Mateus S. Borges
@msborges.bsky.social
PhDing at McMaster University
Anticolonial thought and praxis | Affective archives of resistance | Iran
All things political, academic, and cat memes
Anticolonial thought and praxis | Affective archives of resistance | Iran
All things political, academic, and cat memes
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I was scolded by a civil society rep in Brazil for praising this intervention by Colombia. But I stand by it till the end. We need more straightshooters and we need to embarrass both the 190+ Parties present and thepresidencies that don't focus on fossil fuels from the beginning.
1/2. “The COP of Truth cannot ignore science. 75% of carbon emissions come from fossil fuels. Today we are not even allowed to discuss pathways for a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.” Colombia at the close of #COP30.
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I was scolded by a civil society rep in Brazil for praising this intervention by Colombia. But I stand by it till the end. We need more straightshooters and we need to embarrass both the 190+ Parties present and thepresidencies that don't focus on fossil fuels from the beginning.
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A imprensa brasileira não pode normalizar a aplicação da lei Magnitsky sobre Alexandre de Moraes. Basicamente, os EUA estão CONDENANDO unilateralmente um juiz brasileiro apenas por ele estar aplicando a lei do país contra uma corja que tentou aplicar um golpe de estado.
July 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A imprensa brasileira não pode normalizar a aplicação da lei Magnitsky sobre Alexandre de Moraes. Basicamente, os EUA estão CONDENANDO unilateralmente um juiz brasileiro apenas por ele estar aplicando a lei do país contra uma corja que tentou aplicar um golpe de estado.
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50% tariffs because we put a pro-US fascist on trial and are making US tech companies liable for their crimes.
My school textbook used the 1954 US coup in Guatemala to explain US imperialism, saying it was done to stop land reform & protect US companies. Future textbooks can just print this letter.
My school textbook used the 1954 US coup in Guatemala to explain US imperialism, saying it was done to stop land reform & protect US companies. Future textbooks can just print this letter.
Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on Brazil.
Because of Bolsanaro.
Because of Bolsanaro.
July 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
50% tariffs because we put a pro-US fascist on trial and are making US tech companies liable for their crimes.
My school textbook used the 1954 US coup in Guatemala to explain US imperialism, saying it was done to stop land reform & protect US companies. Future textbooks can just print this letter.
My school textbook used the 1954 US coup in Guatemala to explain US imperialism, saying it was done to stop land reform & protect US companies. Future textbooks can just print this letter.
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THE FUNNIEST THING about the comments from US people asking for this many people to show up to protest Trump - even if you aren't in the US - is....... did you protest Bolsonaro? did you support Brazilians during the Bolsonaro regime? are you protesting Milei? Modi? Meloni...? Yeah I thought not.
May 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
THE FUNNIEST THING about the comments from US people asking for this many people to show up to protest Trump - even if you aren't in the US - is....... did you protest Bolsonaro? did you support Brazilians during the Bolsonaro regime? are you protesting Milei? Modi? Meloni...? Yeah I thought not.
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😕 queer theorist here, confused by email from the Executive Director of @isanet.bsky.social attempting to justify why a motion on BDS was not brought to vote; reposting a 🧵 from X since ISA has sworn off that platform
February 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
😕 queer theorist here, confused by email from the Executive Director of @isanet.bsky.social attempting to justify why a motion on BDS was not brought to vote; reposting a 🧵 from X since ISA has sworn off that platform
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I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
February 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
I heard the orange clown down south is causing quite a ruckus with tariffs
this buffoon will literally destroy the economies of our countries to fulfill his narcissistic and megalomaniac plans
such a falling-empire move
this buffoon will literally destroy the economies of our countries to fulfill his narcissistic and megalomaniac plans
such a falling-empire move
February 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I heard the orange clown down south is causing quite a ruckus with tariffs
this buffoon will literally destroy the economies of our countries to fulfill his narcissistic and megalomaniac plans
such a falling-empire move
this buffoon will literally destroy the economies of our countries to fulfill his narcissistic and megalomaniac plans
such a falling-empire move
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I will be speaking on "Historicising Racial Militarism" at the Institute of historical Research @ihr.bsky.social on Tues 4th February, 5.30-7pm. The event is in-person and online. All welcome, but registration required - details in the link👇
www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...
www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...
Historicising Racial Militarism
www.history.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I will be speaking on "Historicising Racial Militarism" at the Institute of historical Research @ihr.bsky.social on Tues 4th February, 5.30-7pm. The event is in-person and online. All welcome, but registration required - details in the link👇
www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...
www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...
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I have struggled with my role is as an Arabic speaker with a platform, in the face of the need in Gaza. I have decided to start a series I'm calling “Voices of Gaza” that tells a fuller story of people’s lives and dreams beyond victimhood.
I hope you'll help amplify.
I hope you'll help amplify.
January 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have struggled with my role is as an Arabic speaker with a platform, in the face of the need in Gaza. I have decided to start a series I'm calling “Voices of Gaza” that tells a fuller story of people’s lives and dreams beyond victimhood.
I hope you'll help amplify.
I hope you'll help amplify.
