🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽
@markstatman.bsky.social
Poet, translator, 14 books, more coming, emeritus professor (Eugene Lang, The New School), lives in southern Mexico, baseball guy (LGFM), dual national 🇺🇸and 🇲🇽. Poet in Mexico Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/markstatman
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This Poet in Mexico? A small tribute to two very good men. Hope you get a chance to understand my gratitude.
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Jack and Rudy
In memory, blessings
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November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This Poet in Mexico? A small tribute to two very good men. Hope you get a chance to understand my gratitude.
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
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A shorter #Poet in #Mexico than usual this week—but full of good stuff—a single #poem, a single song, some poetry events in #Oaxaca and #Cuernavaca, and our local saint of social justice and racial equality! ¡Ándale!
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Taking a Short Break (One Poem, a Saint, a Song)
Martín de Porres Velázquez (1579-1639) was born in Peru to a Spanish noble and a freed slave of African and indigenous origins.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A shorter #Poet in #Mexico than usual this week—but full of good stuff—a single #poem, a single song, some poetry events in #Oaxaca and #Cuernavaca, and our local saint of social justice and racial equality! ¡Ándale!
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Many are comparing Mamdani to Obama, but you know who else pounded the pavement as a youthful Millennial candidate with a short resume, fantastic ground game, social media savvy, and no problematic donors? AOC!! Not a criticism, just an observation that Mamdani is not a fluke—there’s a playbook!!!
AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Many are comparing Mamdani to Obama, but you know who else pounded the pavement as a youthful Millennial candidate with a short resume, fantastic ground game, social media savvy, and no problematic donors? AOC!! Not a criticism, just an observation that Mamdani is not a fluke—there’s a playbook!!!
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🟥 Senadoras adelantaron que buscarán tipificar el abuso sexual como un delito grave tras la agresión contra la presidenta Claudia. Sheinbaum.
Agregaron que revisarán los pendientes legislativos en torno a la violencia de género.
Agregaron que revisarán los pendientes legislativos en torno a la violencia de género.
Senadoras impulsarán que abuso sexual sea un delito grave en el país; llaman a no replicar imágenes de acoso a Sheinbaum
www.animalpolitico.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🟥 Senadoras adelantaron que buscarán tipificar el abuso sexual como un delito grave tras la agresión contra la presidenta Claudia. Sheinbaum.
Agregaron que revisarán los pendientes legislativos en torno a la violencia de género.
Agregaron que revisarán los pendientes legislativos en torno a la violencia de género.
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Pres Scheinbaum’s prosecution of sexual assault case returns needed attention to broader structural issues of feminicide, sexual violence & gender inequality that permeate Mexican society, and that MORENA gov’ts & their predecessors have systematically failed to tackle
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum presses charges after being groped in street
YouTube video by NBC News
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November 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Pres Scheinbaum’s prosecution of sexual assault case returns needed attention to broader structural issues of feminicide, sexual violence & gender inequality that permeate Mexican society, and that MORENA gov’ts & their predecessors have systematically failed to tackle
m.youtube.com/watch?v=qPhH...
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Man @gavinnewsom’s team doesn’t mess around
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Man @gavinnewsom’s team doesn’t mess around
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Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year?
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year?
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.
Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz
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BIG NEWS buried amid the blue wave: @govwesmoore.bsky.social announces that Maryland is IN when it comes to redrawing maps for 2026. "Come next November in Maryland, we will have fair maps."
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
BIG NEWS buried amid the blue wave: @govwesmoore.bsky.social announces that Maryland is IN when it comes to redrawing maps for 2026. "Come next November in Maryland, we will have fair maps."
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Scientists thought Great Barrier Reef doomed if global temperatures rise 1.5C – but a new study finds hope
University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met
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University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists thought Great Barrier Reef doomed if global temperatures rise 1.5C – but a new study finds hope
University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Scientists thought Great Barrier Reef doomed if global temperatures rise 1.5C – but a new study finds hope
University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Casting around for culprits, leaders in the party blamed their candidates, the government shutdown and a weak economic message.
Republicans Point Fingers After Election Losses, but Not at Trump
Casting around for culprits, leaders in the party blamed their candidates, the government shutdown and a weak economic message.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Casting around for culprits, leaders in the party blamed their candidates, the government shutdown and a weak economic message.
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Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
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November 5, 2025
November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
November 5, 2025
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Newsom’s social media team is on a level we’ve never seen before
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Newsom’s social media team is on a level we’ve never seen before
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
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'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
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Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
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Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
A terrific piece by Rabbi Jay Michaelson forward.com/opinion/7802...
Zohran Mamdani: The no-yes option
We do not need to agree on every important issue regarding the NYC election if we agree on the most important ones.
forward.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A terrific piece by Rabbi Jay Michaelson forward.com/opinion/7802...
A lot of gratitude for the responses to my Día de los Muertos post. And here we go. Memory and love. If you missed it?
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Día de los Muertos, Muertos Flowers, and a Message of Love from Mom
Benito Juarez market, Oaxaca.embracing creation which saint will it be your shoulder mine the dog days of summer speak in syllables whisper holy binding that’s what happens when hearts fly out of ball...
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November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A lot of gratitude for the responses to my Día de los Muertos post. And here we go. Memory and love. If you missed it?
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I’m apprehensive about Substacks in general (isn’t it another rw/neo-fash platformer) but I read the ones published by @jntod.bsky.social @markstatman.bsky.social Carl Wilson Anne Trubek Henry Gould and @lloydcole.bsky.social
Has anyone ever had a successful Substack and not gone completely crazy? Having people pay you for your opinions seems to be a quick path to complete madness.
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I’m apprehensive about Substacks in general (isn’t it another rw/neo-fash platformer) but I read the ones published by @jntod.bsky.social @markstatman.bsky.social Carl Wilson Anne Trubek Henry Gould and @lloydcole.bsky.social
#Poet in #Mexico has posted! Some thoughts on time, history, death, and #poetry. ¡Día de los Muertos en #Oaxaca! With #poems from me, music from Lila Downs and the (goth) Tempus Quartet. It’s lovely stuff. ¡Adelante!
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Día de los Muertos, Muertos Flowers, and a Message of Love from Mom
Benito Juarez market, Oaxaca.embracing creation which saint will it be your shoulder mine the dog days of summer speak in syllables whisper holy binding that’s what happens when hearts fly out of ball...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Working now on tomorrow’s #Poet in #Mexico. Missed last week’s on No Kings in #Oaxaca and #poems by Jeffrey Harrison? Not too late to check it out! (Of course it’s never too late really, since you can just go to the Poet in Mexico archive…). ¡Ándale!
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Hope and No Kings Down Mexico Way
And Poems from Jeffrey Harrison
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October 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Working now on tomorrow’s #Poet in #Mexico. Missed last week’s on No Kings in #Oaxaca and #poems by Jeffrey Harrison? Not too late to check it out! (Of course it’s never too late really, since you can just go to the Poet in Mexico archive…). ¡Ándale!
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