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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfToronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfToronto</span></a> hires three prominent Yale <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professors</span></a> worried about Trump </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> scholar <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JasonStanley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonStanley</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimothySnyder</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarciShore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarciShore</span></a> have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration</p><p>by Allison Smith, Mar 26, 2025</p><p>"U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection has spurred several high-profile Yale <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professors</span></a> to leave New Haven for jobs at the University of Toronto. </p><p>"Bestselling author Timothy Snyder and historian Marci Shore are on leave from Yale and joined UofT earlier this year.</p><p>"Snyder and Shore, who are married, will begin teaching courses at the Munk School of Global Affairs &amp; Public Policy this fall. </p><p>"Shore told TorontoToday they plan to stay at UofT 'for the long-term.' </p><p>"Snyder is the New York Times bestselling author of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnTyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnTyranny</span></a> and The Road to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Unfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfreedom</span></a>, and an outspoken critic of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. </p><p>"UofT began recruiting her and Snyder two years ago, Shore said, 'and we were seriously considering the offers long before the November 2024 presidential elections.'</p><p>"'Both Toronto and the Munk School were and are very attractive places unto themselves, even bracketing the American descent into fascism,' she said in an email.</p><p>"'All that said, yes, of course our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCatastrophe</span></a> played a role in our final decision.'"</p><p>Rea more:<br><a href="https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/education/university-toronto-hires-three-prominent-yale-professors-worried-about-trump-10433643" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">torontotoday.ca/local/educatio</span><span class="invisible">n/university-toronto-hires-three-prominent-yale-professors-worried-about-trump-10433643</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UofT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UofT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Erik Jonker<p>Unfreedom at the Washington Post. How an editorial line fosters authoritarianism, by Timothy Snyder.<br>"Jeff Bezos: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets." The use of these terms in this way demeans the concept of freedom and pushes the country in the direction of tyranny."<br><a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/unfreedom-at-the-washington-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">snyder.substack.com/p/unfreedo</span><span class="invisible">m-at-the-washington-post</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/timothysnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>timothysnyder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/washingtonpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtonpost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Badwolf303<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RulingClasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RulingClasses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orwell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/endlesswar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endlesswar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/warprofiteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warprofiteers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/unfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a></p>