Roberto Lovato

#nokings, no dicktaters!

Seen at #nokings San Francisco, a new superhero: Antifa Dog!

PREDICTION: Maria Corina Machado will intensify her role as spearhead of a US invasion of Venezuela, in a deranged mix of domestic politics & the other excuse for war: the "narco" threat. Her violent extremist ally, Juan Guaido, actually has selfies w narco-murderers

The Making of Leopoldo López A closer look at the democratic bona fides of the rock star of Venezuela’s opposition.

More proof Nobel Peace Prize is simply an instrument of empire: awarding extreme right wing Venezuelan Maria Corina Machado th Nobel Piece Prize. She makes an appearance in this investigative story i wrote about her violent extremist ally, Leopold Lopez foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/27/t...

Thanks for mentioning me, Soraya. R

Opinion | Juan Crow Is Back With a Vengeance

"The policies of this administration reinstate an era in which the rights conferred to all people in the United States by the Constitution are subject to a sliding scale of extralegal violability depending on one’s race, ethnicity or assumed immigration status."

Call this fascism Juan Crow.

An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles “Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo” (They fear us because we do not fear them).

Fearlessness is the point.

My latest for @thenation.com: An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles: “Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo” (They fear us because we do not fear them).
bit.ly/4jY2j2K

El Faro bajo ataque tras las revelaciones de Charli YouTube video by El Faro

BREAKING:Nayib Bukele's Atty General’s may b preparing to arrest members of @_elfaro_,El Salvador's leading news org, for exposing Bukele's negotiations w gangs. Editor-in-chief Óscar Martínez: “Any capture or raid on our homes will be for having done journalism,”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQSp...

Local student (@UNLV English, perhaps?) using using their poetic powers to deliver one of the more original placards at the massive, loud, animadidisimo #MayDay2025 protest in downtown as Vegas.

Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos alone do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say Experts are divided over whether knuckle tattoos highlighted by President Trump suggest the wrongly deported man may be associated with MS-13.

Yours truly dispelling Trump"s myths about MS13 & Kilmar Abrego Garcia's alleged gang tattoos in today's @washingtonpost

This marks an major escalation of the fascist turn: FBI arresting immigration judge.

Is America Pissed Off Enough at Trump and Musk for a General Strike? The United States hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling multiple movements toward that goal.

Historically-proven antidote to fascism and other authoritarian monstrosities: the general strike:

newrepublic.com/article/1933...

Experts cast doubt on Trump's claim that Abrego Garcia's finger tattoos prove MS-13 membership Gang experts and researchers said that while tattoos could carry gang-related meaning, they aren't enough to prove gang membership.

I am one of the experts interviewed by @CBSNews for this story dispelling President Trump's unfounded claims as it Kilmar Abrego Garcia's tattoos👇
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...

Reason to resist.

Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man WASHINGTON—During a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he “lacks the humanity” to return wrongly deported legal U.S. residen...

Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man

Read Atty Gen Bondi's release of information & ask yourself, "What proof is there of Kilmar's "gang affiliation?" I've been an expert witness in over 70 gang immigration & murder cases,& have never seen even the most desperate & sloppy lawyers offer such shoddy evidence.

Online fascist farm 4Chan may soon see its death by a few strategically-placed hacks. And some of its users may be exposed

Gracias. R

The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke” The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.

It's not just Trump learning from Bukele. Salvadorans and their history of struggle should reveal to US leftists the outlines of the broad antifascist front that will always be the best antidote to the reactionary right, writes @robvato.bsky.social.

Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man WASHINGTON—During a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he “lacks the humanity” to return wrongly deported legal U.S. residen...

Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man

The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke” The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.

I just wrote this piece for @thenation.com about today's White House spectacle and what Trump and the U.S. are learning from Bukele and what we can learn from the long history of anti-fascist struggle in El Salvador. bit.ly/4cxgR73

In addition to lauding Mario Vargas Llosa's literary accomplishments, a just history of the late writer would at least mention his career as reactionary, virulent Indian- hating racist.

At The Writers Grotto, we celebrate DIVERSITY!

Join us TONIGHT to celebrate our 30th anniversary as we reflect on three decades of empowering diverse voices. 


Tickets are on sale now at writersgrotto.org -- we hope to see you tonight, from 6 to 10 PM, at Verdi Club in San Francisco!

The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades And is probably still at it. As newly released classified documents confirm activists’ long-held suspicions, the disclosures should also alert us to current dangers.

I just wrote this piece in @thenation about a cache of documents confirming CIA surveillance, infiltration & disruption in Latinx communities. @RussContreras broke the story last week.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Jimmy Carter's Dark Legacy in El Salvador Carter’s administration rejected Saint Óscar Romero’s pleas not to provide military aid to the Salvadoran junta before he was assassinated.

Jimmy Carter's "human rights legacy" including his support of the civil war era Salvadoran military responsible for murdering approx 80,000 men, women, children (entire towns of them), nuns & priests like Saint Oscar Romero who asked Carter to stop lethal aid.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...