Resistance Resources

Looking for information and inspiration? Check out these resources:

TIMOTHY SNYDER  (historian and political philosopher – Yale and Univ. of Toronto)

If you haven’t yet read his book On Tyranny, do so ASAP: short, brilliant, necessary.  For a digest, go to https://snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow

Substack : https://snyder.substack.com/

RUTH BEN-GHIAT  (historian and commentator, professor at New York University)

Substack:  https://lucid.substack.com/ 

    and read https://lucid.substack.com/p/why-we-resist 

Her conversations with Anand Giridharadas are terrific:

https://the.ink/p/watch-hands-off?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web  (from today)

SHERRILYN IFILL  (civil rights attorney & scholar, Howard University Law School)

Substack: https://sherrilyn.substack.com/

https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/it-is-not-enough-to-fight-you-have

PETER BEINART (journalist, writer & political commentator, City University of NY)

Substack:  https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/jenner-stands-firm?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=42cj4&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

PATRICK MAZZA (progressive activist & journalist since 1981; PNW resident)

Substack “Plunged into radical uncertainty, we now understand the consequences of oligarchy”:

https://theraven.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web

Rachel Maddow’s commentary on MSNBC, weeknights 6 pm (until the end of April); makes a point of including info about protests; great political analysis, context, interviews.

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us As the US media kowtow to Trump’s threats, it’s essential to have a foreign English-language newspaper with a critical perspective on US politics and world events.

The New York Times  https://www.nytimes.com/section/todayspaper (if this doesn’t work, subscribe for $1/week). The granddaddy of excellent American journalism, now aggressively overt in its criticism of the Administration.

Other blog/Substack suggestions: The Contrarian (online, expert news/commentary/conversation by several columnists); Robert Reich (professor, author, lawyer, commentator, served in several US administrations, political economy) -   robertreich@substack.com ; Thom Hartmann - https://hartmannreport.com?r=lkzj01 ; Heather Cox Richardson (American historian, author, at Boston College, valuably discusses current events in their historical contexts) - https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/ .