James North
Covering the Global South for 50 years. Wrote “Freedom Rising,” about apartheid South Africa. Bylines @thenation.com, @newrepublic.com, @truthdig.com. Editor @Mondoweiss.net. Reporting about Trump's assault on #immigrants.
- After Franco won the Civil War in Spain, major streets were re-named for prominent fascists. But there was resistance. People in Barcelona rarely called Avenida General Goded by its official name. They continued to say Avenida Victor Hugo, sometimes cautiously.
- Reposted by James NorthAnd they told Rep. Thomas Massie and me this was a hoax and conspiracy when we risked our reputations and careers to pursue the release of the files.
- Reposted by James NorthWhat real heroism looks like is you drive past a school and it’s 7am and it’s -3 out and there are four dads posted at every door scanning every passing car to be sure it’s not someone coming to take the children. And you drive by at noon and they’re there. And you drive by at 3pm and they’re there
- Reposted by James NorthThey killed >127 people aboard boats, in 33 attacks, in 5 months. And the amount of cocaine found at the border keeps _increasing_. All they have to show for it is a collection of gruesome videos. From CBP: www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nat...
- What impact are the US boat strikes having, besides killing >124 people? - October-December 2024: 7,764 pounds of cocaine seized at the US-Mexico border. - October-December 2025: 10,593 pounds of cocaine seized. Cocaine is up 34% year-over-year *despite* the boat strikes. Data: bit.ly/4bJOeFs
- Reposted by James NorthSo here's Kagame admitting he lied a year ago when he told CNN he didn't know if Rwanda had troops in DRC. His audience laughs sycophantically. When I said in "Do Not Disturb" that Rwandan culture regarded lying to outsiders as an admirable art form, it caused an uproar. x.com/larrymadowo/...
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- Reposted by James NorthU.S. tax dollars backed the effort to wipe out neglected tropical diseases for 20 yrs. Many countries eliminated 1 disease, and were tantalizingly close on others. Then the U.S. walked away – jeopardizing all that investment, with diseases poised to come roaring back www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
- Reposted by James NorthIn less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires. I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by James North"Snakebites kill one person every five minutes globally – up to 138,000 every year, and leave 400,000 more with permanent disabilities." I often think people in the west really do not get how dangerous snakebites are in the rest of the world, or the scale of the damage they can cause.
- Reposted by James NorthI’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
- Reposted by James NorthMedia coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
- Good news, at least for now. A federal judge stopped the Trump administration from starting to deport 350,000 #Haitians -- back to a #Haiti where violent gangs have turned the capital into a war zone. @amywilentz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
- Here's yet another reason why I love America. #Haiti www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
- Michael Tomsky persuasively warns that Trump is about to "ethnically cleanse" #Haitians in Ohio, and deport them back to a #Haiti convulsed by violent gangs. A must read, @newrepublic.com. @amywilentz.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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- Jenn Budd is a former Border Patrol agent who's now an outspoken advocate for immigrant rights. Her first-hand insider's account will explain much of what's happening today. @jennbudd.bsky.social She's also on Substack.
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- In case you've forgotten why Hillary Clinton is so loathsome -- here she is visiting and enthusiastically endorsing #SaudiArabia, the nation led by the man who ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal #Khashoggi. @karenattiah.bsky.social
- Now ICE plans to target #Haitians in Ohio, claiming that it's safe for them to be deported to #Haiti. No. The Haitian capital is a war zone between the police and the gangs. @jakobjohnston.bsky.social @repshontelbrown.bsky.social @alotrolado-org.bsky.social ayibopost.com/how-a-drone-...
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- Reposted by James NorthI think we need to be saying, out loud, this: If we sense that the elections in November have been stolen, it will be assumed by loyal Americans to be suspension of the U.S. Constitution and a declaration of civil war.
- A salute to journalist Georgia Ford. Trump and Bondi are so afraid of her brave reporting about the resistance in #Minneapolis that they are trying to lock her up. @jfallows.bsky.social @garrettepps.bsky.social
- Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
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- Reposted by James NorthNEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights. After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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- Here in New York we know that #Haitians are vital in our health care system. That's also true elsewhere, and Trump mass deportations are a threat, as this valuable report explains. #Haiti @amywilentz.bsky.social @jakobjohnston.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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- Tom Homan is lying again. He insinuates that stopping undocumented people at the border is saving American lives from #fentanyl overdoses. Dishonest. Nearly all fentanyl is smuggled by U.S. citizens, as I explained @newrepublic.com. @dceiver.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1786...
- Reposted by James NorthTwo global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump admin this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere… A senior trader at Vitol donated $6 million to Trump’s 2024 election. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Reposted by James NorthThank You @brucespringsteen.net your lyrics say everything. We are ONE. Remembering Alex Pretti and Renee Good 🐾💙 🎶 ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊ ✊🏿 ✊🏻 ✊🏾 #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue #Pinks
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- I didn't hear anyone at today's U. S. Senate hearing ask Marco Rubio about the food emergency that is about to hit #Venezuela right now. My warning is @newrepublic.com. @dceiver.bsky.social @deanbaker13.bsky.social @jakobjohnston.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2056...
- Smug Marco Rubio thinks he can threaten violence against #Venezuela without 1) Provoking opposition in the U.S. Congress and in the American public, and 2) Provoking resistance by Venezuelans who don't like their current regime but are patriots @deanbaker13.bsky.social @murosinvisibles.bsky.social
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- Reposted by James NorthI wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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- Medical experts in #Venezuela won't give their names when they warn about the looming hunger crisis there, because they are afraid the regime will arrest them. I spoke to them for this report @newrepublic.com. @deanbaker13.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2056...
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- The overnight Censorship Crackdown at #Tik-Tok under its new owners is deadly serious, and deserves even more attention. @froomkin.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social
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- The truth: only one quarter of all police officers in America have EVER fired their service weapons while on the job -- over their entire careers. The trigger-happy killers at #ICE are NOT typical. #Minneapolis #AlexPretti #ReneeGood
- Here's how Big Oil hopes to grab #Venezuela's crude, with vital financial help from U.S. taxpayers. The biggest losers will be poor #Venezuelans, a majority of the country. @prospect.org prospect.org/2026/01/26/v...
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- Reposted by James NorthMinneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
- Trump and Marco #Rubio are smug right now, boasting that they will "run #Venezuela." But can they handle the growing "food emergency" -- allied with a corrupt regime? My doubts @newrepublic.com. @jfallows.bsky.social @garrettepps.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2056...
- Reposted by James NorthVoting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
