richard alan barlow
@richardalanbarlow.bsky.social
Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: https://academic.oup.com/book/44829?login=false
Associate Lecturer at the University of St Andrews: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/people/rab44/
Associate Lecturer at the University of St Andrews: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/people/rab44/
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Hi everyone! This year I’m starting a new job @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and a new role as a Trustee of the International James Joyce Foundation. I’ll be dividing my time between St Andrews, Dundee, and Limerick. Hope to see some of you around!
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The Scottish Highlands: Epic Mode
23 March, online, from £3.35
Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social investigates the ancient heroic tales of the Fèinn & Fionn mac Cumhail/Finn Mac Cool – part of the common heritage of #Scotland & #Ireland
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...
23 March, online, from £3.35
Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social investigates the ancient heroic tales of the Fèinn & Fionn mac Cumhail/Finn Mac Cool – part of the common heritage of #Scotland & #Ireland
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...
The Scottish Highlands: Epic Mode - Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart - Zoom
In this opening talk we’ll investigate the heroic stories and ballads of the Scottish Highlands telling of the adventures of the warrior
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The Scottish Highlands: Epic Mode
23 March, online, from £3.35
Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social investigates the ancient heroic tales of the Fèinn & Fionn mac Cumhail/Finn Mac Cool – part of the common heritage of #Scotland & #Ireland
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...
23 March, online, from £3.35
Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social investigates the ancient heroic tales of the Fèinn & Fionn mac Cumhail/Finn Mac Cool – part of the common heritage of #Scotland & #Ireland
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...
I’ll be discussing Joyce, failure, and the nonhuman as part of the next English ModCon Research Symposium
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Wednesday 25 February 2026, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/engli...
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Wednesday 25 February 2026, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/engli...
February 11, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I’ll be discussing Joyce, failure, and the nonhuman as part of the next English ModCon Research Symposium
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Wednesday 25 February 2026, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/engli...
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Wednesday 25 February 2026, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/engli...
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"Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories", a 2024 essay collection I edited w/ Richard Barlow, is now available to pre-order in a much more affordable paperback edition from @edinburghup.bsky.social! (use code PAPER30 for a further 30%-off discount)
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Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories
Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories
edinburghuniversitypress.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
"Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories", a 2024 essay collection I edited w/ Richard Barlow, is now available to pre-order in a much more affordable paperback edition from @edinburghup.bsky.social! (use code PAPER30 for a further 30%-off discount)
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...
Pleased to see that Finnegans Wake - Human and Nonhuman Histories is now available in paperback
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...
@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social
@edinburghup.bsky.social
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social
@bairishstudies.bsky.social
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...
@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social
@edinburghup.bsky.social
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social
@bairishstudies.bsky.social
Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories
Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories
edinburghuniversitypress.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Pleased to see that Finnegans Wake - Human and Nonhuman Histories is now available in paperback
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...
@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social
@edinburghup.bsky.social
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social
@bairishstudies.bsky.social
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...
@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social
@edinburghup.bsky.social
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social
@bairishstudies.bsky.social
Had a great few days at the XVIII James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference in Rome.
February 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Had a great few days at the XVIII James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference in Rome.
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Really looking forward to welcoming @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to St Andrews for the launch of his new book, Late Heaney.
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
February 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Really looking forward to welcoming @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to St Andrews for the launch of his new book, Late Heaney.
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
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One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies | Study | University of Liverpool
Learn about our University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies.
www.liverpool.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
Really looking forward to welcoming @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to St Andrews for the launch of his new book, Late Heaney.
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
February 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Really looking forward to welcoming @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to St Andrews for the launch of his new book, Late Heaney.
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
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Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Happy Birthday, Joyce! Here’s a new Finnegans Wake website I've developed with Research Computing at St Andrews: research.st-andrews.ac.uk/elucidationo...
@starcnet.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social #JamesJoyce #IrishStudies
@starcnet.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social #JamesJoyce #IrishStudies
The Elucidation of Complications - a portal to Finnegans Wake scholarship
research.st-andrews.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Happy Birthday, Joyce! Here’s a new Finnegans Wake website I've developed with Research Computing at St Andrews: research.st-andrews.ac.uk/elucidationo...
