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Roberto Lovato

@robvato.bsky.social
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Author of Unforgetting bit.ly/2W1XFc3, called a "groundbreaking" memoir by the NY Times. Creative Writing Professor @UNLV. He/him. rlovatoauthor@gmail

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Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Yesterday, a Colombian man named Joan Sebastian Guerrero was murdered by ICE agents. Six days earlier, a Mexican man named Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE in Texas. In 2008, @robvato.bsky.social warned of the scapegoating of immigrants as a means to expand state repression: bit.ly/4w27mpn.

One Raid at a Time
How Immigrant Crackdowns Build the National Security State  
Roberto Lovato
“Focusing on non-citizens makes it easier for citizens to swallow the increased domestic militarism inherent in increasing numbers of uniformed men and women with guns in their midst.”

Read more at bit.ly/4w27mpn
Members of the South Central Farm attending the immigrant rights march for amnesty in downtown Los Angeles California on May Day, 2006. The banner, in Spanish, reads "No human being is illegal". Credit: Joshua McIntosh via Wikimedia Commons
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
As w Epstein case, those truly concerned about the victims of Cesar Chavez need to ask two questions: Who in the UFW knew re pedophilia, rape & other abuses & why didn't they say anything? The failure to ask these questions, much less answer them, says "Si Se Puede!" to injusticia & cowardice.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#nokings, no dicktaters!
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Seen at #nokings San Francisco, a new superhero: Antifa Dog!
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
PREDICTION: Maria Corina Machado will intensify her role as spearhead of a US invasion of Venezuela, in a deranged mix of domestic politics & the other excuse for war: the "narco" threat. Her violent extremist ally, Juan Guaido, actually has selfies w narco-murderers
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
More proof Nobel Peace Prize is simply an instrument of empire: awarding extreme right wing Venezuelan Maria Corina Machado th Nobel Piece Prize. She makes an appearance in this investigative story i wrote about her violent extremist ally, Leopold Lopez foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/27/t...
foreignpolicy.com
The Making of Leopoldo López
A closer look at the democratic bona fides of the rock star of Venezuela’s opposition.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 29/07/2025
"The policies of this administration reinstate an era in which the rights conferred to all people in the United States by the Constitution are subject to a sliding scale of extralegal violability depending on one’s race, ethnicity or assumed immigration status." Call this fascism Juan Crow.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Juan Crow Is Back With a Vengeance
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Fearlessness is the point. My latest for @thenation.com: An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles: “Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo” (They fear us because we do not fear them). bit.ly/4jY2j2K
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An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles
“Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo” (They fear us because we do not fear them).
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
BREAKING:Nayib Bukele's Atty General’s may b preparing to arrest members of @_elfaro_,El Salvador's leading news org, for exposing Bukele's negotiations w gangs. Editor-in-chief Óscar Martínez: “Any capture or raid on our homes will be for having done journalism,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQSp...
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El Faro bajo ataque tras las revelaciones de Charli
YouTube video by El Faro
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Local student (@UNLV English, perhaps?) using using their poetic powers to deliver one of the more original placards at the massive, loud, animadidisimo #MayDay2025 protest in downtown as Vegas.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Yours truly dispelling Trump"s myths about MS13 & Kilmar Abrego Garcia's alleged gang tattoos in today's @washingtonpost
washingtonpost.com
Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos alone do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say
Experts are divided over whether knuckle tattoos highlighted by President Trump suggest the wrongly deported man may be associated with MS-13.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This marks an major escalation of the fascist turn: FBI arresting immigration judge.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Historically-proven antidote to fascism and other authoritarian monstrosities: the general strike: newrepublic.com/article/1933...
newrepublic.com
Is America Pissed Off Enough at Trump and Musk for a General Strike?
The United States hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling multiple movements toward that goal.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I am one of the experts interviewed by @CBSNews for this story dispelling President Trump's unfounded claims as it Kilmar Abrego Garcia's tattoos👇 www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
cbsnews.com
Experts cast doubt on Trump's claim that Abrego Garcia's finger tattoos prove MS-13 membership
Gang experts and researchers said that while tattoos could carry gang-related meaning, they aren't enough to prove gang membership.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Reason to resist.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/04/2025
Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
theonion.com
Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
WASHINGTON—During a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he “lacks the humanity” to return wrongly deported legal U.S. residen...
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Read Atty Gen Bondi's release of information & ask yourself, "What proof is there of Kilmar's "gang affiliation?" I've been an expert witness in over 70 gang immigration & murder cases,& have never seen even the most desperate & sloppy lawyers offer such shoddy evidence.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Online fascist farm 4Chan may soon see its death by a few strategically-placed hacks. And some of its users may be exposed
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 14/04/2025
It's not just Trump learning from Bukele. Salvadorans and their history of struggle should reveal to US leftists the outlines of the broad antifascist front that will always be the best antidote to the reactionary right, writes @robvato.bsky.social.
thenation.com
The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke”
The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/04/2025
Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
theonion.com
Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
WASHINGTON—During a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he “lacks the humanity” to return wrongly deported legal U.S. residen...
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I just wrote this piece for @thenation.com about today's White House spectacle and what Trump and the U.S. are learning from Bukele and what we can learn from the long history of anti-fascist struggle in El Salvador. bit.ly/4cxgR73
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The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke”
The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
In addition to lauding Mario Vargas Llosa's literary accomplishments, a just history of the late writer would at least mention his career as reactionary, virulent Indian- hating racist.
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The Writers Grotto @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
At The Writers Grotto, we celebrate DIVERSITY! Join us TONIGHT to celebrate our 30th anniversary as we reflect on three decades of empowering diverse voices. 
 Tickets are on sale now at writersgrotto.org -- we hope to see you tonight, from 6 to 10 PM, at Verdi Club in San Francisco!
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I just wrote this piece in @thenation about a cache of documents confirming CIA surveillance, infiltration & disruption in Latinx communities. @RussContreras broke the story last week. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
thenation.com
The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades
And is probably still at it. As newly released classified documents confirm activists’ long-held suspicions, the disclosures should also alert us to current dangers.
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Roberto Lovato @robvato.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Jimmy Carter's "human rights legacy" including his support of the civil war era Salvadoran military responsible for murdering approx 80,000 men, women, children (entire towns of them), nuns & priests like Saint Oscar Romero who asked Carter to stop lethal aid. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
rollingstone.com
Jimmy Carter's Dark Legacy in El Salvador
Carter’s administration rejected Saint Óscar Romero’s pleas not to provide military aid to the Salvadoran junta before he was assassinated.
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