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Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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Published: May 25, 2025 20:10
Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.…
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Published: May 25, 2025 20:05
As for many other things there is a German word for this, which is FĂĽhrerprinzip. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: May 25, 2025 16:33
"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom."…
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Published: May 24, 2025 15:46
"On Tyranny" will be #2 on the NYT paperback and #13 in the combined e-book and paperback this week. I am glad it’s useful. New hardback is just out. And free posters to use and share are here. timothysnyder.org/resources/…
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Published: May 23, 2025 18:46
Valuable summary from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/trumps-incredible-shrinking-peace-plan/
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Published: May 23, 2025 18:46
Useful home truths here @fromtga.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/ukraine-donald-trump-peace-deal-land?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Published: May 23, 2025 18:37
It’s a special honor to be among those receiving honorary degrees from Brown. It’s a place that welcomed me and shaped me and challenged me and liberated me, and made possible everything that came after. I’m looking forward to celebrating this weekend with…
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Published: May 22, 2025 18:07
Trump’s story has always been that he should be president because he was rich. That was always false. In order to become rich he had to first become the president.…
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Published: May 22, 2025 15:35
Excellent analysis here, hope the English version is forthcoming. https://decorrespondent.nl/16109/dit-is-fascisme/55a60b3e-f8d8-0c13-23e9-e195920d7a45
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Published: May 22, 2025 15:33
The great Oksana Forostyna and Marci Shore co-curating this year’s Book Arsenal in Kyiv, opening May 29th. https://chytomo.com/en/book-arsenal-2025-has-announced-its-program/
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Published: May 22, 2025 15:05
This is kind of @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, someone from whom I have learned for decades. https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/staying-with-the-trouble-is-not-necessarily-about-geography/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter
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Published: May 22, 2025 00:10
The Zelens’kyi ambush was antisemitic, and this one was racist. Good presentation here by NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-ramaphosa-south-africa-visit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Published: May 21, 2025 17:51
If you are frustrated with the Trump policy of coddling Russian war criminals, you can give a hand yourself. savelife.in.ua/en/ https://savelife.in.ua/en/
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Published: May 21, 2025 15:19
Good work here. This must happen. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/make-moscow-pay
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Published: May 20, 2025 14:49
Ed Martin, Trump's "weaponization czar" and our Russia problem. "Not surprisingly, Martin says that his key assignment as weaponization czar will be to punish those who investigated Trump's very real connections to Russia."…
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Published: May 20, 2025 14:37
As always, all the Trump administration puffery about "peace" just distracts from the real story: they have done just what Putin wanted and ended arms supplies to Ukraine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: May 20, 2025 14:32
If you want peace in Ukraine, pressure Russia. If you want war, don’t. The Trump people only make concessions. Which is exactly what the Kremlin expected. The US through its astounding weakness is making the war longer and bloodier than it has to be. …
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Published: May 19, 2025 19:01
The basic American political reality is that blue states subsidize red states. The Trump variation is to keep collecting ever more taxes from blue states while taking away ever more services from red states. This is a gamble that voters like to suffer, or…
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Published: May 18, 2025 14:34
It will not be easy, but please read this investigation of the detention and death of the Ukrainian reporter Vika Roshchyna. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/russia-detention-ukraine-civilians-occupation/
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Published: May 18, 2025 14:33
Much devotion in this collective report on the detention and death of Ukrainian reporter Vika Roshchyna. Thank you. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/29/viktoriia-roshchyna-ukrainian-journalist-death-russian-prison
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Published: May 18, 2025 14:28
Essentially if it does good for humans they try to destroy it. Hindman Settlement School is one of thousands of good causes built on the labor of good people and rightly benefiting from a bit of government support. …
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Published: May 18, 2025 14:26
The “critics say” thing is the last refuge of both-sidesism, and both-sidesism is not reporting. Just gesturing at two utterances is a supplicative dance. https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/news-outlets-over-rely-on-the-phrase
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Published: May 18, 2025 12:29
Fascism in, fascism out. https://www.wired.com/story/grok-white-genocide-elon-musk/
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Published: May 18, 2025 12:24
Tuz po dlugiej podrozy do Kijowa i Bukaresztu, wielki Michnik w Poznaniu
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Published: May 18, 2025 01:47
The fascist spectacle is the point. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: May 18, 2025 01:38
Do someone who knifes you and someone who blames you for being attacked have the right to go to a bar afterwards and write out your future on a napkin? No? That’s the scenario when Putin and Trump talk about a "deal" for Ukraine.