Podcasts about Unfreedom

Today marks 50 years of Vietnam's victory over US imperialism as working people prepare to commemorate International Worker's Day (May Day) across the world. Tune in for an episode with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss the legacy of Vietnam's victory over the United States and the vibrant international anti-war movement, the looming threat of famine in Gaza, peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, UnFreedom day in South Africa, coup attempts in Burkina Faso as well the upcoming May Day celebrations.

Abahlali baseMjondolo is marking "UnFreedom" Day with rallies and protests across three provinces by denouncing the persistent struggles faced by the poor in South Africa. The movement argues that despite 31 years of democracy, millions of people remain impoverished, without access to basic services, and facing violence and oppression. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Abahlali BaseMjondolo General Secretary, Thapelo Mohapi

Coercive control is about trying to take away someone's autonomy and agency. It's a form of domestic abuse that is often misunderstood and frequently dismissed. In this replay episode, I sit down with the incredible Laura Richards—renowned criminal behavioral analyst and expert on domestic violence—to break it all down.   Laura and I discuss the misuse of terms like “narcissistic abuse” and “toxic relationships,” and why getting the terminology right is critical. When these words are misapplied, it can cause real harm, making it harder for victims to recognize what's happening to them and for others to take it seriously. We also talk about the broader societal factors that allow domestic violence to persist and why these patterns are so deeply embedded.   We take a closer look at high-profile cases like Gabby Petito and Lauren Dunne Astley to illustrate how coercive control plays out in real life and the devastating consequences it can have. Laura also sheds light on how the media often memorializes male perpetrators while subtly placing blame on victims, a pattern that continues to fuel dangerous misconceptions.   Beyond analyzing the problem, Laura shares the incredible work she's doing to have coercive control legally recognized as a form of domestic abuse. She explains why advocacy, education, and legal reform are essential to protecting victims and shifting the way society understands domestic violence.   This is an eye-opening conversation, and one I hope will help others recognize coercive control for what it is.   Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Introduction  02:29 Defining Narcissistic Abuse and Toxic Relationships 04:15 Misuse of the Term “Narcissist” 06:17 Psychopathy and Domestic Violence 09:04 Violent Resistance in Domestic Violence 11:43 Breakup Violence and Coercive Control 18:29 Gender Roles and Social Conditioning 26:15 Recognizing Non-Obvious Patterns of Abuse 30:18 Devaluation and Pedestalization in Relationships 33:56 Concept of Unfreedom in Coercive Control 38:50 Insidious Nature of Coercive Control 41:06 Cultural and Traditional Reinforcement of Male Privilege 47:35 Legal Recognition of Coercive Control Connect with Laura Richards: https://www.youtube.com/@crimeanalyst https://www.crime-analyst.com https://wondery.com/shows/real-crime-profile/ www.thelaurarichards.com https://www.dashriskchecklist.com/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/laurarichards999/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/crimeanalyst/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crimeanalystpod?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurarichards99 https://twitter.com/thecrimeanalyst   Connect with Dr. Z: https://www.drjaimezuckerman.com/ https://www.zgrouptherapy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dr.z_psychologist/ https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.z_psychologist https://www.youtube.com/@DrJaimeZuckerman   The Z Group is now accepting patients nationwide! (Some state exclusions apply). Schedule here: https://www.zgrouptherapy.com/new-patient-form Get my FREE breathing exercise here: http://www.drjaimezuckerman.com/newsletter Register for my on demand virtual courses here: http://www.drjaimezuckerman.com/workshops Order my workbooks! *Find Your Calm / Find Good Habits* http://www.drjaimezuckerman.com/books Shop Mindfully Messy and Make Mistakes hoodies here: http://www.drjaimezuckerman.com/apparel Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

Much of modern work is defined by routine, efficiency targets, and the need to appear productive. But how much of it is actually necessary? Dennis Nørmark, Danish anthropologist, author, and speaker, argues that a significant part of today's work culture is built on pseudo-work—tasks that maintain appearances rather than create real value. As the co-author of Pseudo-Work: How We Ended Up Being Busy Doing Nothing, he examines why unnecessary work persists and how it shapes our perception of productivity. In I Wish My Boss Was a Chief, he applies leadership lessons from indigenous cultures to modern management, questioning whether our current systems are as effective as we assume.This conversation explores how unfreedom has become a feature of work and society, limiting personal agency and reinforcing structures of control. Predictions from a century ago suggested that technological progress would reduce working hours, yet most people today work as much as ever. Why has this happened? How do schools, workplaces, and governments encourage dependence rather than autonomy? And what can be done to reclaim control over our time and choices?Key TopicsWhat pseudo-work is and why it persistsHow bureaucracy and control shape modern work cultureThe shift from work as necessity to work as identityWhy predictions of reduced working hours never materializedHow education reinforces compliance rather than independenceRethinking work, freedom, and personal agencyDennis Nørmark challenges assumptions about work and productivity, raising questions about what it means to contribute meaningfully in a system that values busyness over results.

