Without drawing facile comparisons to the present, @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social has written a superb account of civilian opposition to an authoritarian regime even in the darkest of times. Thrillingly written, chilling reality of dissenters to the Nazi regime & the man who betrayed them. Excellent

Latest column is on Ratcliffe, Musk, the unhappiness of the super-rich - and going backwards on racism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How Donald Trump is putting his stamp on Washington and beyond. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with David Smith open.spotify.com/episode/6IrU...

‘To read now of his achievements, as a Labour government struggles for direction and coherence, is a bittersweet experience.’ By @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

‘The effect of airing these details, like quoting Brown’s onetime opponents, is to encourage the reader to acknowledge Brown’s flaws while seeing how vastly outweighed they are by the rest of his record.’ 1/

Some senior Labour people should be forced to stare at this passage for a few hours

Whatever people want to say about Gordon Brown, we owe him a lot.

With fortuitous timing, here's my review of an illuminating new biography of a Labour prime minister www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Excellent, incisive analysis

This article is well worth putting aside a few minutes to read. #Epstein #Mandelson #Starmer

The Epstein files, which contain more than 38,000 references to Trump, his Mar-a-Lago estate and other related terms, seem set to bring down a national leader who is not mentioned by Epstein even once.

Brilliant analysis as usual from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"That raises much larger, and darker, questions than “How long has Starmer got?” Put simply, why did the pain and torment endured by so many women and girls register only fleetingly? What is it about the suffering of women at the hands of rich and powerful men that made it so forgettable?"

On Epstein, Mandelson and Starmer - and the argument that the PM won't make. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The US Congress is set to grill a president over the Epstein files. No, not Donald Trump but Bill - and Hillary - Clinton. How’s that likely to play out? Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with former federal prosecutor @politico.com’s Ankush Khardori open.spotify.com/episode/4ysW...

Yonit Levi and Jonathan Freedland: Two Jews on the news discuss all that is Unholy - informative & stimulating podcast, listening since Covid times @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.timesofisrael.com/yonit-levi-a...

The Unholy podcast is now five years old. To mark the occasion, @timesofisrael.com generously hosted Yonit and me on their What Matters Now podcast www.timesofisrael.com/yonit-levi-a...

Don’t be fooled by Trump's promises on de-escalation in Minneapolis - or anything else. With Trump, what might look like a full retreat is almost always a mere tactical withdrawal, designed to buy time. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Remember, it’s only ever a pause. The instant the pressure eases, normal service resumes… you resist until he retreats and, when he does, you don’t relax – you push even harder” @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Another really good piece & a useful counterweight to the (IMO) overdone idea that 'TACO' or, linked, that Trump is just a skilled negotiator who makes maximalist demands as a tactic, then settles for something less so that the other party thinks they have got off lightly.

Don’t be fooled by Trump's promises on de-escalation in Minneapolis - or anything else. With Trump, what might look like a full retreat is almost always a mere tactical withdrawal, designed to buy time. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What’s the future of ICE - and how should Democrats fight it? The latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with @gtconway.bsky.social a onetime Republican now running for Congress as a Democrat open.spotify.com/episode/3gr4...

“The goal now has to be nothing less than a new alliance of western democracies no longer dependent on the US for their defence”. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The formal restraints designed to hold a US president in check are easily swept away. And if it can happen once, it can happen again. Which means it is not just Trump who is an unreliable ally. Sadly, it is the US itself” @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A special Unholy this week, as we invited Couples Therapy's Orna Guralnik to guide to two listeners whose friendship has been strained by the arguments that have raged since 7 October 2023. Plus: Trump's Board of Peace and the likely timing of this year's Israeli election linktr.ee/unholypod

Delighted to say that, as a curtain-raiser for this year's Jewish Book Week from @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk, I'll be speaking about the Traitors Circle one week from today, on 29 January. You can book your place right now jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/the-t...

A single day in the Trump presidency can be exhausting, but what about a year? For the latest Politics Weekly America I spoke with the Atlantic’s @ashleyrparker.bsky.social about Trump Exhaustion Syndrome - and how it helps an increasingly extreme president open.spotify.com/episode/3pNu...

Trying to make sense of this first year of the Trump presidency and its impact on Britain and the world? Join me and a panel of guests @anandmenon.bsky.social @taniabranigan.bsky.social and @nicklowles.bsky.social TONIGHT, live and in person in London or online www.theguardian.com/guardian-liv... 

Snowy Sunday morning read: “The Escape Artist” by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. This sentence hit me extra hard today. The human condition continues…

Latest column is on Iran: what happened, what can be done and how we talk about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Donald Trump picked a fight with America's central bank - and the bankers hit back hard. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with brilliant former White House economic adviser @hboushey.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2FZ2...

Venezuela/Iran/Greenland: US intervention, actual and threatened, now - and the story of Guatemala in 1954. The Long View on BBC Radio 4 at 9am

If you do nothing else, pick ip this book and read the Bibliography- you will know the work that went into telling these stories of Nazi resistance

It feels like a good day to repost our Politics Weekly America episode, all about the growing tensions between Donald Trump and Fed chair, Jerome Powell. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social spoke to @hboushey.bsky.social about the future of the Federal Reserve open.spotify.com/episode/3IFe...

Four of our speakers this year were named as Economist Best Books 2025. Congrats to them all. Electric Spark by @franceswilson.bsky.social Lone Wolf by @adamweymouth.bsky.social The Traitors Circle by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social

Characteristically excellent thread from @sundersays.bsky.social I don't know of anyone who has done more to expose the realities of X, especially on its continual failure to remove overtly racist material.

“Trump has given an honest account of how he sees himself: not so much a national president as a global emperor. Now those who oppose him have to be just as honest.” Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For the latest Politics Weekly America I'm joined by the brilliant @anneapplebaum.bsky.social to discuss a world seemingly changing by the hour open.spotify.com/episode/588x...

Special episode of Politics Weekly America is now up open.spotify.com/episode/4FFt...

A special episode of Politics Weekly America coming soon. In the meantime, here’s the episode we did a month ago, asking “is Trump about to invade Venezuela?” podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Nigel Farage expresses support for Trump's "unorthodox" breach of international law - on grounds that they may "make China and Russia think twice" But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.

Of the 42 books I read in 2025 these were my 4 favourites: 4 Rivals In The Storm - @damiancollins.bsky.social 3 Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain - @samwetherell.bsky.social 2 Three Weeks in July - Adam Wishart & James Nally 1 The Traitors Circle - @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social #Booksky

And for all @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social fans Traitors Circle is 99p on Amazon Kindle absolute bargain !!

Let 2026 be a year of reckoning - from Trump to Netanyahu, from Tehran to Budapest. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When governments demand ultimate loyalty, where does faith belong? Award-winning journalist @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social joins us to explore Christianity, conscience, and resistance inside Nazi Germany through his book The Traitor’s Circle. Full conversation: youtu.be/OuyAv-16oQE

I’ve written the introductory essay to this collection of photos that tell the story of the 21st century so far. The individual captions are by my @theguardian.com colleagues Felix Bazalgette and Gabrielle Schwarz www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

“Freedland tells the story…with the vividness of the thrillers he also writes under the name of Sam Bourne…Freedland has written a very good book.” Delighted by this double-page spread review of The Traitors Circle in the Christmas edition of @thespectator1828.bsky.social

Restorative reading. 🥰

Excellent moving column from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Just what's needed in these challenging times