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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 29d
Our fall issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance, is out now!

Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @sarahjones.bsky.social @apagliar.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @viririos.bsky.social @humbertobeck.bsky.social @petizagavarrete.bsky.social

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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 4d
As part of our section on Authoritarianism and Resistance in the most recent @dissentmag.bsky.social, Julia Gavarette writes about El Salvador's criminalization of dissent and the people facing a choice of prison or exile--and those with no choice at all www.dissentmagazine.org/article/a-pe...
A Permanent State of Exception in El Salvador - Dissent Magazine
In cooperation with gangs and with massive popular support, Nayib Bukele is cracking down on dissidents and expanding the state’s carceral apparatus.
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Christian Scheinpflug @chschein.bsky.social · 6d
“It doesn’t speak well to the American population that a much higher percentage of them voted for MAGA politics than the German population ever voted for National Socialism.” This is a must-read @dissentmag.bsky.social
The Battle Over Civil Society - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 6d
This is a really good conversation on "is it fascism," by two opponents who are no longer very far apart.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 6d
New online: John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) interviews Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.

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The Battle Over Civil Society - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 6d
Join us at the @versobooks.bsky.social office on October 14 for a discussion with @chiosse.bsky.social, @ceaweaver.bsky.social, and @jwmason.bsky.social about how Zohran Mamdani can deliver on his agenda as mayor.

Limited tickets available. Get yours today:

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svateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 6d
good stuff

(naturally i've many reservations, but so what)
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 6d
New online: John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) interviews Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.

www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The Battle Over Civil Society - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 6d
Can the most eloquent and thoughtful supporter of the "fascism thesis" and one of its most eloquent and thoughtful critics find common ground? Tonight on the Ganz & Riley show
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 6d
New online: John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) interviews Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.

www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The Battle Over Civil Society - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 6d
I interviewed Dylan Riley about Trump, fascism, and civil society for @dissentmag.bsky.social www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The Battle Over Civil Society - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 6d
New online: John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) interviews Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.

www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The Battle Over Civil Society - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Dylan J. Riley on Trump and the state of American democracy.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 7d
In cooperation with gangs and with massive popular support, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele is cracking down on dissidents and expanding the state’s carceral apparatus.

Read @petizagavarrete.bsky.social in our fall issue:

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/a-pe...
A Permanent State of Exception in El Salvador - Dissent Magazine
In cooperation with gangs and with massive popular support, Nayib Bukele is cracking down on dissidents and expanding the state’s carceral apparatus.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 8d
New Know Your Enemy: Matt and Sam discuss the Charlie Kirk memorial service/MAGA rally with @patblanchfield.bsky.social.

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Know Your Enemy: Death, Power, and the Charlie Kirk Memorial - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam discuss the Charlie Kirk memorial service/MAGA rally with Pat Blanchfield.
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Wireless Enthusiast @chrispps.bsky.social · 11d
“I am a Gramscian in that I believe that to become hegemonic an ideology must offer a vision of a future in which the interests of those who rule coincide with the interests of everyone else. MAGA fails to offer one...Yet the opposition to MAGA also fails to offer an alternative.”
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 11d
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
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amy 🦇. @amymedeiros.bsky.social · 11d
must-read
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 11d
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 11d
Many excellent passages here that make you stop and think about the present and how to interpret it in light of the past, this being one of the better ones:
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Juan Diego Rodriguez (@ COLM 2025) @juand-r.bsky.social · 11d
“Still, my fear is that Trump will prevail in 2026, either because his base will remain solid or because of repression and fraud, or both. If Republicans retain control of both houses of Congress, Trump will be liberated to do whatever he wants, with no limits on his dictatorial power”
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 11d
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 10d
This is great. Being a political scientist at the moment is a bit like being a climate scientist a few years back. You can see clearly catastrophe is coming, but most people seem blithely unaware of it
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 10d
An outstanding interview. Patrick Iber of Dissent Magazine has interviewed the legendary Polish political scientist Adam Przeworski about de-democratisation in the USA, and what lessons he’s gleaned from Chile, Peru & beyond.

Iber’s questions are stellar. Przeworski’s answers, chillingly candid.
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Indignant Desert Bird @longanimus.bsky.social · 9d
"The brutal fact that we find it so difficult to predict what will happen under our current circumstances is evidence that we do not have theories we can rely on."
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 10d
An outstanding interview. Patrick Iber of Dissent Magazine has interviewed the legendary Polish political scientist Adam Przeworski about de-democratisation in the USA, and what lessons he’s gleaned from Chile, Peru & beyond.

Iber’s questions are stellar. Przeworski’s answers, chillingly candid.
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Marta Kozłowska @mkozlowska.bsky.social · 10d
Very worth reading!
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 11d
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Andrew Smith @oldboysmith.bsky.social · 10d
Well worth a read.
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 11d
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottlieb.bsky.social · 10d
Read it slowly
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 11d
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 10d
An outstanding interview. Patrick Iber of Dissent Magazine has interviewed the legendary Polish political scientist Adam Przeworski about de-democratisation in the USA, and what lessons he’s gleaned from Chile, Peru & beyond.

Iber’s questions are stellar. Przeworski’s answers, chillingly candid.
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 11d
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 11d
For our latest issue, @patrickiber.bsky.social interviewed Adam Przeworski about the perils and opportunities of our moment.

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 12d
This is a masterful and subtle discussion of the idea of "settler colonialism" by Aziz Rana in the fall @dissentmag.bsky.social - both in the ways that it can be misused, and the reasons that it remains a meaningful concept www.dissentmagazine.org/article/whos...
Who’s Afraid of “Settler Colonialism”? - Dissent Magazine
If we dismiss concepts because of particular examples of misuse, we encourage the repression of discomforting histories and ideas.
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Schuyler Kempton @schuylerkempton.bsky.social · 12d
A convincing case for the usefulness of the term "settler colonialism"
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 19d
From our fall issue: Aziz Rana on the uses and abuses of the term "settler colonialism."

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/whos...
Who’s Afraid of “Settler Colonialism”? - Dissent Magazine
If we dismiss concepts because of particular examples of misuse, we encourage the repression of discomforting histories and ideas.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 13d
Join Dissent & @versobooks.bsky.social for a conversation with @chiosse.bsky.social, @ceaweaver.bsky.social, and @jwmason.bsky.social about how Zohran will govern.

October 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Verso office in New York.

www.eventbrite.com/e/how-will-z...
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