A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world
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Climate & Resistance; Sarah Wilson Video Clip
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Our next Q&A will take place on Friday, September 25, 1-2pmET. Paying subscribers will receive a link at 10amET on Friday to register for the Zoom gathering. Our guest will be journal...
This Week’s Lucid Events
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to new subscribers. Here is a list of Lucid events for this week. First, for those who like to plan ahead: October 4, 8-9pmET, I’ll be in conversation with Gil Durán, longtime tech journalist and author of t...
A Reckoning for the Free Press in America, as a Weakened Trump Escalates His Attacks
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Our next Q&A will take place on Friday, September 25, 1-2pmET. Paying subscribers will receive a link at 10amET on Friday to register for the Zoom gathering. Our guest will be journal...
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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 f...
U.S. Judges Stand Up to Authoritarian Threats and Attacks on Democratic Notions of the Law
This essay is dedicated to the judges who are facing threats for upholding professional standards and pursuing judicial impartiality and rule of law.
What is the law for the Donald Trump administration and MAGA? What do they see as its va...
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Historian of authoritarianism and propaganda. NYT Bestseller: Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. Now writing: Resisting Autocracy. Consultant film & TV. Rep'd by CAA & The Gernert Company.
Former federal prosecutor. MSNOW legal contributor. Law Professor. Writes with chickens & knitting at hand. Author of Civil Discourse on Substack. My first book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, is a NYT bestseller!
Mom, wife, writer, defender of democracy.
Kristóf Szombati is a political anthropologist based in Berlin, formerly active in Hungarian green politics. He writes about authoritarianism, democracy and the far right, and co-hosts the podcast This Authoritarian Life.
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