United to Preserve Democracy

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United to Preserve Democracy

The United to Preserve Democracy & the Rule of Law speaker series is a nonpartisan initiative that brings together experts on American history, economics, political science, global affairs, and the U.S. Constitution to raise public awareness about the historic anti-democratic threat facing the United States. The program is sponsored by democracyFIRST.

  1. Sen. Jeremy Moss & Constitutional Scholar Richard Primus

    7 FEB

    Sen. Jeremy Moss & Constitutional Scholar Richard Primus

    Richard Primus works with constitutional law on the state level as well as the federal level. He has helped state governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, His writing has appeared in many leading law reviews as well as in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Politico, The New Republic, and Foreign Affairs. Opinions of the justices of the US Supreme Court have cited his scholarship.

    1 h
  2. "How Democracies Die: A Discussion with Daniel Ziblatt & Conor Lamb"

    28 ENE

    "How Democracies Die: A Discussion with Daniel Ziblatt & Conor Lamb"

    The United to Preserve to Democracy and the Rule of Law speaker series event is a conversation with Harvard Professor Daniel Ziblatt and former Pennsylvania Congressman Conor Lamb. The event is co-sponsored by DemocracyFIRST and was recorded in Harrisburg, PA. Daniel Ziblatt is a historian, expert on democracy, and the author of four books, including How Democracies Die (2018), co-authored with Steven Levitsky, a New York Times best-seller and described by The Economist magazine as “the most important book of the Trump era.” In 2023, he published Tyranny of the Minority, also with Steve Levitsky. The book is an analysis of American democracy in comparative perspective, also a New York Times bestseller.

    33 min
  3. Jason Stanley on "How Fascism Works"

    6 ENE

    Jason Stanley on "How Fascism Works"

    This United to Preserve Democracy and the Rule of Law event, sponsored by democracyFIRST, features Jason Stanley. Stanley is a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the author of How Propaganda Works and How Fascism Works.

    1 h y 9 min
  4. Anne Applebaum on the "Twilight of Democracy"

    6 ENE

    Anne Applebaum on the "Twilight of Democracy"

    Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a Pulitzer-prize winning historian. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the SNF Agora Institute.

    45 min
  5. Jonathan Alter on "American Reckoning"

    6 ENE

    Jonathan Alter on "American Reckoning"

    This United to Preserve: Democracy and the Rule of Law event, sponsored by democracyFIRST and features Jonathan Alter, an award-winning author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, columnist, television producer, and radio host. The moderated discussion with Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija.

    1 h
  6. Cassidy Hutchinson, Sarah Matthews, Alyssa Farah Griffin, & Rep. Liz Cheney

    6 ENE

    Cassidy Hutchinson, Sarah Matthews, Alyssa Farah Griffin, & Rep. Liz Cheney

    On Wednesday, October 9th, democracyFIRST hosted an event with former House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney and former Trump White House aides Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson, and Sarah Matthews about the historic threats facing American democracy in 2024 and the importance of a broad cross-partisan coalition united to protect the future of our republic, Constitution, and the Rule of Law.

    57 min
  7. Barbara F. Walter on "How Civil Wars Start"

    15/11/2024

    Barbara F. Walter on "How Civil Wars Start"

    Barbara F. Walter is one of the world’s leading experts on civil wars, violent extremism and domestic terror. She is the author of five books and dozens of articles on these subjects and is a contributor to CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, the BBC and the PBS NewsHour. She has written for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Time, The New Republic, Reuters and Foreign Affairs. She is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a TED2023 speaker. Her most recent book on civil wars, New York Times bestseller “How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them,” was named the best book of the year by The Times (UK), and one of the best books of the year by the Financial Times, Esquire and Prospect Magazine. The New York Times Book Review called the book “Required reading for anyone invested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.”

    48 min
  8. Timothy Snyder "On Freedom" & "On Tyranny" with Stephen Marche

    14/11/2024

    Timothy Snyder "On Freedom" & "On Tyranny" with Stephen Marche

    Timothy Snyder is interviewed by author Stephen Marche in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Snyder is Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. His books include, On Freedom (2024); On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017); and The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America (2018).

    55 min
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The United to Preserve Democracy & the Rule of Law speaker series is a nonpartisan initiative that brings together experts on American history, economics, political science, global affairs, and the U.S. Constitution to raise public awareness about the historic anti-democratic threat facing the United States. The program is sponsored by democracyFIRST.

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