Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST) @mst.org.br is now one of the most famous social movements in the world. But not many people know they run their own publishing house. My interview with Miguel Yoshida, editor of Expressão Popular: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-stampede
The stampede
An interview with Miguel Yoshida, editor of Expressão Popular
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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-...
But leftistly
Do tools have ideological content?
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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...
Vincent Bevins@vincentbevins.bsky.social · last mo.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...
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...
The day we became Gen Z
Two years later in Nairobi
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“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.”
Vincent Bevins@vincentbevins.bsky.social · 2mo agoDonald 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...
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...
Botched coup part two
Flailing empire updates
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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...
Finding Elon
Searching for Muskism in Africa and beyond
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‘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...
Vincent Bevins · Diary: Serbia’s Student Movement
On 1 November 2024, the canopy of a recently renovated train station in Novi Sad collapsed, killing sixteen people....
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This is exciting but, if you are able and keen, it needs support!
Vincent Bevins@vincentbevins.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnnouncement — 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
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
January geopolitics roundup: in which I try to coin the term "autogolpe imperial" and translate it too www.northsouthnotes.org/p/imperial-t...
Imperial theater and the world-systemic self-coup
January 2026
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Merry Christmas ! I am giving away a bunch of free books — who wants one
Just published on North South Notes — Who really killed Romania's election? www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-forest
The forest
Who really killed Romania's election?
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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...
News Letter III
New editions; explosive mobilizations; errors and updates
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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
The Burn Method
What was behind the mass protests in Indonesia this year, and how did they change the country? From Jakarta, a report on an unfinished Reformasi
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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-...
Nostalgia for 2021
Missing (2023) — Directed by Will Merrick and Nicholas D. Johnson
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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...
Donate to Support for victims of 1965 in Indonesia, organized by Vincent Bevins
For the fourth time since 2020, I am seeking funds to support victims of the U… Vincent Bevins needs your support for Support for victims of 1965 in Indonesia
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