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Anthropologist. Mostly Latin America. NACLAista. Check out www.nacla.org. Wrote Bolivia in the Age of Gas (Duke 2020).

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Timeline cleanse: Insta video of Allen Dershowitz being told by Martha's Vineyard police to stop harassing vendors or be charged with trespassing after three different sellers refused him service. 1/3

www.instagram.com/reel/DMvVG1S...

02.08.2025 20:34 — 👍 16262    🔁 3667    💬 1891    📌 1088
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Colombia Challenges Israeli Impunity from Above and Below As President Petro ramps up efforts to halt coal exports to Israel, activists push for decisive action and chart a new path for Global South solidarity.

nacla.org/colombia-cha... from @nacla-report.bsky.social

01.08.2025 00:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This Isn’t Negotiation. It’s Authoritarian Extortion. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson Defending democracy requires sacrifice. There are moments when we must pay a price to ensure the long-term survival of our basic freedoms. This is one of those moments.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

31.07.2025 23:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump.

Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.

Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:

31.07.2025 15:35 — 👍 3863    🔁 1248    💬 95    📌 76

Disgustingly vile.

31.07.2025 20:53 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Read NACLA's 2024 Annual Report Thank you for engaging with our work in 2024!

Check out @nacla-report.bsky.social 2024 Annual Report. We're going strong against it all! Join us at nacla (dot) org! Best shot is the opening picture!

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24.07.2025 23:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

Damn everyone who enables this horror.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

23.07.2025 20:58 — 👍 170    🔁 98    💬 2    📌 0
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Quem ama um povo além do seu? Estamos indignados com o mundo. Mas só compramos a briga mesmo quando amamos.

Tenho sentido muitas emoções desde o início do genocídio em Gaza. Mais recentemente, tudo se intensificou. A fome massiva orquestrada é tortura coletiva e traz muita indignação. Muita raiva. Mas de todos os afetos, o amor ainda é o mais forte, sustentando nosso compromisso solidário.

23.07.2025 17:13 — 👍 400    🔁 99    💬 5    📌 7
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Brazil to join South Africa’s ICJ ‘genocide’ case against Israel Brazilian Foreign Ministry says international community ‘cannot remain inactive’ in the face of ‘ongoing atrocities’.

Brazil to join South Africa’s ICJ ‘genocide’ case against Israel

Brazilian Foreign Ministry says international community ‘cannot remain inactive’ in the face of ‘ongoing atrocities’.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...

23.07.2025 22:45 — 👍 20    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

say hello to the new college of florida in manhattan

24.07.2025 02:57 — 👍 4321    🔁 784    💬 155    📌 45
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

If you haven't yet read Omer Bartov's NYT op-ed, now's a good time.

♦️Israeli scholar of Holocaust & genocide studies, and former IDF officer: "Israel’s actions in #Gaza can only be defined as #genocide."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

23.07.2025 14:39 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0


“We, the signatories listed below, come together with a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now.

The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity. We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food. It is horrifying that over 800 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid. The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable. Israel must comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law.

The hostages cruelly held captive by Hamas since 7 October 2023 continue to suffer terribly. We condemn their continued detention and call for their immediate and unconditional release. A negotiated ceasefire offers the best hope of bringing them home and ending the agony of their families.

We call on the Israeli government to immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid and to urgently enable the UN and humanitarian NGOs to do their life saving work safely and effectively.

We call on all parties to protect civilians and uphold the obligations of international humanitarian law. Proposals to remove the Palestinian population into a “humanitarian city” are completely unacceptable. Permanent forced displacement is a violation of international humanitarian law.

We strongly oppose any steps towards territorial or demographic change in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The E1 settlement plan announced by Israel’s Civil Administration, if implemented, would divide a Palestinian state in two, marking a flagrant breach of international law and critically undermine the two-state solution. Meanwhile, settlement building across the West Bank including East Jerusalem has accelerated while settler violence against Palestinians has soared. This must stop.

