Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
How the shutdown relates to autocracy. For the tyrant Congress and Parliament are expendable. I am the only one that matters Trump tells us. We deserve good governance and leaders who care about our welfare.
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Resistance means using all the tools and spaces you have for peaceful opposition. My latest video.
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Bannon says Tr*ump is acting as a vehicle of divine providence. This is an old authoritarian propaganda theme.
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In protesting peacefully we reclaim our cities and communities from state brutality. These are our spaces, our homes.
October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A message of support to those protesting today and some tips drawn from the history of resistance.
June 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Flip the script on democracy's destroyers. It's Day One of the new phase of the fight for our democracy.
January 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM