Israel starting a giant regional war will guarantee Trump wins—and for Bibi that is (in part) the point. That Biden can stop this but won’t is insanity.

Check out Professor Armando Boito's insightful take on populism in Brazil 🇧🇷 This clip is from LAP's newest episode, "Reform and Political Crisis in Brazil." The full episode is available on YouTube (with English subtitles) and Spotify. 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=EewpWC…

Guy was an interior decorator

Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses his recent appearance on CBS Mornings to promote his new book “The Message,” where he was questioned by co-anchor Tony Dokoupil about Israel and Palestine.

Mira tu, un niño argentino hablando hasta de formaciones, momentos y lo que debe hacer un DT al llegar Acá en México, lees cabrones de 40-50 años diciendo que un equipo no funciona porque "no tienen huevos" o "no sienten la playera"

Most insightful thinker of race and ethnicity this side of Barbara Fields

There is no majority for MAGA agenda but Biden/Harris’s Dem Party cannot credibly lead the movement we need to stop it. It’s essential that we build organized political power that can offer a true alternative to this far-right dystopia. You can’t beat the right by shifting right.

Gone is a genocidal president too hypocritical to admit it. And in comes a genocidal president who wears it as a badge of honor.

“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis

Bottom line in my opinion: you can’t say something as serious as “Donald Trump is a threat to the country” while doing something as unserious as the Biden re-election premise. The urgency of the Democratic message was undercut by their own actions

While there is much to be gained from reading Edward Said, I think it's very telling (about the class position of the majority of people in academia) that so much academic discussion the past year has revisited Said's work but less so Samir Amin's /1

Check out our new episode of LAP Editor's Choice: Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution w/ Joana Salém Vasconcelos open.spotify.com/episode/7C30h5…

For Jacobin, I wrote about Nicolás Medina Mora’s ‘América de Norte,’ a mid book made possible by bad people, and why we shouldn’t have been subjected to the Great Whitexican Novel in the first place jacobin.com/2024/12/whitex…

The people of Derry City 🇮🇪 saying as Mandela said: ‘We are not free until Palestine 🇵🇸 is free’ Ireland 🇮🇪 stands against oppression Ireland 🇮🇪 stands with the oppressed Ireland 🇮🇪 stands with Palestine 🇵🇸 🇮🇪 🤝 🇵🇸

In case you missed it, check out our May 2024 issue: 'Blue Economies and Ocean Grabbing in Latin America' Issue: journals.sagepub.com/toc/lapa/51/3 Podcast: sites.libsyn.com/456621/latinam…

🚨 New article alert! 🚨 LAP associate managing editor Steve Ellner dives into Trump's Latin America policy, examining its implications for the region and its rivalry with China. Don’t miss this sharp analysis in Jacobin! 👇 🔗 jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-…

Important piece from my friend and colleague, Steve Ellner

It actually disgusts me that so many people, and usually extremely privileged people, are saying things like "he's an awful person but you should support his free speech." Instead he's someone who overcame and risked so much to protest genocide. So that's who you're talking about

Commentators are quick to compare Bukele’s bid for indefinite reelection in El Salvador with those by nominally Left projects elsewhere in Latin America, but it’s important to note that Bukele has never sought to legitimize his reforms through democratic mechanisms like referenda