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People of the left & right both must realize that, whatever its stated goals & allegiances, autocracy/caudillismo is its own ideology.
Some nice early positive reviews coming out for my forthcoming book, With the Pen In One Hand and the Sword in the Other: Haiti and the United States in the Nineteenth Century. Deeply grateful to Howard French and Adam Hochschild, two authors whose work I admire immensely
Thank you and mèsi anpil to everyone who attended my "Coloquio" at @LatamUF for my forthcoming book, With the Pen in One Hand and the Sword in the Other: Haiti and the United States in the Nineteenth Century, as Frederick Douglass and Anténor Firmin gazed down upon us.
As someone who experienced the gloriousness of Yemeni café culture firsthand back when I lived in Brooklyn in the 1990s, I think this is a very fine development: Yemeni coffee culture is taking over Philly inquirer.com/food/yemeni-cof…
Tomorrow, I will be speaking at the University of Florida's @LatamUF in Gainesville about my forthcoming book, With the Pen In One Hand and the Sword in the Other: Haiti and the United States in the Nineteenth Century. #LASatUF #haiti #ayiti #caribbean
Cuban doctors suggest government is lying about alleged chikungunya epidemic, saying symptoms of those affected do not correspond to an arbovirus but rather to a respiratory illness similar to COVID-19 14ymedio.com/cuba/letalidad-…
As someone who has covered drug trafficking & organized crime for 20 years, this certainly appears as Trump intervening to protect some drug trafficking factions while acting against others via a policy of extrajudicial murder in the Caribbean & Pacific. nytimes.com/2025/11/28/world…
Reinhard Heydrich-wannabe Gregory Bovino of the United States Border Patrol called a "bitch" and mocked by residents as he tries to terrorize suburban Waukegan, Illinois with his masked thug traitors at his side.
Despite my scepticism of politicians in general, I like him more every day: "Nicolás Maduro is a dictator. [He is] someone who has repressed the freedom of the press and jailed political dissidents...Our vision is entirely distinct from [his] politics" youtu.be/iTVaTTWFUt4
As Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces telegraphed their intentions to commit mass murder in Darfur's El Fasher, the world did nothing. Please listen to the voices of Hala al-Karib of @Sihanet, @nattyray11 & @mukeshkapila on a special episode of @NotesFromWorld. michaeldeibert.substack.com/…
Last night, a broad Democratic coalition ranging from the centre to the left showed up at polls from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Virginia to California in a strong rebuke to the hatred, chaos & corruption emanating from the would-be caudillo in Washington, D.C.
In New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other places around the country, the good people won. Sanity and humanity and common human decency won. Maybe we're not as far gone as I thought we were. There are more of us than there are of them. On y va. 🙏👊
Hopping back on for a minute to share this: What if It Was Your Country? Those criticizing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado might take a moment to meditate on what the nation has lived through over the last 20 years michaeldeibert.substack.com/…
There have been many good reasons to leave before now, but this weekend's call for mass murder & civil war by the drug-addled oligarchic owner of this platform make it impossible to justify staying. Twitter was great but it is no more. Find me on Bluesky from time to time. xo MD
These are Nazi words advocating a Nazi policy (a historically-documented policy enacted by Hitler & his cadre in Germany) so the American right can spare me their faux outrage about inflammatory language. They’re well & enthusiastically conversant in the discourse of genocide.
Also, I wish I could keep replies open so I could discuss this with you all but I am flooded with crypto/tech spam whenever I do so...
In case you are wondering where Brian Kilmeade is getting his inspiration. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/conte…
Yeah, nothing says “free speech champion” like creating a “professor watchlist” of academics to be targeted because they don’t think like you & whose searchable terms include such thought crimes as “feminism,” “diversity” & “LGBTQ.”
Putin is going to keep doing this to NATO members until he gets slapped back down.
Today, Romania scrambled combat aircraft because of a Russian drone in its airspace. According to current data, the drone penetrated about 10 kilometers into Romanian territory and operated in NATO airspace for around 50 minutes. Also today, Poland responded militarily to the threat of Russian attack drones.
In fact, Russian drones have been in different regions of Ukraine all day, including the northern regions, practically along the border with Belarus. According to preliminary information, Belarusian airspace was also used for entry into Ukraine’s airspace toward Volyn.
The Russian military knows exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can operate in the air. Their routes are always calculated. This cannot be a coincidence, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders. It is an obvious expansion of the war by Russia – and this is exactly how they act. Small steps at first, and eventually big losses.
That is why action must always be preventive, based on the principle that there are no minor military threats from those who are accustomed to destroying the independence and lives of others. Russia is accustomed to this and must feel the consequences.
Sanctions against Russia are needed. Tariffs against Russian trade are needed. Collective defense is needed – and Ukraine has proposed to its partners the creation of just such a system of protection. Do not wait for dozens of “shaheds” and ballistic missiles before finally making decisions.