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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thrilled to be back in @dissentmag.bsky.social this fall, writing on that depressing yet hardy perennial: why the Democrats lose (featuring Zohran Mamdani!). Issue out today— don’t miss it!

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...

Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left - Dissent Magazine

Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thrilled to be back in @dissentmag.bsky.social this fall, writing on that depressing yet hardy perennial: why the Democrats lose (featuring Zohran Mamdani!). Issue out today— don’t miss it!

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...

Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left - Dissent Magazine

Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.

www.dissentmagazine.org

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our fall issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance, is out now!

Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @sarahjones.bsky.social @apagliar.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @viririos.bsky.social @humbertobeck.bsky.social @petizagavarrete.bsky.social

www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/fall-2...

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · Aug 28

A preview of our Fall 2025 issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance.

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Authoritarianism and Resistance - Dissent Magazine

A preview of our Fall 2025 issue.

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Aug 25

It’s a great list – but I also can’t help but shamelessly self-promote! lsupress.org/978080717528... I think would fit in great here!

Disunited Nations

Disunited Nations explores American reactions to hostile world opinion, as voiced in the United Nations by representatives of the Global South from 1970 to 1...

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jun 9

Cover art! Coming early 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thanks Sam!

Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jun 9

Cover art! Coming early 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...

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Bunk @bunkhistory.bsky.social · Apr 9

Nicaragua filed charges against the U.S. at the Intl. Court of Justice #OTD in 1985 for violating international law by forcibly disrupting trade, violating its airspace, and fomenting a coup. @sby10.bsky.social wrote @myhnn.bsky.social on the U.S.'s hypocritical response: loom.ly/Wfw525E

Letting the World Scream

The U.S., Nicaragua, and the International Court of Justice in the 1980s.

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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · Apr 7

A handful of tickets are still available for this event in support of Dissent (Tuesday) - come meet me, Jamelle, Matt, Sara, Tressie, a special guest, and a couple hundred of your new closest friends

Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · Mar 18

Join us on April 8 for a fundraiser in New York! Featuring live unionized music and a silent auction. @flyingwithsara.bsky.social, @mattsitman.bsky.social, and @jamellebouie.net will speak. Ticket purchases support Dissent's editorial projects. See you there!

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Dissent: Now More Than Ever! - Dissent Magazine

Join Dissent on April 8 for a special fundraiser in New York City.

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Feb 24

Really appreciated the detailed and generous review of Disunited Nations in the current issue of Reviews in American History. Check it out here: muse.jhu.edu/article/948359 (not that the relationship of American exceptionalism and modern conservatism are particularly relevant right now or anything).

Project MUSE - The Rise of the Third World and the American Response

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Feb 24

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Feb 24

Really appreciated the detailed and generous review of Disunited Nations in the current issue of Reviews in American History. Check it out here: muse.jhu.edu/article/948359 (not that the relationship of American exceptionalism and modern conservatism are particularly relevant right now or anything).

Project MUSE - The Rise of the Third World and the American Response

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muse.jhu.edu

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Feb 17

Forgot to tag @shafrhistorians.bsky.social on this one!

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Sam Klug @samklug.bsky.social · Jan 20

If you want to understand Trump's Panama Canal stuff, I recommend:
Adam Clymer, Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch (University of Kansas Press, 2008)
Sean T. Byrnes (@sby10.bsky.social), Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right (LSU Press, 2021)

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jan 20

Appreciate the nod, Sam! Really didn’t have “the Panama Canal parts will become super relevant” on my bingo card to be honest.

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jan 6

Really enjoyed reading it!

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jan 6

Really enjoyed getting to review @mwpalen.bsky.social's terrific Pax Economica for Diplomatic History. I'm partial, but I still think it's the best academic journal going! @princetonupress.bsky.social

Now live for subscribers:

Free Trade Before the Fall academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...

Free Trade Before the Fall

In February 2020, as Americans wondered who the Democratic party would nominate to take on President Donald Trump that November, the BBC’s North America re

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jan 3

Would love to hear what you think if you do!

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jan 2

Really appreciate that. It was definitely something I tried to get across in the story -- personalities as big as the wide ties!

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Jan 2

Colorful is a good word for it @madar.bsky.social! Thanks for suggesting the book!

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Dec 30

Appreciate the share, Kevin!

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Kevin Schultz @acousticalchaos.bsky.social · Dec 30

Another piece and great commentary by my friend @sby10.bsky.social.

Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Dec 30

Was honored to have the chance to write about the legacy of Jimmy Carter’s presidency for @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Though his life was an admirable one, his presidency is part of a sadder story. May he rest in peace.

jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...

Jimmy Carter Held the Door Open for Neoliberalism

The presidency of Jimmy Carter was deeply constrained by economic and political crises. His unwillingness to take a radical stance forced him to respond to these events by imposing austerity and doing...

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Dec 30

Thanks, Kevin -- can't ever say I dont take advice!

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · Dec 30

Was honored to have the chance to write about the legacy of Jimmy Carter’s presidency for @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Though his life was an admirable one, his presidency is part of a sadder story. May he rest in peace.

jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...

Jimmy Carter Held the Door Open for Neoliberalism

The presidency of Jimmy Carter was deeply constrained by economic and political crises. His unwillingness to take a radical stance forced him to respond to these events by imposing austerity and doing...

jacobin.com

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