Just going to pin this here for the foreseeable future...

https://snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow

Timothy Snyder Has Seen Tyrants Like Trump Before. “For decades, he’s parsed the ins and outs of #authoritarianism—and the tyrants who weaponize it—both in his professorial post at Yale & in 16 books, including last September’s On Freedom and #OnTyranny, a 20-point guide to dictator-proofing yourself… Now on leave from Yale, Snyder was recently appointed director of the Public History Lab, a research hub at the University of Toronto…” | Macleans.ca https://macleans.ca/the-interview/timothy-snyder-has-seen-tyrants-like-trump-before/

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On #Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

#authoritarianism #TimothySnyder #OnTyranny #audio #books
https://snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow

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.

#MustSee, #DefendDemocracy, #resist

https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow?r=fci0c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&timestamp=585.1&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#UniversityOfToronto hires three prominent Yale #professors worried about Trump

#Fascism scholar #JasonStanley and #historians #TimothySnyder and #MarciShore have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second #Trump administration

by Allison Smith, Mar 26, 2025

"U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection has spurred several high-profile Yale #professors to leave New Haven for jobs at the University of Toronto.

"Bestselling author Timothy Snyder and historian Marci Shore are on leave from Yale and joined UofT earlier this year.

"Snyder and Shore, who are married, will begin teaching courses at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy this fall.

"Shore told TorontoToday they plan to stay at UofT 'for the long-term.'

"Snyder is the New York Times bestselling author of #OnTyranny and The Road to #Unfreedom, and an outspoken critic of the #Trump administration.

"UofT began recruiting her and Snyder two years ago, Shore said, 'and we were seriously considering the offers long before the November 2024 presidential elections.'

"'Both Toronto and the Munk School were and are very attractive places unto themselves, even bracketing the American descent into fascism,' she said in an email.

"'All that said, yes, of course our #AmericanCatastrophe played a role in our final decision.'"

Rea more:
https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/education/university-toronto-hires-three-prominent-yale-professors-worried-about-trump-10433643
#UofT #Authoritarianism #BrainDrain #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

This talk by Timothy Snyder was powerful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19IhRaWZUl4
He is talking about his new book On Tyranny. He makes it clear the urgency of our current situation, but also that we have power to make a change if we act.
#uspol
#onTyranny
#resistfascism
#resist

Someone just shared this with me. Holy shit.

“Yale professors, #TimothySnyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of #OnTyranny, and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of How #Fascism Works, move to #Canada” (to positions at the University of Toronto).

https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03/stanley-from-yale-to-toronto.html