Rubén Campos
@rubencampos.bsky.social
South Asia, Democracy & Nonviolent Movements Scholar.
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social Programs Director @rielcano.bsky.social Senior Fellow. Proud father-29 years in love with my wife. https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/campos-ruben/
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social Programs Director @rielcano.bsky.social Senior Fellow. Proud father-29 years in love with my wife. https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/campos-ruben/
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You can make a difference. ✨
Our dear colleague, Sarah Bireete, was released on bail last week after being arrested on 30 December for her work as a human rights and election defender. Sarah’s next court appearance is on 27 February. 🧵
Our dear colleague, Sarah Bireete, was released on bail last week after being arrested on 30 December for her work as a human rights and election defender. Sarah’s next court appearance is on 27 February. 🧵
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 AM
You can make a difference. ✨
Our dear colleague, Sarah Bireete, was released on bail last week after being arrested on 30 December for her work as a human rights and election defender. Sarah’s next court appearance is on 27 February. 🧵
Our dear colleague, Sarah Bireete, was released on bail last week after being arrested on 30 December for her work as a human rights and election defender. Sarah’s next court appearance is on 27 February. 🧵
Un placer seguir en directo en el @cbamadrid.es la grabación de la conversación entre @xanlopez.xyz y @alfatau.bsky.social para el podcast de @margendemaniobra.net sobre imperialismo fósil. Muy recomendable escucharlo para entender mejor el autoritarismo trumpista y la realidad geopolítica actual.
February 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Un placer seguir en directo en el @cbamadrid.es la grabación de la conversación entre @xanlopez.xyz y @alfatau.bsky.social para el podcast de @margendemaniobra.net sobre imperialismo fósil. Muy recomendable escucharlo para entender mejor el autoritarismo trumpista y la realidad geopolítica actual.
Pedro Sánchez in a guest essay at @nytimes.com: "I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants"
A needed counternarrative to ICE and deportations in the US and far right positions on migration in Europe:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
A needed counternarrative to ICE and deportations in the US and far right positions on migration in Europe:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Pedro Sánchez in a guest essay at @nytimes.com: "I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants"
A needed counternarrative to ICE and deportations in the US and far right positions on migration in Europe:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
A needed counternarrative to ICE and deportations in the US and far right positions on migration in Europe:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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Club de Madrid urges @ec.europa.eu President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to activate the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument amid growing economic pressure and external interference.
👉🏻 Full letter: clubmadrid.org/club-de-madr...
#EU #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #AntiCoercionInstrument #EUValues #ClubdeMadrid
👉🏻 Full letter: clubmadrid.org/club-de-madr...
#EU #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #AntiCoercionInstrument #EUValues #ClubdeMadrid
Club de Madrid urges the European Commission to activate the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument to defend democratic sovereignty | Club de Madrid
Former democratic Heads of State and Government warn against foreign economic pressure on Europe’s legal order and call for decisive action to protect democracy and the rule of law.
clubmadrid.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Club de Madrid urges @ec.europa.eu President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to activate the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument amid growing economic pressure and external interference.
👉🏻 Full letter: clubmadrid.org/club-de-madr...
#EU #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #AntiCoercionInstrument #EUValues #ClubdeMadrid
👉🏻 Full letter: clubmadrid.org/club-de-madr...
#EU #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #AntiCoercionInstrument #EUValues #ClubdeMadrid
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We are excited to announce the release of a new and expanded edition of our book on the power of mass mobilization!
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/tenth-anni...
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/tenth-anni...
Tenth Anniversary Edition of This Is An Uprising now available!
We are excited to announce the release of a new and expanded edition of our book on the power of mass mobilization.
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
We are excited to announce the release of a new and expanded edition of our book on the power of mass mobilization!
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/tenth-anni...
whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/tenth-anni...
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🚨🚨Striking but welcome development in Portugese politics: To stop the explosive growth of the ultranationalist #Chega party, Portugal’s leading conservatives are doing the previously unthinkable: endorsing the center-left candidate for president. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/port...
www.politico.eu/article/port...
Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president
Center-right leaders are taking pains to publicly reject the ultranationalist contender ahead of the country’s Feb. 8 vote.
www.politico.eu
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
🚨🚨Striking but welcome development in Portugese politics: To stop the explosive growth of the ultranationalist #Chega party, Portugal’s leading conservatives are doing the previously unthinkable: endorsing the center-left candidate for president. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/port...
www.politico.eu/article/port...
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The Nation has nominated the people of Minneapolis for a Nobel Peace Price. Help out below:
https://bit.ly/4q9datK
https://bit.ly/4q9datK
Help Minneapolis Get a Nobel Peace Prize
Students protest against ICE during a walkout at the University of Minnesota, on January 26, 2026 (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) The editors of The Nation are formally nominating the city of Minneapo...
bit.ly
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The Nation has nominated the people of Minneapolis for a Nobel Peace Price. Help out below:
https://bit.ly/4q9datK
https://bit.ly/4q9datK
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In addition to arresting Don Lemon, the arrest of my courageous friend and Emmy award winning independent journalist Georgia Fort for REPORTING the church protest in Minneapolis is what FASCISM looks like. This is video of Georgia reporting her own arrest as FBI agents were at her door. 1/2
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
In addition to arresting Don Lemon, the arrest of my courageous friend and Emmy award winning independent journalist Georgia Fort for REPORTING the church protest in Minneapolis is what FASCISM looks like. This is video of Georgia reporting her own arrest as FBI agents were at her door. 1/2
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"The current protester tactics have been overwhelmingly nonviolent — nothing comparable to Minneapolis in 2020, when a police station burned, let alone the 1960s.
