Trevor Burrows on Nostr: It is hard not to try and draw lessons from this social movement to our present ...

It is hard not to try and draw lessons from this social movement to our present moment in the US.

The historical moment that the dissident movement emerged in was one of transition, coming out of the totalitarianism of Stalin into the "thaw" of post-Stalin legalism. It sometimes feels like we are in a transitional period now, a sliding-deeper-into (rather than coming-out-of) autocracy/fascism. Even if the "directions" of these transitions are different, it's hard not to find some resonance in this history of the dissident movement, precisely because the movement was so defined by its context.

What I am most intrigued by so far is the role of *information* and its flow in the work of the movement.

I'm going to share a few observations over the next few minutes. I'll try to keep it to just a few toots, but feel free to mute if you want to avoid a mini-flurry of posts.