Notes from the World

Thoughts on Benkos Biohó, Simón Bolívar, Gustavo Petro, Haiti and the history (and possible future) of Colombia. michaeldeibert.substack.com/…

Happy birthday, United States of America. Please read my new piece on New York City's next mayor with your burgers and hot dogs and, if you can, please become a paid subscriber to @NotesFromWorld to keep me out of the poor house. michaeldeibert.substack.com/…

It is rare that I get the opportunity to speak about #Haiti at such length and in such depth. Thank you, @nomiprins, for giving me the chance to talk about my recent trip to Port-au-Prince & the history of this extraordinary, troubled nation. prinsights.substack.com/p/mi…

It was great to have a chance to speak with @elfjcgc about the situation in #Peru more than two years after the ouster of President Pedro Castillo and the country’s tangled political and social history. michaeldeibert.substack.com/…

Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara & rapper Maykel "Osorbo" Castillo Pérez have been unjustly imprisoned for nearly four years by the racist, reactionary, corrupt dictatorship that squats over the island. They represent the greatness of Cuba more than the regime ever could.

Have a great episode of @NotesFromWorld looking at the current situation in Peru coming for you tomorrow.

On @NotesFromWorld this week, we speak to record producer Joe Boyd, who helmed some of the most important recordings of some of the most influential musicians of the last 60 years, including Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Toots and the Maytals & R.E.M. michaeldeibert.substack.com/…

On this day last year, the first episode of @NotesFromWorld premiered, in which I spoke to Louis-Henri Mars, exec director of the great @LakouLape, a Haitian organization very deserving of your support. Hard to believe we're on Season 2 & Episode 20 now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

My conversation with @ericfarns of @ASCOA about the dire current situation in #Haiti and what the future might hold. Please watch and share as you see fit. youtu.be/qftgiCZZpnk

I am so looking forward to speaking to the students and faculty at @UPR_Oficial in Río Piedras about #Haiti next week. Thank you so much to the @IECICSUPR & others for sponsoring this discussion. #ayiti #puertorico #caribbean #antilles #history #istwa #journalism

Have some very interesting discussions coming up on @NotesFromWorld in the next few weeks focusing on, among other matters, the situation in Venezuela, the plight of the Uyghurs, the 15th anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, the literature of Ukraine & post-revolutionary Syria

Good Sunday morning, all. As I find this platform less & less useful to my work, I think I will be using it more sporadically going forward. For those interested in keeping up w/my observations & thoughts on Haiti & beyond, my newsletter can be found here: michaeldeibert.substack.com

This week on @NotesFromWorld, we discuss the current situation in #Afghanistan with Roqia Samim, the Program Director for Research and Policy at the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School. michaeldeibert.substack.com/…

This week on @NotesFromWorld, we speak with @michelawrong about the history of DR #Congo, the rise of Paul Kagame and the Rwandan Patriotic Front and the pitiless, expansionist authoritarian state that #Rwanda has become under his rule. michaeldeibert.substack.com/… #drc #africa

Please read my new dispatch from Port-au-Prince, featuring interviews with Frankétienne, Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, Danièle Magloire & many others & which sheds, I hope, some light on the highly complex & distressing situation #Haiti is currently in. michaeldeibert.substack.com/…

Please come to my talk this Thursday about the important role Haitian literature has played in the country’s social & political struggles sponsored by @MDCollege at the Meek Center on 6300 NW Seventh Ave at 1030am. I would love you there, Miami! #haiti #ayiti #istwa #miami

I will be giving a talk about the important role Haitian literature has played in the country’s social & political struggles, sponsored by @MDCollege, at the Meek Center on 6300 NW Seventh Ave at 1030am on 17 October (Thursday). I would love you there, Miami! #haiti #ayiti #istwa

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