Jesus!

The global North is about to start experiencing US imperialism concretely. In Latin America, we know all about it, and let me tell you: it's horrendous.

The Trump administration announced that it will be moving to “phase 2” of the ceasefire plan. And yet, during the past three months that the so-called ceasefire has been in effect, the Israeli military has killed over 400 Palestinians...

Which is why the term 'nativist' to denote what is in fact white supremacist settler colonialism is so problematic.

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I have for a long time writing about how Colombian uribista dystopia, established during the two first decades of the 21st century with the full support of the US, was a working template for elitist & authoritarian leaders across the world. We're getting there faster than I thought.

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At this point the fascism debate is a pedantic exercise. The question now should be what are we going to do about it.

I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

White supremacy is the term you're looking for.

Just as Denmark seizes the jewellery of asylum seekers, so the UK now seizes their phones. The most vulnerable, far from home, will lose the lifeline to their families and their means for managing in a new place. UK Government cruelty to woo far-right voters. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Les "nationalistes" de France et de Navarre n'ont en réalité aucun égard pour la souveraineté nationale et l'intégrité territoriale, dont ils se contrefichent : ce qui les lie et les meut, c'est le suprémacisme blanc, à quoi s'ajoute une bonne dose d'anti-communisme primaire d'un autre temps 👨‍🦳

Horrendous start of the year, from the devastating fire at Crans (Switzerland), which has personally affected me and my family's close circle and community, to the invasion of Venezuela and what it might mean for my other home country, Colombia.

Not really surprising since the end game is to expand fascistic regimes across the region and the globe so as to ensure the interests of the U.S. state, corporations & oligarchs are defended forever.

The knots Western liberals have to tie themselves in to deal with the cognitive dissonance of supporting a violently anti-democratic and authoritarian empire

finally, we're living through precedented times

Remember: It is a mystery to every journalist and pundit why this Labour government are so roundly and universally detested.

“But do they even have a plan for what’s next” we don’t get to have a plan for what’s next in another sovereign country!!!!

Over and over the US inflicts obscene violence against the global South, in flagrant violation of international law, to maintain the conditions for capital accumulation for its decadent billionaire class. It's disgusting and intolerable. We cannot continue to accept this.

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In the midst of yet another US coup d'état in L. America, I can't but think of what this means for the Palestinians whom the international community has abandoned to a rogue state engineering their slow demise - from hunger, disease and ruthless supremacist settlers...

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

As we all said, international law, such as it was, no longer exists. The United States, following Israel’s precedent, considers itself to have the explicit authority to blatantly violate sovereignty anywhere in the world and abduct even leaders of other states. There are no guardrails whatsoever.

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

I will never regret being part of the movement to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, or writing the foreword to his extraordinary book, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated. Read his honest and heartfelt response to those playing politics with his hard-won freedom. #FreeAlaa Always. freealaa.net/alaa-response

Woody Allen on dinners with Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew - No regrets. Allen "wants to work with Trump and still says Jeffrey Epstein was “charming and personable”. It's "all good material". The article was written by 'just protecting women' fanatic, Hadley Freeman

He's bombing small boats in the coasts of (left wing) Venezuela under the pretext they're trafficking drugs, but just pardoned former (far right) Honduran president, Juan O. Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for creating “a cocaine superhighway to the United States.”

relatedly: www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

NEW: Israel has committed at least 497 ceasefire violations, killing at least 342 Palestinians since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel & Hamas went into effect on Oct. 10. An Israeli ‘kamikaze’ drone targeted a car on a busy Gaza City street on Nov. 22, killing 5 Palestinians.

He admits "causing grievous bodily harm with intent, affray, wounding with intent and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm", while "victims include two babies and six other children". But it's still a "crash" and not an "attack", because whiteness.

The Max Planck Institute says over 100,000 have been killed and life expectancy slashed for Palestinians as a result of the Israeli genocide.

Why is the Guardian publishing articles about the "scoop" that Farage "was" a Hitler admirer in his youth? In what fucking parallel universe is that piece of news surprising? What would truly be surprising is if he didn’t admire Hitler, not only back then, but today.

Bankrolling pedagogies of cruelty.

The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30 uncpress.org/978146969484...

Another year in which we have snow in November. The previous years, this has been followed by temperatures of around 12°C in mid-January, in the Alps!

Labour's politics of hatred know no limit.

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I do sometimes feel resentment at the fact that so many of us have been beating the drum about US policing and fascism for decades to no avail.

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The CfP for the next #Crossroads in #CulturalStudies conference -which will, for the first time, be held in Latin America (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)- is out! I'm proud to be part of the scientific committee. Have a look at the beautiful website, submit your proposal, and share! crossroads2026.com/en/

"Quand nous sommes tous des ennemis de l’État/When we are all enemies of the state." I worked with translator Nathalie Prévost to publish the French translation of Stuart Hall's 1974 speech on Walter Rodney in @afriquexxi.bsky.social. afriquexxi.info/Quand-nous-s...

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Excellent issue this one here, @thenation.com. I received it this week & read it yesterday. Unfortunately, there is a huge printing error. The last page of @jeetheer.bsky.social's piece on W.F. Buckley Jr (p. 80) is missing, while the last of Lalami's (p. 82) is printed twice. Really a pity.

Nativists? You mean white settlers (ergo non-native) descendants?

Very cool books with very cool covers bombardment because we all need a little beauty and brilliance, surely

More "free speech" in the Times, as "Lawyers for Israel" suggest that booksellers could be criminally liable for selling Sally Rooney's novels.