Robert Werth
@robertwerth.bsky.social
Human & dog companion. Research & teach in a sociology dept. Focused on carceral continuum, parole & post-prison, penal technologies/algorithms, affect & intuition. Law & society. Ethnography. Still on twitter...but trying to transition.
Question for academic soc/crim/anthro/etc folk...
I'm teaching an undergrad seminar: Crime, punishment & Society. Want/need a section on CECOT & ongoing "state of emergency" in El Salvardor. Any recs for academic or journalists writing?
Also, any recs on ICE & ICE detention facilities? Thanks
I'm teaching an undergrad seminar: Crime, punishment & Society. Want/need a section on CECOT & ongoing "state of emergency" in El Salvardor. Any recs for academic or journalists writing?
Also, any recs on ICE & ICE detention facilities? Thanks
August 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Question for academic soc/crim/anthro/etc folk...
I'm teaching an undergrad seminar: Crime, punishment & Society. Want/need a section on CECOT & ongoing "state of emergency" in El Salvardor. Any recs for academic or journalists writing?
Also, any recs on ICE & ICE detention facilities? Thanks
I'm teaching an undergrad seminar: Crime, punishment & Society. Want/need a section on CECOT & ongoing "state of emergency" in El Salvardor. Any recs for academic or journalists writing?
Also, any recs on ICE & ICE detention facilities? Thanks
And, setting aside LA, people in Gaza are still being killed, starved, and (further) displaced. And violence in the West Bank too.
This interview (criticizing Netanyahu) with a former PM of Israel is definitely worth the read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
This interview (criticizing Netanyahu) with a former PM of Israel is definitely worth the read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
Opinion | Ehud Olmert on Israel’s Catastrophic War in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
And, setting aside LA, people in Gaza are still being killed, starved, and (further) displaced. And violence in the West Bank too.
This interview (criticizing Netanyahu) with a former PM of Israel is definitely worth the read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
This interview (criticizing Netanyahu) with a former PM of Israel is definitely worth the read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
Been away from soc media, but feel need to return.
I live in LA & feel the need to say:
The protests have 99.9% been peaceful exercise of constitutional rights.
Much media coverage makes it look like a war-like, siege existence in LA. That is NOT THE CASE AT ALL!
I live in LA & feel the need to say:
The protests have 99.9% been peaceful exercise of constitutional rights.
Much media coverage makes it look like a war-like, siege existence in LA. That is NOT THE CASE AT ALL!
June 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Been away from soc media, but feel need to return.
I live in LA & feel the need to say:
The protests have 99.9% been peaceful exercise of constitutional rights.
Much media coverage makes it look like a war-like, siege existence in LA. That is NOT THE CASE AT ALL!
I live in LA & feel the need to say:
The protests have 99.9% been peaceful exercise of constitutional rights.
Much media coverage makes it look like a war-like, siege existence in LA. That is NOT THE CASE AT ALL!
Haven't been posting much, but gonna post this: Current president of US essentially refusing to honor due process, habeaus corpus and the rule of law. This is a big deal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
El Salvador president refuses to order return of wrongly deported US man
Trump officials claim they’re not legally bound to bring Kilmar Abrego García back despite supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Haven't been posting much, but gonna post this: Current president of US essentially refusing to honor due process, habeaus corpus and the rule of law. This is a big deal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yes to this op-ed!!
"Not Like Us” is not just about Drake anymore. It’s a diss track to America, an audacious indictment delivered as a rallying anthem designed to unite us and revive our weary, burned-out reserves."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
"Not Like Us” is not just about Drake anymore. It’s a diss track to America, an audacious indictment delivered as a rallying anthem designed to unite us and revive our weary, burned-out reserves."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Was Political Art, if You Knew Where to Look
With an audience of over 120 million people, the performance broke viewership records. But at times it seemed designed to speak directly to me.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Yes to this op-ed!!
"Not Like Us” is not just about Drake anymore. It’s a diss track to America, an audacious indictment delivered as a rallying anthem designed to unite us and revive our weary, burned-out reserves."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
"Not Like Us” is not just about Drake anymore. It’s a diss track to America, an audacious indictment delivered as a rallying anthem designed to unite us and revive our weary, burned-out reserves."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
More worried about other things from the new regime (Gaza, USAID food aid, NIH indirect costs, executive power).
But this seems important. It's all 'flood the zone', but wonder if this change is a change they really want and are hoping 4 minimal attention.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But this seems important. It's all 'flood the zone', but wonder if this change is a change they really want and are hoping 4 minimal attention.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials
President directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues pardon to Rod Blagojevich
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
More worried about other things from the new regime (Gaza, USAID food aid, NIH indirect costs, executive power).
But this seems important. It's all 'flood the zone', but wonder if this change is a change they really want and are hoping 4 minimal attention.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But this seems important. It's all 'flood the zone', but wonder if this change is a change they really want and are hoping 4 minimal attention.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Robert Werth
Can’t believe I’m typing this but…
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
IF YOU KNOW IF ANYONE PLANNING A SCIENCE RELATED PROTEST IN DC, PLEASE DM ME!
February 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Can’t believe I’m typing this but…
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
"Parts of the Israeli right have long dreamed of expelling Palestinians from their land, a mad ambition that’s only grown more intense and widespread since Oct. 7. Now Trump has taken this once-taboo idea and rendered it [legitimate]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Gaza Deal: War Crimes in Exchange for Beachfront Property
The president’s proposal wasn’t serious, but it was dangerous.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Parts of the Israeli right have long dreamed of expelling Palestinians from their land, a mad ambition that’s only grown more intense and widespread since Oct. 7. Now Trump has taken this once-taboo idea and rendered it [legitimate]."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
J. Bouie: "..trying to instantiate an anti-constitutional theory of executive power that would make the president supreme over all other branches of government. They are doing so in service of a plutocratic agenda of austerity and the upward redistribution of wealth"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
J. Bouie: "..trying to instantiate an anti-constitutional theory of executive power that would make the president supreme over all other branches of government. They are doing so in service of a plutocratic agenda of austerity and the upward redistribution of wealth"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
" “So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” said David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School."
This @washingtonpost.com story is so important that I'm gifting it. These people appear to be operating totally illegally and outside the Constitution -- and they know it. wapo.st/40LVERn
U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
wapo.st
February 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
" “So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” said David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School."
I'm not surprised, but still, holy hell:
"Trump claims Palestinians have 'no alternative' but to leave Gaza during his Oval Office meeting with Netanyahu" - from NBC news and also saw it on NY Times.
"Trump claims Palestinians have 'no alternative' but to leave Gaza during his Oval Office meeting with Netanyahu" - from NBC news and also saw it on NY Times.
February 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I'm not surprised, but still, holy hell:
"Trump claims Palestinians have 'no alternative' but to leave Gaza during his Oval Office meeting with Netanyahu" - from NBC news and also saw it on NY Times.
"Trump claims Palestinians have 'no alternative' but to leave Gaza during his Oval Office meeting with Netanyahu" - from NBC news and also saw it on NY Times.
Hello all. I'm still on the other space (T-witter), but am starting to explore here. Nice to see some old friends from T-world, and see new ones here.
November 23, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Hello all. I'm still on the other space (T-witter), but am starting to explore here. Nice to see some old friends from T-world, and see new ones here.