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While in DC last month, I had to visit the Holocaust Museum. This was one of the first exhibits I saw there. I couldn‘t help but think of what‘s happening right now with our books, libraries and teachers.

“History does not repeat, but it does instruct.”

Informative, short, and to the point. Perfect introduction read for understanding society and politics.

"The leader who dislikes the investigators is a potential tyrant."

"If tyrants feel no consequences for their actions in the three-dimensional world, nothing will change."

5 years later, and this book is still 100% relevant.

Every voting person should read this book. And vote. Definitely vote.

#Alphabetgame #LetterO

Snyder has sort of distilled the essence of his greater works into a how-to (or how-not-to, as it were). Some very good points here. I‘ll definitely be revisiting this, and I would recommend it.

When you‘re an atheist musician whose major employer is a church, and you‘re a feminist reeling from the loss of liberty courtesy of the Supreme Court but have a 4th of July gig at said church…you practice quietly subversive reading before the performance starts.

#BookMail part 1 - the stuff for me. To be followed in a week or so (Book Outlet shipping takes for.ev.er) by several more Solnits.

#firstlinefridays
I want to finish this one. It‘s very good and the illustrations are excellent. However, I need to be in the right mood. And it can‘t be a cloudy day. Etc., etc.

It‘s a book everyone should read IMO. But if you‘re highly sensitive (👋) you need to time it right or you‘ll end up face down on the floor or in the fetal position.

⭐⭐⭐1/2

Snyder has a solid compact collection of 20 lessons on tyranny. They are good reminders about a serious topic that most of us do not enjoy contemplating but is important to ponder.
My main criticism of Snyder is how focused most of his content is on the '16 election. I feel that diluted his lessons and I wish he had written with a more timeliness focus.
#Nonfiction #history #politics

#Nonfiction #history #politics #freedom

Started reading this #Nonfiction book published in 2017 to remind myself of the importance of #history and refreshing myself in the lessons of historical context.

Wow 😳 I am so scared!! this little book packs a punch. I wish everyone would read this and realize the warning signs we have been experiencing could lead to an absolute disaster. I love the simplicity of this and sometimes appreciate a succinct approach to a big heavy topic like this.

I highly recommend this book. It's a quick read. Takes maybe an hour or two. Snyder looks at how dictatorships in Europe were able to come to power and compares it to a certain someone's style of leadership and the attitudes of the supporters. He also offers ways for everyone to spot and then counter the attempts of a potential tyrant.

“The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.”

I read this book last month and it helped me see how we got to where we were politically. It‘s now more important than ever.

The book is small and the chapters are short, but it packs in a lot of information. I read it by finishing 1-2 chapters a day and reflecting.

Highly recommend everyone read this no matter where you fall on the political spectrum. We need critical thinking and nuanced conversations to help us move forward.

I read this book when it first came out in 2017, and I think it continues to be an important book. It‘s a quick read, and I recommend it to everyone no matter what country you live in. It‘s important to fight tyranny everywhere! ✊

#booked2021 #under150pages
#bookspinbingo free space

Well, after this week‘s failed insurrection, it is clear that I should‘ve read this when it first came out. I‘m starting it as soon as it gets here. Sorry, Barack. Your book is going to have to wait. 😰

I read a few chapters of this one each day for a couple weeks to really take it all in. So much of this is important for the time we are living in now. Highly recommend everyone read this. Some of it was very deep and required a few readings to understand. I‘m sure I‘ll be reading this one again. It‘s also one I‘m gifting to a family member for Christmas (she and I have very similar belief systems so she will appreciate it). 4⭐️

One of my greatest frustrations about being in school for the past four years is that it has limited my ability to read non fiction. I am passionately interested in what makes people choose what they choose around the intersections of culture, ethnic identity, inherited trauma, gender, racism, our environment, economics and education. I loved The Federalist Papers (yes I‘m that geeky) but I‘m sure I will love these too! Any others I need to add?

This pocket guide to preserving our freedoms and resisting authoritarianism, penned by Yale historian of fascism Timothy Snyder, takes lessons from the fall of democracies across Europe in the 20th Century, each posing a warning to us now in the 21st Century. A brief but mind blowing, eye-opening read that left me feeling sobered and empowered by these lessons from history. Since finishing it, I‘ve seen several of the “lessons” in action...

