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Timothy Snyder

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Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"

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Timothy Snyder·Jun 22

Five things to remember about war:

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Timothy Snyder·Jun 14

#NoKings

Handmade sign at the No Kings protest in Philadelphia. It says "Billionaires Are The Only Minority Ruining This Country"
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Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...

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Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously. www.reuters.com/world/poland...

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Upside for Yale — this freshman journalist has published an unforgettable last sentence. yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...

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Given her background, totally unsurprising. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

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There are lots of important books about concentration camps; two that I have used in my own teaching are "KL" by Nikolaus Wachsmann and "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Golfo Alexopoulos.

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On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader

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Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...

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This is illegal and, to make a tiresome point, is ipso facto not an official act. It is also just dumb and crazy. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Tenure enables freedom of speech, which is why aspiring tyrants don’t like it.

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