“historian Timothy Snyder [taught] a course at Yale University called The Making of Modern Ukraine. And he’s generously making the lectures available on YouTube–so that you can follow along too. All of the currently-available lectures appear above… A syllabus for the course can be found here.”
These are excellent. They were posted a couple of years ago, just as relevant today. I have’t watched all yet but will.
If you haven´t read the book #OnTyranny by (ex-) Yale #History professor #TimothySnyder yet, now is certainly a good time.
"...when political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become even more important..."
Here is a new presentation of the 20 lessons, read by actor #JohnLithgow.
#StateTerror
A brief guide for Americans
Yesterday the president defied a #SCOTUS ruling to return a man who was mistakenly sent to a gulag in another country, celebrated the suffering of this innocent person, & spoke of sending Americans to foreign #ConcentrationCamps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, & it has to be identified as such to be stopped.
#law #Trump #tyranny #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship
https://snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
