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DESCRIPTION:BOOK TALK: "Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World" by 
 Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic magazine\n\nTuesday, July 
 30th, 2024 at 12 P.M. PDT\n\nOnline tickets: \nFree for members\n$10 
 nonmembers\n$27 members with a book\n$37 nonmembers with a book\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2024-07-30/anne-applebaum-autocracy-inc\n\n\nPeople 
 think they know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an 
 all-powerful leader at the top; he controls the police; the police threaten 
 the people with violence; there are evil collaborators, and maybe some 
 brave dissidents.\n\nBut in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance 
 to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but 
 by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, 
 surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which 
 operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran. Corrupt 
 companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The 
 police in one country can arm and train the police in another, and 
 propagandists share resources and themes, pounding home the same messages 
 about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America.\n\nSo what can be 
 done?\n\nPulitzer-prize winning New York Times bestselling author Anne 
 Applebaum says that international condemnation and economic sanctions 
 cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements, from 
 Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow, don't stand a chance. The members of 
 “Autocracy, Inc.,” as she dubs the movement, aren't linked by a 
 unifying ideology, like communism, but rather a common desire for power, 
 wealth, and impunity.\n\nApplebaum joins us for a special online program to 
 share her urgent call for the world’s democracies to fundamentally 
 reorient their policies to fight a new kind of threat. Join us the find out 
 how that can be done.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/05/20/18866432.php
SUMMARY:"Autocracies Inc": Book Talk on Urgent Call to Protect World’s Democracies w/ A. Applebaum
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/05/20/18866432.php
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