Lucid
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Adam Klasfeld, THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali, Mary L TrumpA newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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How to Feed a Dictator: A Study in Terror, Chaos and Complicity
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to new subscribers. Our next Q&A will take place on Friday, June 12, 1-2pmET. Paying subscribers will receive a link at 10amET that day to register for the Zoom gathering. Those who can’t attend can view the...
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And a refreshing waterfall in a Thai national park
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Here is the link for today’s Q&A, 8-9pm ET. Be sure to check spam if you register and don’t see a join link in your inbox from Zoom...
A Holistic Plan for a White Christian Ethnostate
Every autocracy has a central ideological mission. The current United States government wants to transform America from a multiracial democracy into a White Christian male-dominated ethnostate. This fanatical mission is increasingly influen...
Analyzing Autocratic Capture with Joyce Vance, Frank Figliuzzi, Scott MacFarlane
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Look out tomorrow for a big-picture essay. I am writing about how population engineering figures into authoritarian national purity schemes and its centrality to the plans of the Trum...
Lessons of Successful Resistance: The Water Defenders of El Salvador
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Our next Q&A for paying subscribers will take place on Sunday, June 7, 8-9pmET. Our guest will be Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director of the FBI for Counterintelligence, and...
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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.
Editor in Chief and owner of All Rise News. Fearless reporting about the law, your rights, and your powers to effect change in the Trump era.
The Left Hook is a thoroughly opinionated and biased intellectual playground for people who enjoy political, cultural, and religious hot takes without corporate censorship and nonsense centrism.
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