Historian of Brazil and scholar of comparative depravity. Lost South African. Contributing editor @jacobin. Head of Publishing at @alamedainst
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I have an essay about the history of mercenaries in South Africa and other such things in the latest edition of @thebafflermag thebaffler.com/salvos/warfar…
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Estados Unidos no intervino en Brasil solo con aranceles, visas y dinero. Lo viene haciendo desde mucho antes, a través de grupos evangélicos.
El triunfo de Flávio Bolsonaro en la primera vuelta no se entiende sin ellos.
Hoy en @elpaismexico elpais.com/mexico/opinion/20…
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“Clearly, Flávio’s plan is a corrosion of democracy so [Brazil] becomes a Hungary or Bukele-style system,” says @NPTO
theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
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This is more than even the US Congress
61% dos congressistas eleitos em 2026 são milionários
cnnbr.app/short/c37320329/
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They are going to dig up the coffin of the tucano, open it, and nail it shut again...
PSDB tem maioria de diretórios estaduais com posição pró-Flávio Bolsonaro
folha.uol.com.br/colunas/pai…
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There is a deal between the various factions of Brazil's ruling class and Flávio Bolsonaro in the works. Moustache Pete Supreme Court Judge Gilmar Mendes, has shelved the investigation against Flávio's vice for raping a 13-year-old; next up, the release of Jair after the polls
Enquanto isso, no STF :: Gilmar arquiva pedido de investigação contra vice de Flávio Bolsonaro por suspeita de estupro de vulnerável folha.uol.com.br/poder/2026/…
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The new paranoid style of South African politics is quite something
Part 2 of Tim Flack's series on how Imtiaz Sooliman is under a "divine mandate" from Islam to overthrow the government. This one starts with an AI generated photo of Sooliman that looks more like his fraternal twin, which doesn't bode well for the article's overall accuracy🧵
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Rest in power, Anwar Shaikh. A giant of political economy and a major pillar for The New School community as well as the broader hetecon and Marxist space ❤️
Anwar Shaikh ist gestorben. Er war der wohl wichtigste lebende antikapitalistische Ökonom – weil er den Kapitalismus verstanden hatte. Und er hat dieses Wissen an Generationen weitergegeben.
Das Foto hab ich 2023 auf einer Party in der @NSSRNews gemacht.
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I have been discussing the emergence and evolution of Brazil's far right with @OrangoQuango for a decade, and he has finally done what he has been threatening to do and written a tour de force on the global right, which might be the best I have read buy it
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"Tellingly, the rise of the far right in Brazil coincides with a 979.8 percent rise in the number of people working for digital platforms between 2016 and 2021, and one can find among Argentinean Uber drivers some of Milei’s most dedicated supporters."
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I got up at an ungodly hour to explain how Flávio Bolsonaro is the Duduzane Zuma of Brazil to @lesterkk primediaplus.com/crosses-and…
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At least we have the fall of this nonce to look forward to
Andrew Tate took part in a sexualised video with a child, UK prosecutors have claimed.
He is accused of creating or sharing several indecent images of a child, including dozens of “Category A” videos – the highest risk level.
🔗:telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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I wrote for @guardian on what’s at stake in Spain’s snap elections, called amid massive housing protests - and why Pedro Sánchez’s government has failed to turn steady economic growth into broad popular support. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Trying to cheer myself up by watching this
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Brazil’s presidential election is heading into a runoff, with Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro in a dead heat. Revisit @SamCowie84’s issue 84 essay to learn how cowboy culture has reared “a new breed of conservative, anti-environmentalist politics.”
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It was under Obama that the lawfare against PT/Dilma/Lula got going, which is a proximate cause of rise of Bolsonaro. Also Honduras 2009 coup, which turned that small country into an unlikely hub of much of the tech-biofuel-drug fascist swirl.
Historian Tim Snyder compares what Trump is doing in Latin America to Soviet tactics in Eastern Europe after WWII: rig elections, apply threats, install the leadership you want.
His description of Trump’s approach: “smash and grab.”
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How Flávio Bolsonaro, the candidate of Rio's mob, plans to fight crime
The candidate has made security a key factor of elections, but his claims on the campaign don’t square with facts on the ground
PWS podcast with @BenjaminFogel (full episode below)
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The only legal prediction market in Brazil should be how long it takes for Rio de Janeiro's Governor to go to prison
MP-RJ investiga Douglas Ruas por peculato, lavagem de dinheiro e organização criminosa ...
conjur.com.br/2026-out-02/mp…
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