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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · 17h

Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Çidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey).

26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · 17h

What wisdom would you share with your younger self?

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · 17h

How is life under authoritarian conditions for you?

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · 17h

What are your coping mechanisms for fascism?

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daniel loick @danielloick.bsky.social · 17h

Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Çidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey).

26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · 17h

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.
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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · 20d

Statement by the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs on the recent attacks on academic freedom @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
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ICCTP Statement on UC Berkeley’s Compliance with Antisemitism Investigation by Trump Administration - International Consortium of Critical Theory

As the Board of the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs, we express our profound concern over and principled objection to the decision of UC Berkeley to hand over a list of 160 facult...

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Jul 15

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

Emergency Call with YoNoFui

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Jul 4

In our new "Dispatch of Authoritarianism", Rosaura Martínez 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.

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Dispatch Rosaura Martínez Ruiz

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Jul 4

In our new "Dispatch of Authoritarianism", Rosaura Martínez 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...

Dispatch Rosaura Martínez Ruiz

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

Dispatches of Authoritarianism: Zeynep Gambetti

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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · Jun 10

“The politicians want to define protest as merely voicing a demand without disrupting anything; they don’t recognize the value of putting one’s body between the state & the scapegoated. There is apparently no ‘peaceful’ way to do that. What we are witnessing is not only protest; it is self-defense.”

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Jun 10

Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.

https://trib.al/iKKdXbT

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Critical Theory in Berlin @ktbberlin.bsky.social · Jun 13

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:
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#306 Tommie Shelby: "Only grassroots solidarity can stop the march of authoritarianism"

Politics for the rich, blatant discrimination against minorities and attacks on basic rights: How can we build new forms of solidarity against the creeping authoritarianism in the United States and el...

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Jun 5

In April, "Emergencies of Authoritarianism” 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....

Authoritarian Times: Crisis and Utopia, English Version

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Jun 3

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 Zaharijević on Serbia:
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In the Midst | Blog - Critical Times

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Jun 2

Our colleague Debaditya Bhattacharya has written an insightful piece on the articulation of authoritarianism in India, examining the context and consequences of the recent acts of war

Critical Times @criticaltimes1.bsky.social · May 31

"In the custodial state...the citizen enters the scene in a mode of resignation–a way of being held in perpetual custody–as the only guarantee of protection both from state power and by it."

NEW from Debaditya Bhattacharya

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War, Hate, and Custody: The Kashmir “Problem” and the Indian “Solution” - Critical Times

Reflections on Authoritarian Times On May 10, 2025, after four terrifying days of shelling and missile and drone attacks along the northern and western border states between India and Pakistan, a cea...

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · May 28

In our first episode, we talk to Silky Shah, Executive Director of the Detention Watch Network in the USA, about Trump's attack on immigrant rights, migrant self-organization, and perspectives on the antifascist struggle.

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · May 28

Emergencies of authoritarianism require not only a precise theoretical analysis, but also an urgent political response. In our series 'Emergency Calls', we talk to non-academic partners to ask them for advice: What is to be done?
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Emergency Call with Detention Watch Network, Silky Shah

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · May 16

On the blog "In the Midst", facilitated by Critical Times, political theorist Wendy Brown offers some reflections on our predicament "After Liberal Democracy".

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After Liberal Democracy - Critical Times

Reflections on Authoritarian Times Trump’s win surprised few political realists. What has taken nearly everyone by surprise is the rapid rollout of chaotic authoritarian governing facilitated by a de...

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · May 15

“The question is whether fascism is taking over. If by that we understand the abolition of the remnants of the constitutional state, the organization of paramilitary troops, granting the police extraordinary legal powers . . . then one can speak with complete justification of an incipient fascism.”

The Long Shadow of Racial Fascism - Boston Review

A debate is roiling about the aptness of comparing Trump to European fascists. But radical Black thinkers have long argued that racial slavery created its own unique form of American fascism.

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · May 14

In the second episode of our "Dispatches", project member Gisela Catanzaro lays out the differences between the chainsaw authoritarianism of Milei and authoritarian movements in the "Global North".

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Dispatches of Authoritarianism: Gisela Catanzaro on Milei´s Chainsaw Authoritarianism

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · May 1

Last week, gunmen killed 26 people in Kashmir. What followed was an intense crackdown on Muslims in India, especially Muslim students. In the first episode of "Dispatches", our project member Debaditya Bhattacharya situates it within a broader authoritarian framework.
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Dispatches of Authoritarianism: Debaditya Bhattacharya on India as a Custodial State

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Apr 27

We also visited Esma, a memorial and museum at the site were thousands were tortured and disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship. While the temporalities of authoritarianism are different in different context, the unlimited ability for cruelty seems to be the same everywhere.

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Emergencies of Authoritarianism @eoaproject.bsky.social · Apr 27

What is the temporality of authoritarianism? Is it a depletion of the future, a nostalgia for a lost glorious past, a permanent state of exception? These were some of the questions we discussed at our 2nd exploratory workshop in Buenos Aires.

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