Reading these pages was so scary. The content so hauntingly familiar. I can‘t recommend this book enough. Please stop what you‘re doing, and read it right now. Pass it on to others. It is vital that each of us pay attention and do everything we can to fight back.

From the author's webpage: "Today...we are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come." #BeingFree #FlyHighJuly
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Going through a bit of a slump....so behind on my reading. So I‘m back to my “one sit reads”. And I‘m listening to this while doing laundry. I always seem to read these types of things in election years lol. #powertothepeople

“I‘m gonna read widely, ‘cause reading makes me unpredictable.” Advice tonight from Timothy Snyder, of whom I want more and more in the media/national conversation, please! (While YES to reading widely, I also wish every American would read this very short book at least once.)

#BookNDinner! #Thai Edition! Part 2. Chicken Pad Thai with Thai iced tea. MMMmmm 😋! Happy reads and happy eats! 😎👌🏻

#BookNDinner! #Thai Edition! Part 1. On this cold and dry night, I‘m enjoying some mild Crying Tiger, with beef, cucumber, lettuce, scallion, and some kind of really good lime sauce, along with some Thai iced tea. MMmmm 😋! Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻

Cuddled up on this MLK day to finish an important book. Be courageous, “if none of us our prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny”

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Short, easy read. Leaves room for hope. Everyone should read this book.
#Overdrive #VirtualMountTBR2019

"The president's campaign involved the promises of cutting taxes for everyone, eliminating the national debt, and increasing spending on both social policy and national defense...It is as if a farmer said he were taking an ?from the henhouse, boiling it whole and serving it to his wife, also poaching it & serving it to his children, & then returning it to the henhouse unbroken, & then watching as the ? hatches."

It‘s sad that we need the insights and historical lessons within this book as much as, really more than, we did when it came out 2 1/2 years ago. But this is a hopeful and helpful book, with each chapter discussing a way to support truth and resist tyranny. I listened to it once and then promptly listened again. Highly recommended.

The handbook for saving democracy.

Post truth is pre-fascism.

I read this short book back in early 2017. Lately (or every week since then), it‘s been coming to mind a lot. Found it on Scribd, so I‘m going to give it a listen. Might be the most important 1 hr. 47 min. book around!

My original review is here: http://thebibliophage.com/book-review-tyranny-timothy-snyder/

#readersresist #resistlist

The History teacher in me loves a book where the central premise is that History is important and we have a lot to learn from it. On Tyranny is a brief, salient, timely reminder of what we are only ever a few small steps away from tyranny, and that we are all responsible for actively maintaining the social and political freedoms we value. Snyder uses the tyrants from our past to illuminates the potential tyrants of our present.

THIS

Here I am...on the internet.

My fave so far

Next. (School Reading never stops in the holidays) #teachersoflitsy

They should make this book required reading for everyone on Earth! It's a short book and it reads like a series of essays. The author delves into examples from WWII on how we should be thinking about authoritarianism in our world today.

This is short but has a lot of content. I should have read this after the death of truth for things you can do afterwards and feeling helpless. I loved the suggestions such as support your independent media, I realised that I still wasn‘t paying for the guardian (a leftover from being super poor). If free media is under attack we should help where we can.

I listened to this book in two days. Short but very meaningful. He also recommends several book from Harry Potter to political theorists.

I've listened to Timothy Snyder's audiobook On Tyranny a few times and forgot to post a review.
In these troubled times in our country, this book gives us a much needed reminder of facts, valuable information and consequences of inaction by us all.
And the bonus is Snyder's comforting, calm voice.

So I just checked my mailbox and was happy to see my weekly New Yorker in there. This weeks cover with our fearless (pfffft) ass-clown on the cover gave me a good laugh. And as always, he has that stupid ass tie on! 🤣😂🗳🗽

Rereading as an audiobook. #resist

A very good, and definitely timely, read.

#libby

Important yet terrifying book! A must read.

It‘s cool out this morning, but I‘m reading this little gem with my tea outside. A must read for us right now! 🇱🇷