We urge the parti…

“We, the signatories listed below, come together with a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now. The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity. We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food. It is horrifying that over 800 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid. The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable. Israel must comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law. The hostages cruelly held captive by Hamas since 7 October 2023 continue to suffer terribly. We condemn their continued detention and call for their immediate and unconditional release. A negotiated ceasefire offers the best hope of bringing them home and ending the agony of their families. We call on the Israeli government to immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid and to urgently enable the UN and humanitarian NGOs to do their life saving work safely and effectively. We call on all parties to protect civilians and uphold the obligations of international humanitarian law. Proposals to remove the Palestinian population into a “humanitarian city” are completely unacceptable. Permanent forced displacement is a violation of international humanitarian law. We strongly oppose any steps towards territorial or demographic change in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The E1 settlement plan announced by Israel’s Civil Administration, if implemented, would divide a Palestinian state in two, marking a flagrant breach of international law and critically undermine the two-state solution. Meanwhile, settlement building across the West Bank including East Jerusalem has accelerated while settler violence against Palestinians has soared. This must stop. We urge the parti…

25 nations demand end to war on Gaza; slam Israel killing aid seekers

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

21.07.2025 14:49 — 👍 281    🔁 106    💬 13    📌 10
Cover of Latin America in Debate by Maristella Svampa, translated by Alejandro Reyes. The cover features a stylized map of Latin America filled with colorful, intricate  textile patterns. The background is a textured orange hue. The title is displayed in bold white and blue letters.

Cover of Latin America in Debate by Maristella Svampa, translated by Alejandro Reyes. The cover features a stylized map of Latin America filled with colorful, intricate textile patterns. The background is a textured orange hue. The title is displayed in bold white and blue letters.

Save 30% on #NewBook "Latin America in Debate" by Maristella Svampa & translated by Alejandro Reyes. It provides a broad and accessible overview of the key political and intellectual debates in Latin America since the early 20th century. buff.ly/urAioov

21.07.2025 17:10 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

NACLA has been an indispensable resource of left perspectives on Latin America for ages. Here's looking forward to @nacla-report.bsky.social enriching the discourse here.

20.07.2025 16:42 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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NACLA is now on BlueSky and we've launched a brand new website! 🔗 Explore it at nacla.org
Don’t miss our latest issue, “Isthmian Saberes”—including web exclusives, Spanish-language content, and a curated selection of open-access pieces available for a limited time! nacla.org/isthmian-sab...

11.07.2025 17:34 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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What's new on nacla.org Don't miss the latest stories from NACLA!

Check out this week's newsletter, featuring original reporting on Panama's uprising and Indigenous resistance in Putumayo. Read as well about the Palestine conference in Bogotá, the repression of Cristosal in El Salvador, tariffs on Mexico and Brazil, and more.

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18.07.2025 18:53 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Que descanse sin paz en el infierno.

20.07.2025 16:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The suggestions for the New York Post headlines is what makes this art

20.07.2025 14:54 — 👍 868    🔁 138    💬 19    📌 2

Not many followers yet but happy to say NACLA is now here. Please follow @nacla-report.bsky.social
Keep fighting!

20.07.2025 16:25 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

I’ve waited more than two decades for this day:
“Colombian courts this week wrapped up the trial of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, an outsized figure in the country’s politics, who has long been accused of ties to right-wing paramilitary death squads as well as narcos in the country.”

30.06.2025 14:02 — 👍 19    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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Summer 2025 Issue Launch "Isthmian Saberes" NACLA and SALALM invite you to celebrate the launch of the Summer 2025 issue of the NACLA Report, Isthmian Saberes: Embodied Knowledge and Archival Praxis in América Centra.

nacla.org/nacla-summer...

