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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 6h
Operation Metro Surge was the culmination of a decades-long campaign in which conspiratorial crusaders have painted Somalis as a drain on social programs, criminals, and extremists. dissentmagazine.org/article/operati…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 7h
Elon Musk has been accused of being a showman, the P.T. Barnum of the tech world. Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff agree, but they see this as a business strategy, not an incidental feature of his politics or personality. dissentmagazine.org/article/elon-mu…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 8h
Throughout the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE franchise, saving the world is a theatrical production. DIGGER, with Tom Cruise playing the title role, similarly delights in its own theatricality. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 9h
Elon Musk’s vision of capitalism is one in which the state and corporations are symbiotic. Government subsidy fuels technological growth, while technology firms create the machines and software on which the state relies. dissentmagazine.org/article/elon-mu…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 10h
In a constitutional republic, the people choose who governs them; Donald Trump seeks to determine who even belongs to the people. Our liberty itself is at stake. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 11h
“Whatever happens, we have got the spaceships, and they do not,” Elon Musk tweeted in June 2025. Most of us, though, don’t want the spaceships; we want a world that is worth living in. dissentmagazine.org/article/elon-mu…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 12h
In January, when New York Times reporters asked Trump whether Ilhan Omar should lose her citizenship, he replied, “Oh, absolutely.” He called her a “troublemaker” who did nothing but “complain, complain, complain.” dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 13h
If Fordism promised a car in every garage, Elon Musk’s worldview promises wealth for those able to command technology—but no commitment to share the reward. dissentmagazine.org/article/elon-mu…
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Jen Evans @jennifervevans.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Interesting longue durée analysis on the success of the AfD in Saxon Anhalt by an historian of East Germany. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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The Far Right Breaks Through in Germany - Dissent Magazine
For the first time since the Second World War, the far right will form a government in Germany. But the rot in Saxony-Anhalt stems from decades of neglect.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 14h
"The executive is attempting to deprive a member of an equal branch of government of the status that entitles her to participate in the constitutional order. They are attacking not just her rights, but her very right to have rights." @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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What's at Stake in the Ilhan Omar Case - Dissent Magazine
Trump's investigation of Omar strikes at elementary assumptions of a free and republican government: that political opposition is legitimate, that the executive cannot determine the composition of the...
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15h
The ultimate tendency of Trumpism is to transform citizenship into a privilege granted or withdrawn at the sovereign’s discretion. Now that ambition is being directed against a sitting member of Congress. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Trumpism can be understood as the notion that some Americans are not really Americans, that their political rights are illegitimate, and that the nation must be purged of these interlopers. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Across the United States, data centers are mostly powered by gas or coal. Meta’s proposed $200 billion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, is no different. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ilhan Omar is not merely a private citizen or even an outspoken critic of the administration: She is an elected representative of the American people. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Part of what made online media companies so popular in the 2010s was that they had nothing to hide from their readers. More than pulling back the curtain, now might be the time to tear it down entirely. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
We often hear that we face creeping authoritarianism in this country, but it would be more precise to call the targeting of Ilhan Omar a case of creeping totalitarianism. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Like the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE series, DIGGER delights in its own theatricality. But the film takes so much pleasure in autocritique it borders on autoerotism. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Trump’s investigation of Ilhan Omar strikes at elementary assumptions of a free and republican government. They are attacking not just her rights, but her very right to have rights. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt was no great surprise to anyone paying attention. Now that the worst has come to pass, the question is: Who is to blame? dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
We are thrilled to announce four new editorial board members at Dissent: Sam-Adler-Bell, Aslı Bâli, Veena Dubal, and Joseph A. McCartin. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
As much as one would like to imagine supporters of the AfD as passive victims longing for an alternative to neoliberalism, a left-wing alternative was available and was actively rejected. A near majority of voters chose a far-right party that plans to dismantle the welfare state, but also promises a national revival through mass deportations of the supposedly parasitic foreign masses that have been holding back the German people. The AfD made no secret of its aims and means, and for many this was the appeal. As historian Peter Fritzsche once wrote, “Germans became Nazis because they wanted to become Nazis and because the Nazis spoke so well to their interests and inclinations.”
