Juan David Rojas
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1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD. How did they do it? @TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party.
open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theliberalpatriot/p/what-democrats-can-learn-from-morena?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=lnlow
8 months ago
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Sohrab Ahmari
2 months ago
How Miami hawks hijacked Trump's Latin America policy. Must-read by
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social
unherd.com/2025/10/how-...
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How Miami hawks hijacked Trumpâs foreign policy
https://unherd.com/2025/10/how-miami-hawks-hijacked-trumps-foreign-policy/?edition=us
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ndlela
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How Miami hawks hijacked Trumpâs foreign policy Theyâve long dreamed of toppling Maduro via
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social
unherd.com/2025/10/how-...
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How Miami hawks hijacked Trumpâs foreign policy
https://unherd.com/2025/10/how-miami-hawks-hijacked-trumps-foreign-policy/
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Fed and central bank decisions should be separate from those the executive branch. As important, however, is that central banks embrace policy that enables the flourishing of workers. I argue that the evidence currently favors lower rates
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
5 months ago
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Peter Ryan
6 months ago
ESSAY: Ireland's Mamdani Moment: Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030 Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...
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I share many progressive critiques of Obama's presidency. Sadly, Dems and especially progressives subsequently lost the plot on issues vital to workers such as immigration and energy policy. I argue at The Liberal Patriot how Obama got both issues right
open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
6 months ago
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Sohrab Ahmari
7 months ago
Did Iran win the 12-Day War? Sort of, I argue. Read the full thing before scoffing.
unherd.com/2025/06/did-...
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Did Iran win the 12-day war?
https://unherd.com/2025/06/did-iran-win-the-12-day-war/?us
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7 months ago
How the BLM riots broke America. Read the full thing before getting mad, please.
unherd.com/2025/05/how-...
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How the BLM riots broke America
https://unherd.com/2025/05/how-the-blm-riots-broke-america/
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Much can be said about Laura Loomer. But on Venezuela, she's made enemies in Miami. That makes her very right in my book. 𫥠Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
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Laura Loomer Is Right About Venezuela
This week, the Trump administration granted Chevron a limited carve-out from sanctions on Venezuela.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/laura-loomer-is-right-about-venezuela/
7 months ago
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Much can be said about Laura Loomer. But on Venezuela, she's made enemies in Miami. That makes her very right in my book. 𫥠Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
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Laura Loomer Is Right About Venezuela
This week, the Trump administration granted Chevron a limited carve-out from sanctions on Venezuela.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/laura-loomer-is-right-about-venezuela/
7 months ago
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7/ Read the full essay in English and Portuguese at Social Democracy With Populist Characteristics and Subscribe! (Spanish forthcoming)
juandarojasro.substack.com
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Social Democracy With Populist Characteristics | Juan David Rojas | Substack
Political economy, geopolitics, election coverage and general musings from an idiosyncratic, pro-worker perspective, mostly in the Americas. Click to read Social Democracy With Populist Characteristic...
https://juandarojasro.substack.com
8 months ago
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1/ In my newsletter debut at The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I review the collapse of the Portuguese Left following Sunday's election and argue that leftists and progressives should emulate Denmark's Social Democrats on immigration.
open.substack.com/pub/juandaro...
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How Immigration Killed the Portuguese Left
The checkered and now defunct success of the Socialist Party was undergirded by low levels of immigration.
https://open.substack.com/pub/juandarojasro/p/how-immigration-killed-the-portuguese?r=4tg0es&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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Sohrab Ahmari
8 months ago
Another one of the Right's follies: convincing themselves "unions aren't popular anymore." Absolute nonsense. Unions get stratospheric approval ratings these days. Studies show tens of millions Americans are underrepresented. Meaning, they want collective bargaining but don't have it.
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1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD. How did they do it? @TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party.
open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theliberalpatriot/p/what-democrats-can-learn-from-morena?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=lnlow
8 months ago
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1/ In my newsletter debut at The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I review the collapse of the Portuguese Left following Sunday's election and argue that leftists and progressives should emulate Denmark's Social Democrats on immigration.
open.substack.com/pub/juandaro...
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How Immigration Killed the Portuguese Left
The checkered and now defunct success of the Socialist Party was undergirded by low levels of immigration.
https://open.substack.com/pub/juandarojasro/p/how-immigration-killed-the-portuguese?r=4tg0es&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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8/ "Democrats must embrace a politics of pluralism that champions the âproblematicâ social, cultural, and environmental views of workers in the service of material goals, including reigning in billionaires like Elon Musk." Full article below
open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theliberalpatriot/p/what-democrats-can-learn-from-morena?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=lnlow
8 months ago
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Matt Huber
8 months ago
Itâs a beautiful thing. Subscription link in reply.
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1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD. How did they do it? @TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party.
open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theliberalpatriot/p/what-democrats-can-learn-from-morena?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=lnlow
8 months ago
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Matt Huber
8 months ago
The
@financialtimes.com
editorial board: âYet the US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.â
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The westâs shameful silence on Gaza
The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu
https://on.ft.com/433Mp02
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"So long as MAGA Republicans & Progressive Democrats cater to nativist incels and cosmopolitan elitists, they will continue to sow maximal cruelty, exploitation, and sectarian hatred among the very people they claim to represent" My latest @unherd
unherd.com/2025/05/trum...
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Trumpâs deportation bust
https://unherd.com/2025/05/trumps-deportation-bust/
8 months ago
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UnHerd
8 months ago
'The GOPâs characteristic incoherence appears to have contributed to the Salvadoran debacle' | Juan David Rojas
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Trump's deportation bust
Terrorising migrants isn't helping anyone. Credit: Getty
https://unherd.com/2025/05/trumps-deportation-bust/
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Sohrab Ahmari
8 months ago
Trump II's sealing of the border is one of the new administration's unambiguous wins. But on the deportation front---not so much. They've substituted sadism for competence---and posted much smaller numbers than *Obama*. Must-read
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social
for
@unherd.com
unherd.com/2025/05/trum...
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Trumpâs deportation bust
https://unherd.com/2025/05/trumps-deportation-bust/
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Leaks, lawfare, stagflation, guerrilla insurgency and a wiretapped maid. Reality is stranger than fiction in
#Colombia
but the bottom line is that
#Petro
has failed to deliver for workersâand sabotaged his own presidency in the process My latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
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The Ex-Guerrilla in his Labyrinth
It was just another day in the presidency of Colombiaâs Gustavo Petro. After clashing with Donald Trumpâand grandstanding on the merits of Noam Chomsky and Washington DCâs black neighborhoodsâhe brief...
https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-ex-guerrilla-in-his-labyrinth/
10 months ago
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#Mexico
was already doing everything
#Trump
wanted but, of course, the spectacle matters as much as the results.
#Sheinbaum
has shown to be a pragmatic negotiator. She should nonetheless continue taking Trump's threats seriously.
www.compactmag.com/article/clau...
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Claudia Sheinbaumâs Art of the Deal
âA dog that barks doesnât biteââso goes the saying among supporters of Mexicoâs ruling National Regeneration Movement, or Morena.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/claudia-sheinbaums-art-of-the-deal/
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Mass low-wage migration depresses wages, especially on the lower rungs of the labor market. Progressives would do well to come to grips with this reality. Absolute must-read
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social
on the pro-worker case for Trump's deportations.
unherd.com/2025/02/the-...
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The pro-worker case for Trumpâs deportations
https://unherd.com/2025/02/the-pro-worker-case-for-trumps-deportations/
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Katie Coldiron
12 months ago
Completely unbiased opinion, but my favorite Colombian
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social
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In my latest column, I explain how
#Colombia's
#Petro
shares a great deal in common with
#Trump
. In this case, due to his obnoxious posting here on X. A key feature in yesterday's spat over trade and immigration.
www.compactmag.com/article/trum...
12 months ago
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Right & Left, many will be surprised to know that the leftist
#FSLN
in
#Nicaragua
is a socially conservative and self-described Christian party. A seeming contradiction for a regime that jails priests and slaughters civilians. Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/nica...
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Nicaraguaâs âChristian Socialistâ Dictatorship
On Monday, Nicaraguaâs ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) initiated an overhaul of the countryâs constitution that will codify the rule of longtime dictator Daniel Ortega and his wife,...
https://www.compactmag.com/article/nicaraguas-christian-socialist-dictatorship/
12 months ago
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Biden just took
#Cuba
off the list of state sponsors of terrorism. At Compact, I describe the role of the original designation in 2021 on the islandâs current crisis.
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12 months ago
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At Compact, I describe
#Miami
Neocons & the
#Cuban
regime's perennial race to the bottom. Neocons refuse to reevaluate sanctions policy,
#Cuba
refuses to ditch Soviet Communism. The result? Cubans are starving &
#Trump
2.0 will probably make it worse.
www.compactmag.com/article/end-...
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End the Cold War in Cuba
On Friday, thousands of Cubans protested outside the US embassy in Havana demanding an end to sanctions, in an event sponsored by the Cuban regime.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/end-the-cold-war-in-cuba/
about 1 year ago
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Right & Left, many will be surprised to know that the leftist
#FSLN
in
#Nicaragua
is a socially conservative and self-described Christian party. A seeming contradiction for a regime that jails priests and slaughters civilians. Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/nica...
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Nicaraguaâs âChristian Socialistâ Dictatorship
On Monday, Nicaraguaâs ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) initiated an overhaul of the countryâs constitution that will codify the rule of longtime dictator Daniel Ortega and his wife,...
https://www.compactmag.com/article/nicaraguas-christian-socialist-dictatorship/
12 months ago
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about 1 year ago
Last year, the Atlantic Council put out with a report calling for a US defense pact with Saudi Arabia. The Atlantic Council took in $400,000 from Saudi Arabia's government from 2019 to 2023. SHOCKING Kelley Vlahos exposé of think-tank corruption, for UnHerd.
unherd.com/2025/01/whos...
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Who's funding DC's pro-war think tanks?
https://unherd.com/2025/01/whos-funding-dcs-pro-war-think-tanks/
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At Compact, I describe
#Miami
Neocons & the
#Cuban
regime's perennial race to the bottom. Neocons refuse to reevaluate sanctions policy,
#Cuba
refuses to ditch Soviet Communism. The result? Cubans are starving &
#Trump
2.0 will probably make it worse.
www.compactmag.com/article/end-...
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End the Cold War in Cuba
On Friday, thousands of Cubans protested outside the US embassy in Havana demanding an end to sanctions, in an event sponsored by the Cuban regime.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/end-the-cold-war-in-cuba/
about 1 year ago
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