There are several leading people standing in opposition. Many work to notify people of actions to take and of organizations to consult. Among them are:
The following are leading public intellectuals on authoritarianism, U.S. History and on U.S. Foreign Policy.
Anne Applebaum
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist, author and historian. She has written about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She has warned about the rise of authoritarianism in the United States for well over a decade.
Timothy D. Snyder
An American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He is on leave from his position as the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University, with plans to transfer to the University of Toronto for an indefinite time.
Heather Cox Richardson
American historian and professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. Author of seven books on history and politics. In 2019, she started Letters from an American, that chronicles current events in the larger context of American history. She. focuses on the health of American democracy.
Phillips O’Brien
Head of the School of International Relations And Professor of Strategic Studies at St. Andres College, Phillips Payson O’Brien has written prolifically on conflict and on the War in Ukraine.