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It is easy to write off Saxony-Anhalt as a post-socialist backwater where far-right victory was overdetermined. But there is a version of this story where the triumph of the AfD could have been avoided. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“Primetime” is “Network” for a new generation: unhinged, timely, and sometimes preachy. It has no right to be as hilarious as it is, or as unfortunately relevant in our post-Epstein present. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
For over a decade, the firewall against the far right has held in spite of close calls in Germany. Now that the worst has come to pass, the question is: Who is to blame? dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
DIGGER’s ponderous ideas get us into a mess, but its images may just dig us back out. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Media cooperatives have flourished in the last decade. But they can’t face the structural crisis of journalism alone. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“Tom Cruise IS Digger,” the film’s marketing informs us, but he is also, as he never lets us forget, Tom Cruise. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
He may be faltering, but the fact that Lula remains in contention in Brazil’s presidential election is a testament to the durability of his political coalition. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Given their success in proving that a better media industry is possible, media co-ops are well positioned to lead the charge for transformative policy. What would a New Deal for journalism look like? dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Reposting for the early shift
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I have thoughts about the election of the AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt and how an election steeped in symbolism of the GDR is not actually a problem of re-litigating German reunification.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
For the first time since the Second World War, the far right will form a government in Germany. But the rot in Saxony-Anhalt stems from decades of neglect. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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The Far Right Breaks Through in Germany - Dissent Magazine
For the first time since the Second World War, the far right will form a government in Germany. But the rot in Saxony-Anhalt stems from decades of neglect.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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.
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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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here's an interview with Stuart about the premise of the book: dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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The Origins of Police Power - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Stuart Schrader, author of Blue Power, about how U.S. police unions built themselves into a formidable political force, and whether the movement is more fragile than it appears.
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
THE Erin Brockovich recommended this piece from our former colleague/current Fellow AND full time oncology nurse dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The care that has been put into building DIGGER’s artificial world offers a compelling answer to a question the film otherwise affectedly shrugs off: What, after all, is art for?
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Is This Play About Us? - Dissent Magazine
Like the Mission: Impossible series, Digger delights in its own theatricality. But the film takes so much pleasure in autocritique it borders on autoerotism.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Like the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE series, DIGGER delights in its own theatricality. But the film takes so much pleasure in autocritique it borders on autoerotism.
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Is This Play About Us? - Dissent Magazine
Like the Mission: Impossible series, Digger delights in its own theatricality. But the film takes so much pleasure in autocritique it borders on autoerotism.
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mía @lumaruna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“ A Blood-Red Tide … “I’m very good at the knockout stage, … starting Tuesday, the Bolsonaristas better watch out because we are going to beat them!” No one doubts Lula’s disposition, but the results of the first round suggest he is swimming in uncharted waters. How high is the tide?“
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A Blood-Red Tide - Dissent Magazine
Flávio Bolsonaro came out ahead of Lula in the first round of Brazil's presidential elections. It's the latest sign of a surging far right across the continent.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
With a media federation, cooperative publications have the opportunity to keep their momentum going by making their readers part of the story and changing the industry for the better. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Commish. Davante Lewis @davanteforla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We already knows what happens when we promise the benefits of industrial development today and ask #CancerAlley communities to live with the consequences tomorrow. This perspective from a Louisiana oncology nurse is grim. @dissentmag.bsky.social #DataCenters dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The problem in Brazil is not simply Lula’s record; across Latin America, the far right is feeding on a weakening belief in the ability of existing institutions to deliver what people want. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 06/10/2026
Great piece in @dissentmag.bsky.social on the need for shared services among media co-ops, featuring our work at Start.coop to do just that: dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Even when economic conditions improve, as they have by most metrics under Lula, the benefits are countermanded by the stresses of everyday life in an age of mounting precarity that reinforces the sense that democratic governments can’t or won’t solve Brazilians’ problems. ow.ly/hf3f50ZV6l3
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How many readers are still paying for journalism? How many subscriptions have ended? How will they impact the year to come? Is it still realistic for there to even be a year to come? dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lula won Brazil’s presidency in 2002 as part of a wave of progressive, anti-neoliberal governments born of social movements that remade Latin America. The dominant political current running through the hemisphere today is darker. ow.ly/NzQL50ZV6pq
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"In an equally impressive sweep of city council races, allies of Morales, a democratic socialist, and the progressive organization Reclaim RI have won every race they contested but one, which remains too close to call." dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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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.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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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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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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[EVENT] Cover Art / Other Art - Dissent Magazine
Join artists Tabitha Arnold, Molly Crabapple, and Matt Rota for an exhibit exploring the intersection between their creative and commercial work.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A Blood-Red Tide - Dissent Magazine Flávio Bolsonaro came out ahead of Lula in the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections. It’s the latest sign of a surging far right across the continent. dissentmagazine.org/online_articles…
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A Blood-Red Tide - Dissent Magazine
Flávio Bolsonaro came out ahead of Lula in the first round of Brazil's presidential elections. It's the latest sign of a surging far right across the continent.
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Continental Bukelism is the permanent revolution of the blood-red tide soaking the region." - @apagliar.bsky.social in @dissentmag.bsky.social dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
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A Blood-Red Tide - Dissent Magazine
Flávio Bolsonaro came out ahead of Lula in the first round of Brazil's presidential elections. It's the latest sign of a surging far right across the continent.
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