Journalist Talia Lavin joins Derek to discuss her recent book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America.  Show Notes Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Eugenia Lostri to try to make sense of the week's biggest national security news stories, including:“Kursked.” This week, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rolls out his “Victory Plan” to Western allies, Russian forces have made progress reclaiming what some have described as a key part of that plan: the region of Kursk within Russia, which Ukrainian forces seized earlier this year. How central is Kursk to Zelensky's vision for how to end the conflict? And how will Russia's apparent progress impact his plans?“The Waiting Game.” The world remains on the edge of its seat, waiting to see how Israel will pursue its promised response against Iran for the volley of missiles the latter launched against it earlier this month. What sort of response does Israel seem to have in store? And what role will the United States be playing?“Tap Tap Tapping.” A coalition of China-associated hackers called “Salt Typhoon” is believed to have hacked the system used by telecommunications companies to comply with U.S. legal warrants. How big a deal is this? And what might its implications be for the United States surveillance system writ large?For object lessons, Ben shared his electronic composition “Trump Portrait” (with apologies to both Aaron Copeland and Abraham Lincoln). Nastya recommended “The Road to Unfreedom,” by Timothy Snyder, as an essential portrait of the road to Russia's brutality. Scott sang the praises of the Slate podcast “One Year,” especially for those seeking informative and (mostly) family-friendly podcast fare. And Eugenia endorsed the series “Nobody Wants This,” the most grounded and realistic rabbi-meets-sex podcaster romcom you've ever seen.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Eugenia Lostri to try to make sense of the week's biggest national security news stories, including:“Kursked.” This week, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rolls out his “Victory Plan” to Western allies, Russian forces have made progress reclaiming what some have described as a key part of that plan: the region of Kursk within Russia, which Ukrainian forces seized earlier this year. How central is Kursk to Zelensky's vision for how to end the conflict? And how will Russia's apparent progress impact his plans?“The Waiting Game.” The world remains on the edge of its seat, waiting to see how Israel will pursue its promised response against Iran for the volley of missiles the latter launched against it earlier this month. What sort of response does Israel seem to have in store? And what role will the United States be playing?“Tap Tap Tapping.” A coalition of China-associated hackers called “Salt Typhoon” is believed to have hacked the system used by telecommunications companies to comply with U.S. legal warrants. How big a deal is this? And what might its implications be for the United States surveillance system writ large?For object lessons, Ben shared his electronic composition “Trump Portrait” (with apologies to both Aaron Copeland and Abraham Lincoln). Nastya recommended “The Road to Unfreedom,” by Timothy Snyder, as an essential portrait of the road to Russia's brutality. Scott sang the praises of the Slate podcast “One Year,” especially for those seeking informative and (mostly) family-friendly podcast fare. And Eugenia endorsed the series “Nobody Wants This,” the most grounded and realistic rabbi-meets-sex podcaster romcom you've ever seen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What exactly is it the protestors in Israel and the media in the United States and Joe Biden actually want out of Israel? It appears they want the country to give up the strategic high ground it holds near Gaza in pursuit of a “deal” no one really believes can be struck. We talk about […]

The brothers welcome Maya Wind, the author of Towers of Ivory and Steel, a searing critique of the Israeli academic establishment's complicity in the regime of apartheid and genocide. They discuss the role played by Israeli universities in the establishment and maintenance of the Zionist project in Palestine, the nexus between universities and political repression and military violence, the appalling treatment of Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, and the urgent need for an academic boycott of the Israeli university system. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom (2024)  https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/3009-towers-of-ivory-and-steel Watch the episode on our YouTube channel Date of recording: June 5, 2024. Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet YouTube: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet Music by Hadiiiiii *Sign up at Patreon.com/MakdisiStreet to access all the bonus content, including the latest bonus episode, the second Q&A*  

On this episode, Pjotr Sauer shares his firsthand experiences and reflections on reporting on Russia both before February 24, 2022 from within the country and then after, reporting from outside of the country. He elaborates on the difficulties for all journalists in navigating the challenges and constraints in Russia and expands on the plight of his friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street journalist who has been officially imprisoned by Russian authorities for one year as of March 29, 2024. Thank you for listening! ABOUT THE GUEST Pjotr Sauer is a Russia affairs correspondent for the Guardian. His work can also be found in The Moscow Times, The Telegraph and Het Parool. He has been a guest on the BBC, NOS, Al Jazeera, among other outlets. He is on Twitter @pjotrsauer. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on November 09, 2023 via Zoom. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! PRODUCTION CREDITS Guest Host/Producer: Anton Shingarev Assistant EP: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Associate Producer: Sergio Glajar Assistant Producer: Basil Fedun Assistant Producer: Taylor Helmcamp Production Assistant: Faith VanVleet Production Assistant: Eliza Fisher Supervising Producer: Nicholas Pierce SlavX Editorial Director: Sam Parrish Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Charlie Harper, Damiano Baldoni, Alex Productions,) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (@MSDaniel) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Pjotr Sauer.

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – In the United States, the freedom of certain religions faces increasing threats, a disturbing trend often overlooked by many. As rights to self-defense also come under siege, I'm reminded of Martin Niemöller's poignant poem. This reflection urges us to stand for those whose rights are being attacked, lest we find our own liberties...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – In the United States, the freedom of certain religions faces increasing threats, a disturbing trend often overlooked by many. As rights to self-defense also come under siege, I'm reminded of Martin Niemöller's poignant poem. This reflection urges us to stand for those whose rights are being attacked, lest we find our own liberties...

