“I like the Hitlerites, because of their cult of the irrational, their exaltation of vitality as such, their virile expansion of energy, without any critical spirit, without reserve and without control.”—Emil Cioran (1911-1995)

What is Fascism?

The third lecture in my new course, "Hitler and Stalin today."

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"What is Fascism?" The third lecture in my new online course, "Hitler and Stalin today" A guest lecture by @marcishore.bsky.social re.bsky.social Hosted by the Munk School @utoronto.ca Full lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/what-is-fa...

Russia commits war crimes every single day

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4d ago

It was a massive attack involving dozens of ballistic missiles. Russia killed nine people and injured 28 more, including four children, in Kyiv overnight. Civilian infrastructure was heavily damaged across multiple districts of the city.

Ako historička túto schopnosť vnímam zároveň ako zdroj našej odolnosti aj našej spoluviny. Ľudia majú mimoriadnu schopnosť zvyknúť si na nenormálne. Táto schopnosť nám umožňuje prežiť. Zároveň nám však umožňuje stať sa spolupáchateľmi.

Marci Shore@marcishore.bsky.social · 5d ago

Vlastenectvo v sebe vždy nesie pokušenie rozdeliť svet na „nás“ a „ich“. Je to hlboko ľudský impulz a zároveň jeden zo zdrojov fašizmu. Mohlo by vlastenectvo znamenať hrdosť na inkluzívnu spoločnosť namiesto spoločnosti, ktorá vylučuje? Chcela by som veriť, že áno.

Vlastenectvo v sebe vždy nesie pokušenie rozdeliť svet na „nás“ a „ich“. Je to hlboko ľudský impulz a zároveň jeden zo zdrojov fašizmu. Mohlo by vlastenectvo znamenať hrdosť na inkluzívnu spoločnosť namiesto spoločnosti, ktorá vylučuje? Chcela by som veriť, že áno.

Marci Shore: Úprimne nerozumiem tomu, ako môže niekto v strednej Európe sympatizovať s Putinom - Diskusia

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A russian ballistic missile, supplied by North Korea, killed the family of Voronovi last night, incl parents Olena and Artem, and three of their underage children: Mark, Azariy Ilai, and Emiliia. Other kids — Zakharii, Dominika, Viorika, Federika, and 18mo grandson Artem — are missing.

"Ukraine would have been better off with the Black lady in charge. . . .Ukraine has fewer resources because white people like Graham cared more about advancing racism at home by supporting Trump than a collective devotion to security in the U.S. and abroad." @terrelljstarr.bsky.social

A Black Man’s Eulogy For Lindsey Graham: ‘Pro Ukraine.’ Anti-Black

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"In Texas, a 52-year-old man driving to work in Houston, Texas, was murdered by an ICE agent. . .six days later, in Maine, ICE agents murdered a 26-year-old in his car.-@heidicuda.bsky.social What was horrifying about Bolshevism was not universal health care. It was arbitrary violence and terror.

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Political columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda reports on the ‘Freudian projection’ of Trump’s latest boogeyman – the ‘Communist’

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A hugely informative lecture from Marci Shore on liberalism and fascism: youtu.be/ceqleHuLUwQ?...

Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today: Class 3: What is fascism? (Guest Lecturer Marci Shore)

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Last week, together with Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social and Ulyana Kyrchiv, in a conversation moderated by Daria Badior, we reflected on what it means to look beyond established narratives through the biographies of Irena Kronska and Petro Ravych. @maxweberstiftung.de @iwm.at

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Political Prisoners @repcohen.bsky.social issues a statement urging the leaders of democratic nations to prioritise the release of all civilian captives as part of any ceasefire in Ukraine. Time to put #PeopleFirst www.csce.gov/statements/i...

A weaving loom being used for neurological rehabilitation at the inspiringly innovative UNBROKEN Center in Lviv. #unbroken_ua

Allez, je mets la nécrologie, elle vaut la lecture. C’était semble-t-il une grande dame de la littérature européenne qui vient de s’en aller. www.eurozine.com/to-compose-a...

‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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Very helpful comments imo also here, towards the middle, re refusing of shame... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6a...

Historian Marci Shore on Ukraine, Trump, Putin, and the human condition | How Come

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Just heard about the death of Slavenka Drakulic at the end of June. This hits hard. She was an outstanding journalist and author. I taught her book "How We Survived Communism..." in my intro level European History class. Here is an appreciation by Marci Shore www.eurozine.com/to-compose-a...

‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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Class 3: What is fascism? (Guest Lecturer Marci Shore) - Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today 🎥 Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Timothy Snyder youtu.be/ceqleHuLUwQ?...

Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today: Class 3: What is fascism? (Guest Lecturer Marci Shore)

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Class 6: Why was Communism appealing? - Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today (Guest Lecturer: Marci Shore) 🎥 Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Timothy Snyder youtu.be/I44X855AcsY?...

Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today: Class 6: Why was Communism appealing?

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Thanks for this. I agree. I'm reminded of a lecture from a few years ago: youtu.be/FvnJlTigQuk?...

Marci Shore: Understanding ‘Post-Truth’ - Lessons from Central European Philosophy after 1968

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Sharing this lovely tribute by Marci Shore on writing & truth "what novelists understood and scholars sometimes failed to appreciate was that human empathy came into being only at the level of the individual person." www.eurozine.com/to-compose-a...

‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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"Think" (in the imperative)--an Arendtian sign at a demonstration in Lviv against Zelensky's dismissal of Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

Yesterday's Briefing: Dr. Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social | Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social | Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

July 17, 2026 - Dr. Trita Parsi | Anna Grzymala-Busse | Marci Shore

The MoU Fell Apart Because of Trump, Witkoff and Kushner's Amateurism and Desperation and Now We Are About to Lose the Same War Again | There Is No Communism In America But That Won't Stop Trump and S

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Trump is trying to create a state of emergency around a communist menace. This has nothing to do with universal health care. It's Freudian projection: communist regimes invoked "enemies of the people" as a pretext for arbitrary violence and terror. This is how the Trump administration behaves.

July 17, 2026 - Dr. Trita Parsi | Anna Grzymala-Busse | Marci Shore

The MoU Fell Apart Because of Trump, Witkoff and Kushner's Amateurism and Desperation and Now We Are About to Lose the Same War Again | There Is No Communism In America But That Won't Stop Trump and S

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OTD in 1963 Egon Bahr proposed “Wandel durch Handel” (change through trade) with authoritarian regimes so as to bring about positive political change. It’s been a brilliant success cos we’ve never invaded anyone and totally haven’t used your money on weapons & war.

For Samuel Kassow, Yuri Dmitriev, Sergei Lebedev, Roman Tymoshevskyi, Maksimas Milta, @janinedigi.bsky.social @iwm.at @trpforjustice.bsky.social @enmemorial.bsky.social and everyone past and present working to document and preserve truth.

Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous@heidicuda.bsky.social · 3w ago

ARCHIVING TRUTH: Who Will Write Our History? Intellectual historian Dr. Marci Shore offers historic and current examples of how truth is preserved in authoritarian times open.substack.com/pub/heidicud...

Jason Stanley, renowned philosopher and leading scholar calls the silence of American Medicine on Dr. Abu Safiya a scandal, saying: the protection of Medical Personnel CANNOT be selective! I AGREE!! #SaveAbuSafiya tinyurl.com/SaveMD

Healthcare workers: please join my friend @kaminskimed.bsky.social , a brilliant Israeli pulmonologist working to save his colleague, Dr. Abu Safiya, director of what had been the last functioning hospital in North Gaza. Illegally detained, Dr. Safiya is now dying in Israeli prison.

KaminskiMed@kaminskimed.bsky.social · 4w ago

I know y’all have petition fatigue, but: a) Dr Hussam Abu Safiya NEEDS and DESERVES your support b) this is completely EFFORTLESS - you can message directly decision makers in Israel. So please join the #SaveAbuSafiya mailing campaign!!! did.li/E4xDN

Each attack on Kyiv echoes with conversations I had during Book Arsenal. My Ukrainian friends described the surreal coexistence of normal and abnormal. Within a sentence, someone might comment on the type of missile being fired, poetry, or pastries. It all exists together.

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend @marcishore.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/to-compose-a...

‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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Slavenka was… irrepressible. @eurozine.bsky.social

‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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"A Black woman sat in front of the Senate and described the character of the man they were about to empower, and the men in the room decided her account mattered less than his confirmation. The country has lived with that decision ever since."--Kahlil Greene

We Wouldn't Have to Deal With Clarence Thomas If Y'all Had Listened to Black Women

Clarence Thomas has spent decades helping roll back civil rights gains. In 1991, a Black woman named Anita Hill told the Senate under oath exactly who he was, and they confirmed him days later anyway.

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