Andrew Young
@andrewyoung.bsky.social
Mimbres Associate Faculty, PhDing in Haitian Political Thought, reading the classics wrong, and occasionally doing politics.
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Mimbres School Spring 2026 🌱
The Dollar System w Colin Drumm
Theology 101 w Sean Carpenter
History of Zionism w Daniela Tolchinsky
Ghost in the Machine w Jules Delisle
Sign-ups open soon! mimbres.org
The Dollar System w Colin Drumm
Theology 101 w Sean Carpenter
History of Zionism w Daniela Tolchinsky
Ghost in the Machine w Jules Delisle
Sign-ups open soon! mimbres.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Mimbres School Spring 2026 🌱
The Dollar System w Colin Drumm
Theology 101 w Sean Carpenter
History of Zionism w Daniela Tolchinsky
Ghost in the Machine w Jules Delisle
Sign-ups open soon! mimbres.org
The Dollar System w Colin Drumm
Theology 101 w Sean Carpenter
History of Zionism w Daniela Tolchinsky
Ghost in the Machine w Jules Delisle
Sign-ups open soon! mimbres.org
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If you are a current graduate student working in an area of interest of the Mimbres School faculty, you may be interested in our new Directed Reading offering. This will be most helpful to students in the early stages of their research projects.
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you are a current graduate student working in an area of interest of the Mimbres School faculty, you may be interested in our new Directed Reading offering. This will be most helpful to students in the early stages of their research projects.
I have a sneaking suspicion that I should simply read all of Freud. The Standard Edition isn't that many volumes, really...
August 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I have a sneaking suspicion that I should simply read all of Freud. The Standard Edition isn't that many volumes, really...
Sharing here: I've joined the faculty of the Mimbres School. My first time leading a session will be September 24th, doing a reading group on Casimir's The Haitians: A Decolonial History.
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Check out mimbres.org
August 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sharing here: I've joined the faculty of the Mimbres School. My first time leading a session will be September 24th, doing a reading group on Casimir's The Haitians: A Decolonial History.
Check out mimbres.org
Check out mimbres.org
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Yeah! The Mimbres School is an interdisciplinary school and intellectual community that operates outside of traditional academia. We run courses, reading groups, and workshops with a critical, empirical approach. We are critical of canonical texts, received wisdom, and disciplinary boundaries.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yeah! The Mimbres School is an interdisciplinary school and intellectual community that operates outside of traditional academia. We run courses, reading groups, and workshops with a critical, empirical approach. We are critical of canonical texts, received wisdom, and disciplinary boundaries.
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Upcoming Fall 2025 courses for the Mimbres School!
"Childhood" w Jules Delisle @jadevidadelisle.bsky.social
"Prehistory of Islam" w Martin Devecka
"Political Arithmetic" w Colin Drumm @drumm-colin.bsky.social
Sign-ups here: mimbres.org/courses
"Childhood" w Jules Delisle @jadevidadelisle.bsky.social
"Prehistory of Islam" w Martin Devecka
"Political Arithmetic" w Colin Drumm @drumm-colin.bsky.social
Sign-ups here: mimbres.org/courses
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Upcoming Fall 2025 courses for the Mimbres School!
"Childhood" w Jules Delisle @jadevidadelisle.bsky.social
"Prehistory of Islam" w Martin Devecka
"Political Arithmetic" w Colin Drumm @drumm-colin.bsky.social
Sign-ups here: mimbres.org/courses
"Childhood" w Jules Delisle @jadevidadelisle.bsky.social
"Prehistory of Islam" w Martin Devecka
"Political Arithmetic" w Colin Drumm @drumm-colin.bsky.social
Sign-ups here: mimbres.org/courses
Haven't been buying a ton of books lately, but I had to get these two. Something tells me they're going to go perfectly back to back.
@juliagaffield.bsky.social
@juliagaffield.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Haven't been buying a ton of books lately, but I had to get these two. Something tells me they're going to go perfectly back to back.
