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1/3. Five years ago in New York, the Ukrainian poet and novelist Serhyi Zhadan and his band performed a ska cover of the Clash’s 'Know Your Rights' with #OnTyranny as the lyrics. "Listen to friends in other countries... like Ukraine" they sang.
2/3. After the show, Serhyi Zhadan signed his novel of the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine. I reread the novel on the train to Kyiv last week.
3/3. Thank you, Serhyi, and other Ukrainian friends, for taking risks and speaking out. There’s still time to listen to Ukrainian friends.
#OnTyranny #Ukraine audio edition, adding 20 new chapters in the style of a podcast on the history, ideology, and politics of Russia's war on Ukraine:
timothysnyder.org/books/on-tyran…
All proceeds to humanitarian assistance in #Ukraine.
#StandWithUkraine️
timothysnyder.org/books/on-tyran…
All proceeds to humanitarian assistance in #Ukraine.
#StandWithUkraine️
Available today: I've recorded a much expanded audiobook of #OnTyranny, adding 20 new lessons on the history, ideology, and politics of Russia's war on Ukraine. From @PRHAudio. All proceeds to humanitarian assistance in #Ukraine.
#StandWithUkraine
#StandWithUkraine
#OnTyrannyUkraineEdition
timothysnyder.org/books/on-tyran…
Lesson 1: Connections: Why On Tyranny
2: A Twenty-First Century Test
3: Fascist Eternity
4: The Politics of Time
5: Vikings, Khazars, and Slavs
6: Valdemar, Volodymyr, and Vladimir
7: Renaissance, Reformation, Rebellion
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Lesson 1: Connections: Why On Tyranny
2: A Twenty-First Century Test
3: Fascist Eternity
4: The Politics of Time
5: Vikings, Khazars, and Slavs
6: Valdemar, Volodymyr, and Vladimir
7: Renaissance, Reformation, Rebellion
#OnTyrannyUkraineEdition
Lesson 8: Colonists and Cossacks
9: The Beautiful Language
10: Nation as Culture and Choice
11: Brotherland
12: Communist Colonialism
13: Nazi Colonialism
14: 1938, 1939, and 1940
Lesson 8: Colonists and Cossacks
9: The Beautiful Language
10: Nation as Culture and Choice
11: Brotherland
12: Communist Colonialism
13: Nazi Colonialism
14: 1938, 1939, and 1940
1/n So, what do I think, as a non-expert, son to holocaust survivors, about @VPrasadMDMPH's article, claiming #COVID19 restrictions could be used as blueprint for a future totalitarian regime, his analogy to Hitler's rise in Germany. @GYamey says it better 
2/n Frankly, not much. My approach is, if you want to understand threats to democracy go to experts (I am not, @VPrasadMDMPH is DEFINITELY NOT) there are really good books, like @TimothyDSnyder's #OnTyranny. Check out this clip
3/n If you want to understand the road to Fascism, go to the experts like @jasonintrator (@VPrasadMDMPH is REALLY NOT an expert). Listen to this interview to understand real threats. Read @jasonintrator's book #HowFascismWorks. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586030/h…
General Milley told aides that Trump’s big lie was “a Reichstag moment.” A big lie promises violence; a failed coup sets a precedent. These pieces on emergency politics from the last four years anticipated January 6th, and might help in years to come.
"The Reichstag fire shows how quickly a modern republic can be transformed into an authoritarian regime." nybooks.com/daily/2017/02/…
In the Reichstag moment, the leader will create and use crisis to undermine democracy. When that happens, we have to mobilize and protest, vote and be organized. Talking with Bill Maher about #OnTyranny in 2017:
1/20. Do not obey in advance. #OnTyranny
2/20. Defend institutions. #OnTyranny
3/20. Beware the one-party state. #OnTyranny
0/20 This election will determine the future of our republic. Here are some principles for the preservation of freedom that I wrote nearly four years ago, when all of this was beginning. I share them again now in admiration of Americans who protest for justice and work for truth.
1/20. Do not obey in advance. #OnTyranny
2/20. Defend institutions. #OnTyranny
If you want to know what you can do to defend your vote and that of others on and after November 3rd, see: protecttheresults.com
Peaceful revolution in the UK: some personal thoughts on the need for #SystemChange and the potential for making it happen. [thread] 🤨✊🌹🇪🇺#ToryCorruption #ToryTraitors #resist #revolt #remove #JohnsonMustGo
In the wake of the #RussiaReport ⬇️ & the ongoing #COVID19 & #ToryCorruption scandals, there has been a noticeable increase in talk about protest against this obviously compromised “government”… 😠✊🌹🇪🇺 #resist #revolt #remove
For many, the flagrant corruption of the new “honours” list feels like the last straw. We can let this anger & stress gnaw at us, or we can harness it against these disgraceful crooks… 😖✊🌹🇪🇺#ToryCorruption #ToryTraitors #resist #revolt #remove
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
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🔥"Violence starts at the borderland"—Historian @TimothyDSnyder explains Trump using immigration feds in #Portland: People are trained to become accustomed to violence by dehumanizing "others" at the border. Authoritarians then bring them back to cities to use against protesters.
@TimothyDSnyder #OnTyranny Historian Snyder: This is why we care about #HumanRights. Why we don’t have lawless zones. Why we don’t treat people who aren’t citizens differently…Because once you give up on human rights, you soon find your #CivilRights—your rights as a citizen—go away too. #Maddow
ICYMI Putin is one of Trump's "most important constituents & allies"—@TimothyDSnyder tells @maddow: Trump's outreach to Putin—7 calls since March—concerns November. Crushed in the polls, w/o much chance to win a "conventional" election, Trump turns to Putin who interfered in 2016
Lesson 7 of #OnTyranny: Be reflective if you must be armed.
"'Terrifying for citizens': Oregon gov. reacts to Trump's 'invasion' of Portland": msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-…
"Oregon To Sue Federal Agencies Over Protest Enforcement": npr.org/2020/07/18/892…
0/20 The next few months will determine the future of our republic. Here are some principles for the preservation of freedom I wrote nearly four years ago, when all of this was beginning. I share them again now in admiration of Americans who protest for justice and work for truth
1/20. Do not obey in advance. #OnTyranny
2/20. Defend institutions. #OnTyranny
On 03 June, Yale Professor of History @TimothyDSnyder warned us that "The next few months will determine the future of our republic" and he tweeted each of these 20 lessons in a thread.
He is now tweeting them one-by-one with detail. Not as a #thread. I'm threading them.
He is now tweeting them one-by-one with detail. Not as a #thread. I'm threading them.
0/20 The next few months will determine the future of our republic. Here are some principles for the preservation of freedom I wrote nearly four years ago, when all of this was beginning. I share them again now in admiration of Americans who protest for justice and work for truth
1/20 Do not obey in advance. From “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” #OnTyranny
2/20 Defend institutions. #OnTyranny
So I'm now reading "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" by Timothy Snyder. #OnTyranny goodreads.com/book/show/3391…
"Aristotle warned that inequality brought instability, while Plato believed that demagogues exploited free speech to install themselves as tyrants." #OnTyranny p9
"Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessness of the democracies in addressing them." #OnTyranny p12
