Sean T. Byrnes
@sby10.bsky.social
Historian, writer, former bartender.
Author of Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right - from @lsupress.bsky.social
https://www.seantbyrnes.com
Author of Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right - from @lsupress.bsky.social
https://www.seantbyrnes.com
Pinned
Proofs -- coming February!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
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"At turns banal, well-meaning, and thoroughly off-putting, Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge."
In our latest issue, Sean T. Byrnes reviews Outclassed by Joan C. Williams.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
In our latest issue, Sean T. Byrnes reviews Outclassed by Joan C. Williams.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left - Dissent Magazine
Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.
www.dissentmagazine.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"At turns banal, well-meaning, and thoroughly off-putting, Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge."
In our latest issue, Sean T. Byrnes reviews Outclassed by Joan C. Williams.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
In our latest issue, Sean T. Byrnes reviews Outclassed by Joan C. Williams.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
Reposted by Sean T. Byrnes
Proofs -- coming February!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Proofs -- coming February!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
Proofs -- coming February!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Proofs -- coming February!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
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Thrilled to be back in @dissentmag.bsky.social this fall, writing on that depressing yet hardy perennial: why the Democrats lose (featuring Zohran Mamdani!). Issue out today— don’t miss it!
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left - Dissent Magazine
Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.
www.dissentmagazine.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Thrilled to be back in @dissentmag.bsky.social this fall, writing on that depressing yet hardy perennial: why the Democrats lose (featuring Zohran Mamdani!). Issue out today— don’t miss it!
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
Thrilled to be back in @dissentmag.bsky.social this fall, writing on that depressing yet hardy perennial: why the Democrats lose (featuring Zohran Mamdani!). Issue out today— don’t miss it!
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left - Dissent Magazine
Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.
www.dissentmagazine.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Thrilled to be back in @dissentmag.bsky.social this fall, writing on that depressing yet hardy perennial: why the Democrats lose (featuring Zohran Mamdani!). Issue out today— don’t miss it!
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
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Our fall issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance, is out now!
Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @sarahjones.bsky.social @apagliar.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @viririos.bsky.social @humbertobeck.bsky.social @petizagavarrete.bsky.social
www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/fall-2...
Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @sarahjones.bsky.social @apagliar.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @viririos.bsky.social @humbertobeck.bsky.social @petizagavarrete.bsky.social
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September 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our fall issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance, is out now!
Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @sarahjones.bsky.social @apagliar.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @viririos.bsky.social @humbertobeck.bsky.social @petizagavarrete.bsky.social
www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/fall-2...
Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @sarahjones.bsky.social @apagliar.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @viririos.bsky.social @humbertobeck.bsky.social @petizagavarrete.bsky.social
www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/fall-2...
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A preview of our Fall 2025 issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance.
www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/authori...
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Authoritarianism and Resistance - Dissent Magazine
A preview of our Fall 2025 issue.
www.dissentmagazine.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A preview of our Fall 2025 issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance.
www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/authori...
www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/authori...
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Cover art! Coming early 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
June 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cover art! Coming early 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
Cover art! Coming early 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
June 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cover art! Coming early 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
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Nicaragua filed charges against the U.S. at the Intl. Court of Justice #OTD in 1985 for violating international law by forcibly disrupting trade, violating its airspace, and fomenting a coup. @sby10.bsky.social wrote @myhnn.bsky.social on the U.S.'s hypocritical response: loom.ly/Wfw525E
Letting the World Scream
The U.S., Nicaragua, and the International Court of Justice in the 1980s.
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April 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nicaragua filed charges against the U.S. at the Intl. Court of Justice #OTD in 1985 for violating international law by forcibly disrupting trade, violating its airspace, and fomenting a coup. @sby10.bsky.social wrote @myhnn.bsky.social on the U.S.'s hypocritical response: loom.ly/Wfw525E
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A handful of tickets are still available for this event in support of Dissent (Tuesday) - come meet me, Jamelle, Matt, Sara, Tressie, a special guest, and a couple hundred of your new closest friends
Join us on April 8 for a fundraiser in New York! Featuring live unionized music and a silent auction. @flyingwithsara.bsky.social, @mattsitman.bsky.social, and @jamellebouie.net will speak. Ticket purchases support Dissent's editorial projects. See you there!
