Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’

Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’

The shocking events of January have sent a message: America works differently now.

M. Gessen is a Times Opinion columnist and the author of books about living under autocracy, including the National Book Award-winning “The Future Is History.” They have been a clear, relentless and perceptive voice on what it means and what it is like to live in a country that is turning into a different kind of regime. And they wrote an essay on the seizure of the president of Venezuela, calling it “a blow — quite likely fatal — to the new world order of law, justice and human rights that was heralded in the wake of World War II.”

Mentioned:

329 Days of Trump” by Michael M. Grynbaum and Stuart A. Thompson

Two Middle East Negotiators Assess Trump’s Israel-Hamas Deal” by Ezra Klein

The Future Is History by M. Gessen

Book Recommendations:

Tomorrow Is Yesterday by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

The Hill by Harriet Clark

Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.

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