The West is paying enormous reputational costs for its support of Netanyahu’s war crimes. Many countries are moving out of the West geopolitical orbit citing war in Gaza. The ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu is another huge moral blow. How much longer can this mayhem last?

Quite embarrassing for Western nations to support the contemporary equivalents of Milosevic.

Got the Oxford Academic proofs for my book and it all got very real.

I'll make a thread with the main argument later, but for now just wanted to thank everyone who's helped out with this process.

I know it's cliché to say it takes a village, but it does. Thank you!

Meanwhile, during that same decade:

La campaña 'troll' internacional #PedroVigilaATuEsposa desató +368 mil tweets y se hizo Trending Topic Global.

Lanzada desde Argentina, refleja el papel de los trolls en la injerencia extranjera y propaganda digital

Vamos a echar un vistazo 👇

Khan said there were reasonable grounds to believe that both men bore criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity from at least 7 October 2023.

BREAKING 🇬🇧🇺🇸: Julian Assange has just won the right to a full appeal from the UK High Court, granting him the opportunity to present his case again to a British court before any US extradition process can move ahead.

Domani sarà una giornata difficile per gli opinionisti di alcuni giornali italiani: presa di posizione di un gruppo di autorevoli giuristi sul Financial Times: Why we support ICC prosecutions for crimes in Israel and Gaza  - on.ft.com/3KbVaMJ via Financial Times

Manifestos of Italy's League and Brothers of Italy (FdI), EU Parliamentary elections 2024.

Here are some brief thoughts. They are just first impressions, certainly not a systematic content analysis…

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I wrote about South Africa as a case study in the politics of de-development for the The New Statesman and why this election offers a window in the trajectory of global politics thanks to Gavin Jacobson for the sharp edits.
newstatesman.com/international-…

Esta entrevista a Paolo Gerbaudo y a Carolina Plaza-Colodro sobre la convención de la Internacional Reaccionaria en Madrid es interesantísima para identificar a los diferentes actores y conocer sus objetivos y estrategia política futura.
elpais.com/videos/2024-05…

Milei, Le Pen, Meloni... El acto de Vox fue más que un acto. Es la 'nueva' foto de familia de la ultraderecha. ¿Qué tienen en común y por qué apoyan a Vox? Con Paolo Gerbaudo y Carolina Plaza-Colodro en EL PAÍS
elpais.com/videos/2024-05…

El EL PAÍS me entrevistó sobre la cumbre de la ultraderecha este fin de semana en Madrid. elpais.com/videos/2024-05…

I look forward to speaking at the 'New Media for a New Economy' conf on June 1st. You can get your tickets here -> eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-media-fo…

Vox's huge far-right rally is beginning in Madrid this morning with chants of 'Viva España! Viva Israel!'

Guests include Le Pen 🇫🇷, Ventura 🇵🇹, Orbán 🇭🇺, but the star of the show will be Javier Milei 🇦🇷. Also Israel's minister to combat anti-semitism is due to speak to a room

The convergence between libertarian free-market fanatics and the nationalist far right made ever more visible in Madrid. With neoliberalism losing its hegemonic status, the disgruntled upper middle class is now looking for strongmen to defend its wealth.