Patrick Iber
Co-editor, Dissent Magazine. I teach history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Write books about Cold War culture and propaganda. Have written for the set of all publications that are not members of themselves
- Pepe Mújica has died, not unexpectedly, at age 89. A couple of years ago I had the chance to visit his famous little farm and listen to him reflect on life for a couple of hours www.bbc.com/news/article...
- I think Josie's theory of neo-kayfabe is important not just for Democrats but for people outside the US to understand what is going on
- What is the point of words, one would like to know
- I watched this event live (as did more than 400 other people), and recommend it highly
- I am offended that someone wrote a memoir about the joys of birding and did not call it "Tweet Yourself" www.aba.org/an-artful-me...
- It took more than four years to do it but AMLO in Mexico sold the luxury presidential plane (to Tajikistan) and flew commercial; somebody could get at least an article out of the politics of presidential travel www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/w...
- Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
- Reposted by Patrick IberYou’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
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- At first I assumed he was arrested while protesting (respect!) but it isn't so, which is far more concerning for what it says about the rule of law
- My co-editor and I spoke to Faye Guenther about how unions can defend all workers, including immigrant workers
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- I don’t have much to add to the “what women find attractive” discourse except that one of my high school girlfriends told me that she though that I was cute because I reminded her of Steve from Blue’s Clues
- Escribí sobre la nueva campaña de Sanders, "Fighting Oligarchy," para Nueva Sociedad nuso.org/articulo/enf...
- This is a good column written by a professor of religion at the University of Florida about what it is like for her and her colleagues to teach there now. Invented or unreasonable complains might (even if they haven't yet) have real consequences, leading to self-censorship
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- Spring issue is out - with a special section on immigration politics. So many great pieces that I look forward to sharing
- One of my favorite pieces from the Dissent back catalog is "Cockblocked by Redistribution," a Katie Baker piece from 2013 describing why "Pick Up Artistry" didn't work in Scandinavia www.dissentmagazine.org/article/cock...
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- Marketing 202: Propaganda of the deed: property relations and the mystery of capital
