Timothy Snyder
American historian of Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust; author of Bloodlands, On Tyranny and On Freedom, and writer of the newsletter 'Thinking about...'.
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It is entirely possible to be both morally wrong and geopolitically weak at the same time.
As Trump proves again and again, it is entirely possible to be both morally wrong and geopolitically weak.
snyder.substack.comSaid 30 Aug 2026This on korrents
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In resisting Russia the Ukrainians are defending the most basic thing in decent political life: that people get to be who they choose to be.
By resisting Russia, Ukrainians are defending what is perhaps most basic about decent political life: the idea that people should be who they choose to be, not whom they are forced to become.
snyder.substack.comSaid 13 Jun 2026This on korrents
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Korrents What they believe 6 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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It is entirely possible to be both morally wrong and geopolitically weak at the same time.
As Trump proves again and again, it is entirely possible to be both morally wrong and geopolitically weak.
Our Trade War Against Ourselves Said 30 Aug 2026
Trump has no concept of sovereignty, which is why he cannot predict the behaviour of leaders who do.
He lacks any concept of sovereignty -- that a polity exists beyond the whims and the greed of the people in charge.
Our Trade War Against Ourselves Said 30 Aug 2026
American talk of Canada not being a real country echoes the way the Kremlin spoke about Ukraine, and marks Canadian sovereignty as the real issue.
However senseless it is, American rhetoric of the non-existence of Canada is concerning, because it resembles the way the Kremlin spoke about Ukraine, and rightly reminds Canada that their sovereignty is indeed the issue.
Our Trade War Against Ourselves Said 30 Aug 2026
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A country that builds a national health service becomes more aware of its own existence, because the experience of solidarity is what makes a nation real.
The reality is quite the opposite; a country that can create a national health care system is more aware of its own existence, because of the experience of solidarity which enables everyone to thrive thanks to everyone else.
Our Trade War Against Ourselves Said 30 Aug 2026
In resisting Russia the Ukrainians are defending the most basic thing in decent political life: that people get to be who they choose to be.
By resisting Russia, Ukrainians are defending what is perhaps most basic about decent political life: the idea that people should be who they choose to be, not whom they are forced to become.
Sky Defense: Bringing it Home Said 13 Jun 2026
The war in Ukraine will prove as historically significant in its outcome as the First World War was.
The war in Ukraine has now lasted longer than the First World War, and there is every reason to think that its outcome will be of comparable historical significance.
Sky Defense: Bringing it Home Said 13 Jun 2026
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Recommends rcmnd
rcmnd What they recommend 5 things — each backed by an exact quote.
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Recommends The Power of the Powerless
In the end I think Havel will be remembered as the outstanding East European dissident writer, and he will be remembered as such above all for this essay.
fivebooks.com 25 Jan 2012
Recommends The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Milan Kundera was of course not really a dissident, but this book gets across the heartfelt reality of Stalinist faith.
fivebooks.com 25 Jan 2012
Recommends The Church and the Left
In The Church and the Left Michnik argues for an untraditional alliance. He says that the left has to talk to the Polish Catholic Church, especially after the Vatican's internal reform [in 1965].
fivebooks.com 25 Jan 2012
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Recommends The Captive Mind
Milosz tried to explain – as the title suggests – how thinking people could accept communism from inside the communist system.
fivebooks.com 25 Jan 2012
Recommends Homage to Catalonia
The reason why I am so fond of Homage to Catalonia, and see it as an even more relevant precursor to dissent, is that in it you can see a man of the Left learning to make the distinction that breaks down the Left with a big L into lots of little lefts.
fivebooks.com 25 Jan 2012
Where they publish
Newsletter Thinking about... His Substack newsletter on history, tyranny and Ukraine.
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- Trump’s Big Lie about Ukraine 20 Oct 2026 And what Ukraine is giving to us
- Rape as a weapon of war 18 Oct 2026 The voices of Ukrainians
- Modern Fascism, the Collapse of Truth, and Why Americans Need “Small Courage” 15 Oct 2026 A recording from Timothy Snyder and Sharon McMahon's
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- Between the River and the Railroad Tracks 13 Oct 2026 With Nicole Fleetwood about her new book
- War Through Weakness 11 Oct 2026 Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia
- Four Wrongs of a Public Execution 10 Oct 2026 Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
- Where Do Democrats Go From Here? With Rep. Jake Auchincloss 8 Oct 2026 A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video with Rep. Jake Auchincloss
- Basic Political Wisdom (Kharkiv Meditations, 10/10) 5 Oct 2026 Kharkiv Meditations, 10/10
- Hydrocarbons (Kharkiv Meditations, 9/10) 4 Oct 2026 Kharkiv Meditations, 9/10
- The Richness of Language (Kharkiv Meditations, 8/10) 3 Oct 2026 Kharkiv Meditations 8/10
- Thinking Live with Min Jin Lee about American Hagwon 2 Oct 2026 A wonderful novel -- read it
- Disagreement and Persuasion with Jessica Tarlov 30 Sept 2026 A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video
- Trump, Power, What Comes Next with Robert Reich 29 Sept 2026 A recording from Timothy Snyder and Robert Reich's conversation
- Regime Change and Corruption with Anne Applebaum 28 Sept 2026 A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video
- AI, War, and Dignity (Kharkiv Meditations, 7/10) 27 Sept 2026 Kharkiv Meditations, 7/10
- On Fascism (Kharkiv Meditations, 6/10) 26 Sept 2026 Kharkiv Meditations, 6/10
- Freedom (Kharkiv Meditations, 5/10) 25 Sept 2026 Kharkiv Meditations, 5/10
- One Good Thing (Kharkiv Meditations 4/10) 24 Sept 2026 Kharkiv Meditations 4/10
- Moral Language (Kharkiv Meditations, 3/10) 23 Sept 2026 Kharkiv Meditations, 3/10
- Small Courage (Kharkiv Meditations, 2/10) 22 Sept 2026 Kharkiv Meditations 2/10
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