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What Americans can learn from other civil activism movements against authoritarian regimes

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · · 1696 words · By John Shattuck; Oliver Kaplan
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What to know about What Americans can learn from other civil activism movements against authoritarian regimes

24, The Conversation hosted a webinar titled, “What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements.” Executive editor and general manager Beth Daley interviewed John Shattuck, professor of practice at The Fletcher School of Law and…

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What happened

24, The Conversation hosted a webinar titled, “What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements.” Executive editor and general manager Beth Daley interviewed John Shattuck, professor of practice at The Fletcher School of Law and…

Why it matters

Shattuck is the former president of Central European University in Hungary, where he defended academic freedom against a rising authoritarian government.

Common ground

Kaplan is the author of “Resisting War: How Communities Protect Themselves.” This interview has been condensed and edited for print.

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Claim 1: “Church organizations globally play accompaniment roles in supporting communities under authoritarian regimes.”
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Claim 2: “The Varieties of Democracy Project's 2026 report states the U.S. is no longer a liberal democracy and is moving into 'competitive authoritarianism.'”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized: dēmokratía, from dēmos 'people' and krátos 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democracy Indices by V-Dem are democracy indices published by the V-Dem Institute that describe qualities of different democracies. It is published annually. Datasets analysis 50 indices and consi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The V-Dem Institute (an abbreviation of Varieties of Democracy Institute), founded by Staffan I. Lindberg in 2014, is an independent research institute that serves as the headquarters of the V-Dem Pro…
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Claim 3: “Viktor Orbán was greatly admired by Donald Trump, and Project 2025 mirrored Orban's playbook.”
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Claim 4: “Communities in Colombia, Chile, El Salvador, and Guatemala built trust and support networks to provide aid under repressive conditions.”
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Claim 5: “The U.S. has early warning networks using the Signal app to detect risks and threats.”
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Claim 6: “Communities in Minnesota, Mexico, Colombia, and Northern Ireland have set up community barricades.”
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Claim 7: “John Shattuck emphasizes building diverse coalitions and unifying narratives to resist authoritarianism.”
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Claim 8: “The U.S. is experiencing a concentration of power to the executive branch and disregard of the rule of law.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and minor islands. Bot…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital dist…
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Claim 9: “John Shattuck was the former president of Central European University in Hungary.”
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Wikipedia explicitly states Central European University (CEU) is located in Vienna, Austria, not Hungary. While John Shattuck served as CEU's president (2009-2016), the claim's assertion about Hungary is factually incorrect.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Central European University (CEU; German: Zentraleuropäische Universität, Hungarian: Közép-európai Egyetem) is a private research university in Vienna, Austria. The university offers graduate and unde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Howard Francis Shattuck (born 22 September 1943) is an international legal scholar and human rights leader. He served as the fourth President and Rector of Central European University (CEU) from …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mayo A. Shattuck III (born 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He served as non-executive chairman of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (2012-2022). He is curr…
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