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Lucia Melgar
@luciamelp.bsky.social
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Crítica cultural, profesora nómada, feminista
Feminism, Literature and Politics.
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luciamelp.bsky.social
Honor a la gente que en EEUU todavía cree en la democracia y sale a las calles a protestar:
cimacnoticias.com.mx/2025/04/11/s...
Semillas de resistencia contra la tecno-autocracia
Mientras el interés de la prensa se concentraba en los efectos destructivos de los aranceles impuestos por el presidente Trump, el sábado pasado, 5 de abril, la sociedad civil de Estados Unidos empezó...
cimacnoticias.com.mx
April 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
"The language that is being used has a specific resonance, which, historically, has been used to change regime type. It is important that the rights of human beings were violated. It is important that the rule of law was ignored. It is important that the executive is trying to define reality."
timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 17
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
luciamelp.bsky.social
Excellent
March 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
luciamelp.bsky.social
Mi columna sobre Teuchitlán:
www.eleconomista.com.mx/opinion/pala...
¿Qué palabras?
www.eleconomista.com.mx
March 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
luciamelp.bsky.social
Algo de la vigilia por los desaparecidos en México y el campo de exterminio en Teuchitlán, zócalo CDMX, 15 de marzo
March 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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jahootsen.bsky.social
En el informe anual del Comité para Protección de Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés), México se sigue destacando como el país más mortífero para periodistas en las Américas, seguido por Haití. Pueden encontrar nuestro informe completo aquí (en inglés): cpj.org/special-repo...
2024 is deadliest year for journalists in CPJ history; almost 70% killed by Israel - Committee to Protect Journalists
Introduction More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and medi...
cpj.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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humbertobeck.bsky.social
Current History journal just published my article on AMLO's political legacy:

"López Obrador’s Transformation of Mexican Democracy"

online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...
López Obrador’s Transformation of Mexican Democracy
In his six years as president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed to be bringing genuine democracy to Mexico. Although his anti-poverty programs proved effective, his transformation of the political ...
online.ucpress.edu
February 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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theguardian.com
Ukraine war briefing: Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, say European ministers
Ukraine war briefing: Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, say European ministers
If we can’t join Nato we must build our own, says Zelenskyy; Russian trial begins over explosion that crippled Kerch bridge. What we know on day 1,086 Nothing about ending Russia’s war against Ukraine should be decided without the Ukrainians, European…
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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united24media.com
Russia is striking Ukrainian cities with a new, deadlier variant of the Shahed-136 drone—now carrying nearly twice the explosive payload.
Russia Strikes Ukraine with Upgraded and Highly Destructive 90 kg Warhead Drones
Ukrainian officials report increased attacks with upgraded Shahed-136 drones, featuring enhanced warheads, indicating a rise in Russian drone production.
united24media.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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truthout.org
A strong majority of American voters oppose President Donald Trump’s plan for the U.S. to forcibly expel Palestinians from Gaza and “take over” the Strip. Trump has said that forcibly expelled Palestinians would not have the right to return under his plan.
Poll Finds Strong Majority of US Voters Reject Trump Plan to “Own” Gaza
Trump has said that forcibly expelled Palestinians would not have the right to return under his plan.
buff.ly
February 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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ssbeltran.bsky.social
jfc

se siente horrible que seamos una especie capaz de hacer estas cosas.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Goma jailbreak: More than 100 women raped and burned alive in DR Congo, UN says - BBC News
As M23 rebels entered Goma and the city was plunged into chaos, female prisoners were attacked, the UN says.
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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figgityfigs.bsky.social
Concentration camps. They are opening and expanding and filling concentration camps.
kfile.bsky.social Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · Feb 4
WSJ: The first two flights carrying detained migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay have headed to the naval base in Cuba, as the Trump administration begins to expand a small migrant-detention center there.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
U.S. Begins Migrant Flights to Guantanamo Bay
The Trump administration has said it would expand operations at the American base in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 immigrants
www.wsj.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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josephpolitano.bsky.social
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
“On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs. Essential personnel expected to continue working will be informed by Agency leadership by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00pm (EST). For USAID personnel currently posted outside the United States, the Agency, in coordination with missions and the Department of State, is currently preparing a plan, in accordance with all applicable requirements and laws, under which the Agency would arrange and pay for return travel to the United States within 30 days and provide for the termination of PSC and ISC contracts that are not determined to be essential. The Agency will consider case-by-case exceptions and return travel extensions based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons. For example, the Agency will consider exceptions based on the timing of dependents’ school term, personal or familial medical needs, pregnancy, and other reasons. Further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming. Thank you for your service”
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
luciamelp.bsky.social
www.eleconomista.com.mx/opinion/tiem...
Tiempos ominosos
www.eleconomista.com.mx
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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hannibal.bsky.social
En esta fase estamos.
January 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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dzedelashvili.bsky.social
Ivanishvili regime is enacting a properly Stalinist public execution show of this brave woman. In the footsteps of its patron Kremlin regime it brings back vile totalitarian practices.
This needs to stop. 🛑
annagvarish.bsky.social Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · Jan 27
Dear Georgia watchers and defenders of freedom worldwide, help us spread the word about Mzia Amaglobeli, a female journalist, who's on the 17th day of her hunger strike, surviving only on water. Her act of defiance is a refusal to accept the agenda of a Russian regime 🧵1/
January 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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jacobodayan.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
luciamelp.bsky.social
¿Que tienen en común Jamenei, Milei y Trump?
www.eleconomista.com.mx/opinion/patr...
El Patriarcado mata … y lo niega (IV y última)
www.eleconomista.com.mx
January 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Remember: The GOP uses dangerous smears against trans people, immigrants, and people of color to deflect attention from the near record share of the nation’s income and wealth now going to the richest Americans.

Don't let them get away with it.
January 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
luciamelp.bsky.social
Apoya alas mujeres de Irán chng.it/M96gpSDqPb
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Call to Action: Rise Together to End the Execution of Women in Iran
chng.it
January 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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marikamikiashvili.bsky.social
Day 55 large-scale, continuous; day 85 overall.
We want new, free and fair elections and the release of the regime prisoners.
#GeorgiaProtests #NewElectionsforGeorgia
January 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
luciamelp.bsky.social
En esta serie escribo sobre distintas formas en que el patriarcado mata a las mujeres. Hoy sobre el conservadurismo fascistoide en EUA:
www.eleconomista.com.mx/opinion/patr...
El Patriarcado mata III: Arrinconadas en el “País de los Libres”
www.eleconomista.com.mx
January 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM