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Laura Flanders & Friends

Masha Gessen & Jason Stanley: Is it Doomsday for Democracy?

Season 2 Episode 205

What will it take to reject fascism? Masha Gessen and Jason Stanley are two leading experts on autocracy, and they’re sounding the alarm. They and their families have escaped totalitarian regimes and oppressive governments; today Gessen and Stanley are pulling back the curtain on the attacks against DEI, trans bodies, civil rights, higher education and more. Is authoritarianism here?

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4/5/2026
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