Fall 1996 Issue, DISSENT

- Editor's Page
  Michael Walzer
  , pp. 5-6
- Chain Gangs
  Alex Lichtenstein
  , pp. 7-9
- Public Executions
  David Kirp
  , pp. 10-11
- Sex Segregation and the War between the States
  Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
  , pp. 12-14
- The Tragedy of Israeli Labor
  Mitchell Cohen
  , pp. 15-20
- Italy
  Joanne Barkan
  , pp. 21-27
- European Federalism
  Nadia Urbinati
  , pp. 28-34
- Clinton and the Democrats
  Harold Meyerson
  , pp. 35-39
  The Party of Reluctant Retreat
- --- by Jeffrey C. Isaac, pp. 40-49
- --- by E.J. Dionne, p. 50
- --- by Mark Levinson, pp. 51-52
- --- by Jane Mansbridge, pp. 53-54
- --- by Joel Rogers, pp. 55-56
- --- by Sean Wilentz, pp. 57-60
- Welfare and the Transformation of Electoral Politics
  Frances Fox Piven
  , pp. 61-67
- Block Grants and the End of Children's Rights
  Susan Lambiase and James B. Rule
  , pp. 68-72
- Making Mothers "Work"
  Maria Cancian and Linda Gordon
  , pp. 73-75
- Two Poems
  Philip Levine
  , pp. 76-77
- A Strategy for Labor
  Wade Rathke and Joel Rogers
  , pp. 78-84
- Immigrant Dreams
  Jo-Ann Mort
  , pp. 85-87
- A Progressive Privatization Plan for Amtrak
  Joseph Blasi
  , pp. 88-92
- Transgressing the Boundaries: An Afterword
  Alan D. Sokal
  , pp. 93-99
- Michael Harrington and the Debs-Thomas Tradition
  Maurice Isserman
  , pp. 100-110
- Lesser Evilism
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 111-116
- The Strangeness of Free Speech
  David Bromwich
  , pp. 117-119
- The Modern Language Association Job Clinic
  Oliver Conant
  , pp. 120-122
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  Left-Wing Snobs (4 Reviews)
  George Packer
  , pp. 123-127
  Hotel America, by Lewis H. Lapham
  1. Hotel America by Lewis H. Lapham
  2. The Wish for Kings by Lewis H. Lapham and Lewis H. Lapman
  3. Palimpsest by Gore Vidal
  4. United States by Gore Vidal
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  The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit (Review)
  David Brody
  , pp. 128-131
  The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit, by Nelson Lichtenstein
  1. The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit by Nelson Lichtenstein
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  Community or Collapse (Review)
  George Scialabba
  , pp. 132-135
  Enlightenment's Wake, by John Gray
  1. Enlightenment's Wake by John Gray
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  "Gay Respectability" (Review)
  David L. Kirp
  , pp. 136-138
  Beyond Queer, by Bruce Bawer
  1. Beyond Queer by Bruce Bawer
- Remember Bernard Rosenberg
  Michael Walzer and Murray Hausknecht
  , pp. 139-141
- Letters, pp. 142-143
- The Last Page
  Paul Berman
  , pp. 144-146