Last thought this morning as I'm packing. Many friends are asking - so how do we protect our democracy? That was actually the framework for HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR - the chapter titles are the macro goals, while the subtitles are the personal goals to get to the macro --- This is how we did it

Love the way that you've interspersed a vital part of our history as you told your own personal journey. It helps readers appreciate the milestones in your life while being given a deeper perspective, especially of the Martial Law years. Immensely enjoy reading How To Stand Up To A Dictator.☺️📚✨🙏💜

Hi madam.

Gary Marcus heard of the news about Marcos-Duterte drama. He was asking me if you're in safety. I said yes? He's sending his regards.

Thanks so much, Marie! For reading and the feedback

Watch the whole event. Rappler is rebroadcasting the Cape Town event now: https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/video-desmond-tutu-international-peace-lecture-2024/

https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/how-romania-presidential-candidate-georgescu-manipulated-tiktok/ Good morning from super cold NYC! Yesterday, I did an interview with top indepedent media in Romania, the latest example of social media's upside down world - the incentive structure that's the foundation for the death of democracy. What can we expect when its foundation is exploiting the worst of our humanity.

My book was translated to Romanian ... and to Georgian, where protestors are - again - out on the street, demanding their rights: https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-protests-escalate-police-clash-demonstrators-eu-talks/

Just landed in Paris, cloudy and cold

The week I spent in South Africa was both uplifting and extremely depressing. The same fracture lines of society - race, gender, immigration - are so easily exploited. In Johannesburg, the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy had a 4 hour meeting - there were more than a dozen civil society leaders who gave updates, most of them showing how democracy is under siege -- and within a day or so, Kate from Georgia was protesting in the streets in Georgia (some of the most violent dispersals we've seen there so far) - and of course, there's Ukraine. I met Oleksandra Matviichik before the organization she created was one of the three that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 ... some of what stood out: "our fight is your fight;" and when she was messaging Kate, "your fight is our fight" -- like the inhumane violence in Gaza, one death is one too many -- please watch and read: https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/speech-ukrainian-lawyer-oleksandra-matviichik-desmond-tutu-international-peace-lecture-2024/ @here