@juliaangwin.com and I interviewed 100+ dissidents
We found is that resistance starts with a decision that is as much spiritual as it is political. Even when it is hard and risky to do so, expand the bounds of whom you are committed to. Reconsider whom you feel responsible for.
Book preview in NYT
New York City is a very fun place to be this week.
When will they learn that each time they go after someone, they lend them the sheen of a resistance hero? When will they realize that when they dress down a foreign leader in the Oval, he becomes a global icon? When will they see that in the end the autocrats always lose?
Soon. They’ll see it soon.
Senator Adam Schiff has chosen patriotic duty at great personal cost time and again, confronting abuses of power and defending our democratic institutions. We are deeply honored to share his words about our book:
When will they learn that each time they go after someone, they lend them the sheen of a resistance hero? When will they realize that when they dress down a foreign leader in the Oval, he becomes a global icon? When will they see that in the end the autocrats always lose?
Soon. They’ll see it soon.
@juliaangwin.com and I interviewed 100+ dissidents on five continents.
What they had in common:
At the moment conventional wisdom would say to retreat into the ease of a smaller, more cautious, more guarded life, people facing authoritarianism made their community bigger.
More here, for the NYT👇
Disproving the myth that massive civil movements happen spontaneously, Ami Fields-Meyer reveals the nonviolence training workshops held secretly in Nashville church basements long before the famous lunch counter sit-ins.
Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/ZZ95zPuSufs
@fieldsmeyer.com
Ami Fields-Meyer
Anthropic just shut access to Fable & Mythos, their most powerful models. I wrote up what happened + the policy and psychodrama behind it (with all the links & receipts) here — the thread below is the TL;DR 🧵
blog.geomblog.org/2026/06/the-...
They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
It’s easier to fight authoritarianism than you might think.
@fieldsmeyer.com and I interviewed more than 100 global dissidents & found they often start with small, specific and social actions to help others.
A book preview in @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/o...
News moves fast. 12 hours ago I was enjoying the demolition that the US put on Paraguay when I heard that Anthropic had shut down access to ...
