Peter James Hudson
@darkfinance.bsky.social
Writer, historian, associate professor of geography. Author Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean. Working on histories of Pan-Africanism and racial capitalism.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo26032761.html
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As governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney blocked Venezuela from accessing $1 billion of its own gold after coordinated pressure from Washington and the far-right Venezuelan opposition, directly aiding a US-led regime change effort and worsening a humanitarian crisis.
Mark Carney’s silence on Venezuela reveals complicity
On September 2, the US military bombed a boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 civilians. Regional leaders denounced the attack as murder, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney remained silent. His stan...
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January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
As governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney blocked Venezuela from accessing $1 billion of its own gold after coordinated pressure from Washington and the far-right Venezuelan opposition, directly aiding a US-led regime change effort and worsening a humanitarian crisis.
Who is to say he won't depose Carney next?
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Who is to say he won't depose Carney next?
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The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
Nothing is right and everything will go wrong.
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Nothing is right and everything will go wrong.
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❗️CBS News: Maduro foi capturado pela Delta Force, a unidade de elite do Exército dos EUA
🚨 AGORA: s.rtbrasil.com/jnc
🚨 AGORA: s.rtbrasil.com/jnc
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
❗️CBS News: Maduro foi capturado pela Delta Force, a unidade de elite do Exército dos EUA
🚨 AGORA: s.rtbrasil.com/jnc
🚨 AGORA: s.rtbrasil.com/jnc
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Venezuelan media report that the United States also struck the Cuartel de la Montaña complex in Caracas, a former military museum that was converted into Hugo Chávez’s mausoleum after his death.
The remains of the former Venezuelan leader are kept there.
The remains of the former Venezuelan leader are kept there.
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Venezuelan media report that the United States also struck the Cuartel de la Montaña complex in Caracas, a former military museum that was converted into Hugo Chávez’s mausoleum after his death.
The remains of the former Venezuelan leader are kept there.
The remains of the former Venezuelan leader are kept there.
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VIDEO: Ruido de helicópteros y fuertes explosiones en Caracas
VIDEO: Ruido de helicópteros y fuertes explosiones en Caracas
esrt.space
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
VIDEO: Ruido de helicópteros y fuertes explosiones en Caracas
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Reportan explosiones en Caracas
Reportan explosiones en Caracas
esrt.space
January 3, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Reportan explosiones en Caracas
Thank you, Haiti. Happy Independence Day!
January 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Thank you, Haiti. Happy Independence Day!
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🇨🇩 A DR Congo supporter stood motionless in the stands, dressed as Patrice Lumumba, for the full 90 mins of the country’s Africa Cup of Nations match against Botswana, in Morocco.
Back home, the DRC is fighting a war in the east against Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, driving the world’s second-largest...
Back home, the DRC is fighting a war in the east against Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, driving the world’s second-largest...
December 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🇨🇩 A DR Congo supporter stood motionless in the stands, dressed as Patrice Lumumba, for the full 90 mins of the country’s Africa Cup of Nations match against Botswana, in Morocco.
Back home, the DRC is fighting a war in the east against Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, driving the world’s second-largest...
Back home, the DRC is fighting a war in the east against Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, driving the world’s second-largest...
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiit. RIP Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
December 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiit. RIP Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
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We're reflecting on the past year and remembering the artists we've lost in 2025, including Roberta Flack. Please join us in celebrating her musical legacy today and EVERY day.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We're reflecting on the past year and remembering the artists we've lost in 2025, including Roberta Flack. Please join us in celebrating her musical legacy today and EVERY day.
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album.ink/RFlackCT
"Socialists come out to plaaay!"
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"Socialists come out to plaaay!"
Stanger Things is running down Running Up That Hill.
December 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Stanger Things is running down Running Up That Hill.
If a university press asks you to review a manuscript, ask the about boycott certifications.
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
If a university press asks you to review a manuscript, ask the about boycott certifications.
Many thanks to The Progressive International who interviewed me about Wall Street, banking, and the histoy of imperialism in the Caribbean.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Another win, back to the top & it’s still not good enough? Will obviously feel amazing if we win something but the building narrative of the last few years is suffocating & the relatively unfair pressure on this group of players (& the fans) is sucking a lot of the joy out of the journey.
December 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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We need to rename Education and Healthcare and Social Services to be Ukraine.
Canada to provide $2.5 billion in economic aid for Ukraine - Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned new Russian air attacks and announced additional economic assistance for Ukraine as he and the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stood side-by-side.
Canada to provide $2.5 billion in economic aid for Ukraine
Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned new Russian air attacks and announced additional economic assistance for Ukraine as he and the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stood side-by-side.
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December 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We need to rename Education and Healthcare and Social Services to be Ukraine.
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An industry is 100% white: nothing to see here
An industry becomes 99% white: grab the rocket launchers, file the lawsuits, make up the imaginary white men who are being discriminated against otherwise we will all die
An industry becomes 99% white: grab the rocket launchers, file the lawsuits, make up the imaginary white men who are being discriminated against otherwise we will all die
@startribune.com finally stands up for the truly forgotten! White men! Can't make this shit up
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Opinion | You can’t be diverse if you exclude white men
Those year-end book lists that claim to be all about diversity often seem to miss this one major demographic, Annie Holmquist writes.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An industry is 100% white: nothing to see here
An industry becomes 99% white: grab the rocket launchers, file the lawsuits, make up the imaginary white men who are being discriminated against otherwise we will all die
An industry becomes 99% white: grab the rocket launchers, file the lawsuits, make up the imaginary white men who are being discriminated against otherwise we will all die
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#OtD 25 Dec 1522 a Muslim-led revolt of enslaved people occured in Santo Domingo against Columbus' son on his plantation. Armed with machetes, the rebels succeeded in killing a number of colonial settlers before the insurrection was quelled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9720...
December 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#OtD 25 Dec 1522 a Muslim-led revolt of enslaved people occured in Santo Domingo against Columbus' son on his plantation. Armed with machetes, the rebels succeeded in killing a number of colonial settlers before the insurrection was quelled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9720...
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Gaza university students wrote about the devastation, loss and grief of the last two years, producing an anthology of their reflections and poems
We Are Still Here: What it feels like to live through Gaza's genocide
Gaza university students wrote about the devastation, loss and grief of the last two years, producing an anthology of their reflections and poems
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December 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Gaza university students wrote about the devastation, loss and grief of the last two years, producing an anthology of their reflections and poems
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In this Ep (4) Daryl Li discusses a new report on the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine by the AAUP & Middle East Studies Association. We discuss the history of Title VI, academic freedom, and the roles Democrats and Republicans played in how we got here.
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
In this Ep (4) Daryl Li discusses a new report on the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine by the AAUP & Middle East Studies Association. We discuss the history of Title VI, academic freedom, and the roles Democrats and Republicans played in how we got here.
Trump Class Battleship.
December 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Trump Class Battleship.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar clearly demonstrates that massa day is not, in fact, done.
December 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Kamla Persad-Bissessar clearly demonstrates that massa day is not, in fact, done.
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.