For our last episode in 2025, we spoke to Haitian DJ and record producer Michaël Brun about his music, Haiti and its culture. Ayiti pap peri. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/if-you-don...

Marseille: "We're all losers, so we're all winners in a way." A Conversation with journalist Philippe Pujol michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/marseille-...

No, Chomsky: The revelations about the linguist’s relationship with the predator Jeffrey Epstein are a fitting epitaph to a disgraceful career michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/no-chomsky

The DSA's Cuba Problem: The Democratic Socialists of America Travel to Cuba and Happily Meet With the Island’s Jailers michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-dsas-c...

The DSA's Cuba Problem: The Democratic Socialists of America Travel to Cuba and Happily Meet With the Island’s Jailers michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-dsas-c...

On today's episode, @michaeldeibert.bsky.social & his guests examine jihadists, juntas & Russian mercenaries in Africa's Sahel region. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/inside-the...

The Trump Cartel: With each passing week, the nature of the regime we live under becomes more clear michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

Yesterday, today and forever: Paris, je t'aime michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/paris-je-t...

Thoughts on the Senate vote last night. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-hatefu...

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 on this special episode of Notes from the World as they detail what transpired. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...

For this special Halloween broadcast, we're joined by David J. Goodwin to discuss the years the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft spent in New York City and how they influenced both him and his work. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/i-think-h-...

It was a real pleasure to speak at length with the author and journalist Howard French about his new book The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/we-have-ne...

Thoughts on Venezuela’s María Corina Machado and the Nobel Peace Prize. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/what-if-it...

Linas Koyala is CEO of the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center in Vilnius, Lithuania and he joined us to discuss the current situation in the Baltics, the war in Ukraine and its possible implications for wider Europe. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/ukraine-is...

Please read my essay on this past week's events here in the United States. Summary: You are right to be alarmed. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-mask-o...

Please read my essay on this past week's events here in the United States. Summary: You are right to be alarmed. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-mask-o...

The Guns of September: Thoughts on the killing of Charlie Kirk michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-guns-o...

On this week's episode, we speak with Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa, about his body of work & his thoughts about the current political climate in the United States. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/this-is-th...

My account of Kilmar Ábrego García in Baltimore yesterday. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/promise-me...

My account of Kilmar Ábrego García in Baltimore yesterday. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/promise-me...

We spoke with the Haitian author Kettly Mars about her writing, Haiti’s political and artistic travails and the role that the country’s literary tradition has played and continues to play in its history. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/haiti-must...

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

Murhaf Jouejati speaks with @michaeldeibert.bsky.social to discuss developments in the new Syria, ranging from its enigmatic President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to recent violence in the coastal regions of Tartus and Latakia and the southern region of Suwayda. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/syrias-gov...

The End of the Beginning? michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-end-of... #haiti

What does Argentina looks like under the government of Javier Milei now nearly two years on? @michaeldeibert.bsky.social speaks with Buenos Aires-based journalist Amy Booth. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/mileis-arg...

Bookshelf - July 2025 michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...

On this week's episode, we speak w/Fereshta Abbasi of Human Rights Watch about the ongoing human rights crisis in Afghanistan, the recent indictments of Taliban officials by the International Criminal Court & the difficult situation of many Afghans abroad. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/it-is-a-mo...

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

This is the second part of a subscriber-only three-part travelogue of @michaeldeibert.bsky.social's recent trip to Colombia's Caribbean coast, looking at the region’s politics, history, culture and its natural beauty. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/impresione...

Today, we publish the first part of a subscriber-only three-part travelogue of @michaeldeibert.bsky.social's recent trip to Colombia's Caribbean coast, looking at the region’s politics, history, culture and its natural beauty. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/impresione...

The Essequibo Question: A Conversation with Carl Greenidge michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-essequ... #guyana #venezuela

A few thoughts on the destruction of #Haiti's Hotel Oloffson michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/a-few-thou...

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 @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social to keep me out of the poor house. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/salaam-new...

Salaam, New York! There are some troubling aspects to Zohran Mamdani. But the city - and the country - needs a fighter michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/salaam-new...

Listen as @michaeldeibert.bsky.social speaks with Nomi Prins about his recent visit to #Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and about the contemporary reality and history of that extraordinary, troubled nation. prinsights.substack.com/p/michael-de...

Letter from Port-au-Prince: Political factions angle for advantage as #Haiti’s capital fights for its survival michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/letter-fro...

You Voted for This: Donald Trump Didn’t Return to the White House Due to Flawed Democratic Messaging, but Because of the Sorry Moral Degeneration of the U.S. Electorate michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/you-voted-...

As attention focuses on Port-au-Prince, Haiti's Artibonite Valley descends into anarchy. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/going-up-t...

Wait, the fake Russian ambassador guy has now become a resource for journalists writing about Haiti's security situation? 😆🙃

Friday morning writing soundtrack: Burning Spear - Farover (Full Album) youtu.be/Em_g3bri9hU

I have been delving into two books connected to two men who, though very different, shared some characteristics of immense physical bravery and a willingness to live true to their beliefs up until their ultimate moment. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...

It was great to have a chance to speak with human rights consultant and sociologist Eduardo González Cueva 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/p/in-peru-ha...

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

Thoughts on the passing of Uruguay's former president, José "Pepe" Mujica. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/adios-pepe

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/p/a-conversa...

"What we are watching is Haiti’s history itself being erased." michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/death-in-p...

For this week's episode, we spoke with Ukrainian author and translator Oksana Lutsyshyna about Ukraine’s vibrant literary culture and the state of the nation in the shadow of Russia’s war there. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/people-are...

Bookshelf - April 2025 michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...

It’s Friday, my favourite day. Despite the gloomy, chilly “Spring” we have experienced in the northeast of the United States this year, I like to think that bluer and warmer skies to come are just around the corner. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/summer-songs

"Watching the systematic targeting of prisons in Haiti by Viv Ansanm has reminded me of nothing so much as the so-called “Breaking the Walls” campaign waged by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) during 2013 and 2014." michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/breaking-t...