Last month, Renew Democracy Initiative held its Heroes of Democracy gala in New York City on the same day that we launched The Next Move. I gave the closing remarks [ [link removed] ], in which I warned of what I call the “Putinization of America.”
This week, we posted three more inspirational speeches from the gala, from RDI CEO Uriel Epshtein, Venezuelan President-Elect Edmundo González, and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. We honored both González and Machado with our annual Heroes of Democracy award that evening.
As always, I love hearing from The Next Move subscribers. I respond in this week’s Q&A below.
Finally, I hope you’ll log into Substack this coming Monday, June 2, at 5pm ET/2pm PT for a very special interview with my good friend General Stanley McChrystal, whose recent book, “On Character: Choices That Define a Life” outlines our current crisis of character and offers us a way out.
Full details at the bottom of this email.
— Garry Kasparov
A Surprise Guest on The Next Move!
A quick announcement: Our Substack Live this coming Monday (06/02) at 5pm ET/2pm PT will feature Four-Star General Stanley McChrystal. The former commander of US Forces in Afghanistan and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Stan recently published On Character: Choices That Define a Life.
We don’t talk enough about character. Talking politics is fine, but what actually motivates people, what gets them to behave a certain way is character. It matters on a societal level and it’s something that the pro-democracy community doesn’t usually discuss. I’m honestly not sure why, but it’s one of the things that we’ll be focusing on at The Next Move.
So I’m excited that to have Stan joining me and Garry on Monday, 06/02 at 5pm ET/2pm PT. I hope to see you there!
The livestream is open to all, but if you’d like to actually join us in the conversation, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription to get access to the Live Chat.