Pedro Salgado

Our book on authoritarianism is finally available! Thanks to the efforts of @BoerriesN and all the editorial committee at @rls_irgac! And it's open access! You can download it at transcript-publishing.com/detail/index/s…

I'm gradually leaving Twitter. Haven't written anything in a while. Will delete app now. Might delete account later. Find me at blue sky and Ig. (Or just don't, I don't really care at this point.)

“We are outraged and deeply saddened by these killings… targeting a building knowing it is full of humanitarian workers and their families is unconscionable.” Read our statement following an Israeli attack on our shelter in #Gaza which killed 2 people 👇 msf.org/msf-strongly-c…

Quem se chocou com a comparação entre o Holocausto com o genocídio em Gaza pode não conhecer conceito de “necropolítica”, que muita gente sai usando por aí sem saber direito do que se trata. Segue o fio para entender a origem desse conceito 🧶👇🏿 📷: @DanArroyoFoto

Malcolm X: "You don't get freedom peacefully. Freedom is never safeguarded peacefully. Anyone who is depriving you of freedom isn't deserving of a peaceful approach by the ones who are being deprived of their freedom."

"Anarchy means mutual care and respect" Spotted in Wuppertal, Germany

“O BC tem a liberdade de ficar subindo ou manter o juro alto por tempo suficiente até a economia afundar e daí a expectativa ancorar. Minha opção seria segurar o juro até a economia afundar e a expectativa reancorar” Maria da Conceição Tavares comenta 👇

As terras do Brasil foram dadas como prêmio ao projeto de morte bem sucedido dos colonizadores e seus descentes. O marco temporal retoma essa destruição, a violência, o racismo, as políticas e práticas etnocidas e genocidas da colonização. #MarcoTemporalNão

Just saw a tweet by a professor in a social sciences discipline saying it is possible to "bring change without conflict" Seriously, what sociology are these people reading?

A summary of my new article exploring Latin American contributions to modes of production debate with focus on the work of Mariátegui and Zavaleta ppesydney.net/debating-modes… @AnnaFLaing @valguarn @samhalvorsen @pedrosalt @AnneFreeland

Fixed it: 'Realist IR aka "nothing can ever change, piss off, peasants! and btw I'm in charge" school of lack of thought and J Mearsheimer: a case for retirement'. Love his entry w 'we need a big theory to understand...' yeah, maybe understand before theorizing? How about that?

Diggers leader Gerrard Winstanley died on this day in 1676. He believed that Christianity which focused on individual salvation was bankrupt — and that Christ's message demanded rebuilding society in the common interest. tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/gerrar…

@o_ralda I've had this conversation four times last week, with different people. I wish I had tweeted this. Thank you!

Police as we know it today from LA to London would not exist but for imperialism overseas. Its tactics and arms from predictive policing to SWAT were invented, tried and tested for use on colonized black and brown folk. True story.

Alguém precisa fazer uma wiki do @medoedeliriobr pra listar as vírgulas e suas respectivas fontes/origens. Isso é proteção de patrimônio cultural.

I don’t know what’s worse: that he was fired or that he’s the only full history professor of African descent in ALL OF THE UK! Pathetic. The field is history in the UK needs to take a long hard look at themselves and ask how this can be theguardian.com/education/2023…

Yall play way too muchhhh☠️ “Take a Seat” and callin him Black Aquaman/Barnacle Boy I’m cryin-

Yo this is wild 😭 A group of white men attacked a black security guard after the security asked them to move their pontoon boat so the big Harriot can dock. They refused to & attacked the security guard. A group of black men seen & went defend him by beating the white men 💯🙌🏾

"O pensamento vazio dos brancos não consegue conviver com a ideia de viver à toa no mundo. Acham que o trabalho é a razão da existência deles. Eles escravizaram tanto os outros que agora precisam escravizar a si mesmos." Ailton Krenak