03.06.2025 19:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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And here's the cover. It's never too late to subscribe! www.nacla.org

29.05.2025 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NACLA Summer 2025 Issue Launch "Isthmian Saberes". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. SALALM and NACLA invite you to celebrate the launch of the Summer 2025 issue of the NACLA Report! Guest editors Kaysha Corinealdi, Jorge E. Cuéllar, and Paul Joseph López Oro will discuss the preparat...

Join @NACLA for the launch of the new print issue on Central America: "NACLA Report: Isthmian Saberes: Embodied Knowledge and Archival Praxis in América Central"! Wed Jun 4 at 5:30 EST, co-sponsored by @SALALM🔥 register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

29.05.2025 15:07 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Wrote a piece about Bolivian language policy in this 50 chapter beast. Thanks to the editors for the invite!!!

05.05.2025 16:48 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Call For Pitches | Boomerangs of Empire: The Americas as Colonial Laboratory NACLA is currently accepting proposals for our Winter 2025 issue on the Americas as both site and system of imperial experimentation and return. Send us your pitches by May 2, 2025.

Write for NACLA! Needed now more than ever. Call for pitches for our Winter 2025 Print issue (working title): The Americas as Colonial Laboratory: Boomerangs of Empire, Logistics of Control, and the Return of Fascisms

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16.04.2025 18:51 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 2
University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...

www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
Ok Tufts. I see you.

03.04.2025 16:48 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Cover of Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism by Myles Lennon. The top half features the word "subjects" in orange, vertically oriented text against a white background. The lower half displays the rest of the title in white text over a cityscape bathed in golden light. Solar panels in the foreground of the city reflect pink, purple, and blue hues that complement a sky filled with pink-tinged clouds.

Cover of Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism by Myles Lennon. The top half features the word "subjects" in orange, vertically oriented text against a white background. The lower half displays the rest of the title in white text over a cityscape bathed in golden light. Solar panels in the foreground of the city reflect pink, purple, and blue hues that complement a sky filled with pink-tinged clouds.

"Subjects of the Sun" by Myles Lennon offers an ethnographic study of cleantech corporations and solar campaigns in NYC, calling for a just energy transition that privileges everyday senses over digital understandings of solar power. Read the intro for free on our website now!
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03.04.2025 18:15 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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El pan de cada día : Trabajo feminizado y crisis económica En Bolivia, donde predomina la economía informal, el mercado popular es un microcosmos de la realidad nacional.

En NACLA, de Quya Reyna, análisis de la situación actual en Bolivia

El pan de cada día : Trabajo feminizado y crisis económica
nacla.org/el-pan-de-ca...

03.04.2025 19:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Who becomes a trustee? At Columbia there are 21, all of them from business, law and technology, with the exception of a former journalist. Although they are in charge of an academic institution, none of them is an academic. None as ever led a classroom or a lab meeting or medical rounds with interns. None has gone through the process of tenure, where their teaching, publication record and service are rigorously assessed by colleagues in the field both from within the institution and outside it. None as ever had their work peer-reviewed by anonymous readers or panels of experts. None has ever published in academic or scientific journals or presses and had their ideas debated in the public sphere. None has ever framed a hypothesis and tested it on the basis of evidence they have collected. None, in short, has sought truth and had their search confirmed by objective scholars and scientists.

Who becomes a trustee? At Columbia there are 21, all of them from business, law and technology, with the exception of a former journalist. Although they are in charge of an academic institution, none of them is an academic. None as ever led a classroom or a lab meeting or medical rounds with interns. None has gone through the process of tenure, where their teaching, publication record and service are rigorously assessed by colleagues in the field both from within the institution and outside it. None as ever had their work peer-reviewed by anonymous readers or panels of experts. None has ever published in academic or scientific journals or presses and had their ideas debated in the public sphere. None has ever framed a hypothesis and tested it on the basis of evidence they have collected. None, in short, has sought truth and had their search confirmed by objective scholars and scientists.

Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock on boards of trustees: “Who actually runs Columbia University?” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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And looks like @nikifabs2024.bsky.social is on here too!

31.03.2025 18:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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