Notes from the World
@notesfromtheworld.bsky.social
A podcast hosted by @michaeldeibert.bsky.social looking at politics, culture & society in Latin America, the Caribbean & beyond.
The Trump Cartel: With each passing week, the nature of the regime we live under becomes more clear michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Cartel
With each passing week, the nature of the regime we live under becomes more clear.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Trump Cartel: With each passing week, the nature of the regime we live under becomes more clear michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
Yesterday, today and forever: Paris, je t'aime michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/paris-je-t...
Paris, Je T'aime
Ten years on, the city is still standing.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yesterday, today and forever: Paris, je t'aime michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/paris-je-t...
Thoughts on the Senate vote last night.
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The Hateful Eight
Less than a week after electoral victory, a handful of Democrats vote to empower Trump’s cruelty and lawlessness.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thoughts on the Senate vote last night.
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As Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces telegraphed their intentions to commit mass murder in Darfur's El Fasher, the world did nothing. Please listen to the voices on this special episode of Notes from the World as they detail what transpired. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...
The Fall of El Fasher
As Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces Telegraphed Their Intentions to Commit Mass Murder, the World Did Nothing
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November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces telegraphed their intentions to commit mass murder in Darfur's El Fasher, the world did nothing. Please listen to the voices on this special episode of Notes from the World as they detail what transpired. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...
For this special Halloween broadcast, we're joined by David J. Goodwin to discuss the years the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft spent in New York City and how they influenced both him and his work. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/i-think-h-...
"I think H. P. Lovecraft's time in New York shaped him as the writer that he became."
A Conversation with David J. Goodwin
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October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
For this special Halloween broadcast, we're joined by David J. Goodwin to discuss the years the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft spent in New York City and how they influenced both him and his work. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/i-think-h-...
It was a real pleasure to speak at length with the author and journalist Howard French about his new book The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/we-have-ne...
"We have never figured out how to value Africa at its true worth."
A Conversation with Howard W. French
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October 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It was a real pleasure to speak at length with the author and journalist Howard French about his new book The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/we-have-ne...
Thoughts on Venezuela’s María Corina Machado and the Nobel Peace Prize. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/what-if-it...
What if It Was Your Country?
Those criticizing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado might take a moment to meditate on what the nation has lived through over the last 20 years.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thoughts on Venezuela’s María Corina Machado and the Nobel Peace Prize. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/what-if-it...
Linas Koyala is CEO of the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center in Vilnius, Lithuania and he joined us to discuss the current situation in the Baltics, the war in Ukraine and its possible implications for wider Europe. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/ukraine-is...
"Ukraine is literally defending us"
A Conversation with Lithuania's Linas Kojala
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October 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Linas Koyala is CEO of the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center in Vilnius, Lithuania and he joined us to discuss the current situation in the Baltics, the war in Ukraine and its possible implications for wider Europe. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/ukraine-is...
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Please read my essay on this past week's events here in the United States. Summary: You are right to be alarmed. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-mask-o...
The Mask of Evil
Trump is trying to take the country on a ride it won't come back from.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Please read my essay on this past week's events here in the United States. Summary: You are right to be alarmed. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-mask-o...
Please read my essay on this past week's events here in the United States. Summary: You are right to be alarmed. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-mask-o...
The Mask of Evil
Trump is trying to take the country on a ride it won't come back from.
michaeldeibert.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Please read my essay on this past week's events here in the United States. Summary: You are right to be alarmed. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-mask-o...
The Guns of September: Thoughts on the killing of Charlie Kirk michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-guns-o...
The Guns of September
Thoughts on the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Guns of September: Thoughts on the killing of Charlie Kirk michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-guns-o...
On this week's episode, we speak with Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa, about his body of work & his thoughts about the current political climate in the United States. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
"This is the face of totalitarianism."
A Conversation with Adam Hochschild
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September 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
On this week's episode, we speak with Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa, about his body of work & his thoughts about the current political climate in the United States. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
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My account of Kilmar Ábrego García in Baltimore yesterday. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/promise-me...
"Promise me that you will all continue to pray, continue to resist and continue to love."
Kilmar Ábrego García returns to custody and Baltimore bears witness.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My account of Kilmar Ábrego García in Baltimore yesterday. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/promise-me...
My account of Kilmar Ábrego García in Baltimore yesterday. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/promise-me...
"Promise me that you will all continue to pray, continue to resist and continue to love."
Kilmar Ábrego García returns to custody and Baltimore bears witness.
michaeldeibert.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My account of Kilmar Ábrego García in Baltimore yesterday. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/promise-me...
