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Gazeta Wyborcza @wyborcza.pl · 04/09/2026

Jak nie oddać przyszłości. O Marci Shore i Timothym Snyderze. Więcej: wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3300...

Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On What is Living and What is Dead in 20th century-style Fascism, with a warm thank-you to @nahlahayed.bsky.social for a serious follow-up conversation in Toronto.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Satan was great so long as he was offering me cool stuff in exchange for my soul”

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Stany Zjednoczone są krajem zbudowanym na niewolnictwie. Ja nie jestem winna niewolnictwa. Natomiast jestem odpowiedzialna za patrzenie tej historii prosto w oczy i mówienie o niej prawdy. Bez odpowiedzialności nie ma prawdziwej podmiotowości, czyli nie ma prawdziwej ludzkiej godności.

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Marci Shore: Może „lepsza polityka historyczna” jest sprzecznością samą w sobie. Historia nie jest miła

Senat odrzucił kandydaturę Mateusza Szpytmy na prezesa IPN forsowaną w Sejmie przez niezwykłą większość: PiS i Konfederację, ale także PSL i części Polski 2050. Prof. Shore: "Jeśli chcemy budować leps...

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Giles compares fact checking to 'catching snowflakes in a blizzard,' because 'the speed at which the lies come tumbling over each other leaves anybody trying to follow and disentangle them disoriented and unable to keep up."-- @heidicuda.bsky.social

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"This display of disregard for plausibility and not even bothering to pretend to tell the truth reflects that the speaker is already operating in a society where the truth no longer matters. . .—the listeners know they are being lied to, but can do nothing about it.”--Keir Giles

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"Gibt es zwischen Philosophie und Krieg eine gewisse Gemeinsamkeit. Der Krieg wirft einen Menschen aus der klar umrissenen Welt seines Lebens in eine neue, unbekannte Dimension. . . .Im Krieg, in Grenzsituationen, erfährt der Mensch die Endlichkeit der eigenen Existenz."-- Serhii Forkosh

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Philosophie-Seminar an der Front

Serhii Forkosh baute in Kyiv einen Kreis für Philosophie für eine junge Generation auf, der Krieg machte seine Schüler zu Soldaten. Doch anstatt zu pausieren, geht der intellektuelle Austausch online ...

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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Last night in the Kyiv region, the russian drones murdered a granny, grandpa, and their 3yo grandson, injuring toddlers' parents and older brother, along with a neighbour who came for their rescue. This is the hell on earth.

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Hunor Deak @hunordeak.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

These two should be part of required reading for history classes in secondary schools in Scotland!

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The thing about knowing that something like the Holocaust is possible, is that once you know, you can't unknow. From a very young age, I knew what *could* happen. And I somehow had the feeling that perhaps the wrong lessons had been drawn.

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The Real Cost of Misinformation | Marci Shore

YouTube video by Women Talking Democracy

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“I like the Hitlerites, because of their cult of the irrational, their exaltation of vitality as such, their virile expansion of energy, without any critical spirit, without reserve and without control.”—Emil Cioran (1911-1995)

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What is Fascism?

The third lecture in my new course, "Hitler and Stalin today."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"What is Fascism?" The third lecture in my new online course, "Hitler and Stalin today" A guest lecture by @marcishore.bsky.social re.bsky.social Hosted by the Munk School @utoronto.ca Full lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/what-is-fa...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/08/2026

Russia commits war crimes every single day

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ako historička túto schopnosť vnímam zároveň ako zdroj našej odolnosti aj našej spoluviny. Ľudia majú mimoriadnu schopnosť zvyknúť si na nenormálne. Táto schopnosť nám umožňuje prežiť. Zároveň nám však umožňuje stať sa spolupáchateľmi.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Vlastenectvo v sebe vždy nesie pokušenie rozdeliť svet na „nás“ a „ich“. Je to hlboko ľudský impulz a zároveň jeden zo zdrojov fašizmu. Mohlo by vlastenectvo znamenať hrdosť na inkluzívnu spoločnosť namiesto spoločnosti, ktorá vylučuje? Chcela by som veriť, že áno.

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Marci Shore: Úprimne nerozumiem tomu, ako môže niekto v strednej Európe sympatizovať s Putinom - Diskusia

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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A russian ballistic missile, supplied by North Korea, killed the family of Voronovi last night, incl parents Olena and Artem, and three of their underage children: Mark, Azariy Ilai, and Emiliia. Other kids — Zakharii, Dominika, Viorika, Federika, and 18mo grandson Artem — are missing.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"Ukraine would have been better off with the Black lady in charge. . . .Ukraine has fewer resources because white people like Graham cared more about advancing racism at home by supporting Trump than a collective devotion to security in the U.S. and abroad." @terrelljstarr.bsky.social

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A Black Man’s Eulogy For Lindsey Graham: ‘Pro Ukraine.’ Anti-Black

Terrell J Starr Official is a reader-supported publication.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"In Texas, a 52-year-old man driving to work in Houston, Texas, was murdered by an ICE agent. . .six days later, in Maine, ICE agents murdered a 26-year-old in his car.-@heidicuda.bsky.social What was horrifying about Bolshevism was not universal health care. It was arbitrary violence and terror.

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Hot Type: Reds Under the Bed

Political columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda reports on the ‘Freudian projection’ of Trump’s latest boogeyman – the ‘Communist’

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Research Centre Ukraine / Max Weber Foundation @rcu-mws-ukraine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Last week, together with Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social and Ulyana Kyrchiv, in a conversation moderated by Daria Badior, we reflected on what it means to look beyond established narratives through the biographies of Irena Kronska and Petro Ravych. @maxweberstiftung.de @iwm.at

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🍏 Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Political Prisoners @repcohen.bsky.social issues a statement urging the leaders of democratic nations to prioritise the release of all civilian captives as part of any ceasefire in Ukraine. Time to put #PeopleFirst www.csce.gov/statements/i...

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A weaving loom being used for neurological rehabilitation at the inspiringly innovative UNBROKEN Center in Lviv. #unbroken_ua

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Matsu Basho 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @matsubasho.eurosky.social · 08/07/2026

Allez, je mets la nécrologie, elle vaut la lecture. C’était semble-t-il une grande dame de la littérature européenne qui vient de s’en aller. www.eurozine.com/to-compose-a...

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‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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rwhetsel.bsky.social @rwhetsel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Very helpful comments imo also here, towards the middle, re refusing of shame... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6a...

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Historian Marci Shore on Ukraine, Trump, Putin, and the human condition | How Come

YouTube video by Ukrainer in English

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Matt ”read the syllabus” L @matt18l.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just heard about the death of Slavenka Drakulic at the end of June. This hits hard. She was an outstanding journalist and author. I taught her book "How We Survived Communism..." in my intro level European History class. Here is an appreciation by Marci Shore www.eurozine.com/to-compose-a...

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‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Class 3: What is fascism? (Guest Lecturer Marci Shore) - Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today 🎥 Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Timothy Snyder youtu.be/ceqleHuLUwQ?...

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Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today: Class 3: What is fascism? (Guest Lecturer Marci Shore)

YouTube video by Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Class 6: Why was Communism appealing? - Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today (Guest Lecturer: Marci Shore) 🎥 Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Timothy Snyder youtu.be/I44X855AcsY?...

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Timothy Snyder: Hitler and Stalin Today: Class 6: Why was Communism appealing?

YouTube video by Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

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Cape May Dave @capemaydave.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Thanks for this. I agree. I'm reminded of a lecture from a few years ago: youtu.be/FvnJlTigQuk?...

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Marci Shore: Understanding ‘Post-Truth’ - Lessons from Central European Philosophy after 1968

YouTube video by IWMVienna

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Amanda Pullan @apullan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Sharing this lovely tribute by Marci Shore on writing & truth "what novelists understood and scholars sometimes failed to appreciate was that human empathy came into being only at the level of the individual person." www.eurozine.com/to-compose-a...

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‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"Think" (in the imperative)--an Arendtian sign at a demonstration in Lviv against Zelensky's dismissal of Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Trump is trying to create a state of emergency around a communist menace. This has nothing to do with universal health care. It's Freudian projection: communist regimes invoked "enemies of the people" as a pretext for arbitrary violence and terror. This is how the Trump administration behaves.

