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The Fall 2026 issue of Dissent on technology, "Artificial Futures," is out now.
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While stopping Operation Metro Surge did not halt federal assaults on immigrants and Black and brown people in the state, it signaled an important setback to authoritarianism under the second Trump administration.
Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.
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September 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
While stopping Operation Metro Surge did not halt federal assaults on immigrants and Black and brown people in the state, it signaled an important setback to authoritarianism under the second Trump administration.
In “End Times Fascism,” Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/end-times-fascism-book-review/
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/end-times-fascism-book-review/
Exit Strategy - Dissent Magazine
In End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?
dissentmagazine.org
September 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
In “End Times Fascism,” Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/end-times-fascism-book-review/
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/end-times-fascism-book-review/
While stopping Operation Metro Surge did not halt federal assaults on immigrants and Black and brown people in the state, it signaled an important setback to authoritarianism under the second Trump administration.
Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.
dissentmagazine.org
September 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
While stopping Operation Metro Surge did not halt federal assaults on immigrants and Black and brown people in the state, it signaled an important setback to authoritarianism under the second Trump administration.
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The Party of Baristas
Noam Scheiber’s 'Mutiny' shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
Noam Scheiber’s 'Mutiny' shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
The Party of Baristas - Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
dissentmagazine.org
September 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
The Party of Baristas
Noam Scheiber’s 'Mutiny' shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
Noam Scheiber’s 'Mutiny' shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
“Affordability” is the primary rallying cry of American politics today. But while most politicians say that they want to help people afford their lives, what really matters is how.
The Fight Over Affordability - Dissent Magazine
We’re living in a period of excess business pricing power, not overbearing workers.
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September 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“Affordability” is the primary rallying cry of American politics today. But while most politicians say that they want to help people afford their lives, what really matters is how.
After Operation Metro Surge, more threats to democratic rule are certain to emerge in the remaining years of Trump’s second term, including in the lead-up to the midterms, where voter suppression, misinformation, and election denialism threaten efforts to change the political balance in Congress.
Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.
dissentmagazine.org
September 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
After Operation Metro Surge, more threats to democratic rule are certain to emerge in the remaining years of Trump’s second term, including in the lead-up to the midterms, where voter suppression, misinformation, and election denialism threaten efforts to change the political balance in Congress.
The recent sweep by democratic socialist David Morales and other progressive primary candidates in Providence is a testament to years of organizing and coalition-building in the Ocean State.
The Socialist Wave Hits Rhode Island - Dissent Magazine
The sweep by democratic socialist David Morales and other progressive primary candidates in Providence is a testament to years of organizing and coalition-building in the Ocean State.
dissentmagazine.org
September 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The recent sweep by democratic socialist David Morales and other progressive primary candidates in Providence is a testament to years of organizing and coalition-building in the Ocean State.
The federal occupation of Minnesota must be understood as an assault not only on the people of the state but also on fundamental democratic principles of due process, equal protection, and rule of law.
https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/trump-2026-midterm-elections-democracy-twin-cities/
https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/trump-2026-midterm-elections-democracy-twin-cities/
Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.
dissentmagazine.org
September 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The federal occupation of Minnesota must be understood as an assault not only on the people of the state but also on fundamental democratic principles of due process, equal protection, and rule of law.
https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/trump-2026-midterm-elections-democracy-twin-cities/
https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/trump-2026-midterm-elections-democracy-twin-cities/
No two workers, much less groups of workers, are identical. Rather, all workers must decide to affiliate with each other, see themselves in each other, and become something together.
The Party of Baristas - Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
dissentmagazine.org
September 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
No two workers, much less groups of workers, are identical. Rather, all workers must decide to affiliate with each other, see themselves in each other, and become something together.
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App-controlled labor is less a technological novelty than yet another chapter in a much longer history of employer legal circumvention. Read the piece in Dissent discussing Brian Callaci's THE CHAINS OF COMMAND and how franchising gave rise to the gig-economy.
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The Myth of the Gig Economy - Dissent Magazine
App-controlled labor is less a technological novelty than yet another chapter in a much longer history of employer legal circumvention.
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September 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
App-controlled labor is less a technological novelty than yet another chapter in a much longer history of employer legal circumvention. Read the piece in Dissent discussing Brian Callaci's THE CHAINS OF COMMAND and how franchising gave rise to the gig-economy.
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Greg Nammacher @seiu.org Local 26 and I wrote about how unions aligned with immigrant and faith organizations to strengthen resistance to the federal occupation of Minnesota, and the lessons this holds for the ongoing defense of democracy.
Trump seems hesitant to resume the aggressively violent and unlawful approach seen during Operation Metro Surge. But other threats to democratic rule are certain to emerge in the remaining years of his second term, including in the lead-up to the midterms.
Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.
dissentmagazine.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Greg Nammacher @seiu.org Local 26 and I wrote about how unions aligned with immigrant and faith organizations to strengthen resistance to the federal occupation of Minnesota, and the lessons this holds for the ongoing defense of democracy.
Given the authoritarian threat posed by Trump still present, including in the lead-up to the midterms, there is much to learn from the successful mass mobilization in Minnesota.
Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.
dissentmagazine.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Given the authoritarian threat posed by Trump still present, including in the lead-up to the midterms, there is much to learn from the successful mass mobilization in Minnesota.
Trump seems hesitant to resume the aggressively violent and unlawful approach seen during Operation Metro Surge. But other threats to democratic rule are certain to emerge in the remaining years of his second term, including in the lead-up to the midterms.
Operation Metro Surge Wasn't the End - Dissent Magazine
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.
dissentmagazine.org
September 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Trump seems hesitant to resume the aggressively violent and unlawful approach seen during Operation Metro Surge. But other threats to democratic rule are certain to emerge in the remaining years of his second term, including in the lead-up to the midterms.
