Fran Robles
@franroblesr.bsky.social
Politics Football Maradona Inequality Books
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I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Gruesome tour of the opportunists and new fusionists publishing the tech Zeitgeist in SF
bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...
bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...
Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia
Libs and the far-right ‘link and build’ in the Bay’s tech publication scene.
bayareacurrent.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Gruesome tour of the opportunists and new fusionists publishing the tech Zeitgeist in SF
bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...
bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...
Favorite hobby: starting new books without finishing the others.
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Favorite hobby: starting new books without finishing the others.
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SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux: July 1-3 - Mini-conference on ELITES AND POWER STRUCTURES - Please send all your submissions by tomorrow!! sase.org/events/2026-...
Bordeaux 2026 | SASE Annual Conferences
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December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux: July 1-3 - Mini-conference on ELITES AND POWER STRUCTURES - Please send all your submissions by tomorrow!! sase.org/events/2026-...
Is there any good bookstore to buy books from abroad US??
Suggestions ?
Suggestions ?
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Is there any good bookstore to buy books from abroad US??
Suggestions ?
Suggestions ?
Don’t forget this the next time someone in USA talks about “fighting the narcos.”
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Don’t forget this the next time someone in USA talks about “fighting the narcos.”
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I published a piece in this special issue of Social Research, “The Devil is in the Details:Gendered Violence and Corruption in South American Football.” I know it is behind a paywall for many, but the abstracts alone are pretty exciting.
Our long-awaited Fall 2025 issue, "Football Politics," is finally out! And just in time for the final round of the qualifying matches for #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WeAre26.
It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
1/2
It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social
🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
1/2
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I published a piece in this special issue of Social Research, “The Devil is in the Details:Gendered Violence and Corruption in South American Football.” I know it is behind a paywall for many, but the abstracts alone are pretty exciting.
In a country where football shapes daily life, how could missing the World Cup impact the Chávez government and its right-wing populist project?
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
In a country where football shapes daily life, how could missing the World Cup impact the Chávez government and its right-wing populist project?
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
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‘By going out of its way to appease its critics on the right – by, for example, providing disproportionate coverage of Reform and amplifying right-wing talking points from social media – the BBC has only fuelled the forces that are set on undermining it.’
Des Freedman
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Des Freedman
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Des Freedman | Whose BBC?
From the revelations about Jimmy Savile in 2012 to the gender pay gap debacle in 2017, the BBC was for many years its...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
‘By going out of its way to appease its critics on the right – by, for example, providing disproportionate coverage of Reform and amplifying right-wing talking points from social media – the BBC has only fuelled the forces that are set on undermining it.’
Des Freedman
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Des Freedman
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Haití desde la CUNA
What this Haiti team is doing is incredible 💙
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Haití desde la CUNA
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#CostaRica, often called “the Switzerland of Central America,” is now close to being eliminated from the 2026 World Cup. Ironically, its qualifying group includes some of the poorest countries in Latin America.
#WorldCup2026
#CostaRica, often called “the Switzerland of Central America,” is now close to being eliminated from the 2026 World Cup. Ironically, its qualifying group includes some of the poorest countries in Latin America.
#WorldCup2026
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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#CostaRica, often called “the Switzerland of Central America,” is now close to being eliminated from the 2026 World Cup. Ironically, its qualifying group includes some of the poorest countries in Latin America.
#WorldCup2026
#CostaRica, often called “the Switzerland of Central America,” is now close to being eliminated from the 2026 World Cup. Ironically, its qualifying group includes some of the poorest countries in Latin America.
#WorldCup2026
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IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
What an amazing movie to watch right now #Frankenstein.
In times when people like Musk, Bezos, or Zuckerberg truly believe they are gods, the film helps us reflect on who the real monsters are.
Gracias Guillermo del Toro
In times when people like Musk, Bezos, or Zuckerberg truly believe they are gods, the film helps us reflect on who the real monsters are.
Gracias Guillermo del Toro
a man wearing a hood and a mask looks at the camera
ALT: a man wearing a hood and a mask looks at the camera
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November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What an amazing movie to watch right now #Frankenstein.
In times when people like Musk, Bezos, or Zuckerberg truly believe they are gods, the film helps us reflect on who the real monsters are.
Gracias Guillermo del Toro
In times when people like Musk, Bezos, or Zuckerberg truly believe they are gods, the film helps us reflect on who the real monsters are.
Gracias Guillermo del Toro
Is there any good Bluesky list on Elite studies ??
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Is there any good Bluesky list on Elite studies ??
🚨 Call for Publications!
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The REAL Network and the Elites Studies Working Group are collecting recent publications articles, reports, books, or working papers on Elite Studies
If you’ve published something recently, share it with us!
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La Red Élites América Latina es un espacio de conexión entre las personas que investigan a las élites
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November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🚨 Call for Publications!
The REAL Network and the Elites Studies Working Group are collecting recent publications articles, reports, books, or working papers on Elite Studies
If you’ve published something recently, share it with us!
🗓️ Deadline: November 30th
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The REAL Network and the Elites Studies Working Group are collecting recent publications articles, reports, books, or working papers on Elite Studies
If you’ve published something recently, share it with us!
🗓️ Deadline: November 30th
More info: forms.gle/GVPZAw35gUvY...
This new short film delves into the city of Rosario and its legendary rivalry between the two great clubs: Rosario Central and Newell’s Old Boys.
youtu.be/UMhn7CpF6P4?...
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
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EL REFLEJO: el CLÁSICO ROSARINO | ÚNICOS #3 por Octavio GENCARELLI
YouTube video by GELATINA
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November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This new short film delves into the city of Rosario and its legendary rivalry between the two great clubs: Rosario Central and Newell’s Old Boys.
youtu.be/UMhn7CpF6P4?...
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
youtu.be/UMhn7CpF6P4?...
Cc @casmudde.bsky.social
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My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From the figure of the obscene rich to the fantasy of its destruction: on Succession, schadenfreude and the godlike power of the super-rich on screen
A significant part of contemporary popular culture portrays the rich as obscene, self-destructive, addicted and deranged. This article analyses the affective intensities circulating around this tro...
www.tandfonline.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In which I talk with the brilliant Marianne Hirsch (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Opinion | We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In which I talk with the brilliant Marianne Hirsch (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
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I am not even sure whether this is necessarily a very effective victory speech, but in terms of rhetorical skills, “The Speech” is next level.
Worth your time! 🙌
Worth your time! 🙌
Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I am not even sure whether this is necessarily a very effective victory speech, but in terms of rhetorical skills, “The Speech” is next level.
Worth your time! 🙌
Worth your time! 🙌
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I finally have a pdf version of my book chapter "Soccer as Civil Society" and I have now also made it freely available on my Researchgate page. Hope you like it! ⚽
(PDF) Soccer as Civil Society
PDF | On Aug 28, 2025, Cas Mudde published Soccer as Civil Society | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
www.researchgate.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I finally have a pdf version of my book chapter "Soccer as Civil Society" and I have now also made it freely available on my Researchgate page. Hope you like it! ⚽