We spoke with the Haitian author Kettly Mars about her writing, Haiti’s political and artistic travails and the role that the country’s literary tradition has played and continues to play in its history. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/haiti-must...
"Haiti Must Change."
A Conversation with Kettly Mars
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August 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We spoke with the Haitian author Kettly Mars about her writing, Haiti’s political and artistic travails and the role that the country’s literary tradition has played and continues to play in its history. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/haiti-must...
What I've been reading this month. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...
Bookshelf - August 2025
As summer draws to an end with soon-to-be armed troops walking through the streets of our nation’s capital - many of them sent from states with cities which have far higher rates of violent crime than...
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August 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
What I've been reading this month. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...
Murhaf Jouejati speaks with @michaeldeibert.bsky.social to discuss developments in the new Syria, ranging from its enigmatic President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to recent violence in the coastal regions of Tartus and Latakia and the southern region of Suwayda. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/syrias-gov...
Syria's government must "be truly inclusive in a serious and significant manner."
A Conversation with Murhaf Jouejati
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August 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Murhaf Jouejati speaks with @michaeldeibert.bsky.social to discuss developments in the new Syria, ranging from its enigmatic President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to recent violence in the coastal regions of Tartus and Latakia and the southern region of Suwayda. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/syrias-gov...
The End of the Beginning? michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-end-of... #haiti
The End of the Beginning?
With the nation still in chaos, Haiti's "transition" ostensibly draws towards its conclusion.
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August 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The End of the Beginning? michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-end-of... #haiti
What does Argentina looks like under the government of Javier Milei now nearly two years on? @michaeldeibert.bsky.social speaks with Buenos Aires-based journalist Amy Booth. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/mileis-arg...
Milei's Argentina
A Conversation with Amy Booth
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August 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What does Argentina looks like under the government of Javier Milei now nearly two years on? @michaeldeibert.bsky.social speaks with Buenos Aires-based journalist Amy Booth. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/mileis-arg...
Bookshelf - July 2025 michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...
Bookshelf - July 2025
As we reach the end of July - a month that, this year, almost unbelievably, saw me pass my 52nd birthday - we have surmounted the crest of summer and now autumn - my favourite season despite being an ...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Bookshelf - July 2025 michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...
On this week's episode, we speak w/Fereshta Abbasi of Human Rights Watch about the ongoing human rights crisis in Afghanistan, the recent indictments of Taliban officials by the International Criminal Court & the difficult situation of many Afghans abroad. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/it-is-a-mo...
"It is a moral responsibility to listen to the women of Afghanistan."
A Conversation with Fereshta Abbasi
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July 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
On this week's episode, we speak w/Fereshta Abbasi of Human Rights Watch about the ongoing human rights crisis in Afghanistan, the recent indictments of Taliban officials by the International Criminal Court & the difficult situation of many Afghans abroad. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/it-is-a-mo...
Thoughts on Benkos Biohó, Simón Bolívar, Gustavo Petro, Haiti and the history (and possible future) of Colombia.
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Impresiones Costeñas - Capítulo Tres
El Libertador
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July 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thoughts on Benkos Biohó, Simón Bolívar, Gustavo Petro, Haiti and the history (and possible future) of Colombia.
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This is the second part of a subscriber-only three-part travelogue of @michaeldeibert.bsky.social's recent trip to Colombia's Caribbean coast, looking at the region’s politics, history, culture and its natural beauty. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/impresione...
Impresiones Costeñas - Capítulo Dos
Savage Beauty
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July 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is the second part of a subscriber-only three-part travelogue of @michaeldeibert.bsky.social's recent trip to Colombia's Caribbean coast, looking at the region’s politics, history, culture and its natural beauty. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/impresione...
Today, we publish the first part of a subscriber-only three-part travelogue of @michaeldeibert.bsky.social's recent trip to Colombia's Caribbean coast, looking at the region’s politics, history, culture and its natural beauty. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/impresione...
Impresiones Costeñas - Capítulo Uno
La Puerta de Oro
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July 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today, we publish the first part of a subscriber-only three-part travelogue of @michaeldeibert.bsky.social's recent trip to Colombia's Caribbean coast, looking at the region’s politics, history, culture and its natural beauty. michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/impresione...
The Essequibo Question: A Conversation with Carl Greenidge michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-essequ... #guyana #venezuela
The Essequibo Question
A Conversation with Carl Greenidge
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July 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Essequibo Question: A Conversation with Carl Greenidge michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/the-essequ... #guyana #venezuela