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Politics and Rights Review
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A trilingual, open-access journal making recent research in human and social sciences accessible to a global audience. Visit us at: https://politicsrights.com
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Feb 13
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In this opinion article, John Suarez, Executive Director of the Center for a Free Cuba, revisits the legacy of Assata Shakur, focusing on her silence about Cuba’s repression of Black citizens during her decades of exile. Avail. in EN/FR/ES
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Assata Shakur: Violence in the U.S., Silence on Cuba’s Racism
Assata Shakur died in Cuba after decades as a fugitive. Her violent legacy, silence on repression, and political reverberations remain.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Aug 27
In her powerful new piece Against Innovation, @jennydenbow.bsky.social interrogates how uncritical celebrations of technological progress obscure vital political, economic, and social questions. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. politicsrights.com/against-inno...
Against Innovation - Politics and Rights Review
A critical look at innovation’s dark side: how it hides inequality, erases care work, and masks political issues behind tech progress.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jul 7
Prof. Peter Mandaville analyzes how states use religion as soft power in global politics. A key resource on religion’s strategic role in foreign policy. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. politicsrights.com/the-religiou...
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The Religious Turn in Great Power Politics
Explore how states use religious soft power to shape identity and compete for influence in world politics.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jul 2
Prof. Michael Davis draws alarming parallels between democratic backsliding in the U.S. and Beijing’s authoritarian crackdown in Hong Kong, warning that the erosion of judicial independence and civil liberties signals a dangerous shift toward authoritarianism.
Is the US Using Beijing’s Authoritarian Playbook?
Beijing’s authoritarian playbook offers a chilling parallel to developments in the U.S., challenging the resilience of liberal democracy.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jun 26
Prof. Amy Adamczyk (CUNY) explores why abortion views differ across countries. Using global data, she shows how democracy, media freedom, and gender equality shape public opinion. A sharp, timely study. @amyadamczyk.bsky.social politicsrights.com/how-democrac... #reproductiverights
How Democracy, Media and Gender Equality Shape Abortion Views
Explores how democracy, media freedom, and gender equality shape abortion attitudes across countries through cultural, political, and social lenses.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jun 25
Prof. Keisha N. Blain presents her book Without Fear, showing how Black women in the U.S. redefined human rights as a lived practice of resistance and solidarity. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. politicsrights.com/black-women-... #BlackFeminism #SocialJustice #Race
Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
Explore the role of Black women in shaping human rights, turning a distant ideal into a global practice rooted in resistance, solidarity, and justice.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jun 25
Prof. Ernesto Castañeda analyzes the mass anti-deportation protests in L.A. sparked by ICE raids. His article shows how citizens and immigrants united in defense of democracy and human rights. @drernestocast.bsky.social @theimmigrationlab.bsky.social
Understanding the Anti-Deportation Protests in Los Angeles
Analysis of anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, focusing on immigrant rights, public resistance, and threats to democratic values.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jun 19
Project 2025 is not about governance, but about redesigning the U.S. state through authoritarian logic. This briefing shows how civil rights and institutional neutrality are reframed as obstacles to be removed in favor of centralized, ideologically driven control.
Project 2025: Authoritarian Agenda Disguised as Reform
Project 2025 seeks to remake the U.S. state by centralizing executive power, purging civil institutions, and enforcing a singular ideological order.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jun 17
Prof. Jekaterina Nikitina shows how human rights are not only protected by law, but also shaped by the language, translation, and genres that make law possible. politicsrights.com/human-rights...
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Human Rights Discourse: Language, Translation and Genre
Human rights discourse in supranational courts: how language, translation, and genre shape justice across ECtHR, IACtHR, and ACtHPR decisions.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jun 16
Prof. Melissa B. Jacoby argues that the U.S. bankruptcy system doesn’t just reflect inequality—it reinforces it. In Unjust Debts, she shows how bankruptcy law privileges corporations over people. politicsrights.com/making-ameri...
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Making Americans Bankrupt Again?
How U.S. bankruptcy law deepens inequality—Melissa Jacoby’s Unjust Debts exposes a system that punishes the vulnerable and protects the powerful.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Jun 16
Prof. Marlene Laruelle argues that illiberalism—not populism—offers a sharper lens to grasp the reordering of today’s political imaginaries. #illiberalism #democracy #politicaltheory #politicsandrightsreview
Why Illiberalism Explains Changes in Today’s Social Order
Scholarship on populism has dominated the last two decades but is now retreating in the face of a new concept : that of illiberalism.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 26
Prof. Michael Albertus shows how land access continues to shape power, inequality, and political paths. His book Land Power is a must-read on today’s struggles over land, housing, and rights. The article is available in EN, FR & ES politicsrights.com/land-remains...
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Land Remains the World’s Engine of Social Change
Land power shapes societal fate. Albertus shows how who owns land still drives inequality, politics, and global change in the 21st century.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 22
Prof. Timothy Weaver ( @timweaver.bsky.social )‬ analyzes NYC’s political evolution, showing it’s shaped by the interplay of Neoliberalism, Conservatism & Egalitarianism—not a single liberal tradition. Essential reading on inequality, resistance & urban power.
