Bear Witness and Behave as If You Are Free. By David L. Ulin.

Chomsky warned years ago that the U.S. was ripe for the rise of an authoritarian. Now he speaks about the election, the state of the U.S. political system and the threat Donald Trump poses to the world. By C.J. Polychroniou.

In a normal transition, there’s always disorder. This time may be much worse. By Eliot A. Cohen.

‘In Turkey, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the government, By Gwynne Dyer.

The election of Donald Trump, whose appeal to voters is based on magical thinking, paves the way for the rise of a police state unlike anything seen in American history. Its fangs will appear the moment Trump’s base realizes it has been betrayed. By Chris Hedges.

Journalists and politicians blew off the warning signs of a Donald Trump presidency – now, we all must pay the price. By Matt Taibbi.

Angry, unpredictable, self-absorbed and a danger to the world – the many similarities between Donald Trump and Germany’s last emperor. By Christopher Clark and Andrew Preston. (Nov. 1, 2016)

At the height of World War II, the U.S. intelligence service recruited world-famous Swiss psychiatrist C. G. Jung as ‘Agent 488’ to work against the Nazis. By Christopher Dickey.

However well-intentioned, talk presuming Trump’s good faith assumes that he is prepared to find common ground with his many opponents, respect the institutions of government, and repudiate almost everything he has stood for during the campaign. In short, it is treating him as a “normal” politician. There has until now been little evidence that he can be one. It might be worth considering the rules I’ve learned for surviving in an autocracy and salvaging your sanity and self-respect. By Masha Gessen.