Historian and writer. 🗃 Mexico. Indigenous communities, revolutions, drugs. Writing a book on Mexican militias. First book here: https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Saints-Shamans-Communities-Revolutionary/dp/0816541027https://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3ltaogmnknc2mThis guy is currently running an experiment in generating advance sales of his novel, PARTISAN, via crowdfunding. The DIY thing works with music - why not literature? Check out the campaign here and if you like what you read, pre-order your signed copy! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/partisan2025 https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/partisan202505 Jul 2025 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltaogmnknc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lt626akkjs2yMaybe some of the "splitters" just have morals? I know that actually believing in anything is a fucking wild idea to these Oxford LabourSoc gremlins - yeah, that's right, I saw you all down the Union and I know exactly what you're about - but it does actually happen out there in the wild [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt626akkjs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lsuaojpcjk2iBREAKING! Woody Guthrie to be posthumously prosecuted for "this machine kills fascists" sticker: "It's violent, discriminatory speech that's making a lot of normal, respectable fascists feel very uncomfortable," says minister30 Jun 2025 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsuaojpcjk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lsrmhfpwlk2jThe problem is that schools doubling as prison camps and education as a weapon is common to most nation-states, regardless of their political systems, religions or cultures. China is a good example but so is India, the US, France, Israel, you name it... https://futureconditiona1.substack.com/p/education-is-destroying-humanity [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2025 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrmhfpwlk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lsrlsciusk2jIt's gotta be a better bet than tryign to successfully monetise #substack at least? #booksky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #writersky [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2025 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrlsciusk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lsoqzv2ls222Love literature but tired of tired old publishing models? Bored of debates about gatekeeping and identity and *who* makes a book good instead of *what*? Then support this experiment in funding fine fiction without any of the bullshit! #booksky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #writersky [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jun 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsoqzv2ls222https://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lsecwehvuk2dPartisan is a novel which weaves together two stories which unfold in two different times: "then," 1943, Italy, the awful times of war; and "now," 2008, the ordinary present, the year of the crash, the year the banks stole our money. Let's get it published! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/partisan2025 https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/partisan202524 Jun 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsecwehvuk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lsbdkl2nic2xHonoured to have made the list again - tho wish it was with happier piece. Still, having been right in predicting Trump's strikes on Iran even in the face of all the dissimulation and elite wishful thinking, read on for more about what might happen next https://futureconditiona1.substack.com/p/will-trump-attack-iran [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbdkl2nic2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lrw73a252225I’m about 70% sure the US will join Israel in striking Iran in the next 24 hours. Moving aircraft carriers and aggressive rhetoric could be part of pressure tactics to get Iran to cave to US-Israeli demands. But it’s also clear that Trump smells blood. https://futureconditiona1.substack.com/p/will-trump-attack-iran18 Jun 2025 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrw73a252225https://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lrthdm3qws2hI’m about 70% convinced the US will join Israel in striking Iran over the next 24-48 hours. Of course moving aircraft carriers and other assets could be part of pressure tactics to get Iran to cave and agree to humiliating US-Israeli demands;17 Jun 2025 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrthdm3qws2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lrspu4utdc2vExcited by this new novel - and by the idea this might be a new and better way to publish proper books in a world where the old models of publishing are broken and new ideas are desperately needed. Join me in supporting the 'Partisan' crowdfunding campaign here! https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/partisan2025?utm_source=crowdfunder&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=thanks_page&utm_content=4gx7gobj17 Jun 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrspu4utdc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lrao644hyc22Enhorabuena! Looking forward to reading! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrao644hyc22https://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lqfjfjxcw22dWhat happens when Indigenous people fight back against education policies designed to destroy their cultures and identities? Here’s the story of one such case, based on my research on schools and nationalism in revolutionary Mexico https://futureconditiona1.substack.com/p/bad-education-part-230 May 2025 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfjfjxcw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/morrisinmexico.bsky.social/post/3lqdmiikyw22gAcross way too much of the world today, schools are more like prison camps and education is ‘re-education,’ deliberately designed to destroy humanity’s endless diversity in a misguided attempt to build ‘stronger’ states and more ‘developed’ economies. https://futureconditiona1.substack.com/p/education-is-destroying-humanity29 May 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:e3x66enge65cnxuffb6bl3jy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdmiikyw22g