James North
@jamesnorth7.bsky.social
Covering the Global South for 50 years. Wrote “Freedom Rising,” about apartheid South Africa. Bylines @thenation.com, @newrepublic.com, @truthdig.com. Editor @Mondoweiss.net. Reporting about Trump's assault on #immigrants.
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James North
@jamesnorth7.bsky.social
· Oct 17
The Media Is Blowing a Big Story in Venezuela
With the president and his cronies ratcheting up their belligerence, the political press is failing to grasp how close we are to another regime change war.
newrepublic.com
Has everyone forgotten the disastrous U.S. invasion of #Iraq in 2003? Experts inside #Venezuela warn that Trump could be about to detonate a repeat tragedy. My detailed explanation @newrepublic.com.
@garrettepps.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
@garrettepps.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
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Ozzie Guillen, former star player and manager, is a hero to us Chicago White Sox fans. Right now he's in his native #Venezuela, managing the Aragua Tigers in winter baseball. Is my country really going to launch armed attacks against his country. @pabloreports.bsky.social @dceiver.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ozzie Guillen, former star player and manager, is a hero to us Chicago White Sox fans. Right now he's in his native #Venezuela, managing the Aragua Tigers in winter baseball. Is my country really going to launch armed attacks against his country. @pabloreports.bsky.social @dceiver.bsky.social
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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Farm workers in King City are harvesting lettuce going as fast as possible so they can finish before the rain begins. A strong rain could physically damage the plants and also increase food safety risks. To harvest rapidly, workers are bending down and barely stand up. #WeFeedYou
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Farm workers in King City are harvesting lettuce going as fast as possible so they can finish before the rain begins. A strong rain could physically damage the plants and also increase food safety risks. To harvest rapidly, workers are bending down and barely stand up. #WeFeedYou
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I stand with unionized Starbucks workers, who are on strike across the country right now for better wages and working conditions.
Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.
Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.
It’s Time to Roast Starbucks | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I stand with unionized Starbucks workers, who are on strike across the country right now for better wages and working conditions.
Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.
Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.
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The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
www.thenation.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Ozzie Guillen, former star player and manager, is a hero to us Chicago White Sox fans. Right now he's in his native #Venezuela, managing the Aragua Tigers in winter baseball. Is my country really going to launch armed attacks against his country. @pabloreports.bsky.social @dceiver.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ozzie Guillen, former star player and manager, is a hero to us Chicago White Sox fans. Right now he's in his native #Venezuela, managing the Aragua Tigers in winter baseball. Is my country really going to launch armed attacks against his country. @pabloreports.bsky.social @dceiver.bsky.social
These lies are an actual official tweet from America's Department of Homeland Security. The peaceful protesters are NOT "violent rioters." The street taco sellers and construction workers are NOT "some of the worst human beings on planet earth." @pabloreports.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
These lies are an actual official tweet from America's Department of Homeland Security. The peaceful protesters are NOT "violent rioters." The street taco sellers and construction workers are NOT "some of the worst human beings on planet earth." @pabloreports.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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A veto-proof House requires 290 votes. If we get this, or more in the House (and the momentum is certainly building) – the Republican Senators will feel dramatic pressure to do the same (67 votes). Release the Epstein files!
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A veto-proof House requires 290 votes. If we get this, or more in the House (and the momentum is certainly building) – the Republican Senators will feel dramatic pressure to do the same (67 votes). Release the Epstein files!
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
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Trump is bombing boats in the Caribbean almost daily — no evidence, no charges, just killings. How did the U.S. get here?
Greg Grandin reports.
Greg Grandin reports.
Trump’s Kill Zone in the Caribbean Is an Escalation of the Never-ending U.S. Drug War
The strikes on boats near Venezuela mark a new phase in a murderous war on Latin America that has been waged by 10 U.S. presidents.
inthesetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trump is bombing boats in the Caribbean almost daily — no evidence, no charges, just killings. How did the U.S. get here?
Greg Grandin reports.
Greg Grandin reports.
Why is Julie K. Brown apparently the only journalist in America who understands and can explain the #Epstein case? @jkbjournalist.bsky.social
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Why is Julie K. Brown apparently the only journalist in America who understands and can explain the #Epstein case? @jkbjournalist.bsky.social
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
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A podcast conversation (and transcript) with the terrific Lydia Polgreen of the NYT about my new book, The Second Emancipation, and about Africa's place in the world of today and tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A podcast conversation (and transcript) with the terrific Lydia Polgreen of the NYT about my new book, The Second Emancipation, and about Africa's place in the world of today and tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Mainstream media prattles on, parroting the fiction that the "ceasefire" is going just fine. Well, it is for #Israel, not so much for #Gaza, the #WestBank, or #Lebanon. But most people are not hearing about things like this:
aje.io/f6lizq
aje.io/f6lizq
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mainstream media prattles on, parroting the fiction that the "ceasefire" is going just fine. Well, it is for #Israel, not so much for #Gaza, the #WestBank, or #Lebanon. But most people are not hearing about things like this:
aje.io/f6lizq
aje.io/f6lizq
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Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing account from human rights lawyer and Gaza flotilla member Thomas Becker of his kidnap and torture by Israeli troops www.thenation.com/article/worl...
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing account from human rights lawyer and Gaza flotilla member Thomas Becker of his kidnap and torture by Israeli troops www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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A massive crime. In Trump's first term, he declared economic warfare against #Venezuela. So more than 7 million #Venezuelans fled; 800,000 came to the U.S. But now Trump removed their legal protections -- and wants to deport them. @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms
TPS expired for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans on Friday. Many are shuttering business, selling homes and boarding planes, or scrambling to find a way to stay.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A massive crime. In Trump's first term, he declared economic warfare against #Venezuela. So more than 7 million #Venezuelans fled; 800,000 came to the U.S. But now Trump removed their legal protections -- and wants to deport them. @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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We have a stunning story from @thomasbirm.bsky.social in @thenation.com. It's about how one of Israel's biggest companies, with deep ties to the IDF and illegal settlements, is taking over huge swathes of US real estate—with tenants paying the price. A MUST-read. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Eviction Kings
One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We have a stunning story from @thomasbirm.bsky.social in @thenation.com. It's about how one of Israel's biggest companies, with deep ties to the IDF and illegal settlements, is taking over huge swathes of US real estate—with tenants paying the price. A MUST-read. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Parts of Washington, D.C. are arguably already a "dementia village."
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Parts of Washington, D.C. are arguably already a "dementia village."