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John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

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In this 10-minute video, John Lithgow reads each of the lessons from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Bookshop). Number two: defend institutions. It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well. Do not speak of our institutions unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf. Institutions do not protect themselves. They fall one after the other unless each is defended fr…

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John Lithgow Reads From 'On Tyranny'

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow from Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny.” Open Thread below... John Amato adds: John Lithgow is terrifying in a new movie I watched over the weekend on Shudder called "The Rule of Jenny Pen." Rush stars as the honorable Judge Stefan Mortensen, who finds himself at Royal Pine Mews Care Home after suffering a debilitating stroke. His roommate is legendary rugby gunner Tony Garfield (George Henare), but Mortensen isn’…

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John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

In this 10-minute video, John Lithgow reads each of the lessons from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Bookshop). Number two: defend institutions. It is institutions that help us to preserve decency. They need our help as well. Do not speak of our institutions unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf. Institutions do not protect themselves. They fall one after the other unless each is defended fr…

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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

John Lithgow's work in On Tyranny was an effort to bring to life the lessons of author Timothy Snyder on how to defend democracy against authoritarianism. Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow by Timothy Snyder Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing Read on Substack Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They o…

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Crooks and Liars broke the news in United States on Monday, March 31, 2025.
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