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NEW: For months, @juliaangwin.com and I have been interviewing foreign dissidents and opposition leaders. Today The New Yorker published our practical guide to courage in Trump's age of fear. If you want to oppose authoritarianism, but fear for your job, freedom, or way of life, this is for you 🧵:

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Autocrats always try to dismantle universities and other sites of free thought. But the current effort to destroy American institutions is also a reactionary backlash against real progress on racial justice in this country. Backlash only happens when movements are winning the argument.

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Before passing away last month at age 84, David Hartsough spent his life protesting war and injustice, while also living the gospel of nonviolence.

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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

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for this week's @newyorker.com magazine issue, I wrote a Profile of Bluesky, the site we are on right now! It's the deepest look yet at how Bluesky started as a Twitter side project and how CEO Jay Graber went from welding Bitcoin rigs to running a social network www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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'Política de la noviolencia'. Mahatma Gandhi. Antología del pensamiento de Gandhi. Edición de Rubén Campos Palarea @rubencampos.bsky.social #ClásicosDelPensamientoCrítico buff.ly/lWB89xI

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Next week, I'll be in Copenhague to participate in the People Power Conference organized by @ms.dk Looking forward to learn from activists around the world how #nonviolent resistance can be a meaningful tool in this troubling times. Great to meet if you will be around too! www.ms.dk/en/people-po...

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Next week, I'll be in Copenhague to participate in the People Power Conference organized by @ms.dk Looking forward to learn from activists around the world how #nonviolent resistance can be a meaningful tool in this troubling times. Great to meet if you will be around too! www.ms.dk/en/people-po...

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“There’s a sense that the protests of Trump’s first term were ultimately futile… In fact, popular resistance in Trump’s first term accomplished more than many observers realize; it’s just that most wins happened outside the spotlight.” theconversation.com/social-movem...

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Statement from detained student Rümeysa Öztürk dictated to her attorneys while jailed at the South Louisiana ICE facility: “Efforts to target me because of my op-ed in the Tufts Daily calling for the equal dignity and humanity of all people will not deter me” @theintercept.com

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Policy Dialogue of @clubdemadrid has started in Nairobi! bsky.app/profile/club...

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Former Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010- 2012) and Club de Madrid Member Iveta Radičová recently visited Armenia to promote gender equality and strengthen the country’s anti-discrimination frameworks. 🎥 Video on YouTube: youtu.be/Y2wIoyZDy-M 🔗Read more: clubmadrid.org/equal-armeni...

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📍 Former President of Chile (2006-2010, 2014-2018) and Vice President of Club de Madrid Michelle Bachelet delivered a powerful intervention a the 69th CSW69 calling for bold leadership and inclusive policies. 🎥 Watch on YT: youtu.be/DAYpt57TDqc 🌐 Learn more: clubmadrid.org/club-de-madr...

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I don’t know what will happen with Le Pen’s trial but if she is found guilty and banned from standing for elections, it won’t be a denial of democracy, it will be a reinforcement of the rule of law. The US shows what happens when you don’t follow through on punishments for corruption.

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#Georgia 's parliament should reject "foreign agent" bill aimed at decimating the country's vibrant civil society. Attacks on NGOs part of vast repression of critics. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should speak up for rights & act against architects of repression. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

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Europe frames migration as a crisis—but this masks the reality of its aging population and skills shortages. Over 18 months, with 20+ journalists, across 7 countries we answered: What’s the true cost of shutting migrants out of jobs? Hear from the reporters:

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The state of nonviolent grassroots resistance: peterlevine.ws?p=33795, an update with quotes from @msifry.bsky.social, @chenoweth.bsky.social, @sifill.bsky.social and other essential sources

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‘I thought I was going to die’: director Hamdan Ballal recounts attack by settlers and soldiers in West Bank

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Our colleagues of @epd.eu, where @clubdemadrid.bsky.social is a proud member, have coordinated an effort of 49 organizations to provide priorities and recommendations for the new European #Democracy Shield. Protect and boost democracy is a fundamental task for #Europe now! bsky.app/profile/epd....

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🛡️The new European Democracy Shield (EDS) is being prepared by the European Commission and will cover the EU’s key work in supporting #democracy. 📌 How can it effectively protect and boost democracy? With 49 organisations, EPD has laid out the priorities and recommendations for an effective EDS. 🧵

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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him. Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.

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holy shit www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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A huge anti-Erdoğan protest tonight in Istanbul, defying a four day national ban on protests, to denounce the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. "Break down those barricades without harming the police. Take to the streets and squares", Ozgur Ozel, an opposition leader, told protesters.

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They were fired, some moved abroad, those still young returned to teach with the end of Fascism, Giorgio Boatti wrote a book on them, published by Einaudi, Preferirei di no.

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"The key word for Africa is UNITY. As long as we are not we will not have a voice in international landscape". "We should have one voice on main international issues". - Prime Minister of Mali (2014- 2015) & Club de Madrid Member at Raisina Dialogue 2025.

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📢 The @ClubdeMadrid Annual Policy Dialogue 2025 will take place on 3–4 April at the UN Compound in Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪 🔗 clubmadrid.org/work/annual-...

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Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. For anti-racism to be genuine and have a lasting impact, governments should meaningfully redress the ongoing impacts of racism’s historic legacies.

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Dear Hungarians, Your problems are DEFINITELY NOT caused by your corrupt political leaders, diverting funds so miserable hospitals stay miserable, and siding with a dictator in his atrocity-ridden invasion next door. No, all your problems are because of LGBT folks. 🙄 www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

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A few weeks ago, I argued in the Post that the Trump administration was ushering in a new era of re-segregation. Now, here we are. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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Free online webinar featuring Nadine Bloch and Beautiful Trouble. The Peaceful Play of People’s Power. Violence, Nonviolence & Social Change Weds 19 March 15:00-17.00 (EET) Register here: www.eventbrite.dk/e/the-peacef...

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After months of slow-burn coverage, the world has suddenly woken up to the scale and stakes of Serbia’s massive protest movement. If you’ve got unanswered questions, I’ve got you covered — here’s a full explainer for @politico.eu: www.politico.eu/article/serb...

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This from Paul & @markengler.bsky.social via @wagingnv.bsky.social is a must read: "Recent weeks have featured many examples of Trump administration being compelled to reverse or scale back initial measures... building civil resistance is an essential task at this moment" bsky.app/profile/wagi...

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LIVE UPDATES: Rodrigo Duterte arrested over ICC case www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rapplerdotcom continues its coverage ... Duterte appears at the Hague on Friday

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At @clubdemadrid.bsky.social we have a strong commitment to continue our collaboration with @unwomen.bsky.social It is fundamental that we take advantage of the #CSW69 energy and renewed partnerships to advance women's rights #Beijing+30

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Vicepresident of @clubdemadrid.bsky.social & former President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet is leading our involvement at the @un.org Commission on the Status of Women in the 30 anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action #CSW69 #Beijing+30 www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-wo...

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EU sanctions can only be on the table when the EU is at the table (and no, no sanction relief for ceasefire. Sanctions should be part of peace negotiations, not ceasefire).

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