Gal Beckerman

Staff writer at @TheAtlantic, formerly @nytimesbooks, and author of "How to Be a Dissident."

[Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman]

I’ve spent the past year on a search. How do we push back against the forces that feel like they are crushing us right now? How do we resist the dehumanization of our politics, our technology? The answers came from people who pushed back before us: the dissidents...🧵

[Boris Kachka @Borisk]

@zadri Yeah this is like saying, "Everyone does coke on the weekends, it's irresistible." Not really, and you might have a problem.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

With his new encyclical, Pope Leo XIV makes a case for resisting AI on grounds far beyond religion; he argues for the importance of human fallibility and struggle, @galbeckerman writes: https://t.co/hUN9d6PMOs

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The festooning of Donald Trump’s name and likeness across Washington, D.C., is consistent with authoritarian tendencies, @galbeckerman argues: These are leaders who “like to have their face in your face.”

Read more, and view a collection of images taken across the nation’s capital: https://t.co/RHWPSv3cnj

📸: Carolyn Van Houten

[Harry J. Holzer @HolzerHarry]

Awesome book, How to be a Dissident, by @galbeckerman:
https://t.co/rGD8odZjhq
Insights by Solzhenitsyn, Camus, Spinoza and other thinkers on dissent in response to tyranny

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

If you’re heading out for a summer vacation, The Atlantic’s writers and editors have suggested some page-turners to bring along. Our staff writer @galbeckerman chose “The Silver Bone.” See more selections here: https://t.co/VQnJEMb6Mg

[Crown Publishing @CrownPublishing]

HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT author Gal Beckerman joined Anand Giridharadas on https://t.co/g7afWTwU7I to talk about his book and what everyday people can do to fight back against the most pressing issues of our time.

Watch their conversation at the link.

https://t.co/uzguGCAHVW

[Boris Dralyuk @BorisDralyuk]

A killer recommendation from @galbeckerman for @TheAtlantic’s Summer Reads special—the first of @AKurkov Kyiv Mysteries. Samson Kolechko just unraveled his third case for @HarperViaBooks and @maclehosepress, so you had better catch up!

[Boris Kachka @Borisk]

I love this art, I love the books, so happy to be involved with it: https://t.co/vNpXVCdDHp

[BookTV on C-SPAN2 @BookTV]

How did Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lose his re-election?

Author of "How to be a Dissident" @galbeckerman examines Hungary's recent election this Sunday at 9:30 PM ET on @cspan 2. After the program airs, watch the full book talk on our website https://t.co/NdRfLaGDHd

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

At noon ET, join the Atlantic staff writer Gal Beckerman and podcast host Adam Harris to discuss Beckerman’s new book, “How to Be a Dissident,” which is part history and part manual for living with integrity in an age of conformity and authoritarian drift. https://t.co/Z6ae7eDs37

[Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman]

What fun and sexy company to be in!

[Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arash_tehran]

My plans for Cannes performative reading

[Arash Azizi آرش ع��یزی @arash_tehran]

My plans for Cannes performative reading

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, "Chain of Ideas," describes the "Great Replacement" theory as the product of a conspiracy—but he fails to explain why it appeals to people in the first place, @GalBeckerman argues: https://t.co/p69UVkSodB

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

"The admission that he doesn’t know is the engine of the whole project. 'How to Be a Dissident' is a book about moral self-inventory, written by someone honest enough to admit that his own might come up short."

Sasha Razor on "How to Be a Dissident": https://t.co/Gx8mTWspl4

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, "Chain of Ideas," describes the "Great Replacement" theory as the product of a conspiracy—but he fails to explain why it appeals to people in the first place, @GalBeckerman argues: https://t.co/dlCSDGJzKW

[Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman]

Extremely grateful for this deeply engaged review of How to Be a Dissident in the @LAReviewofBooks, which correctly diagnoses my state of mind: "He does not flinch from his own dilemmas...This is writing that trusts the reader to be in the same difficulty. It earns that trust."

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

"The admission that he doesn’t know is the engine of the whole project. 'How to Be a Dissident' is a book about moral self-inventory, written by someone honest enough to admit that his own might come up short."

Sasha Razor on "How to Be a Dissident": https://t.co/Gx8mTWspl4

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Ibram X. Kendi’s new book, "Chain of Ideas," describes the "Great Replacement" theory as the product of a conspiracy—but he fails to explain why it appeals to people in the first place, @GalBeckerman argues: https://t.co/yeFwDWGLBc

[Crown Publishing @CrownPublishing]

Congratulations to @brian_goldstone on winning the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction for his landmark book, THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US.

We are incredibly proud to see this important, revelatory piece of journalism continue to have a lasting impact. Join us in celebrating this incredible news!

https://t.co/mmS9hZzlxZ

[Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman]

I wrote about Ibram X. Kendi's new book, which takes on the admirable task of cataloging the spread of the dangerous Great Replacement Theory, but ignores the actual reasons why its proven so appealing.

https://t.co/MTRPQA8iOo

[Future Hindsight @futur_hindsight]

When you understand that “doing nothing” is its own choice, it forces a different kind of honesty. It makes you ask what you can influence right now, what small move you can make today that shifts the trajectory even a little. Tune in with @galbeckerman
https://t.co/GUzlA6kgUM…