The political question is not whether there has been disorder, but rather whom the public holds responsible for the killings."
The political question is not whether there has been disorder, but rather whom the public holds responsible for the killings."
“Visible state violence against sympathetic civilians was the beginning of the end for Jim Crow. It may be a turning point now, too.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 AM
"The current protester tactics have been overwhelmingly nonviolent — nothing comparable to Minneapolis in 2020, when a police station burned, let alone the 1960s.
The political question is not whether there has been disorder, but rather whom the public holds responsible for the killings."
The political question is not whether there has been disorder, but rather whom the public holds responsible for the killings."
Inspiring intervention by Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar at @gwlvoices.bsky.social Dialogue in Madrid today highlighting the need for women to lead the United Nations and multilateral institutions, starting with the election of a woman as Secretary General of the UN for the first time
January 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Inspiring intervention by Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar at @gwlvoices.bsky.social Dialogue in Madrid today highlighting the need for women to lead the United Nations and multilateral institutions, starting with the election of a woman as Secretary General of the UN for the first time
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Fully agree. By the way there is a policy alternative too. With proven economic positive results also.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e...
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e...
‘A migration model based on human rights’: Spain to grant legal status to half a million undocumented migrants | CNN
Spain has announced it will grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, in a move that goes against a trend of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies in the United States and much of Europe.
edition.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Fully agree. By the way there is a policy alternative too. With proven economic positive results also.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e...
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e...
"In chants of ICE out now
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
...
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
@brucespringsteen.net
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
...
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
@brucespringsteen.net
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"In chants of ICE out now
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
...
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
@brucespringsteen.net
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
...
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
@brucespringsteen.net
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Madrid, Spain — Spain has announced it will grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, in a move that goes against a trend of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies in the United States and much of Europe.
Spain to grant legal status to half a million undocumented migrants | CNN
Spain has announced it will grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, in a move that goes against a trend of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies in the United States and much of Europe.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Madrid, Spain — Spain has announced it will grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, in a move that goes against a trend of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies in the United States and much of Europe.
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"Once in the old neighborhood, when he was seven or eight, he’d fallen off his bike, his helmet splitting cleanly in half like a cantaloupe. He showed the halves to all the neighbor kids as a way to warn them to never ride without one."
- @kristenradtke.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
- @kristenradtke.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
"Once in the old neighborhood, when he was seven or eight, he’d fallen off his bike, his helmet splitting cleanly in half like a cantaloupe. He showed the halves to all the neighbor kids as a way to warn them to never ride without one."
- @kristenradtke.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
- @kristenradtke.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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A little thread of some courageous people bsky.app/profile/nkal...
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 8:16 PM
A little thread of some courageous people bsky.app/profile/nkal...
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Read theory (about satyagraha)
It’s not supposed to be easy and it’s not supposed to be bloodless
It’s not supposed to be easy and it’s not supposed to be bloodless
It is a horrible thing but one of the *points* of non-violence is that state violence in response causes outrage to spread.
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Read theory (about satyagraha)
It’s not supposed to be easy and it’s not supposed to be bloodless
It’s not supposed to be easy and it’s not supposed to be bloodless
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Key takeaways from @oxfamamerica.bsky.social last report: Wealth of the richest is increasing while life is getting less affordable for people everywhere & the richest have outsized influence and control over politics. Time to act: #TaxTheSuperRich #WealthTaxNow
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
Resisting the Rule of the Rich
Protecting Freedom from Billionaire Power
www.oxfamamerica.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Key takeaways from @oxfamamerica.bsky.social last report: Wealth of the richest is increasing while life is getting less affordable for people everywhere & the richest have outsized influence and control over politics. Time to act: #TaxTheSuperRich #WealthTaxNow
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
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Ten years ago, Giulio Regeni, an Italian PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge, was brutally murdered in Egypt while conducting fieldwork.
Italian prosecutors have charged four security officials, but Egypt has refused to cooperate: no one has been held accountable for this crime.
Italian prosecutors have charged four security officials, but Egypt has refused to cooperate: no one has been held accountable for this crime.
January 25, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Ten years ago, Giulio Regeni, an Italian PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge, was brutally murdered in Egypt while conducting fieldwork.
Italian prosecutors have charged four security officials, but Egypt has refused to cooperate: no one has been held accountable for this crime.
Italian prosecutors have charged four security officials, but Egypt has refused to cooperate: no one has been held accountable for this crime.
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let me add another point: a lot of the replies say nonviolence only works when you're confronting a moral opponent. if you only had moral opponents, you wouldn't need to engage in risky nonviolent resistance. nonviolence appeals to the morality of *others* by raising the social costs of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
let me add another point: a lot of the replies say nonviolence only works when you're confronting a moral opponent. if you only had moral opponents, you wouldn't need to engage in risky nonviolent resistance. nonviolence appeals to the morality of *others* by raising the social costs of violence.
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.