"Russia, Europe, America"

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Review of: The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, by Timothy Snyder Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book Blog

Hello Foreign Exchanges listeners! I'm very pleased to be joined for another of our irregular podcast interviews by Elizabeth Urban, Associate Professor of History at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. She's written a fantastic book, Conquered Populations in Early Islam: Non-Arabs, Slaves and the Sons of Slave Mothers that offers a window into the experiences of marginalized peoples during a period in which Islam and the society that formed around it were still taking shape. Elizabeth and I were grad school colleagues so it was great to reconnect with her for this interview, and I think we have a very interesting chat about a topic that deserves more attention. We talk about the challenge of early Islamic sources, the changing position of the mawali as Islamic society developed, and the utility of studying these groups within a broader category of “unfree peoples” rather than as discrete units. Enjoy!Please pick up Elizabeth's book, at Bookshop.org or wherever you prefer to shop. And if you haven't checked out Foreign Exchanges please do that too! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

May 5th is Indian Arrival Day in Guyana Our ancestors made incredible sacrifices and endured unimaginable hardships during indentureship. From the cruelty of plantation life to the suppression of our culture, religion, and language, they overcame it all. Join us for this auditory experience and learn about the resilience and perseverance of the Indo-Caribbean community in Episode 1: The Survival Game   Follow and connect with The Peppa Pot Podcast online, we'd love to hear from you Instagram YouTube LinkedIn Credits Beats and Music by Noyz Research by Ryan N. Ramdin Creative Direction by Sara-Sati Ramprashad   Produced by WESTINDIECO    Resources  Adamson, A. “Sugar Without Slaves: the Political Economy of British Guiana, 1838-1904,” (Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut: 1972). Bahadur, G. “Coolie Woman: the Odyssey of Indenture” (The University of Chicago Press: 2014). Coté, J. (2004) “Slaves, Coolies, and Garrison Whores: A Colonial Discourse of ‘Unfreedom in the Dutch East Indies” in Campbell, G. & Elbourne, E. (eds.) Sex, Power, and Slavery (Ohio University Press, Athens, pp. 561-582). Patel, D. (2016 June 11) Viewpoint: How British let one million Indians die in famine, BBC, retrieved at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36339524 Mahase, R., Roopnarine, L. & Hassankhan, M.S. “Social & Cultural Dimensions of Indian Indentured Labour and its Diaspora: Past and Present” (Routledge, London: 2016). Roberts, G. W. & Byrne, T. (1966) “Summary Statistics on Indenture and Associated Migration Affecting the West Indies. 1834-1918. Population Studies 20(1).    “I am a Coolie": Identity and Indenture. Moray House Trust. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUirPfa8Fjg&t=1811s 

Join Vijay Prashad, Zoe Alexandra and Prasanth R for a new episode as they bring you the analysis you need on last week's developments. Stories this episode:

As South Africa marks the 29th anniversary of the first democratic elections, shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has vowed to continue with its "Unfreedom Day" marches in parts of the country. The movement's leadership has accused the ruling African National Congress of lying to and insulting the intelligence and humanity impoverished communities by claiming that everyone who lives in the country is free. The "Unfreedom Day" marches began in Durban on Wednesday and are expected to spread to other parts of the country by Saturday. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Abahlali baseMjondolo president, Sbusiso Zikode

Talking about point of care ultrasound and discussing the book The Road to Unfreedom by Snyder.

In this episode of CEA Talk, our guest was Johannes de Jong, the director of the Sallux Foundation based in the Netherlands. Mr de Jong talks about the Christian democratic principles of Europe, how they are receding, and how crucial human dignity is for humanity. During the podcast, our guest talks about populist governments, autocratic regimes, and how the world has now been divided into two groups, countries where you have freedom and those where there is unfreedom.

Russia's mythmaking—about its place in the world and the role Ukraine plays in its history—has made the world a more dangerous place. Russian President Vladimir Putin is the chief storyteller—and his version of events has even warped American thinking about Ukraine. Why didn't the West react more forcefully in 2014, when Russia first violently took Ukrainian territory? Why is Ukraine's post-Soviet history so different from Russia's? And what can Ukrainians teach Americans about democracy?  Timothy Snyder is an expert on Ukrainian history and began warning about the dangers Russia poses long before Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine last February. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and the author of several books, including Bloodlands, On Tyranny, and The Road to Unfreedom. In September, Snyder traveled to Ukraine and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. We discuss what's at stake in Ukraine, what a Ukrainian victory might look like, and why using the word “stalemate” to describe the war is misguided. You can find transcripts and more episodes of “The Foreign Affairs Interview” at https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/foreign-affairs-interview.

We're running our Thanksgiving break episode a week early. We'll be back next week to talk with Mark Galeotti about Russia, Kherson, and the missiles that just hit Poland.This week, we're going far back into our past. It's a Timothy Snyder double feature. Both of these episodes are from our “War College” days and feature the famous historian at two different points in his journey to the cable news pundit we feel (well, I feel) weirdly ambivalent towards today.The first is from 2015, and is a disucssion about his book Black Earth. The second is from 2018 and is about his book Road to Unfreedom.Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict.https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribeYou can listen to Angry Planet on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly. Our website is angryplanetpod.com. You can reach us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/angryplanetpodcast/; and on Twitter: @angryplanetpod.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was 2020 a Replay of Putin's Help in 2016. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. We know Putin helped Trump distract his way out of the Access Hollywood debacle in the 2016 election. In The Road to Unfreedom, Yale historian Tim Snyder detailed the things Putin did to help Trump win the 2016 election, including inappropriate connections with Flynn, Manafort, Stone, Juliani and other Trump officials and acolytes, news and political distractions, hacking and social media misinformation. Our panel examines the degree to which Putin and Trump used the same playbook in the 2020 election in delaying, derailing or distracting investigations and indictments in the Mueller investigation, the two impeachments, the Jan 6 insurrection, the theft of government documents and the various other civil and criminal claims made against him, and how they may be using that playbook now in the 2022 elections. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mIafeQC2BSFX6GC4mnhEUN Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com.

Only the first hour of this episode is available on the paywalled podcast version (the BLACK podcast logo). If you’d like to hear the full 1 hour and 39 minutes of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast, you’ll need to SUBSCRIBE here. If you’re already subscribed and on the private RSS feed, the podcast logo should appear RED. Sam Harris speaks with Timothy Snyder about the ongoing war in Ukraine. They discuss the effect of Russian propaganda, Putin’s motives, whether the US and NATO bear some responsibility for the war, widespread calls for de-escalation, nuclear blackmail and nuclear risk, and other topics. Timothy Snyder is the Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He is the author of a dozen books, including the bestsellers On Tyranny, Our Malady, The Road to Unfreedom, Black Earth, and Bloodlands. His work has been translated into forty languages and received a number of prizes, including the literature award of the American Academy of Art and Letters, the Hannah Arendt Prize, and the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding. Website: https://snyder.substack.com/ Twitter: @TimothyDSnyder Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.

We're getting down with Marxy Marx and the Foucky Bunch! In this episode, Alyssa and Brendane discuss reproductive justice, dispossession, and the stakes for Black birthing people in a post-Roe v. Wade world with Dr. Mali Collins (IG | Twitter). What's the Word? Dispossession. We draw a thread through Karl Marx's primitive accumulation, Rosa Luxemburg's The Accumulation of Capital, and David Harvey's accumulation by dispossession to thinking about the ways Black birthing people have been dispossessed of reproductive rights and motherhood. What We're Reading. "The Meaning of Liberty" in Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts. In this chapter Roberts argues that we must reshape (or perhaps exceed) our understanding of reproductive liberty by accounting for the experiences and needs of Black women. What in the World?! We are joined by Assistant Professor Mali Collins to discuss who expansive definition of reproductive labour, the spectacle of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the whiteness of the abortion access movement, what we can do to survive this moment in community, reconnecting with your body, and black maternal dispossession. Sister Song Reproductive Justice Collective | The People's Paper Co-op | GoFundMe for Murdered Black Mother of 6 | Help a Pregnant Black Mother Rest Other Episodes S1, E6 Deathcraft Country S1, E 14 Afropessimism: Anything But Black! Discussed In This Episode: Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Dorothy Roberts, 1997) How Your Period-Tracking App Could End Up Tracking You (Mali Collins, 2021) Syllabus for ZD 301 is available here! Let us know what you thought of the episode @zorasdaughters on Instagram and @zoras_daughters on Twitter! Transcript will be available on our website here.

hablamos sobre la deriva euroasianista, el espíritu de Hegel, Ilyin, Gumilev, Surkov, Ucrania y la síntesis histórica rusa

The first of FOUR Pantera episodes! Robert and I picked up our instruments during the height of Pantera's relevance and they are maybe our biggest influence. So we have VERY strong and detailed opinions about almost every song in their catalog.    00:00 Intro 01:14 Anti-trans bills in texas, russian invasion of Ukraine, and assortment of people we want to F*&! off 46:54 Cowboys From Hell 2:05:26 Vulgar Display of Power 2:31:54 Phil's racist lyrics and speeches 3:02:30 back to what we love about Vulgar recorded 2/25/2022   This episode was recorded as Putin was beginning his invasion of Ukraine and Abbott was laying out his latest trans bill. We discuss this and more of our left wing politics in a particularly inspired preamble. If you want to know what our politics are then this is a good place to hear it.    To get things started with each album we did "three essential tracks and one to trash"    We also unpack the racist things that Phil has said on stage. I have so much love for Phil and his body of work, it was and still is a profound influence on me as an artist, lyricist, vocalist, and as a frontman back in the day, so please know that I did not want to talk about the racist speech he puts out there. But we are discussing his legacy and when he decided time and time again to stop a Pantera show to rant about racial issues and when he sieg heiled and screamed "white power" from the stage at dimebash I have to talk about it. I didn't make this a part of his legacy, he did.  The book I referenced in the preamble The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder https://www.timothysnyder.org/books/the-road-to-unfreedom-tr/the-road-to-unfreedom-hc   The video I referenced when talking about Rogan For Harriet - Joe Rogan is Uncancellable https://youtu.be/N_3ftvxceO8

In an effort to settle a hot household debate, Cristina looks into whether it's more eco and pocket friendly to hand wash dishes versus using your dishwasher. Adam checks out a new study that suggests dog personalities have little to do with their breed. Lastly, Darren gives us an overview of the bestselling book, “The Road to Unfreedom” by Timothy Snyder, which chronicles the rise of authoritarianism.

