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Lucid

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Jocelyn Benson, Mary L Trump
Thousands of paid subscribers

A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

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The Price of Mythologizing Putin, and Some Resistance Lessons from Ukraine

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Our next Q&A will take place on May 22, 1-2pmET. Paying subscribers will receive a link at 10amET that day to register for the Zoom gathering.

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From Multiracial Democracy to White Christian Ethnostate. This is the Plan for America.

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. I will publish my essay on the resistance lessons Ukraine is providing to the world on Tuesday, along with a video of my conversation with James Verini, author of the new book The The...

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Premium Tier Zoom, May 24, 8-9pmET

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Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all premium subscribers. This is a reminder that our quarterly zoom, exclusively for your membership tier, will take place on May 24, 8-9pmET. You will receiv...

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Reg. Info Today's Q&A, 1-2pmET

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Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Here is the link for today’s Q&A, 1-2pm ET. Be sure to check spam if you register and don’t see a join link in your inbox fro...

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Q&A is May 15, 1-2pmET; Copenhagen Democracy Summit

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. I’ve been quiet due to attending the Copenhagen Democracy Summit and grading dozens of final seminar papers by my students at New York University. Many of them are graduating and my s...

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  • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

    Historian of authoritarians, propaganda, democracy protection. NYT Bestselling Book: Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. Consultant for film & TV. Represented by CAA & The Gernert Company.

  • Jocelyn Benson

    Mom. Marathoner. Michigan Secretary of State. Author of the Purposeful Warrior: standing up for what’s right when the stakes are high

  • Mary L Trump

    Mom, wife, writer, defender of democracy.

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