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Join Dissent on April 8 for a special fundraiser in New York City.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A handful of tickets are still available for this event in support of Dissent (Tuesday) - come meet me, Jamelle, Matt, Sara, Tressie, a special guest, and a couple hundred of your new closest friends
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Really appreciated the detailed and generous review of Disunited Nations in the current issue of Reviews in American History. Check it out here: muse.jhu.edu/article/948359 (not that the relationship of American exceptionalism and modern conservatism are particularly relevant right now or anything).
Project MUSE - The Rise of the Third World and the American Response
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February 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Really appreciated the detailed and generous review of Disunited Nations in the current issue of Reviews in American History. Check it out here: muse.jhu.edu/article/948359 (not that the relationship of American exceptionalism and modern conservatism are particularly relevant right now or anything).
Really appreciated the detailed and generous review of Disunited Nations in the current issue of Reviews in American History. Check it out here: muse.jhu.edu/article/948359 (not that the relationship of American exceptionalism and modern conservatism are particularly relevant right now or anything).
Project MUSE - The Rise of the Third World and the American Response
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.
muse.jhu.edu
February 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Really appreciated the detailed and generous review of Disunited Nations in the current issue of Reviews in American History. Check it out here: muse.jhu.edu/article/948359 (not that the relationship of American exceptionalism and modern conservatism are particularly relevant right now or anything).
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If you want to understand Trump's Panama Canal stuff, I recommend:
Adam Clymer, Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch (University of Kansas Press, 2008)
Sean T. Byrnes (@sby10.bsky.social), Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right (LSU Press, 2021)
Adam Clymer, Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch (University of Kansas Press, 2008)
Sean T. Byrnes (@sby10.bsky.social), Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right (LSU Press, 2021)
January 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you want to understand Trump's Panama Canal stuff, I recommend:
Adam Clymer, Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch (University of Kansas Press, 2008)
Sean T. Byrnes (@sby10.bsky.social), Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right (LSU Press, 2021)
Adam Clymer, Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch (University of Kansas Press, 2008)
Sean T. Byrnes (@sby10.bsky.social), Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right (LSU Press, 2021)
Really enjoyed getting to review @mwpalen.bsky.social's terrific Pax Economica for Diplomatic History. I'm partial, but I still think it's the best academic journal going! @princetonupress.bsky.social
Now live for subscribers:
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Now live for subscribers:
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Free Trade Before the Fall
In February 2020, as Americans wondered who the Democratic party would nominate to take on President Donald Trump that November, the BBC’s North America re
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January 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really enjoyed getting to review @mwpalen.bsky.social's terrific Pax Economica for Diplomatic History. I'm partial, but I still think it's the best academic journal going! @princetonupress.bsky.social
Now live for subscribers:
Free Trade Before the Fall academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...
Now live for subscribers:
Free Trade Before the Fall academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...
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Another piece and great commentary by my friend @sby10.bsky.social.
Was honored to have the chance to write about the legacy of Jimmy Carter’s presidency for @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Though his life was an admirable one, his presidency is part of a sadder story. May he rest in peace.
jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...
jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...
Jimmy Carter Held the Door Open for Neoliberalism
The presidency of Jimmy Carter was deeply constrained by economic and political crises. His unwillingness to take a radical stance forced him to respond to these events by imposing austerity and doing...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Another piece and great commentary by my friend @sby10.bsky.social.
Was honored to have the chance to write about the legacy of Jimmy Carter’s presidency for @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Though his life was an admirable one, his presidency is part of a sadder story. May he rest in peace.
jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...
jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...
Jimmy Carter Held the Door Open for Neoliberalism
The presidency of Jimmy Carter was deeply constrained by economic and political crises. His unwillingness to take a radical stance forced him to respond to these events by imposing austerity and doing...
jacobin.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Was honored to have the chance to write about the legacy of Jimmy Carter’s presidency for @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Though his life was an admirable one, his presidency is part of a sadder story. May he rest in peace.
jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...
jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...