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Posts by Pablo Piccato

Gender Violence: A Historical Through-Line | México Solidarity Project

An interview on gender violence in Mexico, with nice illustrations, at te México Solidarity Bulletin: mexicosolidarityproject.org/es/archives/...

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View of “La ética judeocristiana”: On Latin America’s Right-Wing Populists and their Support of Israel during the Gaza War | EIAL - Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe

A perceptive and historically deep examination the Latin American right’s support of Israel. eialonline.org/index.php/ei...

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Estados Unidos niega la entrada a la protagonista de ‘La llamada’, víctima de la dictadura argentina Personal de la aerolínea baja a Silvia Labayru de un vuelo a punto de despegar desde Ciudad de México hacia San Antonio, en Texas

The US govmt prevents the entrance of a survivor of the Argentine dictatorship death camps elpais.com/mexico/2026-...

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The Historian and the Citizen This is my first post in this medium.

Dear friends....Just started a substack on fascism, populism and the present, pls join me there!
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What A Wonder School (This Would Be)
What A Wonder School (This Would Be) YouTube video by Austerity Singers

The New School of Social Research is being dismantled.
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En España, EE UU o Argentina, así reescribe el pasado la ultraderecha: “El nacionalismo necesita su historia” El cuestionamiento de la cifra oficial de desaparecidos por parte del Gobierno de Milei, los libros que lavan la dictadura española y el rechazo de Meloni a definirse como “antifascista” alertan sobre...

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50 años después: Argentina batalla por la memoria de la dictadura El aniversario del último golpe militar encuentra al país bajo un Gobierno que relativiza el terrorismo de Estado, mientras la literatura, el cine y otras artes continúan elaborando el legado del geno...

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It’s so good I have to post it twice, this time to say hell yes, look at what you can do with an Africana Studies major from Bowdoin College

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I saw Habermas in the Union Sq Barnes and Noble after he gave a talk in NYU. He was so focused on the recent arrivals table that I could not bring myself to bother him.

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400,000 people in Mexico City say one can enjoy Shakira in peace.

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Esfera pública: entrevista a Pablo Piccato - Presente Revista Presente (RP): Tu trabajo vincula la esfera pública con la violencia, dos ámbitos que suelen pensarse como opuestos: la primera asociada a la deliberación civil y la segunda a la ruptura viole...

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A Brief History of Violence in Mexico (UNC Press, 2025) The UCLA Latin American Institute is a vital regional, national, and international resource on Latin America.

I will be talking about my book with Fernando Pérez Montesinos this February 12. All can join www.international.ucla.edu/LAI/events/1...

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Abascal, Abogados Cristianos y los 'think tanks' de Trump: la internacional ultraderechista se confabula en Bruselas El Parlamento Europeo acogerá el próximo 3 de febrero la nueva edición de la cumbre de la Red Política de Valores tras pasar por el Senado español, en la que se darán cita perfiles destacados de la al...

“Cuando la extrema derecha habla de libertad de expresión, lo que reclama es una vía libre para discriminar. Pasa con el trumpismo o el presidente Kast cuando niega el terrorismo de Estado de Pinochet”, sostiene Federico Finchelstein, historiador www.eldiario.es/sociedad/aba...

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Abascal, Abogados Cristianos y los 'think tanks' de Trump: la internacional ultraderechista se confabula en Bruselas El Parlamento Europeo acogerá el próximo 3 de febrero la nueva edición de la cumbre de la Red Política de Valores tras pasar por el Senado español, en la que se darán cita perfiles destacados de la al...

“When the far right talks about freedom of expression, what they are really demanding is a free pass to discriminate. Examples: Trumpism or President Kast when he denies Pinochet's state terrorism,” argues historian Federico Finchelstein. www.eldiario.es/sociedad/aba... @eldiario.es

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History books on a carpet

History books on a carpet

My post-AHA @uncpress.bsky.social book order came in! Can’t wait to read these!! (Photo on my office carpet because my desk is too full of random stuff 🤪) #History

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Llevo años estudiando el fascismo y EEUU se acerca a él a pasos agigantados La autocratización del mundo incluye la nueva tendencia de que los líderes se comporten como conquistadores napoleónicos y que sus seguidores jueguen a ser soldados de juguete, se disfracen como tales...

