Pau Anton
@pauanton.bsky.social
Political philosophy | UPF Barcelona
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History doesn’t always wear a suit in City Hall. Sometimes it takes the subway.
Zohran Mamdani sworn in underground, administered by Letitia James.
Zohran Mamdani sworn in underground, administered by Letitia James.
January 1, 2026 at 5:52 AM
History doesn’t always wear a suit in City Hall. Sometimes it takes the subway.
Zohran Mamdani sworn in underground, administered by Letitia James.
Zohran Mamdani sworn in underground, administered by Letitia James.
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If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people.
Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.
Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.
Zohran Needs to Create Popular Assemblies
If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.
jacobin.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people.
Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.
Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.
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Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people. n.pr/4ank2iN
Test scores in U.S. schools are down. Are smartphones to blame?
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people. n.pr/4ank2iN
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🎉 Thrilled to share this new article with @masjordi.bsky.social @uocuniversitat.bsky.social "The Exodus That Never Was? An Empirical Analysis on Territorial Conflict and Foot-Voting" @politiquesupf.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Exodus That Never Was? An Empirical Analysis on Territorial Conflict and Foot-Voting
This article explores the relationship between ethnic conflict, political polarization, and foot-voting behavior in the context of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. By examining demographic...
www.tandfonline.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎉 Thrilled to share this new article with @masjordi.bsky.social @uocuniversitat.bsky.social "The Exodus That Never Was? An Empirical Analysis on Territorial Conflict and Foot-Voting" @politiquesupf.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.127
Discussions about democracy have never been more vibrant. 🗣️ Yet, debates often unfold in a highly simplistic or unreflective way.
🙋 Dimitris Kastritis argues for the need to keep raising 🆕 questions in democratic theory.
👉 bit.ly/49Q1bwI
Discussions about democracy have never been more vibrant. 🗣️ Yet, debates often unfold in a highly simplistic or unreflective way.
🙋 Dimitris Kastritis argues for the need to keep raising 🆕 questions in democratic theory.
👉 bit.ly/49Q1bwI
🦋 The theory of democracy revisited: an interdisciplinary call to arms
Discussions about democracy have never been more vibrant. Yet, debates often unfold in a highly simplistic or unreflective way. Dimitris Kastritis joins the Science of Democracy 2.0 to argue for the n...
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.127
Discussions about democracy have never been more vibrant. 🗣️ Yet, debates often unfold in a highly simplistic or unreflective way.
🙋 Dimitris Kastritis argues for the need to keep raising 🆕 questions in democratic theory.
👉 bit.ly/49Q1bwI
Discussions about democracy have never been more vibrant. 🗣️ Yet, debates often unfold in a highly simplistic or unreflective way.
🙋 Dimitris Kastritis argues for the need to keep raising 🆕 questions in democratic theory.
👉 bit.ly/49Q1bwI
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30,018 people turned out today at the Lluís Companys stadium for the match Catalunya-Palestine. A proof of the popular support for Palestine among Catalans, and a setback for all the Zionists in the Catalan Countries and all over the world
#PaïsosCatalasAmbPalestina #FreePalestine #Catalonia
#PaïsosCatalasAmbPalestina #FreePalestine #Catalonia
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
30,018 people turned out today at the Lluís Companys stadium for the match Catalunya-Palestine. A proof of the popular support for Palestine among Catalans, and a setback for all the Zionists in the Catalan Countries and all over the world
#PaïsosCatalasAmbPalestina #FreePalestine #Catalonia
#PaïsosCatalasAmbPalestina #FreePalestine #Catalonia
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🌍 We are delighted to introduce the Barcelona Network of Political Science!
We’re here to:
✨ Foster research & collaboration
✨ Support early-career scholars & students
✨ Bridge institutions & ideas
Follow us for opportunities, events, and community👇
We’re here to:
✨ Foster research & collaboration
✨ Support early-career scholars & students
✨ Bridge institutions & ideas
Follow us for opportunities, events, and community👇
👋Welcome to the Barcelona Network of Political Science.
▶️We are here to promote research, strengthen ties between institutions, and support young researchers and students in developing their research careers.
▶️We are here to promote research, strengthen ties between institutions, and support young researchers and students in developing their research careers.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🌍 We are delighted to introduce the Barcelona Network of Political Science!
We’re here to:
✨ Foster research & collaboration
✨ Support early-career scholars & students
✨ Bridge institutions & ideas
Follow us for opportunities, events, and community👇
We’re here to:
✨ Foster research & collaboration
✨ Support early-career scholars & students
✨ Bridge institutions & ideas
Follow us for opportunities, events, and community👇
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“By making a direct parallel between choice in the marketplace and at the ballot box, neoliberals not only depicted sovereign consumers as the key drivers of capitalism... but also described the daily voting on the marketplace as the real driver of individual representation"
Neoliberalism replaces the citizen with the consumer — pushing people out of political life and into the marketplace.
