Take 'em down: The Platner Class: Those Who Brought Us the Disaster in Maine Should Never Be Allowed to Repeat It michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-platne...

Take 'em down: The Platner Class: Those Who Brought Us the Disaster in Maine Should Never Be Allowed to Repeat It michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-platne...

I spoke to @cfpublicmedia.bsky.social earlier this week about the situation in Haiti that holders of Temporary Protected Status are being sent back to in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling effectively ending the programme. My segment begins at the 10:45 mark. www.cfpublic.org/podcast/enga...

“Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo Will Fall”: A Conversation About Nicaragua with Juan Pappier of Human Rights Watch; Carlos Chamorro of Confidencial; and journalist, social researcher, & feminist activist Sofía Montenegro. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/daniel-ort...

“Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo Will Fall”: A Conversation About Nicaragua with Juan Pappier of Human Rights Watch; Carlos Chamorro of Confidencial; and journalist, social researcher, & feminist activist Sofía Montenegro. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/daniel-ort...

Bon anniversaire, RDC michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bon-annive...

When It Comes to AI, Happy to Be Left Behind: The Threats From the Tech Overlords About the Technology’s Inevitability Fall on Deaf Ears michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/when-it-co...

"Far from the understanding of what 'democratic socialist' means to most parties in Europe, the DSA is, in fact, a far left, deeply sectarian and campist entity that has a long record of supporting atrociously repressive regimes all around the world." michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/foxes-in-t...

Thoughts on the election results in New York City last night. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/foxes-in-t...

ICYMI: For my most recent podcast on @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social, I speak with activists in Ghana and Uganda about the march of anti-LGBTQ legislation stalking Africa michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/people-are...

Gathering the list together of venues for the late 2026/early 2027 book tour for With the Pen In One Hand and the Sword in the Other: Haiti and the United States in the Nineteenth Century. If there's a bookstore or academic venue in your town you recommend, please let me know! @ugapress.bsky.social

Can you imagine being criminalized for who you love? For many LGBTQ people in Africa, that is an increasing reality. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/people-are...

Bookshelf - June 2026: Samir Kassir, John Menlove Edwards and a Fishing Village in Scotland michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...

At the beginning of each summer, I like to share this wonderful essay by the Spanish writer Almudena Grandes, which first appeared in El País in July 2012 and which I translated into English a couple of years ago. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/happy-summer

If you care about the struggle for human freedom, please read the story of Nicaragua's Brooklyn Rivera and the heroic struggle of that country's people against the worst dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-death-...

If you care about the struggle for human freedom, please read the story of Nicaragua's Brooklyn Rivera and the heroic struggle of that country's people against the worst dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-death-...

I spoke with Verónica Sarauz, the widow of slain Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Her words should be heard by all those who care about Ecuador and Latin America in general. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/political-...

Please read my latest dispatch from Ecuador about the history both of organized crime's rise and of a country's fall. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/gangsters-...

Gangster’s Paradise: How Ecuador Collapsed Into the Hands of Organized Crime michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/gangsters-...

I spoke to Luis Chonillo, the mayor of Durán, Ecuador, about the realities of governing one of Latin America's most violent cities. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/city-under...

I spoke to Luis Chonillo, the mayor of Durán, Ecuador, about the realities of governing one of Latin America's most violent cities. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/city-under...

I spoke to Luis Chonillo, the mayor of Durán, Ecuador, about the realities of governing one of Latin America's most violent cities. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/city-under...

The situation of criminal violence and failed government policy that I found in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, when I visited earlier this month was incredibly alarming and upsetting. Please read the results of that investigation here. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/living-and...

The situation of criminal violence and failed government policy that I found in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, when I visited earlier this month was incredibly alarming and upsetting. Please read the results of that investigation here. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/living-and...

First Impressions of Guayaquil michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/first-impr...

Please listen to our discussion about the situation in Venezuela and Colombia with the Wall Street Journal’s Juan Forero on Notes From the World michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/what-you-b...

Finally On, Leon: Bard College's President Makes It Official michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/finally-on...

“Where Is Due Process? Where Is Democracy? Who Is Standing Up?”: Immigration Policy In Trump's America michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/where-is-d...

On William Blake, a jihadist theoretician and the 1929 massacre of Jews in Hebron.  michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...

Today on @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social, a discussion about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo with journalist Emmet Livingstone and Clementine de Montjoye of Human Rights Watch. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/democratic...

Today on the podcast, a discussion about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo with journalist Emmet Livingstone and Clementine de Montjoye of Human Rights Watch. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/democratic...

With no elections for a decade, Haiti’s transitional government appears poised to delay them yet again. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/haiti-leta...

With no elections for a decade, Haiti’s transitional government appears poised to delay them yet again. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/haiti-leta...

Though I try to do this as rarely as possible, if the kind of reporting I do is of value to you, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter & podcast. The work takes time & effort. Every paid subscriber helps it to continue. 🙏 michaeldeibert.substack.com/subscribe

U.S. voters decided to reelect an erratic, foul-mouthed criminal to the presidency. The results have been predictable. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-world-...

U.S. voters decided to reelect an erratic, foul-mouthed criminal to the presidency. The results have been predictable. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-world-...

My analysis of recent security developments in Haiti's Artibonite Valley and Port-au-Prince. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/lagonie-de...

My analysis of recent security developments in Haiti's Artibonite Valley and Port-au-Prince. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/lagonie-de...

I haven't given up hope on making this important reporting trip, but paid subscriptions to the newsletter & podcast are what are able to make it happen, so re-sharing. Merci d'avance to those who think this a worthy project. 🙏 michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/ecuador-re...

"We keep pushing away the very people who would help us accomplish our foreign policy goals": A Conversation with @ambassadormoreno.bsky.social michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/we-keep-pu...

The Filth and the Fury: The Bottom-Feeding Detritus of a Discredited International Left Washes up on Cuba’s Shores michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-filth-...

The Filth and the Fury: The Bottom-Feeding Detritus of a Discredited International Left Washes up on Cuba’s Shores michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-filth-...

Broadening the Battlefield: After years on the backfoot, Haiti's security forces are beginning to make gains against the country’s gangs. But at a cost. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/broadening...

Mexico's CJNG made violence “into their language”: A Conversation with the Wall Street Journal's José de Cordoba michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/mexicos-cj...

If you appreciate the reporting I've done over the years & continue to do, please do consider becoming a paid subscriber to my newsletter & podcast @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social. It really does help keep the lights turned on (a non-euphemistic description). michaeldeibert.substack.com/subscribe

What I've been reading. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...

Leon Botstein Must Go: The Bard College President's Extensive Relationship with the Sexual Predator Jeffrey Epstein - And More - Makes His Position Untenable michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/leon-botst...

Today is the 22nd anniversary of a terrible massacre that took place in and around the La Scierie neighborhood in the central Haitian city of Saint-Marc in February 2004. Many of its perpetrators still walk free in Haiti today. Please read about I here. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-massac...

In which @michaeldeibert.bsky.social shares some thoughts on the historical signifiers littered throughout Bad Bunny's wonderful Super Bowl halftime show last night. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/dtmf-en-el...

Haiti: Towards 7 February - What should be a joyful democratic anniversary in the Caribbean nation has often been anything but. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/haiti-towa...