! @heidireichinnek.dielinkebt.de kommt nach New York. 🗽
Next Thursday, join us for a conversation with @die-linke.de's Heidi Reichinnek, Ross Barkan, and @lukashermsmeier.bsky.social on left-wing politics in Germany and the United States.
Register here: www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-n...
Register here: www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-n...
[EVENT | November 13] A Conversation With Heidi Reichinnek - Dissent Magazine
An event with the German Left Party's parliamentary co-leader.
www.dissentmagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Next Thursday, join us for a conversation with @die-linke.de's Heidi Reichinnek, Ross Barkan, and @lukashermsmeier.bsky.social on left-wing politics in Germany and the United States.
Register here: www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-n...
Register here: www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/event-n...
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Jobby job.
Dissent is hiring! We're seeking a full-time Senior Editor to work with us in our New York office. Details here:
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Senior Editor Dissent is seeking a Senior Editor to handle editorial and other responsibilities. The editor will commission, edit, fact check, copy edit, and proofread articles as needed; coordinate ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Jobby job.
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“Mamdani shows how new constituencies are born from taking political risks and made through probing investigation and performative interaction.“
New online: Nikhil Pal Singh on Zohran Mamdani. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Zohran's Promise - Dissent Magazine
The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the c...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Mamdani shows how new constituencies are born from taking political risks and made through probing investigation and performative interaction.“
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> Mamdani shows how new constituencies are born from taking political risks and made through probing investigation and performative interaction.
Bingo!
Bingo!
New online: Nikhil Pal Singh on Zohran Mamdani. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Zohran's Promise - Dissent Magazine
The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the c...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
> Mamdani shows how new constituencies are born from taking political risks and made through probing investigation and performative interaction.
Bingo!
Bingo!
New online: Nikhil Pal Singh on Zohran Mamdani. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Zohran's Promise - Dissent Magazine
The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the c...
www.dissentmagazine.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New online: Nikhil Pal Singh on Zohran Mamdani. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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As long as Elon Musk is making us talk about Tolkien again here is @gerrycanavan.bsky.social's sharp piece about the challenges and joys of reading and enjoying Tolkien from the left www.dissentmagazine.org/article/tolk...
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As long as Elon Musk is making us talk about Tolkien again here is @gerrycanavan.bsky.social's sharp piece about the challenges and joys of reading and enjoying Tolkien from the left www.dissentmagazine.org/article/tolk...