Yesenia Barragan, she/they
@yeseniabarragan.bsky.social
historian of Latin America & African diaspora @Rutgers. Latinx surrealist & mama. proud working-class first-gen daughter of immigrants.
✍🏽 A COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN: AFRICAN AMERICANS & THE PROMISE OF ANTEBELLUM LATIN AMERICA (forthcoming); FREEDOM’S CAPTIVES
✍🏽 A COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN: AFRICAN AMERICANS & THE PROMISE OF ANTEBELLUM LATIN AMERICA (forthcoming); FREEDOM’S CAPTIVES
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My forthcoming book A COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE PROMISE OF ANTEBELLUM LATIN AMERICA has a home! I am thrilled to be publishing with BASIC BOOKS and the supremely brilliant @rubenwrites.bsky.social and can’t wait to share with the world soon! Vamos!!!!!
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And it only cost Americans a quarter billion in taxpayer money
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And it only cost Americans a quarter billion in taxpayer money
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You can read more of Dr. Marquez's research on freedom suits in the South Atlantic world in HAHR here from @dukepress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1215/0018...
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You can read more of Dr. Marquez's research on freedom suits in the South Atlantic world in HAHR here from @dukepress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1215/0018...
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the lady who ran pro wrestling decided to reboot education
Linda McMahon: "The states will have less requirements because more money will go in block grants to the states ... I have called for a hard reset of education because we have failed our students."
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
the lady who ran pro wrestling decided to reboot education
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Please do not let anyone ever tell you that there were not movements of people opposed to slavery, pretty much wherever it existed.
Prince Hall & his collaborators twice endeavored to pass legislation in the Massachusetts state senate to end slavery. In a 1777 petition they argued for “the Natural Right of all Men” & against “the inconsistency of [people] acting themselves the part which they condemn and oppose in others . . .”
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Please do not let anyone ever tell you that there were not movements of people opposed to slavery, pretty much wherever it existed.
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Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
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WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
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Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses lawmakers of sedition
Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses lawmakers of sedition
Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses lawmakers of sedition
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses lawmakers of sedition
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So just so everyone is clear about what this is : Mike Johnson and the executive branch are normalizing the claim that any kind of dissent that is fact based is treason and an executable offense to the fascist regime.
This is the intellectual framework for the mass murder of your opposition.
This is the intellectual framework for the mass murder of your opposition.
Mike Johnson responds to my question about saying Democrats committed treasonable by death
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So just so everyone is clear about what this is : Mike Johnson and the executive branch are normalizing the claim that any kind of dissent that is fact based is treason and an executable offense to the fascist regime.
This is the intellectual framework for the mass murder of your opposition.
This is the intellectual framework for the mass murder of your opposition.
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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NEW: I spent a week in Connecticut’s only immigration court, where thousands of people each year learn if they can stay in the United States.
The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator.
My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator.
My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
A week inside the opaque court where CT immigrants learn their fate
The courtroom often resembles an assembly line, with many cases taking less than five minutes.
www.ctinsider.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: I spent a week in Connecticut’s only immigration court, where thousands of people each year learn if they can stay in the United States.
The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator.
My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator.
My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
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Un acto muy necesario en el lugar y el día que tenía que ser.
@mark-bray.bsky.social, profesor y autor de Antifa visita la combativa Facultad de CCPP y Sociología de la Complutense para presentar su libro y hablar de la situación que se vive en EEUU y que le ha llevado al exilio
El #20N a las 12h.
@mark-bray.bsky.social, profesor y autor de Antifa visita la combativa Facultad de CCPP y Sociología de la Complutense para presentar su libro y hablar de la situación que se vive en EEUU y que le ha llevado al exilio
El #20N a las 12h.
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Un acto muy necesario en el lugar y el día que tenía que ser.
@mark-bray.bsky.social, profesor y autor de Antifa visita la combativa Facultad de CCPP y Sociología de la Complutense para presentar su libro y hablar de la situación que se vive en EEUU y que le ha llevado al exilio
El #20N a las 12h.
@mark-bray.bsky.social, profesor y autor de Antifa visita la combativa Facultad de CCPP y Sociología de la Complutense para presentar su libro y hablar de la situación que se vive en EEUU y que le ha llevado al exilio
El #20N a las 12h.
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El lunes 24 @mark-bray.bsky.social inaugura junto a Ramón del Castillo y Vicente Ordóñez el ciclo sobre viejos y nuevos fascismos de La pecera y el taller de estudios culturales de la UNED.
Ojo, por cuestiones de espacio la sesión será en el @ateneomaliciosa.net
Ojo, por cuestiones de espacio la sesión será en el @ateneomaliciosa.net
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
El lunes 24 @mark-bray.bsky.social inaugura junto a Ramón del Castillo y Vicente Ordóñez el ciclo sobre viejos y nuevos fascismos de La pecera y el taller de estudios culturales de la UNED.
Ojo, por cuestiones de espacio la sesión será en el @ateneomaliciosa.net
Ojo, por cuestiones de espacio la sesión será en el @ateneomaliciosa.net
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“I do think that Maga is a fascist movement, I do think that the intent of the administration is to destroy opposition and protest and is to create an authoritarian system”
Death threats and accusations: the professor targeted by the US far right
Mark Bray has become one of the highest-profile people caught up in Donald Trump’s efforts to target Antifa
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“I do think that Maga is a fascist movement, I do think that the intent of the administration is to destroy opposition and protest and is to create an authoritarian system”
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
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My Antifa book is on the New York Times Bestseller list 8 years after publication.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My Antifa book is on the New York Times Bestseller list 8 years after publication.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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Rubio is working on legal grounds to persecute antifa. Four foreign groups are now Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and they hope to designate them FTOs. Only one is actually an antifascist group: Hungary has previously focused on Antifa Ost (Hammerbande).
www.state.gov/releases/202...
www.state.gov/releases/202...
Designations of Antifa Ost and Three Other Violent Antifa Groups - United States Department of State
Today, the Department of State announces the designation of Antifa Ost, Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front, Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense...
www.state.gov
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Rubio is working on legal grounds to persecute antifa. Four foreign groups are now Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and they hope to designate them FTOs. Only one is actually an antifascist group: Hungary has previously focused on Antifa Ost (Hammerbande).
www.state.gov/releases/202...
www.state.gov/releases/202...
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Demain mercredi 12 novembre de 17h à 20h30 à l’EHESS (54 boulevard Raspail, 75014 Paris), dans le cadre du Séminaire Politique des Sciences (PdS): « La capture du récit historique par l’extrême droite » Aux côtés de Mark Bray,
@thomaslemahieu.bsky.social , Michèle Riot-Sarcey et Natacha Coquery.
@thomaslemahieu.bsky.social , Michèle Riot-Sarcey et Natacha Coquery.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Demain mercredi 12 novembre de 17h à 20h30 à l’EHESS (54 boulevard Raspail, 75014 Paris), dans le cadre du Séminaire Politique des Sciences (PdS): « La capture du récit historique par l’extrême droite » Aux côtés de Mark Bray,
@thomaslemahieu.bsky.social , Michèle Riot-Sarcey et Natacha Coquery.
@thomaslemahieu.bsky.social , Michèle Riot-Sarcey et Natacha Coquery.
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...