The response to the crises of poverty, environmental destruction, and tech overreach from end times fascists is a classic double standard: borderlessness for themselves, walls for everyone else.
Exit Strategy - Dissent Magazine
In End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?
dissentmagazine.org
September 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The response to the crises of poverty, environmental destruction, and tech overreach from end times fascists is a classic double standard: borderlessness for themselves, walls for everyone else.
Democratizing finance means taking aim at Big Tech’s oligarchic control over the economy, not giving them a level playing field.
The SpaceX Sham - Dissent Magazine
The chief scandal of the AI boom is not the secretive financial machinations of tech oligarchs, but how much money they have raised on the open promise of an automated, transhumanist future.
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September 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Democratizing finance means taking aim at Big Tech’s oligarchic control over the economy, not giving them a level playing field.
In the time between David Morales’s first surprise victory in 2020 and his unprecedented upset this month, a lot has changed in Providence. His win was, in no small part, the result of six years of movement building.
The Socialist Wave Hits Rhode Island - Dissent Magazine
The sweep by democratic socialist David Morales and other progressive primary candidates in Providence is a testament to years of organizing and coalition-building in the Ocean State.
dissentmagazine.org
September 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
In the time between David Morales’s first surprise victory in 2020 and his unprecedented upset this month, a lot has changed in Providence. His win was, in no small part, the result of six years of movement building.
The end times fascists are fleeing the crises of poverty, environmental destruction, and tech overreach they helped cause. When the richest people on the planet speak of the end of the world, are they bluffing?
Exit Strategy - Dissent Magazine
In End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?
dissentmagazine.org
September 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The end times fascists are fleeing the crises of poverty, environmental destruction, and tech overreach they helped cause. When the richest people on the planet speak of the end of the world, are they bluffing?
It’s easy to blow hot air about which group of workers don’t belong with whom. But it’s not a serious idea if it has no stakes: it’s the reaction of a child who thinks peas and ketchup shouldn’t touch on the plate.
The Party of Baristas - Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
dissentmagazine.org
September 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It’s easy to blow hot air about which group of workers don’t belong with whom. But it’s not a serious idea if it has no stakes: it’s the reaction of a child who thinks peas and ketchup shouldn’t touch on the plate.
If the coalition in “End Times Fascism” is defined by abandonment of a shared future, then the response cannot itself be a form of abandonment—not a smaller commune or a more righteous collapse. There’s little difference, after all, between a bunker and a tomb.
Exit Strategy - Dissent Magazine
In End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?
dissentmagazine.org
September 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
If the coalition in “End Times Fascism” is defined by abandonment of a shared future, then the response cannot itself be a form of abandonment—not a smaller commune or a more righteous collapse. There’s little difference, after all, between a bunker and a tomb.
Join us for a discussion with Julie C. Suk, David Bateman, Zephyr Teachout, and Daniel Schlozman. To what extent is the Constitution still viable, and what possibilities exist for reform?
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September 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Join us for a discussion with Julie C. Suk, David Bateman, Zephyr Teachout, and Daniel Schlozman. To what extent is the Constitution still viable, and what possibilities exist for reform?
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rot-and-reform-our-broken-constitution-tickets-1998901261482?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Many across the political spectrum believe that the system cannot be fixed, only escaped, that we must create bunkers of our own. Have you not been at a party and heard the least capable person in your friend group suggest that everyone should pool their money and buy some land?
Exit Strategy - Dissent Magazine
In End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?
dissentmagazine.org
September 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Many across the political spectrum believe that the system cannot be fixed, only escaped, that we must create bunkers of our own. Have you not been at a party and heard the least capable person in your friend group suggest that everyone should pool their money and buy some land?
The task for everyone in the pro-democracy coalition is to use the case against Trump to offer a positive blueprint to improve the lives of working people. Whoever comes to lead the party in the years to come, from whatever faction, will have to understand what has changed.
Off Center - Dissent Magazine
The United States is approaching midterm elections that will decide whether, and how, we can find a remedy to Trumpism and a path back to functional democracy. The president’s popularity continues to erode, and polls suggest that his preferred candidates …
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September 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The task for everyone in the pro-democracy coalition is to use the case against Trump to offer a positive blueprint to improve the lives of working people. Whoever comes to lead the party in the years to come, from whatever faction, will have to understand what has changed.
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I missed this from earlier this year by @nilsgilman.bsky.social but it's really useful for thinking about the middle powers as a concept and what they're actually in the middle of.
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A New Non-Aligned Movement? - Dissent Magazine
The “middle powers” can band together to chart a third way between authoritarian superpowers in Washington and Beijing.
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September 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I missed this from earlier this year by @nilsgilman.bsky.social but it's really useful for thinking about the middle powers as a concept and what they're actually in the middle of.
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The ground has eroded under what was once the middle class, writes Gabriel Winant, a rift has begun to open, and people are scrambling to get out and to give each other a hand up.
The Party of Baristas - Dissent Magazine
Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.
dissentmagazine.org
September 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The ground has eroded under what was once the middle class, writes Gabriel Winant, a rift has begun to open, and people are scrambling to get out and to give each other a hand up.
While a typical prepper might build a fallout shelter, the cranks in “End Times Fascism” are attempting to establish their own sovereign, tech-powered cities outside existing legal frameworks, often organized around artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and “biohacking.”
Exit Strategy - Dissent Magazine
In End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?
dissentmagazine.org
September 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
While a typical prepper might build a fallout shelter, the cranks in “End Times Fascism” are attempting to establish their own sovereign, tech-powered cities outside existing legal frameworks, often organized around artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and “biohacking.”