Utopian pessimist. Outmoded socialist. I make a living—and have fun—as a critical legal academic. I'm (mostly) a #goodhombre. Posting in English & Español.
Academic profile: https://scholars.uow.edu.au/luis-gomez-romero
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2/2 This follows an earlier essay on the longer genealogy of US “policing” in Latin America. History rarely repeats itself faithfully. It prefers paraphrase.
If you’d like the footnotes behind the headlines (and the ghosts behind the slogans), here it is:
theconversation.com/trump-is-rep...
2/2 This follows an earlier essay on the longer genealogy of US “policing” in Latin America. History rarely repeats itself faithfully. It prefers paraphrase.
If you’d like the footnotes behind the headlines (and the ghosts behind the slogans), here it is:
theconversation.com/trump-is-rep...
Los #derechoshumanos necesitan cambiar sus estrategias.
letraslibres.com/revista/bena...
If you’ve ever suspected that law is also a genre (and sometimes a rather baroque one), this is your cue.
Law Text Culture seeks proposals for its 2026 issue across law, aesthetics, ethics.
Due 31 January 2026. Thread has the particulars 👇🏽
@lawtextculture.bsky.social
Why has support for One Nation surged since the 2025 federal election?
theconversation.com/why-has-supp...
Resultados de las elecciones en #Bolivia
elpais.com/america/2025...
#FirstDogontheMoon rules!
Beware of the drop croc 🐊
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Esto ya lo hemos visto antes. Si lo que se busca es reducir el tráfico de drogas, les digo de una vez que no funcionó.
EE UU anuncia una operación militar a gran escala “contra el narcoterrorismo” en América Latina
elpais.com/internaciona...
1/2 🧵 New piece for The Conversation ✒️: "Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in Washington."
If you remove the autocrat but keep the apparatus, you haven’t ended tyranny. You’ve merely changed the staffing arrangements.
theconversation.com/venezuelas-l...
Do billionaires even understand the sci-fi they’re inspired by?
Nope.
youtu.be/gKOzDU64iPA?...
US interventions in the region have led to coups, revolutions and what some analysts are now calling illegal extrajudicial killings.
US interventions in the region have led to coups, revolutions and what some analysts are now calling illegal extrajudicial killings.
theconversation.com
Por algunas décadas, señalar y avergonzar gobiernos fue una buena estrategia para la defensa de los derechos humanos. En un mundo donde los líderes autoritarios se han vuelto inmunes a la crítica y lo...
With Labor re-elected with a thumping majority, voters at the conservative end of the Coalition are drifting away, spurred by anxieties about immigration.
Según el conteo rápido del Tribunal Supremo Electoral, el Partido Demócrata Cristiano (PDC) de Paz sumó el 54,5% de los votos, frente al 45,5% del expresidente conservador Jorge Tuto Quiroga |Por prim...
elpais.com
It certainly sounds like fun until you walk under a tree and…
La declaración del jefe del Pentágono, Pete Hegseth, llega pocas horas después del vigésimo ataque contra una narcolancha, que ha dejado cuatro muertos
Hello Bluesky!
Law Text Culture publishes an annual volume of cross-disciplinary scholarship across three axes: law/aesthetics/ethics.
We are now accepting proposals for our 2026 Issue. Proposals are due 31 January 2026.
See details below:
www.uowoajournals.org/ltc/site/pro...
