Donald H. Zárate Jr.
donaldzarate.bsky.social
Donald H. Zárate Jr.
@donaldzarate.bsky.social
3rd Year PhD student at the University of California, Riverside studying the concept of Utopia and Intentional Communities
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IN NEW ISSUE: Analysing protest participation - @danmercea.bsky.social, @feligsantos.bsky.social & Matthias Hoffmann argue it's a gradient, beyond the binary of participation and non-participation & suggest practical mobilisation pathways: buff.ly/XfEkdYm (OPEN ACCESS)

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November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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How can something as small as a pronoun fuel identity politics? Hear UCR professor Jennifer Merolla introduces a recently published study on how Trump framed the in-group in the 2016 presidential election. youtube.com/shorts/-EUf3... #polisky
How can something as small as a pronoun fuel identity politics?
YouTube video by Political Science Research
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November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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In #FirstView by Donald H. Zárate, Jr: "From Exclusion to Utopia: A Comparative Study of Intentional Community Formation"

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From Exclusion to Utopia: A Comparative Study of Intentional Community Formation - Donald H. Zárate, 2025
This paper develops a novel theory of intentional community formation grounded in systemic exclusion. Intentional communities—ranging from Amish settlements and...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Utopian thinking isn’t naive—it’s what drives people to build new institutions when old ones fail them.

My latest article explores how exclusion becomes imagination.

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#RadicalHope #Utopia #SocialChange #Community #Imagination #Hope #Politics #IntentionalCommunities #Society
From Exclusion to Utopia: A Comparative Study of Intentional Community Formation - Donald H. Zárate, 2025
This paper develops a novel theory of intentional community formation grounded in systemic exclusion. Intentional communities—ranging from Amish settlements and...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
That’s me ☺️
Congrats to Donald Zarate (PhD student, Political Science) on winning UCR’s 2025 Lindon Barrett Award for his essay “Here and Now: Black Perspectives on Antiutopianism.” A powerful reflection on Black utopian traditions and their radical possibilities. 👏 #UCR
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM