sanjukta paul
@sanjukta.bsky.social
Interested in the idea and practice and law of economic coordination. I work as a law professor at a public university. Preparing for our tryst with destiny. Homo "sapien"
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Time to revive the Anti-Imperialist League
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In the name of liberty : Anti-Imperialist Meeting, Tremont Temple, April 4, 1899 : protest against the Philippine policy : Anti-Imperialist League (Boston, Mass.) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streamin...
Preservation photocopy
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January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Time to revive the Anti-Imperialist League
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Sorry but you have to admit there is something horrifically and twistedly comical about this ghoul questioning the legitimacy of European colonial possessions.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Sorry but you have to admit there is something horrifically and twistedly comical about this ghoul questioning the legitimacy of European colonial possessions.
I found this blog post (co-authored by my colleague julian arato) very clear and helpful, fyi www.ejiltalk.org/trumps-illeg...
www.ejiltalk.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I found this blog post (co-authored by my colleague julian arato) very clear and helpful, fyi www.ejiltalk.org/trumps-illeg...
My favorite tv character: Johnny Oades
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
My favorite tv character: Johnny Oades
To be hopeful for a moment , one of the possibilities of a world that is more interconnected than ever is that this does not fly with the public
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
To be hopeful for a moment , one of the possibilities of a world that is more interconnected than ever is that this does not fly with the public
It's interesting how different scholars choose to use "antimonopoly," "republicanism," "producerism," "populists," and to a lesser degree "labor movement" and "agrarian movement" more or less interchangeably when referring to certain US social/political formations after the civil war.
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It's interesting how different scholars choose to use "antimonopoly," "republicanism," "producerism," "populists," and to a lesser degree "labor movement" and "agrarian movement" more or less interchangeably when referring to certain US social/political formations after the civil war.
Not a new point obvs but the fact that these things have been violated does not mean there have been no constraints.
Relatedly, one way in which the invasion is "economically rational" is that it shows smaller states what superpowers are willing to do; all bargaining now takes place in its shadow
Relatedly, one way in which the invasion is "economically rational" is that it shows smaller states what superpowers are willing to do; all bargaining now takes place in its shadow
It’s easy in these moments to get exasperated by the UN, but the Charter does two key things that have helped define the post-1945 world: it outlaws the use of aggressive warfare as a tool for remaking international order, and it underwrites postcolonial sovereignty. US actions this week breach both
January 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Not a new point obvs but the fact that these things have been violated does not mean there have been no constraints.
Relatedly, one way in which the invasion is "economically rational" is that it shows smaller states what superpowers are willing to do; all bargaining now takes place in its shadow
Relatedly, one way in which the invasion is "economically rational" is that it shows smaller states what superpowers are willing to do; all bargaining now takes place in its shadow
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Gratuitous self-harm, at this point.
In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Gratuitous self-harm, at this point.
It's horrible, yes, but it's also transparently and profoundly insecure.
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
It's horrible, yes, but it's also transparently and profoundly insecure.
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Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
What's annoying about the leftist "it's not about oil lol" takes is that they assume a delusionally strong concept of "real" economic interest. People need to stop and think about that for a few minutes
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
What's annoying about the leftist "it's not about oil lol" takes is that they assume a delusionally strong concept of "real" economic interest. People need to stop and think about that for a few minutes
Plus everyone on the boats. Real life horror show - but it's "other people," so be sensible now.
The death toll is now 80? I know the pandemic made life cheap amid mass death, but 80 dead is staggering
Other people are real and the United States should not murder them
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Plus everyone on the boats. Real life horror show - but it's "other people," so be sensible now.
Something I think is fun, just personally, is that we appear to be going back into the Viking age, but now with nuclear weapons and all kinds of other lesser horrific arms floating around the whole world.
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 4, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Something I think is fun, just personally, is that we appear to be going back into the Viking age, but now with nuclear weapons and all kinds of other lesser horrific arms floating around the whole world.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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This bit of news — at least 40 dead— appears around the 27th graf of the NYT story. Which is a really bizarre choice.
(And we find out a few grafs down that several US soldiers were injured)
(And we find out a few grafs down that several US soldiers were injured)
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
This bit of news — at least 40 dead— appears around the 27th graf of the NYT story. Which is a really bizarre choice.
(And we find out a few grafs down that several US soldiers were injured)
(And we find out a few grafs down that several US soldiers were injured)
"Money made of gold is a monarchical and aristocratic institution." --William H. Sylvis, pres & co-founder of the National Labor Union (immediate predecessor of the Knights of Labor), in his tract "What is Money?"
January 4, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"Money made of gold is a monarchical and aristocratic institution." --William H. Sylvis, pres & co-founder of the National Labor Union (immediate predecessor of the Knights of Labor), in his tract "What is Money?"
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Current* conditions near Two Harbors, MN:
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Current* conditions near Two Harbors, MN:
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We join the international labor community in condemning President Trump’s unconstitutional actions in Venezuela.
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
We join the international labor community in condemning President Trump’s unconstitutional actions in Venezuela.
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...
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The US has already killed innocent civilians in Venezuela. Stop acting as though this attack was legitimate and the only problems are in a hypothetical future.
The Venezuelan people elected Edmundo González to run their country.
Not Pete Hegseth or Marco Rubio.
The American people do not support another expensive foreign war that risks the lives of our men and women in uniform.
Not Pete Hegseth or Marco Rubio.
The American people do not support another expensive foreign war that risks the lives of our men and women in uniform.
January 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The US has already killed innocent civilians in Venezuela. Stop acting as though this attack was legitimate and the only problems are in a hypothetical future.
The Knights of St. Crispin are legitimately among the most important examples of post-civil war labor cooperation - and also I like saying "the crispins"
January 4, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The Knights of St. Crispin are legitimately among the most important examples of post-civil war labor cooperation - and also I like saying "the crispins"
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Slowly losing my mind about the many Dems who seem to have landed on requesting more information about Trump's plans for Venezuela.
Sen. Foreign Rel. ranking member Shaheen condemns attack:
January 4, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Slowly losing my mind about the many Dems who seem to have landed on requesting more information about Trump's plans for Venezuela.
Evidently scores of human beings already killed (including civilians) in this operation alone. And this will hardly be the end. People need to stop talking about this as if it's a partially good but hard or illegal thing. I think people know in their hearts it's simply evil.
My problem with most of the law prof takes today on the Venezuela invasion is the assumption that there are legitimate or even virtuous reasons and methods of warfare & military killings that our lawless President didn't follow here. I don't agree with that assumption but I agree this war is wrong.
January 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Evidently scores of human beings already killed (including civilians) in this operation alone. And this will hardly be the end. People need to stop talking about this as if it's a partially good but hard or illegal thing. I think people know in their hearts it's simply evil.
What does it take to replace schumer and jeffries? Honestly asking.
January 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
What does it take to replace schumer and jeffries? Honestly asking.
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the irony of a coked-out war cabinet invading a sovereign nation & kidnapping its president because he is an alleged cocaine trafficker is not lost on me
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
the irony of a coked-out war cabinet invading a sovereign nation & kidnapping its president because he is an alleged cocaine trafficker is not lost on me