Historian of Mexico and Latin America | @OUPHistory author | writings in @fx_newsletter @NACLA @thedialmag | views my own

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Favorite review of my book thus far, courtesy of my incredible mother
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Breaking: 13-year-old Amir Imad Al-Basheeti has died from wounds inflicted by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to his neck in the Batn Al-Sameen area, south of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
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Applebaum’s “liberal language:”
Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology. China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/
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Suleiman Obeid, known as the “Pelé of Palestine,” was killed by an Israeli tank while standing in line trying to secure food for his five children.
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Apartheid South Africa and Nazi Germany needed compliant judges to provide a legal veneer to their darkest crimes. Judge Johnson joins their wretched company. He overturned a jury's conviction of four anti-genocide activists for criminal damage and sentenced them as terrorists instead. As one their barristers pointed out, the four defendants were initially arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in an act of terrorism. But the prosecution decided not to charge them with terrorism offences because it knew no jury would ever convict them based on the evidence. Instead the Crown held two trials: a sham one for the jury, and the real one conducted in secret by the judge. That is not justice. It is a show trial worthy of the worst tyrannical regimes.
Here’s injustice Jeremy Johnson handing down the sentences at today’s disgusting stitched up Palestine Action trial. Any faith I ever had in the fairness of the British justice system is completely is dead.
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🔴 Overnight, the Israeli military issued forced displacement orders for several areas of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, covering schools, a rehabilitation center, the municipality building, and the area containing the camp’s wells and its main source of fresh water. Hours later, Al-Maghazi came under heavy bombardment. Camp resident Shaker Shalabi told Drop Site contributor Mohamed Ahmed that one of his neighbors received a call from Israeli forces at around 10:30 p.m. ordering the area to evacuate, forcing most residents to leave. "They fired a missile. And in the second area, they also hit a missile. I don't know what the justification was for firing that missile that wiped out the entire neighborhood," Shalabi told Drop Site. "There were some homes standing, look at the furniture, all of it is gone, the gas is gone, it is all gone. What can I say? It's all losses." “This shows that Israel is a terrorist state—a state defined by attacks,” he said. “They don't want us here, although it is our homeland." 🎥 Mohamed Ahmed
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Imagine working for ICE deporting your own people and wearing a Mexico jersey for the World Cup ?!
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yo en cada pausa de hidratación:

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From the river to the sea Desde Ayotzinapa hasta Gaza #FIFA GO HOME 🇲🇽🇵🇸
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Two worlds, one moment: Mexico and Gaza. #FIFAWorldCup #WeAre26 #FWC26
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Israeli lawyer Ben Marmarelli says Palestinian prisoners he represents beg him not to visit because they're raped each time he is due to meet them. This is a scene from Al Jazeera's shocking new documentary on Israel's systematic use of rape.
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Gaza on the night of the World Cup opening!
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Amid the spectacle of the World Cup, Gaza bleeds in the shadows of global attention
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💢 BREAKING: Israeli airstrike on a house in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
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pro-Gaza genocide Biden official
Avril Haines, Former Intelligence Chief, Will Lead Carnegie Peace Endowment nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/po… via @NYTimes
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“How much longer must we suffer in silence? Hunger is consuming us, and we feel forgotten. Please don't scroll past our pain. Your donation could feed a family and save a life.” chuffed.org/project/169786-h…
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“It wasn't just a cake; it was an attempt to rescue her smile from all this sadness. Please, continue to support this little girl so she can live what is left of her childhood with dignity and happiness.” chuffed.org/project/165949
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Morocco national team player Zakaria El Ouahdi missed the initial squad flight to the U.S. after his visa was denied. Concerns have been raised that the issue may have had nothing to do with football, with alleged questions around his father’s appearance, including his beard.
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Mexico is the third-most-dangerous country ever to host the World Cup, after South Africa and Brazil. Its leaders worry that any foul-ups will become grist for Donald Trump’s argument that Mexico cannot control its own territory economist.com/the-americas/2…
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