@juliagaffield.bsky.social
@juliagaffield.bsky.social
Can't wait to get this.
The little decoration that appears throughout my book is a printer’s ornament from the pamphlet version of the Haitian Declaration of Independence! I thought it would be a nice touch for the design, and I’m so happy @yalepress.bsky.social made it work!
May 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Can't wait to get this.
Very tempted to argue that the decline of this kind of anti-tyrant language is the defining feature of modern (as opposed to ancient) republicanism, and one of the enabling conditions for "whiteness".
the thing about the tates and trump and musk is that what they offer is the illusion of control and dominance and mastery. in truth, they are absolute slaves to their passions and their worst instincts, and they have paid for it in that they are literal degenerates
May 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Very tempted to argue that the decline of this kind of anti-tyrant language is the defining feature of modern (as opposed to ancient) republicanism, and one of the enabling conditions for "whiteness".
Some thoughts on why my grandfather used to get so angry about the sale of the 407 and what that tells us about what capitalism is.
andrewyoung.substack.com/p/what-is-ca...
andrewyoung.substack.com/p/what-is-ca...
January 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Some thoughts on why my grandfather used to get so angry about the sale of the 407 and what that tells us about what capitalism is.
andrewyoung.substack.com/p/what-is-ca...
andrewyoung.substack.com/p/what-is-ca...
I need to think out loud more, so I intend to use this platform to share my writing. Here is an introduction of sorts to what I'm thinking about:
andrewyoung.substack.com/p/what-is-ca...
andrewyoung.substack.com/p/what-is-ca...
January 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I need to think out loud more, so I intend to use this platform to share my writing. Here is an introduction of sorts to what I'm thinking about:
andrewyoung.substack.com/p/what-is-ca...
andrewyoung.substack.com/p/what-is-ca...
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I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social)
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
November 19, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social)
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Still deciding if and how to use this platform, but if we know one another, please feel free to remind me to follow you. I intend to at least use the contact list to keep in touch.
November 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Still deciding if and how to use this platform, but if we know one another, please feel free to remind me to follow you. I intend to at least use the contact list to keep in touch.
Niche question: anyone know of works in the history of international law focused on the British in the early 19th century that addresses the British snub of Haiti? It seems every Congress of Vienna/Pax Britannica work ignores that Christophe was regularly, actively petitioning England at the time.
November 10, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Niche question: anyone know of works in the history of international law focused on the British in the early 19th century that addresses the British snub of Haiti? It seems every Congress of Vienna/Pax Britannica work ignores that Christophe was regularly, actively petitioning England at the time.
As a non-IR person for whom IR scholarship has been useful but never seems to match the actual historical reality, skimming this thread (and this point in particular) has been very motivating.
Reading on, we see that the Melian Dialogue does not necessarily establish that justice is in the interest of the stronger. Spoiler alert: things end badly for the Athenians, and the further they turn from principles like justice & deliberation, the worse it seems to get.
November 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
As a non-IR person for whom IR scholarship has been useful but never seems to match the actual historical reality, skimming this thread (and this point in particular) has been very motivating.
Still deciding if and how to use this platform, but if we know one another, please feel free to remind me to follow you. I intend to at least use the contact list to keep in touch.
November 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Still deciding if and how to use this platform, but if we know one another, please feel free to remind me to follow you. I intend to at least use the contact list to keep in touch.
Anyone know a good word processor for a facing translation? I've searched Word and Google Docs forums and haven't found anything quick and easy. Ideally, I'd like to have a half dozen texts that I'm working on in this way, so I don't want to use e.g. text boxes in Word.
December 31, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Anyone know a good word processor for a facing translation? I've searched Word and Google Docs forums and haven't found anything quick and easy. Ideally, I'd like to have a half dozen texts that I'm working on in this way, so I don't want to use e.g. text boxes in Word.
