US EditionHow Do We Fight Fascism? Flee or Fight?
- Three Yale professors studying authoritarianism—Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder, and Jason Stanley—are leaving the U.S. In May 2025 to teach in Canada.
- They decided to leave due to growing fears of democratic decline, citing parallels to Nazi Germany and increasing political repression.
- The professors describe a narrowing of freedom and abuse of federal power under President Trump that targets dissent and creates fear.
- Shore emphasized that history shows it is wiser to leave early in times of rising danger, referencing the events of 1933, while Stanley described the current situation as a critical threat to democracy.
- Their departure highlights concerns about rising authoritarianism in America and prompts debate over whether fleeing or resisting better defends democracy.
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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...
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"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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