Recognizing the signs of fascism today | Historian Timothy Snyder

An extended conversation with professor and author Timothy Snyder about his decision to leave Yale University to teach in Canada, telling CBC’s Eli Glasner why understanding history is the most important weapon in the fight against rising fascism.

00:00 ‘Classes are literally being cancelled’
01:18 The chilling effect of the war on woke
02:17 Evidence of universities self-censoring
03:10 Why it’s important to teach authoritarianism now
06:02 Troubling signs of fascism
08:07 Fascism is not just an American problem
11:12 The role of universities in this moment
14:20 Why aren’t the people rising up?
19:40 Does life in Canada feel different?
24:15 De-enlightenment and attacks on science
27:29 Did you ever feel like you were abandoning?
30:00 Teaching about Hitler and Stalin
32:09 Our only advantage is that we know the history

#history #news #teaching

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