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Juan David Rojas
@rojasrjuand.bsky.social
· May 16
What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
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1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD.
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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How Miami hawks hijacked Trump's Latin America policy.
Must-read by @rojasrjuand.bsky.social
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Must-read by @rojasrjuand.bsky.social
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How Miami hawks hijacked Trump’s foreign policy
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October 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
How Miami hawks hijacked Trump's Latin America policy.
Must-read by @rojasrjuand.bsky.social
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Must-read by @rojasrjuand.bsky.social
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How Miami hawks hijacked Trump’s foreign policy They’ve long dreamed of toppling Maduro via @rojasrjuand.bsky.social
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How Miami hawks hijacked Trump’s foreign policy
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October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How Miami hawks hijacked Trump’s foreign policy They’ve long dreamed of toppling Maduro via @rojasrjuand.bsky.social
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Fed and central bank decisions should be separate from those the executive branch.
As important, however, is that central banks embrace policy that enables the flourishing of workers.
I argue that the evidence currently favors lower rates www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
As important, however, is that central banks embrace policy that enables the flourishing of workers.
I argue that the evidence currently favors lower rates www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
August 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fed and central bank decisions should be separate from those the executive branch.
As important, however, is that central banks embrace policy that enables the flourishing of workers.
I argue that the evidence currently favors lower rates www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
As important, however, is that central banks embrace policy that enables the flourishing of workers.
I argue that the evidence currently favors lower rates www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
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ESSAY:
Ireland's Mamdani Moment:
Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030
Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...
Ireland's Mamdani Moment:
Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030
Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...
July 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ESSAY:
Ireland's Mamdani Moment:
Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030
Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...
Ireland's Mamdani Moment:
Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030
Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...
I share many progressive critiques of Obama's presidency.
Sadly, Dems and especially progressives subsequently lost the plot on issues vital to workers such as immigration and energy policy.
I argue at The Liberal Patriot how Obama got both issues right open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
Sadly, Dems and especially progressives subsequently lost the plot on issues vital to workers such as immigration and energy policy.
I argue at The Liberal Patriot how Obama got both issues right open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
July 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I share many progressive critiques of Obama's presidency.
Sadly, Dems and especially progressives subsequently lost the plot on issues vital to workers such as immigration and energy policy.
I argue at The Liberal Patriot how Obama got both issues right open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
Sadly, Dems and especially progressives subsequently lost the plot on issues vital to workers such as immigration and energy policy.
I argue at The Liberal Patriot how Obama got both issues right open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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Did Iran win the 12-Day War?
Sort of, I argue.
Read the full thing before scoffing.
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Sort of, I argue.
Read the full thing before scoffing.
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Did Iran win the 12-day war?
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June 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Did Iran win the 12-Day War?
Sort of, I argue.
Read the full thing before scoffing.
unherd.com/2025/06/did-...
Sort of, I argue.
Read the full thing before scoffing.
unherd.com/2025/06/did-...
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How the BLM riots broke America.
Read the full thing before getting mad, please.
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Read the full thing before getting mad, please.
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How the BLM riots broke America
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May 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
How the BLM riots broke America.
Read the full thing before getting mad, please.
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Read the full thing before getting mad, please.
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Much can be said about Laura Loomer. But on Venezuela, she's made enemies in Miami. That makes her very right in my book. 🫡
Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
Laura Loomer Is Right About Venezuela
This week, the Trump administration granted Chevron a limited carve-out from sanctions on Venezuela.
www.compactmag.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Much can be said about Laura Loomer. But on Venezuela, she's made enemies in Miami. That makes her very right in my book. 🫡
Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
Much can be said about Laura Loomer. But on Venezuela, she's made enemies in Miami. That makes her very right in my book. 🫡
Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
Laura Loomer Is Right About Venezuela
This week, the Trump administration granted Chevron a limited carve-out from sanctions on Venezuela.
www.compactmag.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Much can be said about Laura Loomer. But on Venezuela, she's made enemies in Miami. That makes her very right in my book. 🫡
Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
Read my latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/laur...
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7/ Read the full essay in English and Portuguese at Social Democracy With Populist Characteristics and Subscribe! (Spanish forthcoming) juandarojasro.substack.com
Social Democracy With Populist Characteristics | Juan David Rojas | Substack
Political economy, geopolitics, election coverage and general musings from an idiosyncratic, pro-worker perspective, mostly in the Americas. Click to read Social Democracy With Populist Characteristic...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
7/ Read the full essay in English and Portuguese at Social Democracy With Populist Characteristics and Subscribe! (Spanish forthcoming) juandarojasro.substack.com
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1/ In my newsletter debut at The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I review the collapse of the Portuguese Left following Sunday's election and argue that leftists and progressives should emulate Denmark's Social Democrats on immigration. open.substack.com/pub/juandaro...
How Immigration Killed the Portuguese Left
The checkered and now defunct success of the Socialist Party was undergirded by low levels of immigration.
open.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1/ In my newsletter debut at The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I review the collapse of the Portuguese Left following Sunday's election and argue that leftists and progressives should emulate Denmark's Social Democrats on immigration. open.substack.com/pub/juandaro...
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Another one of the Right's follies: convincing themselves "unions aren't popular anymore."
Absolute nonsense.
Unions get stratospheric approval ratings these days. Studies show tens of millions Americans are underrepresented. Meaning, they want collective bargaining but don't have it.
Absolute nonsense.
Unions get stratospheric approval ratings these days. Studies show tens of millions Americans are underrepresented. Meaning, they want collective bargaining but don't have it.
May 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Another one of the Right's follies: convincing themselves "unions aren't popular anymore."
Absolute nonsense.
Unions get stratospheric approval ratings these days. Studies show tens of millions Americans are underrepresented. Meaning, they want collective bargaining but don't have it.
Absolute nonsense.
Unions get stratospheric approval ratings these days. Studies show tens of millions Americans are underrepresented. Meaning, they want collective bargaining but don't have it.
Reposted by Juan David Rojas
1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD.
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD.
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
1/ In my newsletter debut at The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I review the collapse of the Portuguese Left following Sunday's election and argue that leftists and progressives should emulate Denmark's Social Democrats on immigration. open.substack.com/pub/juandaro...
How Immigration Killed the Portuguese Left
The checkered and now defunct success of the Socialist Party was undergirded by low levels of immigration.
open.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1/ In my newsletter debut at The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I review the collapse of the Portuguese Left following Sunday's election and argue that leftists and progressives should emulate Denmark's Social Democrats on immigration. open.substack.com/pub/juandaro...
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8/ "Democrats must embrace a politics of pluralism that champions the “problematic” social, cultural, and environmental views of workers in the service of material goals, including reigning in billionaires like Elon Musk."
Full article below open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
Full article below open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
8/ "Democrats must embrace a politics of pluralism that champions the “problematic” social, cultural, and environmental views of workers in the service of material goals, including reigning in billionaires like Elon Musk."
Full article below open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
Full article below open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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May 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD.
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
The Mexican left combined ideological diversity on cultural issues with a shared, populist vision on material concerns.
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD.
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
How did they do it?
@TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
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The @financialtimes.com editorial board:
“Yet the US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” on.ft.com/433Mp02
“Yet the US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” on.ft.com/433Mp02
The west’s shameful silence on Gaza
The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu
on.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The @financialtimes.com editorial board:
“Yet the US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” on.ft.com/433Mp02
“Yet the US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” on.ft.com/433Mp02
"So long as MAGA Republicans & Progressive Democrats cater to nativist incels and cosmopolitan elitists, they will continue to sow maximal cruelty, exploitation, and sectarian hatred among the very people they claim to represent"
My latest @unherd
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Trump’s deportation bust
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May 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"So long as MAGA Republicans & Progressive Democrats cater to nativist incels and cosmopolitan elitists, they will continue to sow maximal cruelty, exploitation, and sectarian hatred among the very people they claim to represent"
My latest @unherd
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My latest @unherd
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'The GOP’s characteristic incoherence appears to have contributed to the Salvadoran debacle' | Juan David Rojas
Trump's deportation bust
Terrorising migrants isn't helping anyone. Credit: Getty
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May 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
'The GOP’s characteristic incoherence appears to have contributed to the Salvadoran debacle' | Juan David Rojas
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Trump II's sealing of the border is one of the new administration's unambiguous wins.
But on the deportation front---not so much. They've substituted sadism for competence---and posted much smaller numbers than *Obama*.
Must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social for @unherd.com unherd.com/2025/05/trum...
But on the deportation front---not so much. They've substituted sadism for competence---and posted much smaller numbers than *Obama*.
Must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social for @unherd.com unherd.com/2025/05/trum...
Trump’s deportation bust
unherd.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump II's sealing of the border is one of the new administration's unambiguous wins.
But on the deportation front---not so much. They've substituted sadism for competence---and posted much smaller numbers than *Obama*.
Must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social for @unherd.com unherd.com/2025/05/trum...
But on the deportation front---not so much. They've substituted sadism for competence---and posted much smaller numbers than *Obama*.
Must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social for @unherd.com unherd.com/2025/05/trum...
Leaks, lawfare, stagflation, guerrilla insurgency and a wiretapped maid. Reality is stranger than fiction in #Colombia but the bottom line is that #Petro has failed to deliver for workers—and sabotaged his own presidency in the process
My latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
My latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
The Ex-Guerrilla in his Labyrinth
It was just another day in the presidency of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro. After clashing with Donald Trump—and grandstanding on the merits of Noam Chomsky and Washington DC’s black neighborhoods—he brief...
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March 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Leaks, lawfare, stagflation, guerrilla insurgency and a wiretapped maid. Reality is stranger than fiction in #Colombia but the bottom line is that #Petro has failed to deliver for workers—and sabotaged his own presidency in the process
My latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
My latest at Compact
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
#Mexico was already doing everything #Trump wanted but, of course, the spectacle matters as much as the results. #Sheinbaum has shown to be a pragmatic negotiator. She should nonetheless continue taking Trump's threats seriously.
www.compactmag.com/article/clau...
www.compactmag.com/article/clau...
Claudia Sheinbaum’s Art of the Deal
“A dog that barks doesn’t bite”—so goes the saying among supporters of Mexico’s ruling National Regeneration Movement, or Morena.
www.compactmag.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#Mexico was already doing everything #Trump wanted but, of course, the spectacle matters as much as the results. #Sheinbaum has shown to be a pragmatic negotiator. She should nonetheless continue taking Trump's threats seriously.
www.compactmag.com/article/clau...
www.compactmag.com/article/clau...
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Mass low-wage migration depresses wages, especially on the lower rungs of the labor market. Progressives would do well to come to grips with this reality.
Absolute must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social on the pro-worker case for Trump's deportations.
unherd.com/2025/02/the-...
Absolute must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social on the pro-worker case for Trump's deportations.
unherd.com/2025/02/the-...
The pro-worker case for Trump’s deportations
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February 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Mass low-wage migration depresses wages, especially on the lower rungs of the labor market. Progressives would do well to come to grips with this reality.
Absolute must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social on the pro-worker case for Trump's deportations.
unherd.com/2025/02/the-...
Absolute must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social on the pro-worker case for Trump's deportations.
unherd.com/2025/02/the-...
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Completely unbiased opinion, but my favorite Colombian @rojasrjuand.bsky.social gets this one right:
In my latest column, I explain how #Colombia's #Petro shares a great deal in common with #Trump. In this case, due to his obnoxious posting here on X. A key feature in yesterday's spat over trade and immigration. www.compactmag.com/article/trum...
January 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Completely unbiased opinion, but my favorite Colombian @rojasrjuand.bsky.social gets this one right: