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international & interdisciplinary research project analyzing authoritarianism exploring strategies for change A project by @ICCTP https://emergencies-of-authoritarianism.org/
@eoaproject.bsky.social just published a new "Emergency Call" with an activist in Russia, reporting on their struggle against authoritarianism on the ground. Check out our website for a collection of calls with activists all around the world. emergencies-of-authoritarianism.org/emergency-ca...
25.02.2026 12:33 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
In this Emergency Call, we spoke with an anonymous grassroots organization that supports activist groups and individuals facing intense pressure and serious danger in todayβs militarist and authoritarian Russia
youtu.be/B-0geG3uvxs
In our series βEmergency Callsβ, we talk to non-academic partners to ask them for advice: In this episode, we spoke with Vanja and Lidija from Re:AFK, a collective in Serbia/Croatia that engages with abolitionist feminist ideas: youtu.be/2KiHS1ZKGVA
28.01.2026 11:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Finally out! Watch the video of our event earlier this month on Fortress Fascism. It is an insightful conversation between Nandita Sharma, Silky Shah, Mahamat Daoud, and SeΓ‘n Binder, moderated by Esme Smithson Swain. youtu.be/8foE1RCSD0g
19.12.2025 10:00 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
ο»Ώο»ΏIn this Emergency Call, we spoke with Maisan Hamdan from Urfod β Refuse, Your People Will Protect You, a collective supporting Druze Palestinian youth in refusing conscription into the Israeli army.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrTa...htt
How can we resist the border?
Border authoritarianism is fueled by racism. The modern nation-state creates a breeding ground for fascist ideologies that feed on emotions. This international panel brings together scholars and activists resisting borders across the world to consider anti-fascist strategies.
08.11.2025 10:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Join us for our next event: Fortress Fascism: Border Authoritarianism and Activist Struggle
1.12., 12.30 EST / 18.30 CET
An online conversation with Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social, Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social, Mahamat Daoud, and SeΓ‘n Binder. Moderated by Esme Smithson Swain.
@volkancidam.bsky.social @gambettiz.bsky.social @ktbberlin.bsky.social
07.11.2025 16:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our panelists consider the contradictions, dilemmas, and intimate aspects of authoritarianism: how it affects the way we behave, feel, and relate to each other; how it generates indignation, fear, resignation, or trauma; and how it changes what we choose to hold dear and what we find unbearable.
07.11.2025 16:01 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
The video of the online conversation "Living in Authoritarian Times" that we co-organized with the April Institute and Critup is now online: Rahul Bhatia, Volkan Γidam, Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki, and Joseph Howley, moderated by Zeynep Gambetti.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
The German research group "Politics and Gender" organizes a lecture series (online) on "Authoritarianism, Militarization, Fascistization β Feminist Perspectives and Analyses"
www.dvpw.de/gliederung/s...
"In the Midst", the blog of the journal @criticaltimes1.bsky.social, publishes analyses of global authoritarianisms. The newest entry is by two of our members, Rosaura Martinez Ruiz and @danielloick.bsky.social, on the role of "surplus" or "waste" populations.
04.11.2025 09:48 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0To understand Milei's midterm victory, re-watch our Dispatch with Gisela Catanzaro from May of this year, explaining "chainsaw authoritarianism".
27.10.2025 09:23 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
In this Emergency Call we spoke to Gathanga Ndungβu from the Mathare Social Justice Centre about colonial continuities and continuities of resistance, the fight against extrajudicial killings, community-based organizing and the struggle for social justice in Kenya.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI3s...
There has been a slight change: The event will take place at 6.00 pm central European time, which is 1.00 pm East Coast time. Please register for the webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
17.10.2025 21:07 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 3
Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Γidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey).
26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.
What wisdom would you share with your younger self?
08.10.2025 11:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How is life under authoritarian conditions for you?
08.10.2025 10:59 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
What are your coping mechanisms for fascism?
08.10.2025 10:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Announcement of the event
Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Γidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey).
26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.
Authoritarianism is not simply a political order, but also deeply affects the everyday: The way we behave, feel, and relate to each other. Join us for this online conversation with activists and scholars from around the world.
@gambettiz.bsky.social
Statement by the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs on the recent attacks on academic freedom @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
criticaltheoryconsortium.org/announcement...
In this episode of Emergency Calls, we spoke with YoNoFui, an abolitionist, transfeminist, and anti-punitivist collective in Buenos Aires. They shared how they organize against 'contemporary legalized torture centers', and why we should unite against repression youtu.be/t7-7PWJFygo
15.07.2025 10:25 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
In our new "Dispatch of Authoritarianism", Rosaura MartΓnez Ruiz elaborates on her concept of Antigonia, which enables us to perceive the political claim to mourn put forward by the collectives of buscadoras in Mexico as an anti-authoritarian struggle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXqF...
In our new "Dispatch of Authoritarianism", Rosaura MartΓnez Ruiz elaborates on her concept of Antigonia, which enables us to perceive the political claim to mourn put forward by the collectives of buscadoras in Mexico as an anti-authoritarian struggle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXqF...
Check out the latest episode of Dispatches of Authoritarianism: In this episode, Zeynep Gambetti discusses the current situation in Turkey, tracing today's configuration back to the disruptive implementation of neoliberalism and the resulting societal transformation youtu.be/JT_4XysBj0A
17.06.2025 09:59 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1βThe politicians want to define protest as merely voicing a demand without disrupting anything; they donβt recognize the value of putting oneβs body between the state & the scapegoated. There is apparently no βpeacefulβ way to do that. What we are witnessing is not only protest; it is self-defense.β
10.06.2025 15:48 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
If you want to get a first impression of what our Benjamin Lectures next week will be about, you can listen to Tommie Shelby talk to the host Lukas Ondreka on Dissens Podcast about grassroots solidarity and resistance to today's authoritarian movements:
podcast.dissenspodcast.de/306-racism
In April, "Emergencies of Authoritarianismβ organized a panel discussion in Buenos Aires on "Authoritarian Times". We are proud to anounce that the recording is online now. Check out the English version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SB4... and the Spanish version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7oQ....
05.06.2025 17:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Two more contributions on authoritarianism to the "In the Midst" blog facilitated by @criticaltimes1.bsky.social, one by our project member Debaditya Bhattacharya on India and Kashmir, one by Adriana ZaharijeviΔ on Serbia:
ctjournal.org/in-the-midst...