Dan Little
@dlittle30
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Philosopher of social science; politics and social justice; racial justice. Follow UnderstandingSociety blog on Bluesky at @dlittle30.bsky.social — follow me!
Michigan
Joined November 2008
Please visit https://t.co/OtyZs7cbM8 -- a group blog aimed at affirming our democracy and opposing the lawlessness, racism, and authoritarianism we now face ...
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Changing Public Opinion about Current Government Lawlessness
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https://t.co/oi61zuwJPE We have a constitution and President Trump tramples it. Articles of impeachment now!
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In his speech to the top officers of the United States military Donald Trump has crossed the line from reckless right-wing authoritarian politician to aspiring fascist dictator. Here is a report fr…
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Trump’s unconstitutional plans for using the military in his war on “internal enemies”… this is grounds for impeachment.
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If you’re interested in seeing ongoing posts on Understanding Society, you can follow me on Bluesky at @dlittle30.bsky.social. Latest post is on racial assumptions in social contract theory. Hope to see you there!
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Appearing in March -- Rethinking Analytical Sociology (Edward Elgar). The book outlines the methods and achievements of analytical sociology, and highlights several key weaknesses in the approach.
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‘Daniel Little’s book provides an accurate and up-to-date interpretation of the foundational assumptions of analytical sociology, along with a critical assessment of them. Little demonstrates how...
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The single most important article yet published on Trump's second term, by two scholars who since 2016 have been consistently correct in anticipating Trump's effect on our political system. Everyone should read it.
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Family separation was an atrocity during the first Trump administration… now they promise the same horrific crime against young children and parents… shame on us!
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Tom Homan oversaw implementation of the “zero tolerance” policy that separated more than 4,000 children from their parents during Trump’s first term.
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Exit polls showed González winning 65% and Maduro getting 31%. There is no way these exit polls were off by 30%! So now all democrats of the world -- in governments and societies -- must stand with the majority of people of Venezuela & not let Maduro steal this election.
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"Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad guy but by sophisticated networks relying on kleptocratic financial structures, a complex of security services — military, paramilitary, police — and experts in surveillance, propaganda, and disinformation.” https://t.co/p3AqGAViI7
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Scott was a genuine innovator and highly collaborative. The Center for Agrarian Studies at Yale was an exciting place under his leadership. Domination and the Arts of Resistance is a favorite of mine ...
𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖. 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 passed away on July 19. He was a political scientist and specialist in Southeast Asia. He was a dissident within Political Science. Yet his books opened up lines of research on central issues, such as the exercise of power and resistance to power.👇
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No no no, SCOTUS. Do NOT try to quote Alexander Hamilton to support this horrendous immunity decision. Hamilton's Federalist No. 77 *SPECIFICALLY* cites "prosecution in the common course of law" as a check on the president. And you amateur historians just ignored it. "Original
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1/ At long last, can we all stop pretending that Alito, Thomas, Barrett, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh are legitimate jurists? They are politicians who were effectively “appointed” to the Court by the Federalist Society, which has turned the Supreme Court into an unaccountable
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The Supreme Court ruling places the president beyond the law in any "official act" he orders. Impeachment is the only remedy, and we've seen how that worked after January 6. Ordering arbitrary imprisonment or murder of his enemies--as suggested by his own lawyers--would pass.
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The Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling represents the worst crisis to our democracy we have yet faced. Shame on these amoral ideologues ...
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The Supreme Court has shown itself to be governed, not by allegiance to the rule of constitution and law, but by slavish allegiance to a self-declared tyrant in waiting. Shame, shame, shame on these servants of the enemies of democracy.
1/5. Unless Trump loses, America ends.
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US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads
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Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad
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