This week we hear from Nanjala Nyabola, the Advox Director, about their latest research project, the Unfreedom Monitor.

Tibet og Rusland dominerer i ugens udgave af #dkpol-podcasten, hvor Jakob Nielsen har to prominente gæster i studiet.Vært: Jakob Nielsen, chefredaktørGæster: Samuel Rachlin, journalist og forfatter – og Friis Arne Petersen, forhenværende direktør i Udenrigsministeriet Ugens anbefalinger:Samuel Rachlin: Timothy Snyders The Road to Unfreedom og Anne Applebaums Red FamineJakob Nielsen: Samuel Rachlins Jeg, PutinKøb billetter til #dkpol live 17. maj på Hotel Cecil – på Ticketmaster lige her Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode explores the War in Ukraine with Dr. Yannis Stivachtis and Colin Baker from the Center for the European Union and Transatlantic Transeuropean Space Studies at Virginia Tech. Visit the CEUTTSS website: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/research-centers/ceuttss.html Links from today's episode: 1) BBC lengthy story on the turning points in history and how Feb 24th is now one of these: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60767454 (March 19th) 2) https://movingwriters.org/2022/03/08/7-ways-to-get-students-writing-about-the-war-in-ukraine/ 3) European History educators site, Euroclio, with a wealth of context and huge amount of resources and lesson plans: https://padlet.com/EuroClio_Secretariat/13ck4n4khw4voyxq?mc_cid=03ce0aaf9e&mc_eid=d8839c893c (March 18th, updated every week or so) 4) New York Times article and podcast (transcript available) on Putin/Russia by Ukraine/Russia expert Timothy Snyder - great context and depth: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/podcasts/transcript-ezra-klein-interviews-timothy-snyder.html (March 15th) 5) For real depth, Synder's books on Ukraine/Russia and democracy are invaluable: "Bloodlands" (1930s/40s eastern Europe), 2016 and "The Road to Unfreedom" 6) Borders and Self-determination: Crimea https://historiana.eu/historical-content/viewpoints/borders-and-self-determination-crimea?fbclid=IwAR0m-xCa8mHZ3C6bq86HKZoMIcdomCCZIwnB8XTF5lobXMqkKnU24l8auTQ 7) European and other news outlet reports on Ukraine - including articles in the original language (Frech, German etc...so may be of interest to World Language teachers and others) https://www.eurotopics.net/en/276651/ukraine-crisis-between-war-and-peace?fbclid=IwAR0m-xCa8mHZ3C6bq86HKZoMIcdomCCZIwnB8XTF5lobXMqkKnU24l8auTQ 8) Choices Program: https://www.choices.edu/teaching-news-lesson/unrest-in-ukraine/ 9) How Ukraine became Ukraine, in 7 maps https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/03/09/maps-how-ukraine-became-ukraine/?fbclid=IwAR2AJymT9uKJwVYCI-Wi6Ca7qaCqAgtqLQWWaSSi66mGLd2kKyEN7R2iCHc

“Americans and Europeans were guided through the new century by a tale about ‘the end of history,' by what I will call the politics of inevitability, a sense that the future is just more of the present, that the laws of progress are known, that there are no alternatives, and therefore nothing really to be done,” writes the Yale historian Timothy Snyder in his 2018 book, “The Road to Unfreedom.”The central thesis of “The Road to Unfreedom” is that different understandings of the past, its myths, histories and memories create radically different politics. Snyder wrote the book as a way of understanding Vladimir Putin's 2014 invasion of Crimea and the West's response, but its argument has become only more salient in recent weeks. You can't understand Putin's recent invasion of Ukraine without understanding his metaphysical attachment to the era of empire, his mythological telling of Russian-Ukrainian history, and his semi-mystical construction of what constitutes the Russian nation.But Snyder's more radical argument is that the West is also operating under its own mythological understanding of time — one that is so deeply ingrained in our collective psyche that it masquerades as common sense. And that understanding the influence of the “politics of inevitability” is essential to make sense of everything from the West's misreading of Putin's motivations to the internal fracturing of the European Union to the decline of liberal democracy across the globe.So that's where we start: with the central myths at the heart of the modern Western project — and the blind spots they have created. But Snyder is also a renowned historian of European great-power conflict who has written six books entirely or partly about Ukraine. So we also discuss the chasm between the radicalness of European integration and the tedium of European governance, why Snyder thinks Putin's invasion is fundamentally the product of a Russian identity crisis, Ukraine's unique history as a battleground for a great-power war, how Ukrainian identity transcends ethnicity and language, why Western leaders and analysts consistently fail to decipher Putin's intentions, the huge difference between a Russian nation premised on myth and a Ukrainian nation forged by collective action, how Ukrainian resistance could inspire a Western vision for the future and more.Mentioned:“Bloodlands” by Timothy Snyder“On the History Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” by Vladimir PutinBook recommendations:“Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible” by Peter Pomerantsev“The Origins of Totalitarianism” by Hannah Arendt“The Gates of Europe” by Serhii PlokhyThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rogé Karma; fact-checking by Michelle Harris; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Jeff Geld; audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Our executive producer is Irene Noguchi. Special thanks to Kristin Lin and Kristina Samulewski.

“They push buttons,” says Timothy Snyder, a professor of history at Yale. “What button of ours are they pushing here? What are they trying to get us to do?” Vladimir Putin is posturing toward a costly invasion of Ukraine, on the false pretext of protecting Russian-language speakers in the country. Why? In a wide-ranging conversation, Snyder talks with David Remnick about how to understand Russia's aggression, the idea advanced by Putin that Ukraine historically and rightfully belongs to Russia, and the dictator's far-reaching goal of destabilizing NATO. Snyder is the author of the Second World War history “Bloodlands,” as well as “The Road to Unfreedom” and “On Tyranny”—which warn of the dangers that imperil American democracy. Running an oligarchy in which corruption is universal, Putin “is basically stuck with spectacle, distractions—the old bread and circuses idea,” Snyder says, “but also is working from a situation where you want to bring other countries down to your level. . . . With that, you can understand their intervention in our elections, or the way they talk about us: they want to bring out the elements of us, both rhetorically and in reality, that are most like the way they run the country.” Putin's governance of Russia and his foreign policy, in other words, are intricately entangled. “I tend to think [the threat of invasion] is about the Biden Administration, in a pretty fundamental way,” Snyder believes. “If your goal is to undermine NATO—let's accept that that is their sincere goal—who do you want to be President? Trump.” The crisis, he says, “puts Biden in a very bad position. It's very hard for Biden to look strong. . . . Insofar as there is a strategy here, it's about dividing NATO members and putting pressure on the Biden Administration.”

“They push buttons,” says Timothy Snyder, a professor of history at Yale. “What button of ours are they pushing here? What are they trying to get us to do?” Vladimir Putin is posturing toward a costly invasion of Ukraine, on the false pretext of protecting Russian-language speakers in the country. Why? In a wide-ranging conversation, Snyder talks with David Remnick about how to understand Russia's aggression, the idea advanced by Putin that Ukraine historically and rightfully belongs to Russia, and the dictator's far-reaching goal of destabilizing NATO. Snyder is the author of the Second World War history “Bloodlands,” as well as “The Road to Unfreedom” and “On Tyranny”—which warn of the dangers that imperil American democracy. Running an oligarchy in which corruption is universal, Putin “is basically stuck with spectacle, distractions—the old bread and circuses idea,” Snyder says, “but also is working from a situation where you want to bring other countries down to your level. . . . With that, you can understand their intervention in our elections, or the way they talk about us: they want to bring out the elements of us, both rhetorically and in reality, that are most like the way they run the country.” Putin's governance of Russia and his foreign policy, in other words, are intricately entangled. “I tend to think [the threat of invasion] is about the Biden Administration, in a pretty fundamental way,” Snyder believes. “If your goal is to undermine NATO—let's accept that that is their sincere goal—who do you want to be President? Trump.” The crisis, he says, “puts Biden in a very bad position. It's very hard for Biden to look strong. . . . Insofar as there is a strategy here, it's about dividing NATO members and putting pressure on the Biden Administration.”

Democracy and the rule of law in Western societies are under threat, according to Timothy Snyder, professor of history at Yale University, due to Vladimir Putin's efforts to destabilize neighboring governments and to stir up dissent in countries from France to the United States. The John Adams, in a collaboration with De Balie, brought Professor Timothy Snyder to Amsterdam in 2018 to discuss his new book The Road to Unfreedom. Snyder examines how Western societies left themselves open to anti-democratic forces after the Cold War, and how Russia fell into Putinism, and the rise of Donald Trump, which has become a major threat to democracy around the globe. Even though Donald Trump is gone now, the forces that got him into the oval office are still at work. Which is why Timothy Snyder's  impassioned plea for the triumph of the truth is more relevant than ever. Because, to paraphrase him a bit,  without the truth in the present, you can't start to imagine the future. Support the show (https://www.john-adams.nl/donate/)

Join Haymarket Books and Spectre Journal for a discussion of Neoliberalism and the future of the global economy. After the failures of Keynesianism in the 1970s, the capitalist classes of the world turned to neoliberalism to discipline workers and restore profitability. In the wake of the Great Recession of 2008-10, capitalism has been mired in a long-term global slump and neoliberal policies have been unable to trigger a new boom. Is neoliberalism finished? Are states returning to Keynesianism? Will that work? Why is the world economy locked in a slump? Join this webinar to hear answers to these and other questions from Prabhat Patnaik, Michael Roberts, and David McNally. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Speakers: David McNally teaches history at the University of Houston. He is an editor of Spectre journal, and the author of seven books, including Blood and Money: War, Slavery, Finance and Empire (Haymarket Books 2020). Michael Roberts is a British-based Marxist economist and author who worked as a professional economist in financial institutions for 40 years. He is author of several books: The Great Recession - a Marxist View (2009); The Long Depression (Haymarket 2016); World in Crisis joint ed (Haymarket 2018) and Marx 200 (2018). He blogs regularly at: thenextrecession.wordpress.com. Prabhat Patnaik is a well-known radical economist. He has written extensively on macroeconomics, development economics, and political economy. His books include Accumulation and Stability Under Capitalism and The Retreat to Unfreedom. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by Spectre Journal and Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/bzCjTUNrQRk Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

In this episode, Dr Shamira Meghani (Cambridge University) talks to me about queerness and caste, about how imperialism shapes gender, about why people associate Islam with unfreedom, and about how literature can help us understand more about all of these intersections. They also explain what sexual dissidence means and why a tabloid newspaper suggested that the university that started the first MA programme on sexuality in Britain needed to be ‘disinfected'… Fascinating stuff and lots to think about! Give it a listen! Books, people and terms mentioned:Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence (University of Sussex, founded in 1991)Jonathan Dollimore's Sexual DissidenceAlan SinfieldAnne McClintock's Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial ContestRabindranath Tagore's The Home and the WorldIndian Penalty Code, 1860The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018HijraRuth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai's Same-Sex Love in India: Readings in Indian LiteratureEndogamyB. R. AmbedkarBhraminDalitLaws of Manu (Manu-smriti)R. Raj Rao's The BoyfriendSalman Rushdie's Satanic VersesAckley Bridge (Channel 4)Akwaeke Emezi's FreshwaterOgbanjeBen Okri's The Famished RoadPOSEMj RodriguezOh, hi! Still reading? Then why not follow me on Instagram and Twitter (@Lena_Mattheis). See you there!Questions you should be able to respond to after listening to this episode:1. What is sexual dissidence?2. How does imperialism relate to gender and sexuality?3. What does queerness have to do with caste? What is caste?4. Which non-binary genders are mentioned in this episode?5. Why can it be problematic to think of other groups of people as unfree? Please try to think of further examples for this harmful ascription.

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Dr Katie Cruz contributed a chapter titled "The Work of Sex Work: Prostitution, Unfreedom and Criminality at Work" to the book Criminality at Work (Oxford UP, 2020). In this podcast, Dr Cruz talks about her research around stripping and labour rights. She discusses the case of Nowack vs Chandler Bars when a woman working as a stripper in a London strip club was successful in pursuing her case against the club. She discusses her other work including her research among sex workers in Jamaica. Kate's blog posts are available here.  Cruz's other works in include:  --Cruz, K., & Brown, W. (2016). "Feminism, law, and neoliberalism: An interview and discussion with Wendy Brown." Feminist Legal Studies, 24(1), 69-89. --Cruz, K. (2018). "Beyond Liberalism: Marxist feminism, migrant sex work, and labour unfreedom." Feminist Legal Studies, 26(1), 65-92. --Hardy, K., & Cruz, K. (2019). "Affective organizing: Collectivizing informal sex workers in an intimate union." American behavioural scientist, 63(2), 244-261. --Cruz, K., Davidson, J. O. C., & Taylor, J. S. (2019). "Tourism and sexual violence and exploitation in Jamaica: contesting the ‘trafficking and modern slavery frame." Journal of the British Academy, 7(s1), 191-216. Rachel Stuart is a sex work researcher whose primary interest is the lived experiences of sex workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

on June 4, 2020, Dr. Christian Keller delivered the banner lecture, “Freedom and Unfreedom in the Great Dismal Swamp” In his book, City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763–1856," Nevius examines petit marronage, an informal slave's economy, and the construction of internal improvements in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina. The vast wetland was tough terrain that most white Virginians and North Carolinians considered uninhabitable. Perceived desolation notwithstanding, black slaves fled into the swamp's remote sectors and engaged in petit marronage, a type of escape and fugitivity prevalent throughout the Atlantic world. An alternative to the dangers of flight by way of the Underground Railroad, maroon communities often neighbored slave-labor camps, the latter located on the swamp's periphery and operated by the Dismal Swamp Land Company and other companies that employed slave labor to facilitate the extraction of the Dismal's natural resources. Often with the tacit acceptance of white company agents, company slaves engaged in various exchanges of goods and provisions with maroons―networks that padded company accounts even as they helped to sustain maroon colonies and communities. In his examination of life, commerce, and social activity in the Great Dismal Swamp, Nevius engages the historiographies of slave resistance and abolitionism in the early American republic. City of Refuge uses a wide variety of primary sources―including runaway advertisements; planters' and merchants' records, inventories, letterbooks, and correspondence; abolitionist pamphlets and broadsides; county free black registries; and the records and inventories of private companies―to examine how American maroons, enslaved canal laborers, white company agents, and commission merchants shaped, and were shaped by, race and slavery in an important region in the history of the late Atlantic world. The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

In this conversation, Philip spends time with Timothy Snyder, Yale Professor of History at Yale University. The basis for their conversation is Prof. Snyder's article “What Turing Told Us About the Digital Threat to a Human Future”. The rise of AI and its ensuing potential and threat to human future is dissected over the course of the episode. We also find time to tackle some current news, the Ukraine and how Prof. Snyder's book "The Road to UnFreedom" makes sense of our increasing digitalization and the rising threats to democracy. Links of interestNew York Review of BooksPhilip's Drop Prof. Synder's Drop 

Timothy Snyder ... The EU has a big historical narrative about itself. Once upon a time waring nation-states decided to finally put aside their differences. A project for peace and reconciliation was born. But what if the story is wrong? What if it's a myth? Luke Cooper caught up with Yale historian Timothy Snyder to get the alternative story on origins of Europe. He suggests Europeans keen to forget their imperial histories have lost sight of the real lesson and importance of today's EU. It's about life after empire. You can find out more about the ideas Tim's discusses in the pod in his latest book, The Road to Unfreedom. 

Mark Levin joins Jon Miller to discuss the dishonesty of today's progressive media, explained in his new book, “Unfreedom of the Press.” In the early days of this country, the free press was biased, BUT publishers were up front about their points of view. Levin says that's what's missing from today's mass media. Then, an EXCLUSIVE interview with Yair Netanyahu, son of Israel's prime minister. He talks about the special Israel-U.S. relationship and discusses the Advanced Security Training Institute, which provides specialized training for U.S. first responders in Israel — which is better than anyone at responding to terrorism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Timothy Snyder is a historian of the Holocaust, Eastern Europe, and yet other matters. He is a professor at Yale and has many other affiliations. Among his books are “Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin” and “The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America.” Jay picks his brain on democracy, dictatorship, and other concerns of today (and always). An education. Source

Nationally syndicated radio host and best-selling author Mark Levin joins Scot Bertram for a special episode of The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour. Mark discusses his new book, Unfreedom of the Press, out May 21.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Augu heimsins beinast að Rússlandi um þessar mundir. En af nokkrum ástæðum. Margir búast eflaust við að ég tali hér um Heimsmeistaramótið í knattspyrnu sem nú fer fram þar í landi - en aðrir vegna þess að heimsmeistaramótið í breyttum stjórnmálum hefur nú staðið yfir í landinu í 8 ár. Það er að minnsta kosti niðurstaða bandaríska sagnfræðingsins Timothy Snyders en hann gaf á dögunum út nýja bók sem ber nafnið Road to Unfreedom, eða Vegurinn til helsis. Í bókinni fer Snyder, fremur myrkur í máli, djúpt ofan í saumana á alræðistilburðum Rússlands og pólitísk áhrif sem færast frá austri til vestur. Við rýnum í bók Snyders í Lestinni í dag með Sigurbjörgu Sigurgeirsdóttur, doktor í stjórnsýslufræðum við Háskóla Íslands. Tónlistarhátíðin Secret Solstice verður sett í dag í fimmta skiptið. Í Laugardalnum koma fram tugir tónlistarmanna úr ótal áttum næstu fjóra daga og Davíð Roach Gunnarsson stiklar á því stærsta í dagskránni og fjallar um átta atriði sem Lestin mælir sérstaklega með. Tónlistarkonan Katrín Helga Ólafsdóttir, sem kemur fram undir listamannanafninu K.óla vakti áhuga Lestarstjóra þegar hún spilaði á tónleikum á Húrra á dögunum. Berskjaldað og gáskafullt tilraunakennt rafpopp sem má vel mæla með. Katrín Helga tekur sér far með Lestinni í dag.

I talk with Jeffrey Schaler about his new book, Thomas Szasz: The Man and His Ideas (http://amzn.to/2wvEHyO). Thomas Szasz was an iconoclastic psychiatrist who did not believe in the concept of mental illness. He saw emotional distress as, "problems of living". We talk about Szasz and what he meant when he wrote that he did not believe in "mental illness". Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction http://www.schaler.net/ 00:05:22 Responsibility vs Freedom  00:12:16 Szasz's definition of mental illness  00:18:28 Non-coercive psychiatry  00:29:09 Freedom vs Unfreedom  00:38:17 Dealing with emotional difficulties  00:41:34 Favorite memory of Szasz --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aaronolson/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aaronolson/support

I talk with Jeffrey Schaler about his new book, Thomas Szasz: The Man and His Ideas (http://amzn.to/2wvEHyO). Thomas Szasz was an iconoclastic psychiatrist who did not believe in the concept of mental illness. He saw emotional distress as, "problems of living". We talk about Szasz and what he meant when he wrote that he did not believe in "mental illness". Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction http://www.schaler.net/ 00:05:22 Responsibility vs Freedom  00:12:16 Szasz's definition of mental illness  00:18:28 Non-coercive psychiatry  00:29:09 Freedom vs Unfreedom  00:38:17 Dealing with emotional difficulties  00:41:34 Favorite memory of Szasz --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aaronolson/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aaronolson/support