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Tamara Pearson

@tamarapearson.bsky.social
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Australian-Mexican journalist, activist, and author. Excluded Headlines newsletter: excludedheadlines.substack.com New book, The Eyes of the Earth tinyurl.com/EyesEarth

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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Globalsouth #news excludedheadlines.substack.com/p/excluded-h...
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Mexican activists argue that it isn't #climate "change" but environmental violence, and that stopping it goes hand in hand with challenging imperialism. My latest. truthout.org/articles/mex...
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reading the mainstream English world #news, you would get the impression that the war on Iran, the Amazon plane crash, and migrants in Ceuta is all that is happening, and that there was very little resistance to the dire international situation. excludedheadlines.substack.com/p/excluded-h...
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 31/08/2026
Today the UN said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade as well as other measures to address the enduring legacy of racism www.truthdig.com/articles/gha...
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Ghana Leads Global Push for Slavery Reparations, While Still Paying for Empire at Home
As its gold enriches foreign markets and IMF debt weighs heavily, Ghana is demanding the world reckon with the legacy of the slave trade.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
From Nepal to Guinea and Somalia, the Global South this week is being hit by various climate tragedies that they did not cause - this and more headlines excludedheadlines.substack.com/p/excluded-h... #news
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Filipinos reject planned massive US-led AI hub + important Global South #news headlines excludedheadlines.substack.com/p/excluded-h...
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Excluded Headlines: Filipinos reject planned massive US-led AI hub, + important headlines
The latest Global South news stories the US- and Eurocentric media downplay and overlook, with author and journalist, Tamara Pearson.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Filipinos reject planned massive US-led AI hub + important Global South #news headlines excludedheadlines.substack.com/p/excluded-h...
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Excluded Headlines: Filipinos reject planned massive US-led AI hub, + important headlines
The latest Global South news stories the US- and Eurocentric media downplay and overlook, with author and journalist, Tamara Pearson.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 28/07/2026
La Guaira, the site of last month's #Venezuela_Earthquake "is one of the best places for international events like Grand Slam tournaments or deep-sea fishing. But the U.S. is also interested in the real estate possibilities." @codepink.bsky.social #USForeignPolicy
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Vultures Circling the Rubble: US Troops and Businesses Descend on Venezuela
After the June earthquakes, U.S. and Israeli troops have arrived in Venezuela, but economic and political interests, not humanitarian recovery, appear to be driving their presence.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 01/07/2026
As digital sexual abuse increases globally, South Korea has become a top region for deepfake sex crimes. AI has changed who participates, consumers are becoming producers. buff.ly/U0bKmlv #TFGBV #Deepfakes #AIHarm @hankyoreh @audrights @mothership2024 @digitalrightspk
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 27/06/2026
The DRC's Ebola outbreak is unlike previous ones: a new strain, no approved vaccine, and USAID cuts, as well as armed conflict, and deep mistrust.Our journalist there spoke to doctors, locals, & scientists. www.truthdig.com/articles/in-... #Ebola #DRCongo @kakape.bsky.social @808radius.bsky.social
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Gentle sensory stimulation meaningfully boosts divergent thinking and idea generation. But, time, greenery, and community - basic preconditions for thriving are limited for many people. 3 writing exercises for rebellious fascination resistancewords.com/2026/06/25/w...
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Gentle sensory stimulation meaningfully boosts divergent thinking and idea generation. But, time, greenery, and community - basic preconditions for thriving are limited for many people. 3 writing exercises for rebellious fascination resistancewords.com/2026/06/25/w...
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 12/06/2026
A society with one trillionaire and millions of people in poverty is something to be deeply ashamed of, actually
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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
While FIFA counts goals, many Mexicans are counting the disappeared. As the World Cup opens, protests are growing across Mexico over disappearances, water, labor rights, displacement, and corporate power. By Tamara Pearson znetwork.org/znetarticle/fifa-counts-goals-mexicans-count-the-disappeared/
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FIFA Counts Goals, Mexicans Count the Disappeared
From teachers to the mothers searching for the forcibly disappeared, Mexico will be holding numerous, massive protests against the 2026 Men's World Cup as
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 04/06/2026
Hundreds have been fired, suspended or investigated for speaking out under the Trump Administration. And it’s just the tip of the iceberg. This is the first episode of our new investigative narrative podcast The Battle for Free Speech, hosted by Marc Steiner & @undertheshadow.bsky.social
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Fired and Jailed: Attacks on free speech under Trump
Hundreds have been fired, suspended, or investigated for speaking out under the Trump administration. And it’s just the tip of the iceberg. This is Episode 1 of The Battle for Free Speech podcast.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 04/06/2026
Criminal organizations like Los Ardillos are terrorizing local communities in an effort to expand control over valuable mineral deposits. By @tamarapearson.bsky.social www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
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The Narco Erasure of Indigenous Mexican Life
Criminal organizations like Los Ardillos are terrorizing local communities in an effort to expand control over valuable mineral deposits.
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 20/05/2026
“Every time Palestinians and their supporters organize internationally, Washington reaches for the terrorism label to shut them down,” said one critic.
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‘Aiding and abetting genocide’: US sanctions peaceful Gaza Flotilla organizers
“Every time Palestinians and their supporters organize internationally, Washington reaches for the terrorism label to shut them down,” said one critic.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Mothers' Day is not the same in a country with 130,000 forcibly disappeared people #mothersday #mexico nada que celebrar.
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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Rania Khalek explains why many Lebanese see direct talks with Israel as capitulation as Israel continues bombing, occupying, and trying to carve up southern Lebanon.
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23/04/2026
Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers
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Truthout @truthout.org · 18/04/2026
A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and environmental impacts. buff.ly/DD8ajZq
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US Mining Plan Will Sacrifice Mexico’s Environment for Weapons and Tech
A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and environmental impacts.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Global South cities, overall, have just one third of the green space of Global North cities, due to lower state income and budgets for street infrastructure and high levels of exploitation by the Global North. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1451/wo...
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Mexico: As the green space gap grows, parks are becoming a Global North luxury
Despite the serious environmental and health consequences of low green space, in cities like Puebla, Mexico, city and state governments prioritise corporate-led projects that reduce green space furthe...
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 07/04/2026
After living in the U.S. for decades, vulnerable, sick deportees are sleeping on sidewalks and dying in a country they don’t know.
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The US Is Dumping Elderly Migrants in Mexico Without ID, Money or Phones - Truthdig
After living in the U.S. for decades, vulnerable, sick deportees are sleeping on sidewalks and dying in a country they don’t know.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 15/03/2026
Mainstream English-language outlets refer to the war as the “conflict in the Middle East,” as if the region just got up one morning and decided to set itself on fire.
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As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media Turns Its Head
Mainstream English-language outlets refer to the war as the “conflict in the Middle East,” as if the region just got up one morning and decided to set itself on fire.
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 06/03/2026
Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Correction: The US-Israel murder of... While they also murdered some 80 school girls
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
In light of the events today in #Mexico here's a link to the piece I wrote last year on the consequences of Trump designating #cartels in Mexico as terrorist, and how to actually stop organised crime here (NOT what went down today) internationalpolicy.org/publications...
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How to Actually Stop Mexico’s Cartels—Without Terrorist Labels  - CIP
For a durable answer to cartels, policymakers should try approaches that limit violence and cartel power, instead of going to war.
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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...
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‘No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico
A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This past week, Mexicans around the country have been donating many tonnes worth of food, medicine and supplies, such as batteries and hygiene products, to Cuba. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1447/wo... @greenleftonline.bsky.social @cubasolidarity.bsky.social
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
So far, the BBC has not covered the “evaporation” of thousands of Gazans, as reported on by AJ. While they deliberately boycott that horror, six out of seven of their top world news stories are about the Global North (20% of the #world). Reuters, DW, AP, NYT etc also have not covered the #news.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
excludedheadlines.substack.com/p/excluded-h... Checkout this week's newsletter with #Globalsouth #news
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
That‘s the spirit.
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 02/02/2026
The US has painted its invasion of Venezuela as a surgical operation. But for those on the ground it was a disaster. The US killed more than 100 people. It hit civilian targets & left terror & destruction. Today Venezuelans speak out about the invasion. Latest episode of @undertheshadow.bsky.social
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When the bombs fell on Caracas
The United States has painted its January 3 invasion of Venezuela as a surgical operation. But for those on the ground it was a disaster. The US killed more than 100 people. It hit civilian targets an...
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Doug Lucas @douglaslucas.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This Jan. 24 article by @tamarapearson.bsky.social is by far the best all-in-one piece I've seen on how #Mexico is standing up to the second Trump administration, before during and after the kidnapping of Maduro. Required reading. truthout.org/articles/res...
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Resisting the Empire Next Door, Protests in Mexico Grow
After US intervention in Venezuela, Trump’s threats against cartels may be seen as paving the way for actions in Mexico.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"The U.S. is present everywhere in Mexico, it owns half the country, it is meddling in everything." Many Mexicans stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people, beyond Trump's threats against Mexicans. US out of Latin America. truthout.org/articles/res...
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 17/01/2026
With the whole country seemingly held hostage by the U.S., Venezuelans and local experts anticipate a politically and economically difficult road ahead.
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After the Bombs: Venezuelans Concerned About a Future of Coercion and Colonization - Truthdig
With the whole country seemingly held hostage by the U.S., Venezuelans anticipate a politically and economically difficult road ahead.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 14/01/2026
TD Global Voices: Iran’s protests have spread nationwide since Dec. 28, triggered by economic collapse and now calling for the regime’s end.
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Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression - Truthdig
Unverified reports suggest thousands of people may have been killed, while Trump threatens the country with military intervention.
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Under the Shadow podcast @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Trump's #Venezuela invasion "upholds military intervention as a solution to problems. It is a signal to wayward countries to obey. Such imperialism not only kills people... it perpetuates racist tropes of Global South countries," writes @tamarapearson.bsky.social @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
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ZNetwork.org @officialznet.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
US starts 2026 by bombing Venezuela and kidnapping its President, setting a tone of imperialist violence for the year. Z original from Tamara Pearson. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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A New Year of Empire
With its violent military intervention into Venezuela - a country I used to live in - the U.S. has begun this year with entitled and undisguised
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Under the Shadow podcast @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Trump has invaded #Venezuela. This is the 1st time the US has used its own military to invade a South American country. President Trump made the purpose of the invasion very clear on Saturday: oil. The result will be disastrous. My latest @therealnews.com
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Trump says the US has “captured” (kidnapped) Maduro and Flores. The US is bombing and orchestrating a coup in Venezuela.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
#Venezuela
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Truthout @truthout.org · 18/12/2025
Mexico manufactures medical devices and medicines, but the majority are exported, leaving residents facing shortages. In both the U.S. and Mexico, Big Pharma is using monopolistic practices to dominate, and to marginalize public care.
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Big Pharma Is Making Mexico Sick. Medicine and Supply Shortages Are Rampant.
Mexico manufactures medical devices and medicines, but the majority are exported, leaving residents facing shortages.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Low turn out and a likely rightwing win, with a definite Libre loss in Honduras
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
"the airport" in which country and city?
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CounterPunch @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The U.S. military build-up in Latin America and the Caribbean is expanding faster than some may realize. U.S. soldiers and Marines have begun training in the jungles of Panama for the first time in decades.
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Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization
In an escalation of militarism toward Latin America, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the start of Operation Southern Spear to target so-called
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
As AI and bot manipulation is used increasingly by the right and elites, reliable, on-the-ground, quality reporting becomes even more vital. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/wo...
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How Mexico’s right wing used AI and influencers to create an anti-government movement
Right-wing led protests this weekend across Mexico were a bizarre attempt to copy-paste recent uprisings and protests in Nepal, the Philippines and Indonesia and were conjured up from AI campaigns, bo...
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
On the protests yesterday in Mexico znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
On the protests yesterday in Mexico znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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