Posts by anneapplebaum@journa.host
(DIR) Post #AcLpGIWN91rXM0cLOC by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2023-11-30T21:18:08Z
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"In just a few years, we have gone from being relatively secure in our democracy to being a few short steps, and a matter of months, away from the possibility of dictatorship." from Bob Kagan https://wapo.st/47QyFY1
(DIR) Post #AcTxkK5mDnsBoOgXeS by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2023-12-04T19:54:12Z
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"Once the commander in chief says “I will not come to an ally’s aid if attacked,” why would anyone fear NATO, regardless of what obligations still exist on paper? And once the Russians, or anyone else, no longer fear a U.S. response to an attack, then the chances that they will carry one out grow higher.on the fate of NATO, if Trump wins: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/trump-2024-reelection-pull-out-of-nato-membership/676120/
(DIR) Post #AcehiKVH9c1Ca1RKtc by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2023-12-09T21:12:24Z
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"The end of American aid will not end the killing and dying in Ukraine. It will only allow Russian missiles to turn more cities into the hell of Mariupol, and Russian troops to inflict more agony on civilians under occupation." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/ukraine-russia-war-aid/676287/
(DIR) Post #AchHjAUjpwUWUho8ES by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2023-12-11T10:29:05Z
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Lech Walesa is in the Polish parliament right now, to mark the end of the government that broke the constitution and tried to create a one-party state.His t-shirt says CONSTITUTIONhttps://tvn24.pl/polska/lech-walesa-w-sejmie-powital-go-marszalek-szymon-holownia-7530573
(DIR) Post #AcjXYWgQzEwPhz95AO by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2023-12-12T12:15:32Z
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New Polish PM Donald Tusk, in his first major speech: "By some strange coincidence, politicians who attack the foundations of democracy are anti-Ukrainian. Only a united west can help Ukraine win in the fight for democratic values" summary in English:https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/dec/12/donald-tusk-prime-minister-poland-parliament-coalition-europe-latest-news
(DIR) Post #AdQmJS2rCZF2gIdaFc by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-01-02T09:15:54Z
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Russia has once again demonstrated its disdain for the Western world with a massive attack on Kyiv and other cities this morning. Today would be a great day to seize Russia's frozen assets and start using them to pay for the damage.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/ukraine-russia-frozen-assets/676390/
(DIR) Post #AhdxKrrybdU1So9MKu by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-05-06T00:49:38Z
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Anatomy of a fake https://www.economist.com/interactive/science-and-technology/2024/05/01/the-truth-behind-olena-zelenskas-cartier-haulfrom The Economist
(DIR) Post #Aho7jFrZzZDPx0pZdw by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-05-11T22:01:47Z
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Huge protests in Tbilisi tonight against a law that would copy a Russian law against "foreign agents." But they are happening for a more serious reason: Georgians don't want to become part of the Russian world
(DIR) Post #AhooS32UiKZFHfygIi by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-05-06T12:00:44Z
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How Russia, China and other dictatorships around the world have coalesced to promote autocracy - and how some Americans and Europeans help them Excerpt from my forthcoming book, on the cover of The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3xgKh4wbI9WqxWEqzvYfefo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
(DIR) Post #Ai8M2hAFzmDCe6vhTs by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-05-21T23:26:24Z
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Everyone should read Project Over Zero's report on LGBTQ scapegoating - it's an analysis of how this tactic has been used in authoritarian campaigns around the worldhttps://www.projectoverzero.org/media-and-publications/decoding-lgbtq-scapegoating
(DIR) Post #AiHzIZC12whZBsx0N6 by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-05-26T13:00:33Z
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Russia's tactics are terrorist tactics, by any legal or moral definition. I wrote this in July, 2022, but after the deliberate targeting of a shopping center and a book warehouse in Kharkiv, it needs to be repeated. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/russia-war-crimes-terrorism-definition/670500/
(DIR) Post #AiZq8N52VqyhbtI43s by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-06-04T05:51:56Z
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35 years ago today, June 4, 1989, Poles ousted the communist party in the first partly free elections since WW2. The election set off a chain of events that led to the opening of the Berlin wall. The USSR's European empire had collapsed by the end of the year.Also on June 4, 1989, the Chinese army fired on Tianamen Square protesters, ending any hope of political change. The massacre helped inspire the Chinese communist party to create the total surveillance state they are completing today.
(DIR) Post #AjgNZeYlboRlpogJjU by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-07-07T08:49:16Z
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"Instead of fighting ideological battles, [Keir] Starmer wanted the party to talk about ordinary people’s problems—advice that Democrats in the United States, and centrists around the world, could also stand to hear"https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/07/uk-elections-2024-labour-party/678892/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31abmbxjdxLaV1lC4mwbV_g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
(DIR) Post #AjgNZglxNkBahIrsZM by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-07-07T08:55:32Z
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David Lammy: "You cannot get distracted by social media, cancel culture, and culture wars that I’m afraid are totally tangential to most people’s day-to-day lives.”
(DIR) Post #Ak5slURjzQ1g6VlTea by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-07-19T16:18:53Z
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The @TheEconomist reviews AUTOCRACY INC! "Taking on the global brotherhood of despotsHow autocrats collaborate, and how they fall" https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/07/17/taking-on-the-global-brotherhood-of-despots
(DIR) Post #Ak9sNleT98TP9DFKe8 by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-07-21T09:39:27Z
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It's not just Project 2025. This, from @NewYorker , describes a whole constellation of organizations that want to capture and politicize the US government https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/22/inside-the-trump-plan-for-2025
(DIR) Post #AkTJQkFJDcUyQEMQAy by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-07-30T11:15:35Z
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Unsuprisingly, Venezuelan protests are spreading.Background to the current crisis, published four years ago. Gift link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/venezuelas-suffering-shows-where-illiberalism-leads/606988/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK35oG0HZAnabmW5Y3BKVTde8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
(DIR) Post #Akn59AOvisYE8Dmchk by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-08-09T12:11:19Z
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If Trump doesn't win, he will try to cheat. The time to prepare is now. From The Bulwark https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/republicans-will-refuse-certify-harris-election?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=177tk
(DIR) Post #All0lwfFt5SYXFgcgy by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-09-06T12:41:57Z
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From me and Peter Pomerantsev, a new narrative podcast drops today: AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA the first episode is here:https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/09/start-with-a-lie/679625/
(DIR) Post #Amf4vvBW7ELlF3oNRQ by anneapplebaum@journa.host
2024-10-04T11:17:40Z
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The fifth and final episode of AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA has dropped! The subject: Freedom, a word that is fundamental to democracy - but which also, in American history, has sometimes meant freedom for some people and the repression of others.Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocracy-in-america/id1763234285Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ujIGO5bvCO6NkevvgsWTLThe Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/10/the-danger-of-politicizing-freedom/680117/