How Neoliberalism Reinvented Democracy
Neoliberalism replaces the citizen with the consumer — pushing people out of political life and into the marketplace.
jacobin.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“By making a direct parallel between choice in the marketplace and at the ballot box, neoliberals not only depicted sovereign consumers as the key drivers of capitalism... but also described the daily voting on the marketplace as the real driver of individual representation"
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The recognition of democracy as a universally relevant system is a major revolution in thinking, and one of the main contributions of the twentieth century.
muse.jhu.edu/article...
muse.jhu.edu/article...
September 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The recognition of democracy as a universally relevant system is a major revolution in thinking, and one of the main contributions of the twentieth century.
muse.jhu.edu/article...
muse.jhu.edu/article...
Pure dignity✊ #FreePalestine
“Their silence, because they’re afraid, is their support to the genocide.” 👏👏👏
September 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Pure dignity✊ #FreePalestine
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Madrid: Thousands demostrating against the Israeli team’s participation in Spain’s cycling ride
They have torn down the barriers and the stage has been suspended
The Genocide Convention obligates to prevent and punish
The states are not doing it, the people are demanding it
They have torn down the barriers and the stage has been suspended
The Genocide Convention obligates to prevent and punish
The states are not doing it, the people are demanding it
September 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Madrid: Thousands demostrating against the Israeli team’s participation in Spain’s cycling ride
They have torn down the barriers and the stage has been suspended
The Genocide Convention obligates to prevent and punish
The states are not doing it, the people are demanding it
They have torn down the barriers and the stage has been suspended
The Genocide Convention obligates to prevent and punish
The states are not doing it, the people are demanding it
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La dignidad de la movilización popular frente al genocidio de Israel. Desde Euskal Herria hasta las calles de Madrid, eredu zarete!
#PalestinaAskatu 🇵🇸✊
#PalestinaAskatu 🇵🇸✊
September 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
La dignidad de la movilización popular frente al genocidio de Israel. Desde Euskal Herria hasta las calles de Madrid, eredu zarete!
#PalestinaAskatu 🇵🇸✊
#PalestinaAskatu 🇵🇸✊
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Studying politically-oriented subjects such as arts, humanities and social sciences is associated with democratic citizenship; education appears to encourage democratic support and engagement through the cognitive benefits it confers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Studying politically-oriented subjects such as arts, humanities and social sciences is associated with democratic citizenship; education appears to encourage democratic support and engagement through the cognitive benefits it confers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you love cinema, do yourself a favor.
July 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you love cinema, do yourself a favor.
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Decision paralysis is one of the toughest hurdles to overcome for any film lover. A movie-watching project can give you some direction.
Here are 12 ideas to get you started, from David Sims:
Here are 12 ideas to get you started, from David Sims:
The Best Way to Watch Movies This Summer
Twelve film-viewing projects to devote yourself to
bit.ly
June 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Decision paralysis is one of the toughest hurdles to overcome for any film lover. A movie-watching project can give you some direction.
Here are 12 ideas to get you started, from David Sims:
Here are 12 ideas to get you started, from David Sims:
Jemeres rojos, 50 años del terror www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...
Jemeres rojos, 50 años del terror
Los jemeres rojos estaban entrando en la capital y lo anunciaban con disparos. Regresaba la paz. De todas las casas surgían gritos de alegría y en nuestra calle oí con
www.lavanguardia.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Jemeres rojos, 50 años del terror www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...
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Contarlo todo: calorías, pasos, pulsaciones, minutos dormidos, libros leídos... Ganamos paz y sosiego cada vez que ponemos cifra a un acto vital. Mientras más caos reina fuera más adictos nos volvemos a los números, a la sensación de control
Los pasos que andamos, las horas que dormimos, los libros que leemos. ¿Por qué lo contabilizamos todo?
La validación social es la nueva meta de la cuantificación. No basta con mostrar las métricas, ahora queremos ganar
elpais.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Contarlo todo: calorías, pasos, pulsaciones, minutos dormidos, libros leídos... Ganamos paz y sosiego cada vez que ponemos cifra a un acto vital. Mientras más caos reina fuera más adictos nos volvemos a los números, a la sensación de control
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I was curious to see how academic articles in (Political) Communication and Political Science are being shared on X vs. Bluesky.
I find: In 2024, academic articles in our field seem to be clearly more shared on X. But by 2025, Bluesky is catching up fast.
Short 🧵 1/n
I find: In 2024, academic articles in our field seem to be clearly more shared on X. But by 2025, Bluesky is catching up fast.
Short 🧵 1/n
March 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I was curious to see how academic articles in (Political) Communication and Political Science are being shared on X vs. Bluesky.
I find: In 2024, academic articles in our field seem to be clearly more shared on X. But by 2025, Bluesky is catching up fast.
Short 🧵 1/n
I find: In 2024, academic articles in our field seem to be clearly more shared on X. But by 2025, Bluesky is catching up fast.
Short 🧵 1/n
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Part of the reason that Gen Z are less enamoured with democratic norms is surely that they feel like they are getting a pretty poor deal out of the status quo. Our polling found Gen Z were the most likely generation to report feeling stressed, sad, lonely or angry every day.
January 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Part of the reason that Gen Z are less enamoured with democratic norms is surely that they feel like they are getting a pretty poor deal out of the status quo. Our polling found Gen Z were the most likely generation to report feeling stressed, sad, lonely or angry every day.