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How Do We Fight Fascism? Flee or Fight?
- Three Yale professors studying fascism—Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder, and Jason Stanley—are leaving the United States to teach in Canada in 2025.
- They decided to leave due to increasing concerns over democratic backsliding and authoritarian tendencies under the Trump administration.
- The professors warned that discourses on freedom have narrowed in the U.S., with Shore citing that “there is no such thing as a ship that can't sink,” referencing historical lessons from 1933.
- Stanley called the situation a “democratic emergency” and noted that Americans often assume safety by believing in exceptionalism, which narrows their understanding of freedom.
- Their departure highlights fears about political repression, including federal investigations into universities and funding cuts, signaling a fragile climate for academic freedom and dissent.
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Letter: It’s time to replace Jared Golden
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com On May 14, the New York Times reported that three remarkable experts on the history of fascism are moving their academic careers and their location to Canada due to their serious concerns about the rapid slide to fascism in our dear country. Rep. Jared Golden sends out a weekly newsletter, mostly about issues such as Freedom …
On whether to leave this country...or not
This week the New York Times ran a video op-ed piece authored by three Yale professors: Marci Shore, Jason Stanley and Timothy Snyder. Titled, “We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.,“ it presents a case for why these three highly regarded...
"I Want to Do My Job without Fear of Being Punished": Three Professors From Yale University Are Exiled to Canada
Fleeing Donald Trump's relentless campaign against the freedom of research, three American fascism teachers, Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley, went to Toronto, alarmed by the rise of "authoritarianism" in the United States.
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