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TEXT: I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. There he trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs filled with lifesaving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat, every breath, and every flicker of life, ready to act the moment they wavered. Techniques intended to heal.
Alex carried patience, compassion and calm as a steady light within him. Even at the very end, that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera.
It does not surprise me that his final words were, “Are you okay?” Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was incapable of causing harm. He lived a life of healing, and he lived it well.
Alex believed strongly in the Second Amendment and in the rights rooted in our Constitution and its amendments. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected than divided, and that communication would bring us together.

TEXT: I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. There he trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs filled with lifesaving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat, every breath, and every flicker of life, ready to act the moment they wavered. Techniques intended to heal. Alex carried patience, compassion and calm as a steady light within him. Even at the very end, that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera. It does not surprise me that his final words were, “Are you okay?” Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was incapable of causing harm. He lived a life of healing, and he lived it well. Alex believed strongly in the Second Amendment and in the rights rooted in our Constitution and its amendments. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected than divided, and that communication would bring us together.

TEXT: I want his family to know his legacy lives on. I am a better nurse because of the wisdom and skills he instilled in me. I carry his light with me into every room, letting it guide and steady my hands as I heal and care for those in need.
Please honor my friend by standing up for peace, preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket, just as he would. He would remind you that caring for others is hard work, and we must do whatever it takes to get through the long shifts. Step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike as he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice and speak with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always extend love outward, even in the face of adversity.
Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal.

TEXT: I want his family to know his legacy lives on. I am a better nurse because of the wisdom and skills he instilled in me. I carry his light with me into every room, letting it guide and steady my hands as I heal and care for those in need. Please honor my friend by standing up for peace, preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket, just as he would. He would remind you that caring for others is hard work, and we must do whatever it takes to get through the long shifts. Step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike as he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice and speak with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always extend love outward, even in the face of adversity. Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal.

From a FB post about Alex Pretti:

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Gracias, Elliott

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Opinion | Trump Has a New Motto

Trump Has a New Motto www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

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AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models

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More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions

“I worked on a project that was just cleaning up after a high-level engineer tried to use AI to generate code to complete a complex project,” . . . “But none of it worked and he didn’t understand why – starting from scratch would have actually been easier.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Benedetti, Cabrera Infante, Mejía Godoy o Mercedes Sosa, el acervo mexicano que custodia las voces del exilio latinoamericano La UNESCO ha reconocido la colección “Memoria sonora de Latinoamérica”, de Radio Educación, que reúne 420 programas que documentan voces, experiencias y aportes culturales de personas exiliadas de la ...

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“the scale and depth of the attacks on our institutions—whether dismantled, weaponized, or personalized—mean that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to just flip the lights back on”

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A Brief History of Violence in Mexico Political rhetoric often portrays Mexico as an inherently violent nation. Pablo Piccato’s essential work, now available in English for the first time, cuts...

The Brief History of Violence in Mexico is out!

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Opinion | The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education

The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...

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Pablo Piccato: “El sistema de seguridad y justicia que se formó con el PRI está diseñado para no funcionar bien” El académico acaba de publicar ‘Historia Mínima de la Violencia en México’, un repaso a la constelación de conflictos armados que ha vivido México desde la Revolución y un intento de explicar el prese...

Mi entrevista en El País elpais.com/mexico/2025-...

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Un artículo sobre los exiliados radicales bajo la dictadura basado en las cartas y las publicaciones de mi padre www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/art_revistas...

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The Plains and the Pampas: a workshop at Columbia

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MIT’s reply to Trumps shocking attack on education is a master class in deft rhetorical communication and positioning. It refutes without ceding ground. It negates without naming the charge. It accuses and rejects while sounding compliant. What a breath of fresh air after endless disappointments

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Short Course on Palestine Class 1: The Origins of The Hundred Years War YouTube video by The People's Forum NYC

I am honored to be a colleague (and student) of Rashid Khalidi and his public lectures on Palestine at The People's Forum have started. Please learn!

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