Emily Russell
@emilyrussell.bsky.social
political science for political struggle • phd candidate at Stanford • knight-hennessy scholar • http://www.emilyprussell.com
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Emily Russell
@emilyrussell.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Property Righting: The Politics of Rights Over Land and Labor | Annual Reviews
This essay focuses on property rights in land and labor, the ways in which they have been entangled since the development of early capitalism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the extent...
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The preprint for my co-authored review article with the unparalleled Margaret Levi is up now at @annualreviews.bsky.social! In it, we explore how property rights have been designed with economic development in mind, but that they could instead facilitate a host of other priorities: bit.ly/3PDWsTc
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NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international student visas at University of California, Stanford
Amid a national sweep over student visas that has hit colleges across the U.S., the Trump administration on Friday canceled more than a dozen international student visas at the University of Californi...
www.latimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...
a year ago, i visited guantanamo. a toxic, imperial site of unspeakable (and unforgettable) horror. another chapter of American violence cannot be written here
Leavitt says they’ve begun flying deportees to Guantanamo Bay.
This is functionally disappearing human beings.
There is no consular access to Guantanamo, making it nearly impossible for those held there to be represented by their governments.
There is virtually no media access, either.
This is functionally disappearing human beings.
There is no consular access to Guantanamo, making it nearly impossible for those held there to be represented by their governments.
There is virtually no media access, either.
Trump administration says it has begun deporting migrants to Guantánamo Bay
Press secretary says at least two deportation flights to Cuban base of undocumented immigrants ‘under way’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
a year ago, i visited guantanamo. a toxic, imperial site of unspeakable (and unforgettable) horror. another chapter of American violence cannot be written here
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big victory for Indigenous activists
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
big victory for Indigenous activists
The preprint for my co-authored review article with the unparalleled Margaret Levi is up now at @annualreviews.bsky.social! In it, we explore how property rights have been designed with economic development in mind, but that they could instead facilitate a host of other priorities: bit.ly/3PDWsTc
Property Righting: The Politics of Rights Over Land and Labor | Annual Reviews
This essay focuses on property rights in land and labor, the ways in which they have been entangled since the development of early capitalism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the extent...
bit.ly
January 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The preprint for my co-authored review article with the unparalleled Margaret Levi is up now at @annualreviews.bsky.social! In it, we explore how property rights have been designed with economic development in mind, but that they could instead facilitate a host of other priorities: bit.ly/3PDWsTc
Reposted by Emily Russell
As we witness these heartbreaking scenes from the fires in LA, an important reminder that incarcerated people make up over 30% of California’s forest firefighters.
30 percent of California's forest firefighters are prisoners
About 4,000 inmates battle blazes in the Golden State's woodlands.
www.motherjones.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
As we witness these heartbreaking scenes from the fires in LA, an important reminder that incarcerated people make up over 30% of California’s forest firefighters.