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Hitler and Stalin Today (full lecture and readings)
Source:
https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/phl/hitler-and-stalin-todayAll Lectures and Readings:
https://slrpnk.net/post/41032826---
## Institution:
University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
## Lecturer
Timothy Snyder
## University Course Code
MUN180H1-S
## Syllabus
https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/phl/hitler-and-stalin-today
## Subject:
#authoritarianism #colonization #colonialism #communism #democracy #fascism #genocide #history #holocaust #politics #soviet #worldhistory
#20thcentury #democracyindanger #historymatters #hitler #hitlerandstalintoday #massatrocities #nazi #nazigermany #neveragain #riseofauthoritarianism #sovietunion #stalin #timothysnyder #totalitarianism #ukraine
## Year:
2024
## Description:
In **Hitler and Stalin Today (MUN180H1-S)**, Timothy Snyder examines the Nazi and Soviet responses to the new globalized world they shared. The course begins with the colonial background that made totalitarianism possible, and which remains an essential element of our politics now. Their ideologies are described as worldviews and as practical politics, with an emphasis on the reasons for their appeal. Attention to their policies of mass killing, essential events of twentieth-century history, instructs us about how "it" can happen here. The study of dissident thought helps us to see connections between historical predicaments and our own, and instructs us about possible reactions as individuals and as citizens. The course asks what we have learned from the twentieth century and what lessons we should carry forward. -
Hitler and Stalin Today (full lecture and readings)
Source:
https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/phl/hitler-and-stalin-todayAll Lectures and Readings:
https://slrpnk.net/post/41032826---
## Institution:
University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
## Lecturer
Timothy Snyder
## University Course Code
MUN180H1-S
## Syllabus
https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/phl/hitler-and-stalin-today
## Subject:
#authoritarianism #colonization #colonialism #communism #democracy #fascism #genocide #history #holocaust #politics #soviet #worldhistory
#20thcentury #democracyindanger #historymatters #hitler #hitlerandstalintoday #massatrocities #nazi #nazigermany #neveragain #riseofauthoritarianism #sovietunion #stalin #timothysnyder #totalitarianism #ukraine
## Year:
2024
## Description:
In **Hitler and Stalin Today (MUN180H1-S)**, Timothy Snyder examines the Nazi and Soviet responses to the new globalized world they shared. The course begins with the colonial background that made totalitarianism possible, and which remains an essential element of our politics now. Their ideologies are described as worldviews and as practical politics, with an emphasis on the reasons for their appeal. Attention to their policies of mass killing, essential events of twentieth-century history, instructs us about how "it" can happen here. The study of dissident thought helps us to see connections between historical predicaments and our own, and instructs us about possible reactions as individuals and as citizens. The course asks what we have learned from the twentieth century and what lessons we should carry forward. -
New Lecture Series for the Public: "Hitler and Stalin Today" [Timothy Snyder]
Source:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/new-lecture-series-for-the-public- **Institution:** University of Toronto
- **Lecturer:** [Timothy Snyder](https://substack.com/@snyder)
- **University Course Code:** [MUN180H1](https://artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca/course/mun180h1)
- **Subject:** #authoritarianism #colonization #communism #democracy #fascism #genocide #history #holocaust #politics #soviet #worldhistory
- **Year:** 2026
- **Description:**
> The first lecture in a ten-lecture series on Hitler and Stalin today.
>
> The first lecture (video above) is titled “What is history?” We speak often about history, but we are careless with the past. When we choose not to know what has happened before, we are also choosing not to influence what will happen after. If we don’t care about history, we find ourselves in an eternal present, denied any sort of imagination about the future, and nurtured on lies about a past in which we were innocent. History does not mean these misleading tales; it means a search for knowledge, using a certain set of tools; it means a process that enriches and humanizes, one that allows us to name things by their proper names.
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> There are two readings to go along with this lecture:
>
> - [Tadeusz Borowski, Here in Our Auschwitz](https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/nde/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01UTORONTO_INST%3AUTORONTO_NDE&search_scope=UTL_AND_CI&docid=alma991107113412006196)
> - [The War on History is a War on Democracy](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/memory-laws.html)---
#20thcentury #democracyindanger #freecourse #historymatters #hitler #hitlerandstalintoday #massatrocities #nazi #nazigermany #neveragain #riseofauthoritarianism #sovietunion #stalin #timothysnyder #totalitarianism #universityoftoronto #uoft #freecourse #opencourselectures
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If it is inaccessible, here are other ways to read:
- [Tadeusz Borowski, Here in Our Auschwitz](https://annas-archive.gl/md5/34bf7861a9ee62b6a6bb2b82a6699ef7)
- [The War on History is a War on Democracy](http://web.archive.org/web/20260205233604if_/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/memory-laws.html)
- [Listen](https://static.nytimes.com/podcasts/2021/06/29/magazine/29audm-forced-forgetting-snyder/210629-forced-forgetting-snyder-nytmag-audm.mp3) -
New Lecture Series for the Public: "Hitler and Stalin Today" [Timothy Snyder]
Source:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/new-lecture-series-for-the-public- **Institution:** University of Toronto
- **Lecturer:** [Timothy Snyder](https://substack.com/@snyder)
- **University Course Code:** [MUN180H1](https://artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca/course/mun180h1)
- **Subject:** #authoritarianism #colonization #communism #democracy #fascism #genocide #history #holocaust #politics #soviet #worldhistory
- **Year:** 2026
- **Description:**
> The first lecture in a ten-lecture series on Hitler and Stalin today.
>
> The first lecture (video above) is titled “What is history?” We speak often about history, but we are careless with the past. When we choose not to know what has happened before, we are also choosing not to influence what will happen after. If we don’t care about history, we find ourselves in an eternal present, denied any sort of imagination about the future, and nurtured on lies about a past in which we were innocent. History does not mean these misleading tales; it means a search for knowledge, using a certain set of tools; it means a process that enriches and humanizes, one that allows us to name things by their proper names.
>
> There are two readings to go along with this lecture:
>
> - [Tadeusz Borowski, Here in Our Auschwitz](https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/nde/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01UTORONTO_INST%3AUTORONTO_NDE&search_scope=UTL_AND_CI&docid=alma991107113412006196)
> - [The War on History is a War on Democracy](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/memory-laws.html)---
#20thcentury #democracyindanger #freecourse #historymatters #hitler #hitlerandstalintoday #massatrocities #nazi #nazigermany #neveragain #riseofauthoritarianism #sovietunion #stalin #timothysnyder #totalitarianism #universityoftoronto #uoft #freecourse #opencourselectures
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If it is inaccessible, here are other ways to read:
- [Tadeusz Borowski, Here in Our Auschwitz](https://annas-archive.gl/md5/34bf7861a9ee62b6a6bb2b82a6699ef7)
- [The War on History is a War on Democracy](http://web.archive.org/web/20260205233604if_/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/magazine/memory-laws.html)
- [Listen](https://static.nytimes.com/podcasts/2021/06/29/magazine/29audm-forced-forgetting-snyder/210629-forced-forgetting-snyder-nytmag-audm.mp3) -
Whew! Glad I took a Mother’s Day break from monitoring Trump’s #TruthSocial feed yesterday, because what the hell are we doing, people? How much more ridiculous, delusional, narcissistic chaos, corruption, cruelty and blatant authoritarianism are we supposed to normalize before enough is enough?
#Trump #TrumpTruthSocial #Authoritarianism #DemocracyInDanger #WakeUpAmerica #Resist #TheResistance #ProtectDemocracy #PoliticalCorruption #Fascism #VoteBlue #EnoughIsEnough #AmericanCrisis -
Whew! Glad I took a Mother’s Day break from monitoring Trump’s #TruthSocial feed yesterday, because what the hell are we doing, people? How much more ridiculous, delusional, narcissistic chaos, corruption, cruelty and blatant authoritarianism are we supposed to normalize before enough is enough?
#Trump #TrumpTruthSocial #Authoritarianism #DemocracyInDanger #WakeUpAmerica #Resist #TheResistance #ProtectDemocracy #PoliticalCorruption #Fascism #VoteBlue #EnoughIsEnough #AmericanCrisis -
Whew! Glad I took a Mother’s Day break from monitoring Trump’s #TruthSocial feed yesterday, because what the hell are we doing, people? How much more ridiculous, delusional, narcissistic chaos, corruption, cruelty and blatant authoritarianism are we supposed to normalize before enough is enough?
#Trump #TrumpTruthSocial #Authoritarianism #DemocracyInDanger #WakeUpAmerica #Resist #TheResistance #ProtectDemocracy #PoliticalCorruption #Fascism #VoteBlue #EnoughIsEnough #AmericanCrisis -
Exi(s)ting Without Exit in Contemporary India: “Hum Hain Ki Hum Nahin?”
https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2026/04/25/existing-without-exit-in-contemporary-india-hum-hain-ki-hum-nahin/
#Article19UnderAttack, #Article21Betrayed, , #Section79Abuse, , #DPDPASurveillance, #Panopticon, #Archipelago, #OrwellianIndia,
#HumHainKiHumNahin, #ExistingWithoutExit, #DecentralizeResistance, #CensorshipIndia, #DigitalAuthoritarianism, #RightToDissent, #NoExitIndia, #VoiceOfDissentSilenced, #ResistOrDisappear, #DemocracyInDanger, #PeopleVsPower, -
📰 Why I Am Resigning — #MarkLWolf for #TheAtlantic #GiftArticle 🎁
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
“As much as I have treasured being a judge, I can now think of nothing more important than joining [others who have resigned their governmental positions of authority], and doing everything in my power to combat today’s existential threat to democracy and the rule of law.”
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"And nobody ever needed freedom of speech to say something nice." The debate about #FreedomOfSpeech, about what you can(not) say, divides society. If you want to interact with people in an earnest, meaningful way, you will have no desire to insult them. #democracy #DemocracyUnderThreat #democracyindanger
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An ancient strategy of powerful leaders to cope with bad news, sack and/ or punish the messenger... This does not change reality, but you do not have to face it...
#Democracy #democracyindanger -
Established democracies like the US do not fall because of some power grabbers. They fall because people stop caring, due to indifference, complacency, carelessness, short-term self-interest, because people cannot imagine the alternatives. However, once a democracy has fallen, it is too late... Be careful what you wish for... #democracy #democracyindanger
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jul/05/trump-attack-us-media
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bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p... Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain Peter Jukes 8 March 2022 #DemocracyInDanger #RussianInterference #Trump #Putin #Alliance #WarInUkraine
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bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p... Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain Peter Jukes 8 March 2022 #DemocracyInDanger #RussianInterference #Trump #Putin #Alliance #WarInUkraine
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Local archives are disappearing. Does it matter?
Every day, small newspapers and radio stations shut down, taking decades of local history with them. No digitization. No preservation. Just erased memory.
Without archives, who holds power accountable?
Without records, how do we learn from past mistakes?Read my full article on why losing media archives weakens democracy →
https://medium.com/@ptit.tolier/part1-the-disappearance-of-local-media-archives-51dbc0e8570e
#MemoryMatters #SaveLocalNews #DemocracyInDanger #CollectiveMemory
