Bret Gustafson
@bretgustafson.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Mostly Latin America. NACLAista. Check out www.nacla.org. Wrote Bolivia in the Age of Gas (Duke 2020).
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Bret Gustafson
@bretgustafson.bsky.social
· Jul 20
Not many followers yet but happy to say NACLA is now here. Please follow @nacla-report.bsky.social
Keep fighting!
Keep fighting!
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At our volunteer appreciation party, I saw the faces of a movement that changed the world. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who knocked on a door, called a friend, put up a sign, or convinced their family this election was worth their time.
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
At our volunteer appreciation party, I saw the faces of a movement that changed the world. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who knocked on a door, called a friend, put up a sign, or convinced their family this election was worth their time.
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CORRECTION: They dissolved *some* of the Washington Post journalist's body in acid.
The *rest* they barbecued on a grill until it was incinerated.
I know because I wrote a chapter on it in Proof of Conspiracy (Macmillan).
Trump thereafter bragged about "saving MBS's ass."
These are all monsters.
The *rest* they barbecued on a grill until it was incinerated.
I know because I wrote a chapter on it in Proof of Conspiracy (Macmillan).
Trump thereafter bragged about "saving MBS's ass."
These are all monsters.
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
CORRECTION: They dissolved *some* of the Washington Post journalist's body in acid.
The *rest* they barbecued on a grill until it was incinerated.
I know because I wrote a chapter on it in Proof of Conspiracy (Macmillan).
Trump thereafter bragged about "saving MBS's ass."
These are all monsters.
The *rest* they barbecued on a grill until it was incinerated.
I know because I wrote a chapter on it in Proof of Conspiracy (Macmillan).
Trump thereafter bragged about "saving MBS's ass."
These are all monsters.
Larry Summers has always been a mediocre human. Now it’s clear.
"Interested in my commentary on her outfits"
"Took my suggestions re her talk"
"I'm going nowhere with her except economics mentor"
... would that cancel culture were real
"Took my suggestions re her talk"
"I'm going nowhere with her except economics mentor"
... would that cancel culture were real
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Larry Summers has always been a mediocre human. Now it’s clear.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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““The notion that politicians or high-level administrators can dictate what can be taught, researched, discussed or debated in a college classroom is fundamentally at odds with what higher education is about."
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
@aft.org
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
@aft.org
AFT’s Weingarten and AAUP’s Wolfson on Texas A&M University System Board of Regents’ Vote to Censor Curriculum
COLLEGE STATION, Texas—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement condemning the Texas A&M University…
www.aft.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
““The notion that politicians or high-level administrators can dictate what can be taught, researched, discussed or debated in a college classroom is fundamentally at odds with what higher education is about."
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
@aft.org
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
@aft.org
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Every academic should join the @aaup.org national and their local AAUP chapter. If your uni doesn't have one, start one! Colorado academics, check out @aaupcsu.bsky.social! We're active, growing and looking to collaborate. Join the resistance on academia's front lines.
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Every academic should join the @aaup.org national and their local AAUP chapter. If your uni doesn't have one, start one! Colorado academics, check out @aaupcsu.bsky.social! We're active, growing and looking to collaborate. Join the resistance on academia's front lines.
Genocide supporters - yeah sorry can't think of why else you'd float this now – are trying to roll back the AAA BDS resolution. If you are an AAA member, register to vote against this on Wed. 11/13. Info here:
my.americananthro.org/NC__Event?id...
my.americananthro.org/NC__Event?id...
Event - AAA
my.americananthro.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Genocide supporters - yeah sorry can't think of why else you'd float this now – are trying to roll back the AAA BDS resolution. If you are an AAA member, register to vote against this on Wed. 11/13. Info here:
my.americananthro.org/NC__Event?id...
my.americananthro.org/NC__Event?id...
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Hey fellow alums: if you'd like to voice your displeasure, here is the contact info for Cornell President, Michael Kotlikoff.
(607) 255-5201
president@cornell.edu
(607) 255-5201
president@cornell.edu
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hey fellow alums: if you'd like to voice your displeasure, here is the contact info for Cornell President, Michael Kotlikoff.
(607) 255-5201
president@cornell.edu
(607) 255-5201
president@cornell.edu
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#BillAckman can do us all a whole lot of good by just sitting down and keeping quiet for a very long time. He’s been a pernicious influence in American life for too long.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
#BillAckman can do us all a whole lot of good by just sitting down and keeping quiet for a very long time. He’s been a pernicious influence in American life for too long.
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For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
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We are losing a true publishing genius, someone who could stay focused on the thinking and writing that is our purpose, while innovating in forms and the university press break-even form of business.
Doug Armato, who has helmed the 100-year-old press for 27 years, is retiring at the end of December. His tenure saw the expansion of the press’s list and the development of strong Indigenous studies, trade, and regional publishing programs.
University of Minnesota Press Director Retires
Doug Armato, who has helmed the 100-year-old press for 27 years, is retiring at the end of December. His tenure saw the expansion of the press’s list and the development of strong Indigenous studies,…
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We are losing a true publishing genius, someone who could stay focused on the thinking and writing that is our purpose, while innovating in forms and the university press break-even form of business.
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oh just straight up gutter racism!
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
oh just straight up gutter racism!
From @nacla-report.bsky.social
Mexicans Demand a Complete Break with Israel nacla.org/mexicans-dem...
Mexicans Demand a Complete Break with Israel nacla.org/mexicans-dem...
