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Antulio Rosales
@antuliorosales.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, York University. I work on political economy of energy and development, politics of cryptocurrency in Latin America, Venezuelan politics.
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Check out my new piece -> A New Age of Crypto-Authoritarianism in Current History.

It is now open access!

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Full article: Geo-themed and geo-centric thought: reflections on the onto-epistemological basis of critical thought’s geologic turn Mauricio Collao Quevedo

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Geo-themed and geo-centric thought: reflections on the onto-epistemological basis of critical thought’s geologic turn
Critical social and environmental thought is undergoing a ‘geological turn’ whereby the science of Geology and the notions of the ‘geos’ and ‘the geologic’ are repeatedly conjured to think through ...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Job - please share widely!
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South.
Research focus - grassroots movements, Indigenous sovereignties, and racial justice campaigns contesting and transforming public institutions

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November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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"Drake’s works stand out for a stunning act of defiance: ...it was illegal at the time for enslaved people to learn how to read or write. On one jar, Drake reflected...: 'I wonder where is all my relation / Friendship to all—and every nation.'"
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An Enslaved Man Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants
Many of David Drake's large vessels featured his signature and inscriptions, even though he created them during a time when literacy among enslaved laborers was illegal
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November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver."

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Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Maduro is a heinous dictator, and there is a need for international engagement. But what is to be done should be developed on the basis of real facts and analysis, not the tall tales of exiled and displaced leaders, which have led to disastrous miscalculations in the past" by @dsmilde.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay in our November special issue by @antuliorosales.bsky.social, on the links between cryptocurrency, corruption, and authoritarianism, from the United States to El Salvador and Venezuela.
A New Age of Crypto-Authoritarianism
Cryptocurrencies have become a key component of global democratic backsliding. The imbrication of cryptocurrency and current authoritarianisms has been largely understated and misunderstood as a quirk...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Check out my new piece -> A New Age of Crypto-Authoritarianism in Current History.

It is now open access!

online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Our November special issue on Anti-Governance is out! Featuring @erik-jones.bsky.social on the abandonment of institutions, @cettamainwaring.bsky.social, Andonea Dickson & Thom Tyerman on hardline migration control, Gideon Lasco on medical populism…
Volume 124 Issue 865 | Current History | University of California Press
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October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Also in our new special issue: @erolsaglam.bsky.social on conspiracism going mainstream, @antuliorosales.bsky.social on cryptocurrency and corruption, Holly Case on authoritarian fact-making, and @duncanbell.bsky.social on tech tycoons’ posthumanism.
Volume 124 Issue 865 | Current History | University of California Press
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October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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@antuliorosales.bsky.social y yo estamos muy contentes por este reconocimiento y con ánimos de difundir el artículo en cuanto sea publicado.

Gracias a @lasavenezuela.bsky.social por generar espacios de estudio y apoyo a los estudios sobre #Venezuela

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🚨La SVS de LASA se complace en anunciar el Premio Paula Vásquez 2025🚨

MEJOR ARTÍCULO EN EL ÁREA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES

“Embodying the cost of a predatory state: Depletion via social reproduction in Venezuela’s crisis (2013-2021)” de @masayalb.bsky.social y @antuliorosales.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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🚨La Sección de Estudios Venezolanos de LASA se complace en anunciar el Premio Paula Vásquez 2025 🚨

MEJOR ARTÍCULO EN EL ÁREA DE HUMANIDADES
“Isabel and Orocomay: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Politics of Territorial Control in the Sixteenth-Century Caribbean” de @fidelrodv.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Full article: FinTech as a state-orchestrated strategy: redefining financialization of households in Argentina www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
FinTech as a state-orchestrated strategy: redefining financialization of households in Argentina
This article examines how longstanding asymmetries in Argentina’s financial system have shaped the adoption and expansion of financial technologies (FinTech). Rather than signaling a rupture from p...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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🎥Pulling back the curtain✨Meet the section heads who are crafting an unforgettable #CPSA_ACSP26 experience-They're ❤️beat of the conference!
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October 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Here some of the initial analyses about the María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize award.

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October 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Q&A: Facts and Fictions Regarding Venezuelan Crime and Drug Trafficking
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Q&A: Facts and Fictions Regarding Venezuelan Crime and Drug Trafficking
Yesterday fact-checking website Politifact published a piece on U.S.
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September 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Financing the border: racial capitalism, migration, and the practices of the Canadian state: Review of International Political Economy: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Financing the border: racial capitalism, migration, and the practices of the Canadian state
Canada is often recognised as one of the most progressive nations in the world when it comes to the acceptance of refugees and multiculturalism as national policy. However, the longer history of bo...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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People on board the boat were said to have survived an initial strike and were killed in a follow-up attack. Officials said the boat appeared to have turned back toward shore. Three sources, including Sen. Rand Paul said the boat was attacked by one or more drones.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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For the poor in Venezuela, crypto is a makeshift opportunity for survival. For the rich, it's a tool for making quick profits and side-stepping sanctions.

Thoughts on crypto adoption in Venezuela from @antuliorosales.bsky.social & myself for Inter-American Dialogue

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Crypto adoption in Venezuela
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September 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Follow the work of expert Venezuelanists on the evolving situation in the Caribbean.

@dsmilde.bsky.social @jpolga.bsky.social @maripuerta.com
On the US incursion in the Caribbean with eye on #Venezuela, we recommend looking at our members' analysis for guidance and comprehension of the complex situation.

In no specific order and not necessarily in agreement amongst them.

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September 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM