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Clyde W Barrow

@clydewbarrow.bsky.social

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Professor of Political Science at UTRGV. Unapologetically left wing democratic socialist. Time for a general strike. State Theory, Critical University Studies, American Political Thought, Texas Politics. Speaking as a private citizen of the United States. .. more

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 1d

Except the US elected the moron - twice!

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Bernard Taylor @btaylorforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.

Apple doesn't recognise unions.

Amazon is anti-union.

McDonald's is anti-union.

Starbucks is anti-union.

Google is anti-union.

Walmart is anti-union.

The big corporations are not on your side.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 1d

Evidently, Merrick Garland was a Republican mole.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 1d

ICE Raids Upend South Texas Construction Industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...

South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work

More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 2d

In 1965 there were only 42 whooping cranes left in the world. The number is now 600.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/t...

Conservation groups buy Texas land for whooping crane habitat

Once on the brink of extinction, the birds have expanded beyond the protected lands set aside for them in the 1970s.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 3d

This is what I hear when traveling abroad. Its not just that allies can't rely on Trump, they no longer trust the American people who elected this jackass twice knowing exactly who he is.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 3d

Class, Power, & the State in the 21st Century. New Book Series.
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Class, Power, and the State in the 21st Century

Class, Power, and the State in the 21st Century meets the renewed interest in the state – the evolving matrix of persons, institutions, and policies constituting the governing and regulating organizat...

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 3d

Check it Out: Can the Left Govern?
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Clyde W. Barrow | Marxist State Theory Today

In this episode, we are joined by political theorist Clyde W. Barrow to revisit the classic debates in Marxist state theory and to consider their renewed relevance in the present conjuncture. Barro…

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 3d

A Jury Does Its Job - Nullify ICE
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Stephen Miller Melts Down as ‘Leftist’ Jury Acquits Man Who Towed ICE Truck Away

Stephen Miller has erupted at “blatant jury nullification” after a Los Angeles tow truck driver was acquitted of stealing an ICE vehicle in the latest embarrassment for Donald Trump’s Justice Departme...

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 4d

The "radical left." What radical left? 😂🤣😅

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 4d

All churches should be required to pay corporate income, sales, and property taxes like every other for-profit business.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 4d

The US should adopt a mandatory retirement age for ALL government offices tethered to maximum Social Security retirement age

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 4d

It should be renamed the Department of Obstruction of Justice.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 5d

Mandatory retirement age for ALL elected officials tethered to maximum Social Security retirement age.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 5d

Class Nity Podacast: can the Left Govern?
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Clyde W. Barrow | Marxist State Theory Today

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 7d

Abolish ICE.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 7d

An email I'd delete without reading it.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 7d

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 7d

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 8d

Texas Christo-Fascists are all about voter suppression
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/18/t...

U.S. citizens again caught in Texas voter roll investigation

Texas state election officials did not initially check state records before telling counties to investigate the citizenship of 2,724 registered voters.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 8d

Texas should stop inflicting itself on the rest of the country
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/t...

Texas, Florida sue FDA over abortion pill approval

Seeking to pull mifepristone from the drug market, the states argued that the FDA did not properly evaluate the pill’s safety and effectiveness.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 8d

Trump is crazy kookoo. Venezuela stole US land and oil? We should invade the United States and take it back 😂🤣😅

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 8d

Trump is wrong about everything.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 8d

Texans Now Being Asked to Do Bathroom Patrol - What a State 🙄
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/t...

Ken Paxton opens tip line to encourage “bathroom bill” enforcement

The attorney general's complaint form is the latest effort to enforce new state restrictions on which restrooms transgender people can use in public buildings.

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 8d

Texas and Religion - A Deadly Combination
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Texas measles outbreak hardened Mennonites against vaccines

Months after public health officials say they caused the nation’s largest measles surge in 30 years, some West Texas Mennonites have grown more skeptical of the mainstream medical system.

www.texastribune.org

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 8d

I am editing a new book series on Class, Power, & the State in the 21st Century with De Gruyter Brill. The first two volumes will be out soon. Check it out.
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Class, Power, and the State in the 21st Century

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