Mexicans Demand a Complete Break with Israel
As the country’s progressive government drags its feet, the demand to end political and economic relations with Israel is an ever-growing movement.
nacla.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
From @nacla-report.bsky.social
Mexicans Demand a Complete Break with Israel nacla.org/mexicans-dem...
Mexicans Demand a Complete Break with Israel nacla.org/mexicans-dem...
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As the US faffs about with declining fossil fuels, China has leapt forward to become the uncontested global leader in clean energy -- and not just on the cheap labor/commodity side, either. They're beating us on research, startups, & patents.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How China Went From Clean Energy Copycat to Global Innovator
A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry.
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As the US faffs about with declining fossil fuels, China has leapt forward to become the uncontested global leader in clean energy -- and not just on the cheap labor/commodity side, either. They're beating us on research, startups, & patents.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"We won't cooperate with those institutions."
"McGill University's biggest teachers' association is endorsing a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions."
"Eight people voted no, and 104 voted yes."
#Quebec #Canada #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
"McGill University's biggest teachers' association is endorsing a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions."
"Eight people voted no, and 104 voted yes."
#Quebec #Canada #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide
McGill Faculty Wins Unprecedented Vote to Boycott Israeli Institutions – The Rover
Professors at McGill join students and other universities in Canada to call the university administration to cut ties with Israeli academic and cultural institutions.
therover.ca
October 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
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It was a pleasure to review this book, Brazilian Belonging, for NACLA nacla.org/brazilian-be...
Brazilian Belonging: Jewish Politics in Cold War Latin America (Review)
Rom’s book is an archivally rich account of how Jewish individuals and institutions grappled with rapidly shifting politics—and state violence—before, during, and after the Cold War.
nacla.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It was a pleasure to review this book, Brazilian Belonging, for NACLA nacla.org/brazilian-be...
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Check out this week's newsletter for original reporting on Peru's uprising and a review of a book on Brazilian Jews. Read as well about U.S.-Venezuela tensions, Peru's new president, Milei's bailout, Guatemala's prisons, and more.
nacla.salsalabs.org/oct_17_25
nacla.salsalabs.org/oct_17_25
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October 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Check out this week's newsletter for original reporting on Peru's uprising and a review of a book on Brazilian Jews. Read as well about U.S.-Venezuela tensions, Peru's new president, Milei's bailout, Guatemala's prisons, and more.
nacla.salsalabs.org/oct_17_25
nacla.salsalabs.org/oct_17_25
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“White House deputy chief of staff Stephen and his podcaster wife, Katie Miller, have fled their Arlington home after peaceful chalk messages were left on the sidewalk.“
Now imagine if armed, masked men were hunting you and your family like animals.
Now imagine if armed, masked men were hunting you and your family like animals.
Stephen Miller selling home after fleeing amid peaceful chalk messages on sidewalk
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen and his podcaster wife, Katie Miller, have fled their Arlington home after peaceful chalk messages were left on the sidewalk.According to ARLnow, the Millers ...
www.rawstory.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“White House deputy chief of staff Stephen and his podcaster wife, Katie Miller, have fled their Arlington home after peaceful chalk messages were left on the sidewalk.“
Now imagine if armed, masked men were hunting you and your family like animals.
Now imagine if armed, masked men were hunting you and your family like animals.
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Hey Bluesky 👋 Check out Manuela Picq’s report on the escalated state repression and law fare against Ecuadorian protestors, targeting indigenous people and water and land defenders.
Read more here!
nacla.org/ecuadors-par...
Read more here!
nacla.org/ecuadors-par...
Ecuador’s Paro Protests Autocracy, Not Diesel
President Noboa escalates repression and lawfare against protesters, targeting Indigenous people and water and land defenders.
nacla.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hey Bluesky 👋 Check out Manuela Picq’s report on the escalated state repression and law fare against Ecuadorian protestors, targeting indigenous people and water and land defenders.
Read more here!
nacla.org/ecuadors-par...
Read more here!
nacla.org/ecuadors-par...
Impunity and a Splintered MAS pave the way for the Right’s Return in Bolivia nacla.org/impunity-and.... Update on the not-so-great election choices in Bolivia at @nacla-report.bsky.social with my amazing compañera Kathryn Ledebur @katledebur.bsky.social
Impunity and a Splintered MAS pave the way for the Right’s Return in Bolivia
As the country heads to an October 19 runoff between two conservative candidates, any hope of justice for the victims of right-wing violence fades.
nacla.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Impunity and a Splintered MAS pave the way for the Right’s Return in Bolivia nacla.org/impunity-and.... Update on the not-so-great election choices in Bolivia at @nacla-report.bsky.social with my amazing compañera Kathryn Ledebur @katledebur.bsky.social
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an important update re: convo on the convergence of interest between fossil capital as such and state managers (especially but not exclusively of petrostates) that @bostonreview.bsky.social hosted. if we can't break that then that might be the ballgame
www.bostonreview.net/forum/climat...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/climat...
October 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
an important update re: convo on the convergence of interest between fossil capital as such and state managers (especially but not exclusively of petrostates) that @bostonreview.bsky.social hosted. if we can't break that then that might be the ballgame
www.bostonreview.net/forum/climat...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/climat...
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I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.
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It's worth remembering that while Maria Machado is not Donald Trump, she is an enthusiastic backer of the US military build up in the Caribbean and claims that the extrajudicial strikes against Venezuelan boats are "aimed at saving lives."
October 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It's worth remembering that while Maria Machado is not Donald Trump, she is an enthusiastic backer of the US military build up in the Caribbean and claims that the extrajudicial strikes against Venezuelan boats are "aimed at saving lives."