Timothy Snyder

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Temerty Prof @munkschool @UofT; Fellow @IWM_Vienna; Emer. Levin Prof @Yale "On Freedom" "On Tyranny" "Our Malady" "Road to Unfreedom" "Black Earth" "Bloodlands"

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"What is Fascism?" is the third lecture in my new online course, "Hitler and Stalin today" A guest lecture by Marci Shore Hosted by Munk School Watch the full lecture here:

"What is Ukraine?" The fifth lecture in my new online course, "Hitler and Stalin Today." Ukraine has to be at the center of a class on Hitler and Stalin, because it was at the center of both men’s mental worlds. Hosted by Munk School Watch the lecture:

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A word about Trump’s reckless trade war with Canada. This is happening because Trump’s entire career is based on fraud and grift, which means he simply does not know anything about economics, trade, markets. He never has. (1/2)

Do not obey in advance. Lesson 1, first page, of my pamphlet "On Tyranny."

Pay attention to who is willing to break the law for Trump as we head into the midterms—because his end goal is to create a system where others will break the law for him. It's about building a custom where it's normal to break the law for a person. The big case is the military

In collaboration with Munk School, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at University of Toronto this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Watch the first lecture here:

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.

One of the few things that Trump and Vance are clearly campaigning on is lawlessness, breaking the rule of law and ignoring the constitution. Beyond the fundamental issue of the rule of law, Trump and Vance's announced plans spell economic disaster for the United States.

In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue.

Hybrid American/Trump flags are a bad sign that the state has merged with the Leader in the minds of people. And the message in Trump television ads is one of a more refined fascism, which is what I discuss here.

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Last week, the third lecture in my new online course, "Hitler and Stalin Today," asked "What is Fascism?" The fourth lecture asks "What is Communism?" Hosted by the Munk School Watch the full recording here:

Some thoughts about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. The president speaks genocide. Anyone who has been involved in that conversation or associated actions would be complicit. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.

Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota. This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.

Some thoughts on Capitulation Day. This level of defeat in Iran is only possible at the hands of a super loser like Trump. To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States.

"Why Was Communism Appealing?" The sixth lecture in my new online course "Hitler and Stalin Today." Guest lecture by Marci Shore Hosted by Munk School University of Toronto Watch the full lecture here:

We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.

I'm hoping to start a conversation about freedom with my new book, #OnFreedom (available now). Here, I'm pleased to begin that conversation with Rachel Rachel Maddow.

The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S. Join my live conversation with Phillips P. OBrien, 12:00pm ET, via link in profile

People are talking about fascism. I've heard from people who are baffled that we haven't been speaking of fascism more and earlier, and from people who want to know what it means – and from people who want me to explain why fascism is bad. Please share! Please vote!

Lecture 2: "A World of Empire" Totalitarianism did not emerge from nowhere. It was a response particularly to empires that Europeans had created. Free online course: "Hitler and Stalin Today" Hosted by Munk School Full lecture: