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Rubén Campos

@rubencampos.bsky.social

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South Asia, Democracy & Nonviolent Movements Scholar. @clubdemadrid.bsky.social Programs Director @rielcano.bsky.social Senior Fellow. Proud father-29 years in love with my wife. https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/campos-ruben/

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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · Nov 10

Our blessed homeland, their barbarous wastes @tomgauld.bsky.social

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2h

"The main actors of the genocide will have to answer to justice."

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez says the ceasefire deal ending Israel's war on Gaza should not mean Israel’s conduct should be forgotten, saying “there cannot be impunity”.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ky7rx1

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 4h

1. Using humor & mockery to punch holes in fear-based authoritarian power grabs is a tried & true method

2. 1 point of such display is inspiring folks to see they're not alone in anger at this regime; that most folks agree w/them; & to fuel action

3. It's not aimed at DJT

It's building a movement

burlygiant.bsky.social @burlygiant.bsky.social · 12h

If only the Germans had dressed in animal costumes in the 1920's and 30's, Hitler would have been stopped in his tracks. I'm all for humour and satire but it's going to take more than some funny costumes.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone looking for motivation during these dark times, listen to @mayorofchicago.bsky.social who so eloquently presents a voice of #Resistance. Drawing from our collective history, he explains where we are today and what we need to do to push back against the growing autocracy 👇

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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GWL Voices @gwlvoices.bsky.social · 4d

In Montevideo, GWL Voices & @clubdemadrid.bsky.social hosted Transformative Leadership and Inclusive Democracy, bringing leaders together to advance women’s political participation and equality across Latin America. 💪✨ #GWLVoices #GenderEquality

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Club de Madrid @clubdemadrid.bsky.social · 4d

🌍 In Montevideo, @clubdemadrid.bsky.social & @aecid.bsky.social hosted the regional meeting "Transformative Leadership & Inclusive Democracy”, gathering political leaders, former Heads of State, and gender experts to strengthen democracy in Latin America.

#ClubdeMadrid #Beijing30

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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · 2d

una muy inquietante. Ni Francisco tenía un rol tan político en temas como migración y ahora desinformación. Y menos mal porque podría no tenerlo

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 10d

I don't know where this revisionism has come from about the suffragettes - people saying "if the suffragettes were around today, they'd be considered terrorists."

The suffragettes were arrested and tortured, sexually assaulted and beaten by the state. They *were* considered terrorists!

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 11d

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · 10d

Trying the Wire without subtitles is a good test for your English "native" level

a man is sitting in a car with the letter a on the window

ALT: a man is sitting in a car with the letter a on the window

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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · 11d

All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall has died.

She was truly a beacon of light in this world.

I had the good fortune of seeing her speak shortly before COVID arrived. She showed such warmth, compassion, integrity, and intelligence.

Jane, the animals thank you for your selfless work.

www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

www.nbcnews.com

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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 15d

Great starter pack from @rubencampos.bsky.social I am honored to be included. 🙏✊

Want a feed that helps you rise to this historic moment? Click follow all.

Mass organizing & civil resistance are our best strategies for both defeating authoritarianism and creating the just futures we all deserve.

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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks @giantwhispers.bsky.social and please to all suggest any missing activists, experts and organizations to be included, especially from the Global South where more voices are needed in the starter pack

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crazy1689.bsky.social @crazy1689.bsky.social · 18d

go.bsky.app/U8AjoRy

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 18d

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 18d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Climate, Economic and Social Justice @amnestycesj.bsky.social · 20d

Amnesty was honored to share the stage with our colleagues @hrw.org and a distinguished panel from @clubdemadrid.bsky.social to have a direct, practical conversation about how we can fight for solidarity and human rights at a time of global fracturing, rising inequality, and attacks on human rights

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 19d

Dozens of former world leaders have joined the global call to make Big Oil & Gas pay for the destruction they’ve caused.

8 in 10 people worldwide support taxing fossil fuel giants to pay for climate damages.

Now, leaders from five continents are backing that call.

Former world leaders call for new climate taxes on oil & gas industry: Greenpeace comment - Greenpeace International

This year’s COP30 in Brazil must affirm the polluter pays principle and take steps to ensure that the fossil fuel industry and other high emitting sectors contribute to the escalating cost of climate ...

www.greenpeace.org

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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · 19d

UNGA feeling at the moment in New York

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20d

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube.

It would be a shame for you to share it

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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22d

the Brazilian right is attempting to pass measures through the legislature to shield Bolsonaro and other legislators from the legal consequences of the failed coup, for which Bolsonaro was recently sentenced to 27 years. these photos are of the massive protests in response.

Lula @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social · 22d

Estou do lado do povo brasileiro. As manifestações de hoje demonstram que a população não quer a impunidade, nem a anistia. O Congresso Nacional deve se concentrar em medidas que tragam benefícios para o povo brasileiro.

Montagem com fotos de manifestações pelo Brasil

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Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · 23d

Tras ver la tercera temporada el que tengo miedo soy yo porque la cuarta sea tan bodrio... Cero capítulos cool y varios tostoncios
Por mi la próxima podría ser un crossover continuo con Lower Decks

Rubén Campos @rubencampos.bsky.social · 23d

Exactamente la que iba a proponer. Todo un clásico centralista

a man in a red sweater with a star trek pin on his chest

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