Folks in and around Hamilton, please join us for the conference “The Afterlives of Feminist Revolutions: Woman, Life, Freedom & Entangled Struggles” on December 14th! Registration link below:
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December 2, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Folks in and around Hamilton, please join us for the conference “The Afterlives of Feminist Revolutions: Woman, Life, Freedom & Entangled Struggles” on December 14th! Registration link below:
shorturl.at/qx7vZ
shorturl.at/qx7vZ
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No discussion of decolonization can be complete without understanding the importance of Vietnam and Algeria, and how their liberation struggles inspire oppressed people all over the world, including the Palestinians.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/vietnam-algeria-palestine-passing-on-the-torch-of-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/vietnam-algeria-palestine-passing-on-the-torch-of-…
Vietnam, Algeria, Palestine: Passing on the torch of the anti-colonial struggle
No discussion of decolonization can be complete without understanding the importance of Vietnam and Algeria, and how their liberation struggles inspire oppressed people all over the world, including the...
mondoweiss.net
November 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM
No discussion of decolonization can be complete without understanding the importance of Vietnam and Algeria, and how their liberation struggles inspire oppressed people all over the world, including the Palestinians.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/vietnam-algeria-palestine-passing-on-the-torch-of-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/vietnam-algeria-palestine-passing-on-the-torch-of-…
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i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between
November 21, 2024 at 11:53 AM
i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between
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The assassination plot against Lula exposes the danger of his conciliatory politics. Given the case's severity (one member was in Lula's entourage during his inauguration ceremony), Brazil must address how its military and police forces historically operate along settler colonial and imperial lines.
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
The assassination plot against Lula exposes the danger of his conciliatory politics. Given the case's severity (one member was in Lula's entourage during his inauguration ceremony), Brazil must address how its military and police forces historically operate along settler colonial and imperial lines.
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Palestinian starter pack
November 14, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Palestinian starter pack
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This horrifying video of the occupation's terroristic assault on Beirut has nearly 2k RTs on Twitter and only 2 here rn.
We need to get serious about actively resharing all the content from Palestine and Lebanon we encounter so this site is not ceded to the warmth of liberal pleasantries for good.
We need to get serious about actively resharing all the content from Palestine and Lebanon we encounter so this site is not ceded to the warmth of liberal pleasantries for good.
#Israel’i air strikes just flattened these residential apartment blocks in #Beirut. You can hear shocked screams of people in the street below as the missiles hit & the buildings collapse in just seconds. This is the daily reality of life in #Lebanon’s capital now.
November 17, 2024 at 4:19 PM
This horrifying video of the occupation's terroristic assault on Beirut has nearly 2k RTs on Twitter and only 2 here rn.
We need to get serious about actively resharing all the content from Palestine and Lebanon we encounter so this site is not ceded to the warmth of liberal pleasantries for good.
We need to get serious about actively resharing all the content from Palestine and Lebanon we encounter so this site is not ceded to the warmth of liberal pleasantries for good.
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Sintomático que essa """esquerda""" que nunca lutou por nada que não fosse cargo esteja tentando desmobilizar as manifestações pelo fim da 6x1 classificando-as como golpistas.
November 16, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Sintomático que essa """esquerda""" que nunca lutou por nada que não fosse cargo esteja tentando desmobilizar as manifestações pelo fim da 6x1 classificando-as como golpistas.
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If you care about abolishing and critiquing idea of the war on terror as a political project , you should give my colleague @rmkhan.bsky.social a hearty follow. She and @sarahgharib.bsky.social just published an amazing special issue, me and several others are part of : doi.org/10.1080/1753...
Editors’ Introduction: Decoloniality, criticality, and abolition - can Critical Terrorism Studies remain “critical”?
Published in Critical Studies on Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2024)
doi.org
November 16, 2024 at 11:06 AM
If you care about abolishing and critiquing idea of the war on terror as a political project , you should give my colleague @rmkhan.bsky.social a hearty follow. She and @sarahgharib.bsky.social just published an amazing special issue, me and several others are part of : doi.org/10.1080/1753...
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Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
November 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q
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Schools across the U.S. have altered policies and even landscapes in an attempt to make a repeat of last spring’s Palestine protests impossible. The result is a far-reaching war on free expression and the increased militarization of higher education.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/u-s-universities…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/u-s-universities…
U.S. universities spent the summer strategizing to suppress student activism. Here is their plan.
Schools across the U.S. have altered policies and even landscapes in an attempt to make a repeat of last spring’s Palestine protests impossible. The result is a far-reaching war on free expression and...
buff.ly
September 2, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Schools across the U.S. have altered policies and even landscapes in an attempt to make a repeat of last spring’s Palestine protests impossible. The result is a far-reaching war on free expression and the increased militarization of higher education.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/u-s-universities…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/u-s-universities…
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can’t believe my stupid ass has imposter syndrome while elon musk is confidently marching around twitter HQ and chewing on wires until something breaks
July 2, 2023 at 1:30 PM
can’t believe my stupid ass has imposter syndrome while elon musk is confidently marching around twitter HQ and chewing on wires until something breaks