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July 17, 2026 - Dr. Trita Parsi | Anna Grzymala-Busse | Marci Shore

The MoU Fell Apart Because of Trump, Witkoff and Kushner's Amateurism and Desperation and Now We Are About to Lose the Same War Again | There Is No Communism In America But That Won't Stop Trump and S

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

OTD in 1963 Egon Bahr proposed “Wandel durch Handel” (change through trade) with authoritarian regimes so as to bring about positive political change. It’s been a brilliant success cos we’ve never invaded anyone and totally haven’t used your money on weapons & war.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For Samuel Kassow, Yuri Dmitriev, Sergei Lebedev, Roman Tymoshevskyi, Maksimas Milta, @janinedigi.bsky.social @iwm.at @trpforjustice.bsky.social @enmemorial.bsky.social and everyone past and present working to document and preserve truth.

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KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Jason Stanley, renowned philosopher and leading scholar calls the silence of American Medicine on Dr. Abu Safiya a scandal, saying: the protection of Medical Personnel CANNOT be selective! I AGREE!! #SaveAbuSafiya tinyurl.com/SaveMD

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Healthcare workers: please join my friend @kaminskimed.bsky.social , a brilliant Israeli pulmonologist working to save his colleague, Dr. Abu Safiya, director of what had been the last functioning hospital in North Gaza. Illegally detained, Dr. Safiya is now dying in Israeli prison.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Each attack on Kyiv echoes with conversations I had during Book Arsenal. My Ukrainian friends described the surreal coexistence of normal and abnormal. Within a sentence, someone might comment on the type of missile being fired, poetry, or pastries. It all exists together.

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Eurozine @eurozine.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend @marcishore.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/to-compose-a...

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‘To compose a sentence was to take a moral stance’

As a writer, Slavenka Drakulić sought to evoke the life of the single individual in a way that made empathy possible, writes her friend Marci Shore.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"A Black woman sat in front of the Senate and described the character of the man they were about to empower, and the men in the room decided her account mattered less than his confirmation. The country has lived with that decision ever since."--Kahlil Greene

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We Wouldn't Have to Deal With Clarence Thomas If Y'all Had Listened to Black Women

Clarence Thomas has spent decades helping roll back civil rights gains. In 1991, a Black woman named Anita Hill told the Senate under oath exactly who he was, and they confirmed him days later anyway.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"You feel once again. . .how awful this gulag in particular was, and the Soviet system was, when dealing with individual human beings. It's a terrible, awful piece of human history that one needs to keep in mind to warn us against the potential of this happening again."-- Norman Naimark

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Poland's Agony with Norman Naimark

YouTube video by Hoover Institution

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Opposition to aid for Ukraine on the left often strikes me as self-absorbed. The fact that we Americans have done bad things does not mean everyone should. “If one had to be perfect to make any kind of moral argument about the world, we'd all be silenced.” youtu.be/Vg6a9gsdMxM

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Historian Marci Shore on Ukraine, Trump, Putin, and the human condition | How Come

YouTube video by Ukrainer in English

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"There are things for which it is worthwhile to suffer."--Jan Patočka (1907-1977) An exquisite lecture about Patočka last days, and they're meaning for our time, by Ludger Hagedorn: @iwm.at

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LUDGER HAGEDORN: Shaken Solidarity

YouTube video by IWMVienna

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simplicityofheart.bsky.social @simplicityofheart.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

When you’re finally reading Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI and you gasp because he quotes Hannah Arendt and you immediately think of @marcishore.bsky.social - the collision of worlds is beautiful.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

On the the 250th anniversary of July 4th: I took this photo in front of Vienna's Café Sperl, where for years my late friend Martin Pollack (1944-1925) did his writing. He believed deeply that we could only more forward as a society by looking at the truth of the past with eyes wide open.

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

“No future Russian president can realistically think that invading Russia's smaller, western neighbours will not result in immediate, effective and sustained retaliation across all of Russia.”

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