Is there such a thing as "left-wing" tactics? What about organizational models? Do tools have ideological content? Up now at North South Notes, with input from Serbian students, Rodrigo Nunes in Rio, and Bora Mema in Tirana: substack.com/home/post/p-...

o @vincentbevins.bsky.social compartilhou esse ensaio excelente de um ativista queniano e eu percebi o quão desligado eu sou do noticiario geopolítico africano. bsky.app/profile/vinc...

The day we became Gen Z — by Njeri Mwangi and Kenya's Organic Intellectual Network — Two years of reflections since the 2024 revolt — North South Notes www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-day-we...

“These guys thought there was a giant red button marked VIOLENCE being guarded by a couple of queer studies professors, and all you have to do is smash it to subjugate countries at will.”

Donald Trump did not just fail in Iran. MAGA's top-down assault on the world system in the first half of 2026 (what I tried to call an "autogolpe imperial") has been a flop. North South Notes — Botched coup part two: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/botched-co...

Giving away some books for my birthday — who wants one

Finding Elon — Searching for Muskism in Africa — by Efthimios Karayiannides — North South Notes www.northsouthnotes.org/p/finding-el...

‘It’s hard to think of other countries where “the students” could stand in for the entire political opposition.’ @vincentbevins.bsky.social on Serbia’s Novi Sad protests and their aftermath. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

This is exciting but, if you are able and keen, it needs support!

Announcement — I am now seeking support to officially launch a little global affairs magazine. We plan to pay writers all around the world, and pay them well, to do our small part to save knowledge and human civilization. It's a Substack. Please join us

From our correspondent in Condesa: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/art-in-the...

January geopolitics roundup: in which I try to coin the term "autogolpe imperial" and translate it too www.northsouthnotes.org/p/imperial-t...

Merry Christmas ! I am giving away a bunch of free books — who wants one

Released today ! — paperback editions (US and UK)

Just published on North South Notes — Who really killed Romania's election? www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-forest

On December 2, we will release the paperback of If We Burn, with a new Afterword. There will be two English-language editions, one published in the US and one published in the UK www.northsouthnotes.org/p/news-lette...

What was behind the mass protests in Indonesia this year, and how did they change the country? From Jakarta, a report by Hanna Samosir, on an unfinished revolution

I wrote about Venezuela www.northsouthnotes.org/p/regime-col...

Si ardemos - la década de las protestas masivas y la revolución que no fue. Disponible hoy, publicado por @capitanswing.bsky.social capitanswing.com/libros/si-ar...

In 1998, the founders of Google famously wrote that any search engine powered by advertising revenues would be “inherently biased” and contrary to the interests of the user. Twenty-seven years and ~$1.9 trillion dollars in advertising revenue later... www.northsouthnotes.org/p/nostalgia-...

Un inspirador trabajo de campo y análisis reconstructivo de los levantamientos populares masivos de la década pasada que impulsaron cambios y que nos pueden servir de aprendizaje para, por qué no, retomar la propuesta transformadora en el futuro. Si ardemos, de @vincentbevins.bsky.social. 19 mayo

For the fourth time since 2020, I am seeking help for victims of the 1965 atrocities in Indonesia. I am grateful for any support we can put together for this community www.gofundme.com/f/uju4m9-sup...

Really great reporting by @vincentbevins.bsky.social

Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST): www.thenation.com/article/worl...

A big contender for movie of the year, "I'm Still Here" tells the story of a family that was destroyed by the Brazilian military dictatorship. Here's a review with some important historical context by @vincentbevins.bsky.social:

Só agora descobri que o @vincentbevins.bsky.social está por aqui e que If We Burn saiu em português. Leiam! www.boitempoeditorial.com.br/produto/a-de...

Essentially nothing happens, and the film has almost no political content. It made me weep and I will see it again, ten stars. I wrote about I'm Still Here: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/im-still-h...

Amanhã no Rio ! Com @cecillia.com.br e Rodrigo Nunes (acho que ele não está aqui, está?) ! 🧡

Wrote about Indonesia's revolution, and David Van Reybrouck's Revolusi, for the London Review of Books www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Fernanda Torres, speaking to Vogue, on "I'm still here"

Na quinta ! - Livraria Megafauna, São Paulo

Essentially nothing happens, and the film has almost no political content. It made me weep and I will see it again, ten stars. I wrote about I'm Still Here: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/im-still-h...

This is standard gringo anecdata, so take it as you will: two guys that work in my building in São Paulo (construction, security) were last week very excited about Trump's return. Today they stopped me to angrily complain about the treatment of deportees. "É falta de humanidade ! "

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A década da revolução perdida: a onda de manifestações que incendiaram o mundo - a edição brasileira do meu novo livro ("If We Burn" em inglês) sai no dia 06 de fevereiro, pela @boitempo.bsky.social 🤍

Proving to everyone in São Paulo that I am a learned man of sophistication and culture by pronouncing "OXXO" in the original Mexican form

Hello patriots. This Christmas 🎄🇺🇸🎄 give the gift of red, white and blue

Looking forward to two events in Austria this month: Vienna (11) and Graz (12) ✌️

No time to look this up who owns this website and what is their long-term business model