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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · 13d

Launching my new seminar on Saint-Domingue and the world of the Haitian Revolution—looking fwd to discussing excellent works, esp. new books by Marlene Daut, @juliagaffield.bsky.social, and @malickghachem.bsky.social.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20d

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22d

Israeli forces have launched a new wave of attacks on Gaza, killing at least 83 Palestinians, including 19 near al-Shifa and al-Ahli hospitals, the besieged enclave’s last functioning medical facilities aje.io/uwsj7b

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23d

Israel has dehumanised Palestinians for decades, eventually leading to the current Gaza genocide, say analysts.

Dehumanisation: How Israel is able to commit its genocide in Gaza

Israel has dehumanised Palestinians for decades, eventually leading to the current Gaza genocide, say analysts.

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · 23d

My thanks also to Kirsten Schultz (Seton Hall) for a keen and generous review of Peopling for Profit that appeared earlier in @tamquarterly.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/tam.....
For open access to the book:
doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · 24d

+I'm w/@thiagokrause.bsky.social re: the problem w/historical analogies: Itaboraí=slave trafficker ensconced in Brazilian political and banking institutions & going after liberal nemeses protesting conservative election rigging. Not a good normative example. www.opodereaescravidao.com/banco-de-dados

José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · 24d

Good take by @ceclynch.bsky.social on the "reactionary offensive" & amnesty as a form of erasure. But must recall that "liberal democracy" hasn't worked for the growing numbers of non-unionized and gig workers filling the ranks of "reactionary populism"–so we must not idealize it either.

Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social · 25d

Brazil must read of the weekend, by @ceclynch.bsky.social

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 24d

Anyway, here's an email I sent @UofCalifornia President Milliken and @UCBerkeley Chancellor Lyons, on their disgraceful decision to prematurely forward names to DOE for political harassment.

UC faculty, staff, students *systemwide* are in peril. Terrible, self-defeating choice.

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · 24d

Where is the doleful mourning of the punditry? In terms of magnitude, any which way they look at this, it exceeds any single tragedy by exactly thousands of levels.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25d

Israeli forces have intensified bombardment in Gaza City, destroying three residential blocks and killing at least 53 Palestinians, as families forcibly flee ahead of new evacuation orders aje.io/jq6a8m

José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you to Jeffrey Lesser @Emory for his review in the latest American Historical Review (academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...) –very meaningful for me that a scholar of Brazil I so respect shares his generous take on Peopling for Profit (now open access! www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...).

José Juan Pérez Meléndez. Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil: Directed Migrations and the Business of Nineteenth-Century Colonization.

In 1974, the Brazilian federal government issued a postage stamp entitled “Migratory Streams.” The stamp, part of a larger set hailing diversity by using o

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AAUP @aaup.org · 27d

For almost two centuries, the higher ed community has recognized that the presence of guns on campus inhibits the “practice of a responsible & critical mind.”

Guns rob faculty of the ability to ensure that the classroom remains the true & open marketplace of ideas at the core of academic freedom.

Legal Watch: Academic Freedom and Guns on Campus

The AAUP's recent joint amicus brief opposing the mandate that guns be permitted in college classrooms in Texas highlights a growing threat to faculty and academic freedom.

www.aaup.org

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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 28d

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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 28d

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · 29d

Peopling for Profit in now OPEN ACCESS! Many thanks to my editor @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social at @universitypress.cambridge.org for making this happen.

Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Sep 9

Happy to report that @jjperdez.bsky.social 's Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil is now available as an Open Access publication through @universitypress.cambridge.org 's Flip it Open initiative:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil

Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil

www.cambridge.org

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Sep 8

And the report by the Palestinian Youth Movement: static1.squarespace.com/static/68927...

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Sep 8

@kqednews.kqed.org's coverage:
www.kqed.org/news/1205363...

Palestinian Activists Urge Oakland to Stop Military Shipments to Israel | KQED

A new report links hundreds of military shipments through Oakland’s airport to Israel’s F-35 fleet, raising concerns over U.S. supply chains and civilian infrastructure aiding the war in Gaza.

www.kqed.org

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Sep 8

Another case of "business goes on as usual." Not in our name. Skip OAK until it aligns with Oaklanders' efforts to end this genocide. More links below.

CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · Sep 7

Tell the Port of Oakland, the overseeing body of the Oakland Airport, that they must stop their complicity in the genocide in Gaza: buff.ly/PSzatjO

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Categoría 5 @categoria5.bsky.social · Sep 4

¡Ya salió el Vol. 5, Núm. 1 de Categoría Cinco!

El nuevo número, "Polémicas de la Izquierda en Puerto Rico", explora las tensiones y debates actuales en la izquierda puertorriqueña, su evolución y los desafíos políticos y sociales contemporáneos.

Lee el número completo aquí: categoria5.org

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Felipe Azevedo e Souza @felipeazv.bsky.social · Sep 4

É ruim esse tom celebratório. A lei que proibiu o tráfico é de 1831. Para falar em reparação, melhor seria refletir sobre a Lei Eusébio como uma grande anistia aos traficantes e senhores de escravizados que desembarcaram ilegalmente cerca 800 mil escravizados entre 1831 e 50.

Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania @mdhcbrasil.bsky.social · Sep 4

Em 4 de setembro de 1850, foi sancionada a lei que proibiu o tráfico transatlântico de pessoas escravizadas.

Ela foi proposta pelo então Ministro da Justiça, Eusébio de Queiróz, que lutou para acabar com essa violação dos direitos humanos.

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Jul 7

Obrigado, Thiago—a gente marca um papo para depois!

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Jul 7

Amanhã, dia 8 de julho, de manhã: conversa com colegas da UNIRIO e com quem queira juntar-se ao diálogo. Convite extensivo a todes!

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Mundos do Trabalho @mundosdotrabalho.bsky.social · Jun 25

Resenha: Do livro "Peopling for profit in Imperial Brazil: directed migrations and the business of nineteenth-century colonization", por Marina Simões Galvanese. Universidad Estatal Paulista.

periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mu...

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Jun 25

A historiadora Marina Simões Galvanese proverá comentário baseado na sua perspicaz resenha no último número da revista de @mundosdotrabalho.bsky.social de Peopling for Profit (www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...) —pela qual fico muito agradecido.

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Jun 25

Pronto para uma ótima conversa re: Peopling for Profit (www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...) nesta sexta-feira com colegas do Núcleo de Estudos de Migrações, Identidades e Cidadania e do Programa da Pós em História da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Se estiver no Rio/em Niterói, junte-se à conversa!

José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Jun 25

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