James Fitzgerald
@jamesfitz2.bsky.social
Associate Prof Security Studies School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. Visiting Prof at NetLab Federal Univeristy of Rio de Janeiro. Co-founder Erasmus IMSISS. Into conspiracies & disinformation lately (academically)
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James Fitzgerald
@jamesfitz2.bsky.social
· Apr 16
The extraction ideology: Brazilian pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency
Almost a century since the birth of modern Propaganda Studies, familiar dynamics continue to drive the literature. With a majority of scholarship emanating from the Global North, localized and cult...
www.tandfonline.com
Latest article with NetLab, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, w/Rose Marie Santini and Débora Salles.
The Extraction Ideology: Pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Extraction Ideology: Pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Brazilian lawmakers are debating a bill that would expand the definition of terrorism to include the activities of organised crime.
Piece by Dr James Fitzgerald @jamesfitz2.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Security Studies at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3GbJdIu
Piece by Dr James Fitzgerald @jamesfitz2.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Security Studies at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3GbJdIu
June 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Brazilian lawmakers are debating a bill that would expand the definition of terrorism to include the activities of organised crime.
Piece by Dr James Fitzgerald @jamesfitz2.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Security Studies at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3GbJdIu
Piece by Dr James Fitzgerald @jamesfitz2.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Security Studies at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3GbJdIu
My third of three pieces on the potential (re-)classification of organised crime as terrorism in Brazil.
Published today in @theconversation.com @ufrjoficial.bsky.social
theconversation.com/brazils-dang...
Published today in @theconversation.com @ufrjoficial.bsky.social
theconversation.com/brazils-dang...
Brazil’s dangerous flirtation with counterterrorism
Brazilian lawmakers are debating a bill that would expand the definition of terrorism to include the activities of organised crime.
theconversation.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My third of three pieces on the potential (re-)classification of organised crime as terrorism in Brazil.
Published today in @theconversation.com @ufrjoficial.bsky.social
theconversation.com/brazils-dang...
Published today in @theconversation.com @ufrjoficial.bsky.social
theconversation.com/brazils-dang...
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
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it is Illegal to not enjoy this. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's Military Birthday Parade Was a Gross Failure
Trump got the expensive military parade he wanted on his birthday, courtesy of Lockheed Martin, Palantir, and American taxpayers.
www.rollingstone.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
it is Illegal to not enjoy this. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
I’m published today in @folha.com, Brazil’s paper of record.
I argue against the motion that organised crime in Brazil be re-classified as ‘terrorism’.
In the other ‘corner’, Cláudio Castro, the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, argues for the motion.
I argue against the motion that organised crime in Brazil be re-classified as ‘terrorism’.
In the other ‘corner’, Cláudio Castro, the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, argues for the motion.
#Opinião
📝 James Fitzgerald | O crime organizado deve ser enquadrado como terrorismo? NÃO. Facções não têm propósito político, mas interesse financeiro; estratégia de 'guerra ao terror' tende a corroer normas democráticas e processuais
📝 James Fitzgerald | O crime organizado deve ser enquadrado como terrorismo? NÃO. Facções não têm propósito político, mas interesse financeiro; estratégia de 'guerra ao terror' tende a corroer normas democráticas e processuais
Opinião - James Fitzgerald: O crime organizado deve ser enquadrado como terrorismo? NÃO
Facções não têm propósito político, mas interesse financeiro; estratégia de 'guerra ao terror' tende a corroer normas democráticas e processuais
mla.bs
June 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’m published today in @folha.com, Brazil’s paper of record.
I argue against the motion that organised crime in Brazil be re-classified as ‘terrorism’.
In the other ‘corner’, Cláudio Castro, the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, argues for the motion.
I argue against the motion that organised crime in Brazil be re-classified as ‘terrorism’.
In the other ‘corner’, Cláudio Castro, the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, argues for the motion.
Reposted by James Fitzgerald
This @willsommer.bsky.social piece, on MAGA influencers embedding with law enforcement to capture cruel images of migrants for their social media followings, really captures what I'm talking about in my piece below on MAGA's deep structural problem here.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-viciou...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-viciou...
June 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This @willsommer.bsky.social piece, on MAGA influencers embedding with law enforcement to capture cruel images of migrants for their social media followings, really captures what I'm talking about in my piece below on MAGA's deep structural problem here.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-viciou...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-viciou...
My piece “Brazil’s Precarious Counterterrorism Project” is published today, in Português, in Outras Palavras (Other Words), as part of ongoing collaboration with NetLab, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
outraspalavras.net/direita-assa...
outraspalavras.net/direita-assa...
Brasil: O perigoso projeto “contraterrorista” | Outras Palavras
Congresso debate proposta que equipara ação de grupos como o PCC a “terror”. É demagógica e ameaçadora. Ao dotar o Estado de carta-branca para perseguir e punir, ameaça a democracia, sob pretexto de e...
outraspalavras.net
June 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My piece “Brazil’s Precarious Counterterrorism Project” is published today, in Português, in Outras Palavras (Other Words), as part of ongoing collaboration with NetLab, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
outraspalavras.net/direita-assa...
outraspalavras.net/direita-assa...
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75% of American researchers & scientists are considering leaving the US
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
75% of American researchers & scientists are considering leaving the US
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Looking forward to presenting at this “International Workshop on Technology Justice For/From the Global South” tomorrow, at PUC-Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Will speak about genealogies of (critical) terrorism studies and how it intersects with current perspectives in disinformation studies.
Will speak about genealogies of (critical) terrorism studies and how it intersects with current perspectives in disinformation studies.
April 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Looking forward to presenting at this “International Workshop on Technology Justice For/From the Global South” tomorrow, at PUC-Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Will speak about genealogies of (critical) terrorism studies and how it intersects with current perspectives in disinformation studies.
Will speak about genealogies of (critical) terrorism studies and how it intersects with current perspectives in disinformation studies.
Latest article with NetLab, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, w/Rose Marie Santini and Débora Salles.
The Extraction Ideology: Pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Extraction Ideology: Pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The extraction ideology: Brazilian pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency
Almost a century since the birth of modern Propaganda Studies, familiar dynamics continue to drive the literature. With a majority of scholarship emanating from the Global North, localized and cult...
www.tandfonline.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Latest article with NetLab, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, w/Rose Marie Santini and Débora Salles.
The Extraction Ideology: Pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Extraction Ideology: Pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency.
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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While Grok holds only a small market share compared to ChatGPT’s 62.5% dominance, access to vast government databases could provide a crucial competitive advantage.
February 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
While Grok holds only a small market share compared to ChatGPT’s 62.5% dominance, access to vast government databases could provide a crucial competitive advantage.
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Remember our conversation in 2016?
Data has become the oil of the 21st century, and Elon Musk’s pursuit of IRS taxpayer data represents a modern version of industrial monopoly building
Data has become the oil of the 21st century, and Elon Musk’s pursuit of IRS taxpayer data represents a modern version of industrial monopoly building
February 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Remember our conversation in 2016?
Data has become the oil of the 21st century, and Elon Musk’s pursuit of IRS taxpayer data represents a modern version of industrial monopoly building
Data has become the oil of the 21st century, and Elon Musk’s pursuit of IRS taxpayer data represents a modern version of industrial monopoly building
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Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.
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This is one gigantic five alarm fire.
NEW: DOGE-affiliated employee has accessed IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
DOGE-affiliated employee has accessed IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information
The Integrated Data Retrieval System allows IRS employees to access taxpayer information.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is one gigantic five alarm fire.
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Mind boggling when you see the entire confirmed list of agencies with mass firing of probationary employees, :
February 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Mind boggling when you see the entire confirmed list of agencies with mass firing of probationary employees, :
What’s not a “journey” these days.
Iconic mandatory cyber security journey vibes.
Iconic mandatory cyber security journey vibes.
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What’s not a “journey” these days.
Iconic mandatory cyber security journey vibes.
Iconic mandatory cyber security journey vibes.
The best piece on Musk & DOGE that I’ve yet read.
Finally, someone zones in on the video game vernacular that shapes so much of his (pathetic) behaviour and the juvenile frames by which his acts of destruction are carried out.
There is no reset button.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Finally, someone zones in on the video game vernacular that shapes so much of his (pathetic) behaviour and the juvenile frames by which his acts of destruction are carried out.
There is no reset button.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Opinion | Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work.
Everything is content.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The best piece on Musk & DOGE that I’ve yet read.
Finally, someone zones in on the video game vernacular that shapes so much of his (pathetic) behaviour and the juvenile frames by which his acts of destruction are carried out.
There is no reset button.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Finally, someone zones in on the video game vernacular that shapes so much of his (pathetic) behaviour and the juvenile frames by which his acts of destruction are carried out.
There is no reset button.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
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not a new observation but Elon Musk genuinely isn't very bright, genuinely has no idea how most things work, and his entire supergenius engineer persona is a tech press-enabled mythology (they've never been held accountable for)
February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
not a new observation but Elon Musk genuinely isn't very bright, genuinely has no idea how most things work, and his entire supergenius engineer persona is a tech press-enabled mythology (they've never been held accountable for)
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My latest column just appeared in Science, entitled "Free speech, fact-checking, and the right to accurate information”. (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) I use one of President Trump’s first executive orders to unpack the terrain between misinformation and claims to free speech 1/n
Free speech, fact checking, and the right to accurate information
True to his campaign promises, on 20 January 2025, US President Donald Trump signed a broad range of Executive Orders, the scope of which ranged from renaming the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” t...
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My latest column just appeared in Science, entitled "Free speech, fact-checking, and the right to accurate information”. (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) I use one of President Trump’s first executive orders to unpack the terrain between misinformation and claims to free speech 1/n
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"Do online conspiracy theories have any impact? Do disinformation campaigns work?"
February 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Do online conspiracy theories have any impact? Do disinformation campaigns work?"
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Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.
February 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.