![Raimond, 1793:
"Proclamation
À faire aux éslaves révoltés dans les colonies françaises
Hommes Abandonnés"
[Proclamation. To make to the revolted enslaved people in the French colonies. Abandoned men:]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2ityrohl2xszcciufl67jamz/bafkreig5hobms6hgqhpkvpiudoroirakgfxsdfrx2v2luwkdlfcglbsaja@jpeg)
Almost two months into trying to get the union to help with a complaint, finally get to the person who knows enough to say "Oh yeah, they just ignore the collective agreement. They're notorious for it."
Great but... then... what are we doing here?
Great but... then... what are we doing here?
November 7, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Almost two months into trying to get the union to help with a complaint, finally get to the person who knows enough to say "Oh yeah, they just ignore the collective agreement. They're notorious for it."
Great but... then... what are we doing here?
Great but... then... what are we doing here?
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He’s endlessly fascinating. His critique of finance capitalism is searing. He was also a big voice in copyright law. Contains multitudes.
October 6, 2023 at 9:50 PM
He’s endlessly fascinating. His critique of finance capitalism is searing. He was also a big voice in copyright law. Contains multitudes.
Very excited to get a paper copy of this (though I did get a free download through Open Access on Google Books just now, which was a pleasant surprise).
Janvier is a fascinating figure. I don't know many people in the Caribbean who are citing Marx's Capital in 1883. (Though in another work, alas.)
Janvier is a fascinating figure. I don't know many people in the Caribbean who are citing Marx's Capital in 1883. (Though in another work, alas.)
Haiti for the Haitians is out with LUP! A leading 19th-c. Haitian intellectual, Janvier provides a searing critique of European and U.S. imperialism, predatory finance capitalism, and domestic politics. On behalf of all of the contributors, we hope you enjoy!
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global.oup.com/academic/pro...
October 5, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Very excited to get a paper copy of this (though I did get a free download through Open Access on Google Books just now, which was a pleasant surprise).
Janvier is a fascinating figure. I don't know many people in the Caribbean who are citing Marx's Capital in 1883. (Though in another work, alas.)
Janvier is a fascinating figure. I don't know many people in the Caribbean who are citing Marx's Capital in 1883. (Though in another work, alas.)
Not ideal that the "maybe stop letting babies starve" part of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is still so relevant.
Babies and toddlers in the U.S. are disproportionately at risk of eviction, a new study found. And the risk is acute for Black children and their mothers, ages 20 to 35. nyti.ms/46AekF0
October 2, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Not ideal that the "maybe stop letting babies starve" part of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is still so relevant.
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Today's painting, and also an announcement!!!
Tomorrow night I will be doing a (guerrilla) Nuit Blanche project.
I will be donating 54 paintings to the city. I'll thread a few thoughts here, but you can find a longer write-up at: unauthorizedframes.art
Tomorrow night I will be doing a (guerrilla) Nuit Blanche project.
I will be donating 54 paintings to the city. I'll thread a few thoughts here, but you can find a longer write-up at: unauthorizedframes.art
September 22, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Today's painting, and also an announcement!!!
Tomorrow night I will be doing a (guerrilla) Nuit Blanche project.
I will be donating 54 paintings to the city. I'll thread a few thoughts here, but you can find a longer write-up at: unauthorizedframes.art
Tomorrow night I will be doing a (guerrilla) Nuit Blanche project.
I will be donating 54 paintings to the city. I'll thread a few thoughts here, but you can find a longer write-up at: unauthorizedframes.art
I like this phrasing. It cuts through the bullshit behind the complaints you hear from the powerful.
September 17, 2023 at 1:14 PM
I like this phrasing. It cuts through the bullshit behind the complaints you hear from the powerful.
"I should say that these business women of Hayti have as little to complain of in the matter of Women's Rights, as any of their sex in the world. Public opinion excludes them from no branch of trade that they are disposed to enter into..."
September 6, 2023 at 2:08 AM
"I should say that these business women of Hayti have as little to complain of in the matter of Women's Rights, as any of their sex in the world. Public opinion excludes them from no branch of trade that they are disposed to enter into..."