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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 4h
Ahora en español - publicado por @ctxtbr.bsky.social ctxt.es/es/20261001/...
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Un Lula a la defensiva contra las fuerzas del trumpismo
Un filósofo, una científica social, un periodista y una activista ofrecen sus miradas sobre las próximas elecciones brasileñas
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What is happening in Brazil in October, and why does it matter? We asked a philosopher, a social scientist, a journalist and an organizer. Now up on North South Notes, featuring Rodrigo Nunes, Camila Rocha, Piero Locatelli and Stephanie Weatherbee Brito: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/how-to-wat...
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How to watch Brazil this month
Four illustrious guides to a crucial cycle
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Chicao Fernandes @chicao.io · 01/10/2026
Participacao do Rodrigo Nunes no @viracasacas.viracasacas.com e no North South Notes do Benvis. Bora ler
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What is happening in Brazil in October, and why does it matter? We asked a philosopher, a social scientist, a journalist and an organizer. Now up on North South Notes, featuring Rodrigo Nunes, Camila Rocha, Piero Locatelli and Stephanie Weatherbee Brito: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/how-to-wat...
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How to watch Brazil this month
Four illustrious guides to a crucial cycle
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pride and Dependency -- in a new letter from Cairo, reflections on the deep causes of a painful national paralysis. North South Notes : www.northsouthnotes.org/p/pride-and-...
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Pride and Dependency -- in a new letter from Cairo, reflections on the deep causes of a painful national paralysis. North South Notes : https://t.co/SXMhyaHqZ9
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Jennifer Szalai @jenszalai.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Really smart piece that captures how groupthink and perceived popularity can have enormous political implications.
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST) @mst.org.br is now one of the most famous social movements in the world. But not many people know they run their own publishing house. My interview with Miguel Yoshida, editor of Expressão Popular: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-stampede
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The stampede
An interview with Miguel Yoshida, editor of Expressão Popular
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Elon Musk obviously succeeded. The 'vibe shift' was a leveraged buyout --- North South Notes: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-vibe-s...
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The 'vibe shift' was a leveraged buyout
Media ownership matters
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST) @mst.org.br is now one of the most famous social movements in the world. But not many people know they run their own publishing house. My interview with Miguel Yoshida, editor of Expressão Popular: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-stampede
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The stampede
An interview with Miguel Yoshida, editor of Expressão Popular
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Is there such a thing as "left-wing" tactics? What about organizational models? Do tools have ideological content? Up now at North South Notes, with input from Serbian students, Rodrigo Nunes in Rio, and Bora Mema in Tirana: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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But leftistly
Do tools have ideological content?
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Tavos Silva 🇵🇸 @tavosmm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
o @vincentbevins.bsky.social compartilhou esse ensaio excelente de um ativista queniano e eu percebi o quão desligado eu sou do noticiario geopolítico africano. bsky.app/profile/vinc...
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The day we became Gen Z — by Njeri Mwangi and Kenya's Organic Intellectual Network — Two years of reflections since the 2024 revolt — North South Notes www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-day-we...
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The day we became Gen Z
Two years later in Nairobi
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John Duda @johnduda.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“These guys thought there was a giant red button marked VIOLENCE being guarded by a couple of queer studies professors, and all you have to do is smash it to subjugate countries at will.”
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Donald Trump did not just fail in Iran. MAGA's top-down assault on the world system in the first half of 2026 (what I tried to call an "autogolpe imperial") has been a flop. North South Notes — Botched coup part two: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/botched-co...
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Botched coup part two
Flailing empire updates
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Giving away some books for my birthday — who wants one
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Finding Elon — Searching for Muskism in Africa — by Efthimios Karayiannides — North South Notes www.northsouthnotes.org/p/finding-el...
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Finding Elon
Searching for Muskism in Africa and beyond
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/04/2026
‘It’s hard to think of other countries where “the students” could stand in for the entire political opposition.’ @vincentbevins.bsky.social on Serbia’s Novi Sad protests and their aftermath. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Vincent Bevins · Diary: Serbia’s Student Movement
On​ 1 November 2024, the canopy of a recently renovated train station in Novi Sad collapsed, killing sixteen people....
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Oliver Basciano @olibasciano.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is exciting but, if you are able and keen, it needs support!
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Announcement — I am now seeking support to officially launch a little global affairs magazine. We plan to pay writers all around the world, and pay them well, to do our small part to save knowledge and human civilization. It's a Substack. Please join us
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
From our correspondent in Condesa: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/art-in-the...
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Art in the Age of Claudia Sheinbaum
A report from Mexico
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
January geopolitics roundup: in which I try to coin the term "autogolpe imperial" and translate it too www.northsouthnotes.org/p/imperial-t...
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Imperial theater and the world-systemic self-coup
January 2026
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
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Taming the internet
From horizontal to vertical, from keyboards to screens
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Merry Christmas ! I am giving away a bunch of free books — who wants one
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Released today ! — paperback editions (US and UK)
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Just published on North South Notes — Who really killed Romania's election? www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-forest
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The forest
Who really killed Romania's election?
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
On December 2, we will release the paperback of If We Burn, with a new Afterword. There will be two English-language editions, one published in the US and one published in the UK www.northsouthnotes.org/p/news-lette...
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News Letter III
New editions; explosive mobilizations; errors and updates
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
What was behind the mass protests in Indonesia this year, and how did they change the country? From Jakarta, a report by Hanna Samosir, on an unfinished revolution
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The Burn Method
What was behind the mass protests in Indonesia this year, and how did they change the country? From Jakarta, a report on an unfinished Reformasi
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I wrote about Venezuela www.northsouthnotes.org/p/regime-col...
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Regime collapse
A new paradigm
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Si ardemos - la década de las protestas masivas y la revolución que no fue. Disponible hoy, publicado por @capitanswing.bsky.social capitanswing.com/libros/si-ar...
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
In 1998, the founders of Google famously wrote that any search engine powered by advertising revenues would be “inherently biased” and contrary to the interests of the user. Twenty-seven years and ~$1.9 trillion dollars in advertising revenue later... www.northsouthnotes.org/p/nostalgia-...
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Nostalgia for 2021
Missing (2023) — Directed by Will Merrick and Nicholas D. Johnson
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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Un inspirador trabajo de campo y análisis reconstructivo de los levantamientos populares masivos de la década pasada que impulsaron cambios y que nos pueden servir de aprendizaje para, por qué no, retomar la propuesta transformadora en el futuro. Si ardemos, de @vincentbevins.bsky.social. 19 mayo
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
For the fourth time since 2020, I am seeking help for victims of the 1965 atrocities in Indonesia. I am grateful for any support we can put together for this community www.gofundme.com/f/uju4m9-sup...
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Donate to Support for victims of 1965 in Indonesia, organized by Vincent Bevins
For the fourth time since 2020, I am seeking funds to support victims of the U… Vincent Bevins needs your support for Support for victims of 1965 in Indonesia
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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News Letter II
Landless Workers; Trumponomics; Spanish cover
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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Learning to read
Untricking and tricking myself
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Really great reporting by @vincentbevins.bsky.social
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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North South Notes | Vincent Bevins | Substack
A Web Log. Click to read North South Notes, by Vincent Bevins, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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Vincent Bevins e as revoluções perdidas
Jornalista norte-americano analisa as razões de tantos protestos na década passada terminarem com resultados quase sempre opostos ao que pretendiam
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST): www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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The US left in the Cold War
Negative conspiracy theory
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 26/02/2025
A big contender for movie of the year, "I'm Still Here" tells the story of a family that was destroyed by the Brazilian military dictatorship. Here's a review with some important historical context by @vincentbevins.bsky.social:
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I'm still here
Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here) — Directed by Walter Salles, 2024
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ALEXA DENTRO DA TORNOZELEIRA DO JAIR @capivara.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Só agora descobri que o @vincentbevins.bsky.social está por aqui e que If We Burn saiu em português. Leiam! www.boitempoeditorial.com.br/produto/a-de...
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A década da revolução perdida
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Essentially nothing happens, and the film has almost no political content. It made me weep and I will see it again, ten stars. I wrote about I'm Still Here: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/im-still-h...
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I'm still here
Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here) — Directed by Walter Salles, 2024
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Amanhã no Rio ! Com @cecillia.com.br e Rodrigo Nunes (acho que ele não está aqui, está?) ! 🧡
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Wrote about Indonesia's revolution, and David Van Reybrouck's Revolusi, for the London Review of Books www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Vincent Bevins · Operation Product: Revolution in Indonesia
Indonesia was the first country to declare independence in the wake of the Second World War, shortly after the surrender...
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Fernanda Torres, speaking to Vogue, on "I'm still here"
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Na quinta ! - Livraria Megafauna, São Paulo
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Essentially nothing happens, and the film has almost no political content. It made me weep and I will see it again, ten stars. I wrote about I'm Still Here: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/im-still-h...
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I'm still here
Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here) — Directed by Walter Salles, 2024
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