Max Granger
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writer / translator • words at The Intercept, El País, The Baffler, Foreign Policy, etc • translating Central American journalism @elfaro.net • maxgranger.substack.com
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Max Granger
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St. Paul, MN. ICE abducted someone here yesterday.
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
St. Paul, MN. ICE abducted someone here yesterday.
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“My generation grew up in silence. We normalized war. We saw the tanks, the soldiers, the military checkpoints in broad daylight, the bombings in the city center, the bodies dumped in ditches like it was the most natural thing in the world… We normalized all of that.”
by @maxgranger.info
by @maxgranger.info
“In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth”
El Faro interviews Guatemalan performance artist Regina José Galindo, in my translation
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“My generation grew up in silence. We normalized war. We saw the tanks, the soldiers, the military checkpoints in broad daylight, the bombings in the city center, the bodies dumped in ditches like it was the most natural thing in the world… We normalized all of that.”
by @maxgranger.info
by @maxgranger.info
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"We cannot escape the horror
follows us
it is our shadow"
great piece. there's a link within the article below where you can read more. Anyway, yeah, these words absolutely rhyme and echo with what my family went through in Guatemala for so long. Haunting and vital, I recommend it.
follows us
it is our shadow"
great piece. there's a link within the article below where you can read more. Anyway, yeah, these words absolutely rhyme and echo with what my family went through in Guatemala for so long. Haunting and vital, I recommend it.
“My generation grew up in silence. We normalized war. We saw the tanks, the soldiers, the military checkpoints in broad daylight, the bombings in the city center, the bodies dumped in ditches like it was the most natural thing in the world… We normalized all of that.”
by @maxgranger.info
by @maxgranger.info
“In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth”
El Faro interviews Guatemalan performance artist Regina José Galindo, in my translation
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"We cannot escape the horror
follows us
it is our shadow"
great piece. there's a link within the article below where you can read more. Anyway, yeah, these words absolutely rhyme and echo with what my family went through in Guatemala for so long. Haunting and vital, I recommend it.
follows us
it is our shadow"
great piece. there's a link within the article below where you can read more. Anyway, yeah, these words absolutely rhyme and echo with what my family went through in Guatemala for so long. Haunting and vital, I recommend it.
Guatemalan performance artist Regina José Galindo talks about art, justice, and the politics of memory in country that has “normalized violence and acts of repressive power” and “does not live with the truth.”
My latest translation @elfaroenglish.bsky.social
My latest translation @elfaroenglish.bsky.social
Regina José Galindo, Performance Artist: “In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth”
She walked barefoot, leaving footprints of human blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen and become a virgin again. She had a doctor injected her in the ...
beta.elfaro.net
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Guatemalan performance artist Regina José Galindo talks about art, justice, and the politics of memory in country that has “normalized violence and acts of repressive power” and “does not live with the truth.”
My latest translation @elfaroenglish.bsky.social
My latest translation @elfaroenglish.bsky.social
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Interview: She left footprints of blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen. A doctor injected anesthesia as she read testimonies of genocide. Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo on the role of political art. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...
Regina José Galindo, Performance Artist: “In Guatemala, we don’t live with the truth”
She walked barefoot, leaving footprints of human blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen and become a virgin again. She had a doctor injected her in the ...
beta.elfaro.net
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Interview: She left footprints of blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen. A doctor injected anesthesia as she read testimonies of genocide. Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo on the role of political art. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...
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🗞️ Tarmac of Tears: Back in Guatemala, Trump’s Deportees Weep
Read Issue No. 7 of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...
Read Issue No. 7 of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...
Tarmac of Tears - Issue No. 7 - Nov. 15, 2025
beta.elfaro.net
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🗞️ Tarmac of Tears: Back in Guatemala, Trump’s Deportees Weep
Read Issue No. 7 of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...
Read Issue No. 7 of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...
Stage of capitalism where America gets trapped like a pinball between episodes of Portlandia and Black Mirror
Anti-ICE protesters held an 80’s-themed yoga class outside the Portland ICE facility.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Stage of capitalism where America gets trapped like a pinball between episodes of Portlandia and Black Mirror
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"'This project is furthering inhumanity, this project is furthering destruction, and we don’t need more nuclear weapons built by our citizens.'"
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"'This project is furthering inhumanity, this project is furthering destruction, and we don’t need more nuclear weapons built by our citizens.'"
Keeping America safe! 💪🇺🇸
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Keeping America safe! 💪🇺🇸
The "War on Drugs" is a war on the poor. Always has been.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The "War on Drugs" is a war on the poor. Always has been.
The "narco-terrorists" in question:
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The "narco-terrorists" in question:
The U.S. is scaling up its military presence in El Salvador as Trump threatens war with Venezuela and escalates a rampage of extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The U.S. is scaling up its military presence in El Salvador as Trump threatens war with Venezuela and escalates a rampage of extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
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🔴 BREAKING: Israel Launches New Wave of Strikes Across Southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has unleashed heavy airstrikes across various parts of...Lebanon in what Al Jazeera described as the most serious escalation since the ceasefire that ended the 2024 war with Hezbollah...
More details: ⬇️ 🧵
The Israeli military has unleashed heavy airstrikes across various parts of...Lebanon in what Al Jazeera described as the most serious escalation since the ceasefire that ended the 2024 war with Hezbollah...
More details: ⬇️ 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Israel Launches New Wave of Strikes Across Southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has unleashed heavy airstrikes across various parts of...Lebanon in what Al Jazeera described as the most serious escalation since the ceasefire that ended the 2024 war with Hezbollah...
More details: ⬇️ 🧵
The Israeli military has unleashed heavy airstrikes across various parts of...Lebanon in what Al Jazeera described as the most serious escalation since the ceasefire that ended the 2024 war with Hezbollah...
More details: ⬇️ 🧵
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“In El Salvador it was the gangs; in the United States and Europe, it’s migrants and refugees. Manufacturing an enemy facilitates the acceptance of extraordinary measures.” - Salvadoran journalist Julia Gavarrete
I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about the rise of fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.
‘Little by little, we’re realizing the true scale of human loss in El Salvador’
A conversation with Salvadoran journalist Julia Gavarrete, on fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele’s indefinite ‘state of exception.'
substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“In El Salvador it was the gangs; in the United States and Europe, it’s migrants and refugees. Manufacturing an enemy facilitates the acceptance of extraordinary measures.” - Salvadoran journalist Julia Gavarrete
ICYMI:
I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about the rise of fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.
‘Little by little, we’re realizing the true scale of human loss in El Salvador’
A conversation with Salvadoran journalist Julia Gavarrete, on fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele’s indefinite ‘state of exception.'
substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ICYMI:
Keeping America safe 💪🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Keeping America safe 💪🇺🇸
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A Salvadoran mayor and close ally of President Nayib Bukele paid a police death squad to murder at least 36 civilians, new witness testimony claims.
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A Salvadoran mayor and close ally of President Nayib Bukele paid a police death squad to murder at least 36 civilians, new witness testimony claims.
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
Bukele: “Thank you, Mayor, I’m the one taking notes.” 👍
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bukele: “Thank you, Mayor, I’m the one taking notes.” 👍
A Salvadoran mayor and close ally of President Nayib Bukele paid a police death squad to murder at least 36 civilians, new witness testimony claims.
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A Salvadoran mayor and close ally of President Nayib Bukele paid a police death squad to murder at least 36 civilians, new witness testimony claims.
Rest in piss, Dick
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Rest in piss, Dick
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Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about the rise of fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.
‘Little by little, we’re realizing the true scale of human loss in El Salvador’
A conversation with Salvadoran journalist Julia Gavarrete, on fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele’s indefinite ‘state of exception.'
substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about the rise of fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.
I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about the rise of fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.
‘Little by little, we’re realizing the true scale of human loss in El Salvador’
A conversation with Salvadoran journalist Julia Gavarrete, on fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele’s indefinite ‘state of exception.'
substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I spoke with Salvadoran journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social about the rise of fascism, militarism, and tech-bro gentrification under Nayib Bukele's indefinite state of exception.
My latest translation. A first-hand account of the early days of El Salvador's state of exception, by Carlos Martínez.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My latest translation. A first-hand account of the early days of El Salvador's state of exception, by Carlos Martínez.