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No Kings

#Freedom

Timothy #Snyder Jun 16, 2025

It was a thrill to march at the No Kings Rally in #Philadelphia on Saturday with friends and about a hundred thousand people. On the stage, I led a chant of "no kings -- freedom," and I tried to explain three things that slogan or that sequence can mean.

1. The logic.
2. The history.
3. The practice.
...
snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings

#TimothySnyder #ThinkingAbout
#USA #democracy #NoKings

Thinking about... · No KingsBy Timothy Snyder

#TimothySnyder Trump's civil war: And our new birth of freedom

In the end, and in the beginning, and at all moments of strife, a government of the people, by the people, for the people depends upon the awareness and the actions of all of us. A democracy only exists if a people exist, and a people only exists in individuals' awareness of one another of itself and of their need to act together.

snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-c

Thinking about... · Trump's civil warBy Timothy Snyder

Prof. #TimothySnyder

timothysnyder.org/resources

Don't be a bystander.

Whether sharing online via social media, hanging posters outside or at your local coffee shop, or passing out postcards, these resources from On Tyranny are free of charge and available for anyone to use and download.

#ruSSia #china #northcorea #iran #us #usa #tyranny #nazi #fascism #billionaire #looter #terror #maffia

#Democracy #Fairness #Equality #Rights #Ethics #Moral
#Ukraine #UkraineWar #StandWithUkraine

Last Year's Move to #Toronto

And This Year's Politics (video and commentary)

Timothy #Snyder Jun 02, 2025

I moved with the family last year, largely for family reasons, attracted personally by the prospect of a change to Toronto and to its Munk School in particular ...

snyder.substack.com/p/last-yea

#TimothySnyder #ThinkingAbout
#MunkSchool #Yale #Academia
#USA #America #Trump #TrumpAdministration

Timothy Snyder's book "On Tyranny" points out the crucial role many professions had in carrying out Hitler's plans: Lawyers to subvert the law. Doctors who carried out experiments. Business(men) who exploited inmate labour. Bureaucrats who handled the paperwork.

This prompted me to check out the job postings at ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

(🧵 1/n)