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Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Our next Q&A is Friday, September 18, 1-2pmET. Paying subscribers will receive a link to register for the Zoom gathering at 10amET. I’m looking forward to being together. _____________ Today is National Voter Registration Day in the United States, and there is good news from Vote.org.

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. I hope everyone had a good weekend. I’m pleased to publish a guest essay by Kristóf Szombati. He is a political anthropologist based in Berlin, formerly active in Hungarian green politics, and a Global Fellow of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. He writes about authoritarianism, democracy and the far right, and co-hosts the podcast This Authoritarian Life. Hungary calls our attention for so many reasons.

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Here is the link for today’s Q&A, 1-2pm ET. Be sure to check spam if you register and don’t see a join link in your inbox from Zoom. It’s usually there. You can also try and re-register. Don’t share this link with anyone because these Q&As are only for paying subscribers. If you can’t attend, you c…

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Election lawyer Tyler Hagenbuch will discuss U.S. election security at the start of our Q&A tomorrow, Sept. 11, 1-2pmET. He serves as senior advisor to a nonpartisan coalition of state and national partners who focus on identifying, preparing for, and responding to threats of election subversion and election sabotage. Look for a Zoom link at 10amET.

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. I hope everyone in the US has had a good Labor Day weekend. As many of you know, I am writing a book on resistance against autocracy and I will have a chapter on movements for the dignity of work and economic justice. It felt right to work on that today. Our next Q&A will take place on Friday, September 11, 1-2pmET. Paying subscribers will receive a link at 10amET Friday to register for the Zoom gathering.

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. Here is the link for today’s Q&A, 8-9pm ET. Be sure to check spam if you register and don’t see a join link in your inbox from Zoom. It’s usually there. You can also try and re-register. Don’t share this link with anyone because these Q&As are only for paying subscribers. If you can’t attend, you c…

Welcome back to Lucid and hello to all new subscribers. Today at 4:30pmET I’ll be in conversation with Joyce Vance. Everyone is welcome to attend this Substack Live. All subscribers will get an email when the live starts, or you can usethis linkto join. We’ll be talking about the multiplying tragedies perpetrated by ICE, and the myriad ways the Trump government and the GOP seek to silence us by making it difficult for us to vote. Our next Q&A will take place on Sunday, September 6, 8-9pmET.

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. A reminder that our next Q&A will take place on Sunday, September 6, 8-9pmET. Paying subscribers will receive a link on Sunday at 5pmET to register for the Zoom gathering. We’ll be talking about mayors as protectors of democracy, and about US foreign policy with former Ambassador Nina Hachigian.

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. I hope everyone is having a good weekend. A reminder that our next Q&A will take place on Sunday, September 6, 8-9pmET. We meet Sunday rather than Friday the first week of the month to give people in different time zones a chance to participate. Paying subscribers will receive a link on Sunday at 5pmET to register for the Zoom gathering.

Here is the link to register for today’s Q&A, 1-2pmET. Make sure to check spam if you register and don’t see a join link from Zoom in your inbox. Or you can try and re-register. Don’t share the link with anyone, because these Q&As are only for paying subscribers. Our guest will be the Australian journalist and best-selling author Sarah Wilson, author, m…