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Jamie Raskin: “In authoritarian societies, it is essential to extinguish public memory and alter public records.”

On the recordOctober 10, 2017
In authoritarian societies, it is essential to extinguish public memory and alter public records.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin contrasts democratic values with authoritarian practices regarding public memory.

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