Marci Shore
@marcishore.bsky.social
Historian, professor, author "The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution;" "The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism;" "Caviar and Ashes."
The "pro-life" people who applauded the overturning of Roe v. Wade should think about this two-year-old now growing up without a mother.
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The "pro-life" people who applauded the overturning of Roe v. Wade should think about this two-year-old now growing up without a mother.
Very grateful to my sensitive Italian translators and appreciative Italian-speaking readers.
La Voce Di Marci Shore: Storia E Memoria Nell'Europa Dell'Est - Urban Mood Magazine
Marci Shore e' importante per capire meglio l'Europa dell'est e la situazione in ucraina
urbanmoodmagazine.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Very grateful to my sensitive Italian translators and appreciative Italian-speaking readers.
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They kidnapped a five year old child
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 AM
They kidnapped a five year old child
I feel vindicated for having made all my students read “The Power of the Powerless” all these years. . .
www.vaclavhavel.cz/en/index/vid...
www.vaclavhavel.cz/en/index/vid...
Vaclav Havel Library
The Václav Havel Library functions as a centre for the documentation and research of modern Czech history, with an emphasis on promoting the ideas of VH.
www.vaclavhavel.cz
January 22, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I feel vindicated for having made all my students read “The Power of the Powerless” all these years. . .
www.vaclavhavel.cz/en/index/vid...
www.vaclavhavel.cz/en/index/vid...
A shout-out to Paul Wilson, who brilliantly translated "The Power of the Powerless" decades ago--and a reminder of why good translation matters.
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
A shout-out to Paul Wilson, who brilliantly translated "The Power of the Powerless" decades ago--and a reminder of why good translation matters.
Mark Carney is right: it's time to take down the signs.
I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Mark Carney is right: it's time to take down the signs.
Our friend the Ukrainian novelist Andriy Lyubka has made the decision to voluntarily mobilize. He is now off to join his division of the Ukrainian armed forces. Please send all possible good karma to Andriy, to his wife, Yulia, and their young children. It's long past time for the good guys to win.
January 21, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Our friend the Ukrainian novelist Andriy Lyubka has made the decision to voluntarily mobilize. He is now off to join his division of the Ukrainian armed forces. Please send all possible good karma to Andriy, to his wife, Yulia, and their young children. It's long past time for the good guys to win.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
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Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.”
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
January 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.”
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
"I miss the comfort of believing Germans were different.
I miss believing that we Americans could never be led by a fearmonger to commit atrocities he claimed were necessary and good. I miss believing we are not like them."
Thank you, Shalom Auslander, for saying what needs to be said.
I miss believing that we Americans could never be led by a fearmonger to commit atrocities he claimed were necessary and good. I miss believing we are not like them."
Thank you, Shalom Auslander, for saying what needs to be said.
Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 AM
"I miss the comfort of believing Germans were different.
I miss believing that we Americans could never be led by a fearmonger to commit atrocities he claimed were necessary and good. I miss believing we are not like them."
Thank you, Shalom Auslander, for saying what needs to be said.
I miss believing that we Americans could never be led by a fearmonger to commit atrocities he claimed were necessary and good. I miss believing we are not like them."
Thank you, Shalom Auslander, for saying what needs to be said.
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Putin, failing in his east European war, summons his American clients to organize a diversion in western Europe.
January 16, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Putin, failing in his east European war, summons his American clients to organize a diversion in western Europe.
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It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
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It’s been 16 years since the Citizens United decision that ushered in the current era of corrupt politics. I’m headed to the Senate floor right now to take stock of the wreckage that case caused.
January 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM
It’s been 16 years since the Citizens United decision that ushered in the current era of corrupt politics. I’m headed to the Senate floor right now to take stock of the wreckage that case caused.
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of this union worker who called out Trump as pedophile protector?
Raskin: I think that he was speaking in a factual sense
Raskin: I think that he was speaking in a factual sense
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of this union worker who called out Trump as pedophile protector?
Raskin: I think that he was speaking in a factual sense
Raskin: I think that he was speaking in a factual sense
There’s a Russian word for this, which we lack in English: prodazhnost’ (продажность)
I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 AM
There’s a Russian word for this, which we lack in English: prodazhnost’ (продажность)
Jon Stewart just seems heartbroken at the end of this clip.
Jon on ICE's Killing of Renee Good and Trump's Model of Compliance for Protesters | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Jon Stewart just seems heartbroken at the end of this clip.
"Everything can be different."
President Zelensky calls for the world to help the people of Iran in their struggle for freedom
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
"Everything can be different."
A bit of Orwell to start your morning, courtesy of Kristi Noem:
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A bit of Orwell to start your morning, courtesy of Kristi Noem:
Интимный опыт войны изнутри, очень человечный, без претенциозности, российским журналистом, который стал украинским солдатом. Петя Рузавин учится примиряться с близостью смерти не становясь отстраненным.
Петя на войне
Подкаст Петра Рузавина о том, как он перестал быть журналистом и записался в украинскую армию.
В первом сезоне, который назывался «Хуй войне!», Петя вместе со своей женой, украинской журналисткой Нат...
na-voyne.simplecast.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Интимный опыт войны изнутри, очень человечный, без претенциозности, российским журналистом, который стал украинским солдатом. Петя Рузавин учится примиряться с близостью смерти не становясь отстраненным.
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"How Fascist Leaders Hide in Plain Sight | Marci Shore"
Brad Carr Podcast @marcishore.bsky.social
11 Jan 2026 [1:38:56]
#PoliticalCult #Cult
https://s.cultpodcasts.com/osKn1qwzHkyITDRkfCD6Mw
Brad Carr Podcast @marcishore.bsky.social
11 Jan 2026 [1:38:56]
#PoliticalCult #Cult
https://s.cultpodcasts.com/osKn1qwzHkyITDRkfCD6Mw
How Fascist Leaders Hide In Plain Sight | Marci Shore
Dr. Marci Shore describes the rise of fascism in our world. She is a professor at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
00:00 In This Episode
01:02 Introducing Marci Shore
01:15 Marci Shore's Immediate Concern
08:53 Fascism and the End of Truth
16:21 What Makes a Fascist?
18:55 Performative Sadism
21:08 The End of Rule of Law
26:08 The Tyrant's Playbook
33:06 Normalization: The Mistake We All Made
36:25 Giving Attention to the Tyrant
41:45 What Wakes People Up?
46:38 Capturing Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro
47:16 Finding Truth. This Is Not Normal.
52:39 "A Livestream Into the Gas Chambers"
53:25 What Do We Do?
58:08 Facing Too Much Information
1:05:20 We Descend Step By Step
1:08:35 How to Communicate to Wake People Up
1:13:06 How to Find Allies
1:16:05 The Turning Point for Marci Shore
1:22:21 Mass Surveillance and Privacy
1:27:08 When Is Surveillance Too Much?
1:32:18 People Getting Disappeared
1:36:02 Find Marci Shore Online
1:36:54 When Nothing Else Is Left
1:38:40 Further Resources
Anne Applebaum interview: https://youtu.be/mqXOLNnqoeA
Marci Shore's website: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/marci-shore
Marci Shore's book: https://amzn.to/49pBlix
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January 11, 2026 at 3:15 AM
"How Fascist Leaders Hide in Plain Sight | Marci Shore"
Brad Carr Podcast @marcishore.bsky.social
11 Jan 2026 [1:38:56]
#PoliticalCult #Cult
https://s.cultpodcasts.com/osKn1qwzHkyITDRkfCD6Mw
Brad Carr Podcast @marcishore.bsky.social
11 Jan 2026 [1:38:56]
#PoliticalCult #Cult
https://s.cultpodcasts.com/osKn1qwzHkyITDRkfCD6Mw
"In Venezuela, nothing about this has changed since the extraction of Maduro. All that has happened is the spread of this practice to the US. The ICE agent who shot the mom in the face was spirited away, to be investigated by the same federal institution, the Depart. of Justice, that holds Maduro."
The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
Maduro in Minneapolis
Murderous Lies
snyder.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"In Venezuela, nothing about this has changed since the extraction of Maduro. All that has happened is the spread of this practice to the US. The ICE agent who shot the mom in the face was spirited away, to be investigated by the same federal institution, the Depart. of Justice, that holds Maduro."