The Multiple Political Orders in New York City
New York’s political order has long combined neoliberal, conservative, and egalitarian forces, defying the idea that it is simply a liberal stronghold.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 21
Prof. Ting Guo traces how “love” became a political tool in China—from Christian missions to Maoist salvation to Xi’s family-state rhetoric. A must-read for anyone interested in how religion, affect, and nationalism shape power. @tingguowrites.bsky.social politicsrights.com/politics-of-...
Politics of Love - Politics and Rights Review
Explores how love (ai) became a political discourse in modern China—bridging religion, nationalism, socialism, and affective governance.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 19
Prof. Brittany Friedman argues that carceral obedience is not natural but imposed. Her work traces how state violence shapes identity and suppresses authenticity. Abolition begins by rejecting obedience and reclaiming collective freedom. @curlyprofessor.bsky.social
We Were Never Meant to Obey: Weaving Abolitionist Constellations
Abolition is not obedience undone, but freedom reclaimed. This essay weaves abolitionist constellations as maps toward justice and inner truth.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 14
Why do people cling to false beliefs despite evidence? Prof. Joe Pierre explores how mistrust, bias, and political narratives distort reality—and threaten democracy. A sharp analysis of belief, psychiatry, and public discourse. @psychunseen.bsky.social
Suicide by False Belief - Politics and Rights Review
As a psychiatrist, I’ve spent my career working with patients who have delusions—that is, false beliefs held with unassailable conviction like believing that one is the Second Coming of Christ or…
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 13
John Suarez ( @johnjsuarez.bsky.social ) examines how Cuba’s kleptocracy funnels power to a ruling elite, controlling the economy without oversight. This system relies on crime, fraud, and money laundering, while ordinary Cubans face deepening poverty. An eye-opening piece.
Cuba’s Kleptocracy: How It Operates and Why It Matters
Explore how Cuba's kleptocracy operates, its impact, and why it matters for global corruption and regional stability.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 12
Prof. Emilija Tudzarovska ( @tudzarovska.bsky.social ) examines how neoliberalism reshaped European democracy after 1989, transforming institutions and political power. A must-read for understanding democracy today. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
How Neoliberalism Reshaped Democracy After 1989
How neoliberalism redefined democracy in Europe after 1989, weakening representation and fueling technocracy, populism, and citizen discontent.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 8
Prof. Aidan McGarry argues that true democracy requires more than voting. His work highlights how marginalized groups use protest to reclaim their voice and challenge exclusion. politicsrights.com/voice-protes... #democracy #protest #socialmovements #PoliticsAndRightsReview
Voice and Protest in Times of Democratic Decline
Protest, political voice, and marginalized groups are key to resisting democratic erosion amid rising authoritarianism and a crisis of representation.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 7
Why do governments struggle with long-term thinking? Behavioural economist Nicholas Chesterley examines how media pressure and cognitive overload drive short-termism in politics. A sharp analysis of policy, psychology, and leadership. politicsrights.com/why-are-gove... #PoliticsAndRightsReview
Why Are Governments Short-Sighted?
Modern leaders face crises and distractions that undermine long-term thinking, creating a short-termism trap that weakens democratic governance.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · May 6
Prof.Gerald Roche ( @geraldroche.bsky.social ) shows that language loss in Tibet is not accidental but a result of state policy rooted in sovereignty. His research reveals how state power dismantles cultural and linguistic diversity in the name of national unity.
How State Sovereignty Fuels Language Loss: Lessons from Tibet
State sovereignty drives global language loss and fuels attacks on diversity, as shown through fieldwork in Tibet.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Apr 28
Prof. David Kinley discusses the risks of detaching freedom from responsibility. A powerful reflection on liberty, democracy, and societal trust. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. politicsrights.com/when-too-muc... #PoliticsAndRightsReview
When Too Much Freedom Leads to Tyranny
Explores how freedom without responsibility can lead to chaos, hypocrisy, and tyranny. From pandemics to politics, liberty is under siege.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Apr 24
In her latest article, Prof. Alette Smeulers draws on her book Perpetrators of Mass Atrocities to explore who commits mass violence—and why. A sharp analysis of how ordinary people become involved in extraordinary crimes. politicsrights.com/who-are-war-... #PoliticsAndRightsReview #CriminalLaw
Who Are the War Criminals, Genocidaires, and Terrorists?
Discover how ordinary people become war criminals. Alette Smeulers reveals 14 perpetrator types and the psychology behind mass atrocities.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Apr 22
In this article, based on his recent book, Prof. Michael Lynch explores how the distortion of truth fuels authoritarian tendencies in the U.S. A key contribution to understanding the link between democracy and knowledge. @michael-p-lynch.bsky.social

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Truth and Authoritarianism in America
An analysis of how attacks on truth and evidence-based institutions threaten democratic life amid rising authoritarianism in the United States.
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Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social · Apr 17
Is violence shaped more by place—or by perception? Prof. Çaylı Messina explores how geography sets the stage, but perception directs the scene—deciding whose pain counts, and whose doesn’t. An essential reading on the politics of violence. @bariscaylimessina.com
Is Violence Shaped More by Place—or by Perception?
What shapes violence more—place or perception? This essay explores how power, media, and narrative influence what we ignore as violence.
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