@starcnet.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social #JamesJoyce #IrishStudies
@starcnet.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social #JamesJoyce #IrishStudies
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We are delighted to announce our Medieval & Renaissance Candlemas Semester events, featuring research talks, readings, a conference, and the irresistible Pizza & PowerPoint social presented in partnership with our Creative Writers. Get those dates in your diary!
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
We are delighted to announce our Medieval & Renaissance Candlemas Semester events, featuring research talks, readings, a conference, and the irresistible Pizza & PowerPoint social presented in partnership with our Creative Writers. Get those dates in your diary!
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Call for Papers: Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies Postgraduate Symposium, 28 May 2026, @glasgow.ac.uk & online, 'People, Place and Movement'. Abstracts and enquiries: arts-cscs@glasgow.ac.uk, deadline: 2 March 2026. Proposals are welcome from postgraduates at any stage of their career.
January 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Call for Papers: Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies Postgraduate Symposium, 28 May 2026, @glasgow.ac.uk & online, 'People, Place and Movement'. Abstracts and enquiries: arts-cscs@glasgow.ac.uk, deadline: 2 March 2026. Proposals are welcome from postgraduates at any stage of their career.
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It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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No Scottish company should be profiting from Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine.
That included involvement in resource extraction from internationally recognised Palestinian waters.
That included involvement in resource extraction from internationally recognised Palestinian waters.
Scottish parliamentarians have urged an Aberdeen-based oil firm to publicly state that it will not make use of Israel-granted licences to look for gas off the coast of Gaza
MSPs call on Scottish-based oil firm to reject Israeli licence to explore Gaza sea
www.thenational.scot
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
No Scottish company should be profiting from Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine.
That included involvement in resource extraction from internationally recognised Palestinian waters.
That included involvement in resource extraction from internationally recognised Palestinian waters.
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Everybody To Kenmure Street, the new doc from 'Nae Pasaran' director Felipe Bustos Sierra, will kick off this year's @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
Everybody to Kenmure Street to open Glasgow Film Festival - The Skinny
Felipe Bustos Sierra's documentary on Glaswegians' successful stand against a Home Office deportation van will kick off this year's Glasgow Film Festival.
www.theskinny.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Everybody To Kenmure Street, the new doc from 'Nae Pasaran' director Felipe Bustos Sierra, will kick off this year's @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
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My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Why Professor Holliday Doesn’t Use Generative “AI”
Why Professor Holliday Doesn’t Use Generative “AI” This is a (very) incomplete list of journalistic and scholarly sources that provide information about limitations and documented drawbacks of variou...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
The Keough-Naughton Institute invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Irish Studies.
This fellowship is open exclusively to scholars who have received their Ph.D. from institutions *outside* the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.
👉 See more details: apply.interfolio.com/176805
This fellowship is open exclusively to scholars who have received their Ph.D. from institutions *outside* the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.
👉 See more details: apply.interfolio.com/176805
January 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
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Save the date for the next International Walter Scott Conference: 28-30 June 2027, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Keynotes by Philip Connell and Porscha Fermanis & a special session marking the anniversary of Ian Duncan’s 'Scott’s Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh' @princetonupress.bsky.social.
The 14th International Walter Scott Conference | English and Scottish Literature | Literatures Languages and Culture
A three-day conference with talks, panels and a plenary session exploring the work of Scottish writer Walter Scott within the theme of 'Politics, Place and Print Culture'.
llc.ed.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Save the date for the next International Walter Scott Conference: 28-30 June 2027, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Keynotes by Philip Connell and Porscha Fermanis & a special session marking the anniversary of Ian Duncan’s 'Scott’s Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh' @princetonupress.bsky.social.
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Work with us! The School of English is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Creative Writing (Prose).
Closing Date: 27 Feb 2026
For more information and to apply please see:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Closing Date: 27 Feb 2026
For more information and to apply please see:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Work with us! The School of English is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Creative Writing (Prose).
Closing Date: 27 Feb 2026
For more information and to apply please see:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Closing Date: 27 Feb 2026
For more information and to apply please see:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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According to people in Aida refugee camp this demolition could happen as soon as tomorrow. They wrote today to FIFA and the Swiss government urging them to call on Israel to desist from any demolition plans. The pitch is a lifeline for hundreds of Palestinian boys and girls.
Gianni Infantino: “We will help rebuild all football facilities in Gaza and Palestine. We will bring football back in every corner of the country.”
Israel, meanwhile, is planning to demolish a pitch used by Palestinian children in Bethlehem's Aida refugee camp. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel, meanwhile, is planning to demolish a pitch used by Palestinian children in Bethlehem's Aida refugee camp. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel is threatening to demolish a popular West Bank youth football pitch
Football ground in Bethlehem's Aida refugee camp is built on land owned by the Armenian church in the shadow of the separation wall
www.middleeasteye.net
January 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
According to people in Aida refugee camp this demolition could happen as soon as tomorrow. They wrote today to FIFA and the Swiss government urging them to call on Israel to desist from any demolition plans. The pitch is a lifeline for hundreds of Palestinian boys and girls.
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Solidarity with students and staff at Birzeit
BREAKING 🇵🇸 Israeli regime forces have stormed Birzeit University campus in the Occupied West Bank, injuring 41 students, including 9 with live bullets.
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Solidarity with students and staff at Birzeit
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CFP: “Our three-voiced country”: 20th-century cross-currents in Gaelic & other Scottish writing
26–28 Jun 2026 @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social, Skye
Proposals invited exploring #C20th literary interactions between #Gaelic, Scots & English. Deadline 2 Feb
#litstudies
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/co-labhairt-...
26–28 Jun 2026 @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social, Skye
Proposals invited exploring #C20th literary interactions between #Gaelic, Scots & English. Deadline 2 Feb
#litstudies
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/co-labhairt-...
2026 ASL Annual Conference - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
‘Our three-voiced country’: Twentieth-century cross-currents in Gaelic and other Scottish writing
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM
CFP: “Our three-voiced country”: 20th-century cross-currents in Gaelic & other Scottish writing
26–28 Jun 2026 @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social, Skye
Proposals invited exploring #C20th literary interactions between #Gaelic, Scots & English. Deadline 2 Feb
#litstudies
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/co-labhairt-...
26–28 Jun 2026 @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social, Skye
Proposals invited exploring #C20th literary interactions between #Gaelic, Scots & English. Deadline 2 Feb
#litstudies
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/co-labhairt-...
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‘This isn’t a vision of Inferno: there’s no place for that in Pynchon, no judgment, no damnation. But it’s a useful picture of the way his world works. There are circles everywhere to which people may belong.’
Daniel Soar on 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Soar on 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Soar · Land of Milk and Cheese: Pynchon’s World
The universe has no centre. What Pynchon has mapped is a world that is continuous and connected, where borders, however...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
‘This isn’t a vision of Inferno: there’s no place for that in Pynchon, no judgment, no damnation. But it’s a useful picture of the way his world works. There are circles everywhere to which people may belong.’
Daniel Soar on 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Soar on 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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This is an incredibly weak response from the EU, and a dangerous position to take.
Maduro's legitimacy is not the issue at hand. The US is acting as a rogue state, and will embolden other states to use unchecked military power for their own ends.
We need international law, not gangsterism.
Maduro's legitimacy is not the issue at hand. The US is acting as a rogue state, and will embolden other states to use unchecked military power for their own ends.
We need international law, not gangsterism.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This is an incredibly weak response from the EU, and a dangerous position to take.
Maduro's legitimacy is not the issue at hand. The US is acting as a rogue state, and will embolden other states to use unchecked military power for their own ends.
We need international law, not gangsterism.
Maduro's legitimacy is not the issue at hand. The US is acting as a rogue state, and will embolden other states to use unchecked military power for their own ends.
We need international law, not gangsterism.