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"People who're involved in current politics… are borrowing some of the tactics of the 1920s and 1930s" - Prof. Timothy Snyder [2 mins]
09/10/2019
Yale History professor Timothy Snyder says some of today's politicians have learned propaganda techniques from twentieth century fascists.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent prorogation of parliament has led many to fear that parliamentary democracy in Britain is unravelling.
Dramatizes the destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice. ... An agitator addresses a street crowd; he almost convinces one man in the audience until the man begins to talk to a Hungarian refugee from Germany.
Historian of fascism offers lessons for democracies on how to resist authoritarianism [10 mins]
09/10/2019
Democracy is a fragile creation, and the Yale professor and historian of fascism Timothy Snyder should know. / His best selling book, ‘On Tyranny’, offers some practical and political advice for resisting authoritarianism. Professor Snyder had the American reader in mind when he wrote it. But can we learn anything from his work?
MPs say language is associated with fascism and could put politicians and staff at risk.
Enter the disturbing special exhibition that has recently opened in Berlin’s German Historical Museum and you are immediately confronted with a series of bleak statements: “Liberal democracy cannot be taken for granted any longer … Authoritarian parties are even gaining strength in countries with a long democratic tradition ..."
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03/03/2022
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