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@TimothyDSnyder
Jan 6 • 22 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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1. Do not obey in advance. Image
2. Defend institutions. Image
3. Beware the one-party state. Image
4. Take responsibility for the face of the world. Image
5. Remember professional ethics. Image
6. Be wary of paramilitaries. Image
7. Be reflective if you must be armed. Image
8. Stand out. Image
9. Be kind to our language. Image
10. Believe in truth. Image
11. Investigate. Image
12. Make eye contact and small talk. Image
13. Practice corporeal politics. Image
14. Establish a private life. Image
15. Contribute to good causes. Image
16. Learn from peers in other countries. Image
17. Listen for dangerous words. Image
18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Image
19. Be a patriot. Image
20. Be as courageous as you can. Image
These lessons were written in advance of the first Trump presidency. They are the openings of the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny," which has been updated to account for the Big Lie, the coup attempt, the war in Ukraine, and the risks we face in 2024.
amazon.com/Tyranny-Twenty…
"On Tyranny" has also been published in a beautiful graphic edition, illustrated by Nora Krug.
amazon.com/Tyranny-Graphi…

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Nov 11, 2023
Please help me protect life in Ukraine. Russia has targeted Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure. This means the water supplies and energy supplies that people need to stay alive, especially throughout the winter. Last winter Russia tried to freeze the Ukrainians. 1/
Last year, many of you joined me in a @U24_gov_ua project to fund development and early implementation of an anti-drone system to protect Ukrainian civilians. 2/
As you might have noticed, the Ukrainian armed forces did indeed become very good at detecting and destroying Russian drones, especially the Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze systems. 3/
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Nov 1, 2023
Please help me protect life in Ukraine. Russia has targeted Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure. This means the water supplies and energy supplies that people need to stay alive, especially throughout the winter. Last winter Russia tried to freeze the Ukrainians. 1/
Last year, many of you joined me in a @U24_gov_ua project to fund development and early implementation of an anti-drone system to protect Ukrainian civilians. 2/
As you might have noticed, the Ukrainian armed forces did indeed become very good at detecting and destroying Russian drones, especially the Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze systems. 3/
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Sep 27, 2023
1/5. Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison just for speaking the simple truth about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2/5. He was sent to a prison in Omsk, where he was immediately placed in a punishment cell. This is a gross violation of human rights. Kara-Murza is a courageous man.
rferl.org/a/russia-kara-…
3/5. This is how Russia treats Russian citizens. Now imagine how it treats Ukrainian citizens under occupation who are thought to support their own country.
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Sep 12, 2023
1/4. Plan was to work on freedom book at Sabaneev cafe here in Odesa. Hadn't realized it was hit by a rocket during the Russian attack on the historic city center on 23 July. Image
2/4. Also damaged or destroyed then were the Transfiguration Cathedral, the House of Scientists, and six residences. Image
3/4. And that was just one attack of so many. Image
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Sep 2, 2023
1/8. Russia started this war on the premise that Kyiv would fall in 3 days because Ukraine was fake.
2/8. The idea, which they were quite open about, was that they would kill nationally-conscious Ukrainians during the occupation and assimilate the rest.
justsecurity.org/81789/russias-…
3/8. Since Ukraine is not fake, the response of the Russian commentariat has been that more Ukrainians have to be killed than they thought — millions rather than thousands.
snyder.substack.com/p/russias-geno…
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Aug 29, 2023
1/7. In this tweet from Russian diplomats we see multiple lies and kinds of lying.
2/7. The supposed evidence for friendship between Ukrainians and Russians (photo with flags of both countries) actually comes from a Russian protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
3/7. The literal claim displaces a simple truth with a falsehood. In fact, Ukrainian attitudes to Russia changed as a result of the Russian invasions of 2014 and 2022.
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