ORIGINS OF AUTHORITARIANISM

NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF AUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENTS? CHECK OUT THESE BOOKS, MEDIA, AND THEIR AUTHORS WHO HAVE REGULAR PODCASTS.

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• Ruth Ben-Ghiat – Strongmen-Mussolini To The Present – https://ruthbenghiat.com/strongmen/

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• Jason Stanley– How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

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• Katherine Stewart– Money, Lies and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy- www.bloomsbury.com/us/money-lies-and-god-9781635578546/

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• Masha Gessen – Surviving Autocracy

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• Bill Fletcher –  blackcommentator.com

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• Thom Hartmann- Watch/listen to Thom Hartmann‘s daily call-in show to keep sane – www.thomhartmann.com

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• Gene Sharp - From Dictatorship To Democracy https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126900/8008_FDTD.pdf

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• Timothy Snyder – timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny

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Whenever possible, we encourage you to purchase these books from independent bookstores or directly from the authors.

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