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Richard Ashby Wilson
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Princeton University Professor #Anthropology Co-Director of the Human Rights Initiative. I write about #HumanRights & #CivilRights
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Richard Ashby Wilson is an American–British social anthropologist of law and human rights. He is the Gladstein Distinguished professor of Human Rights and Professor of Anthropology and Law at the University of Connecticut. In 2021, Wilson became the Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Intellectual Life at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Wilson established the interdisciplinary Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut and was the Director of the Human Rights Institute from 2003 to 2013. Wilson is one of the founders of the anthropology of human rights and was editor and an author of Human Rights, Culture and Context (1997), the first edited volume in the field of the anthropology of human rights. .. more

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 1d
Yep…the arms industry is state sponsored socialism for the rich and unethical.

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 1d
And then it happened…the case against #Comey is thrown out. Undisguised glee as #TheSystemIsWorking
#RuleofLaw

Reposted by Richard Ashby Wilson, Gerald Friedman, Anne Norton

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.

The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.

It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.

Textbook corporate greed.

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 2d
#Corruption
It's about the grift.
Welcome to Anything Goes America

Gifting this article
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Welcome to Anything Goes America
Where the loosening of rules and tolerance of corruption will lead
www.economist.com

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 2d
#Inequality soars, and guess what, we get angrier with each other! And the billionaires benefit while we fight.
#PoliticalPolarization

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 3d
Hence, #PoliticalPolarization
#It'sTheEconomyStupid
#MakeAmericaEgalitarianAgain

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Richard Ashby Wilson

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
www.theguardian.com

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 3d
Give us a list of Jews, you say? Hmmmm....where have we heard this before?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 6d
Hahaha…..complete amateurs. This case will fail!

#Comey #Lawfare
#DOJ

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop, Richard Ashby Wilson , and 2 more

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d
Trump: I’m very proud of the job he’s done. What he’s done is incredible in terms of human rights.

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 8d
Guatemalan woman erroneously deported & separated from her 2 year old son. And this chilling line, “Moments later, armed agents began separating the workers into two groups — U.S. citizens and immigrants.” #CrimesAgainstHumanity

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
www.nytimes.com

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 9d
Vulture capitalism is not working.
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9d
Socialism looks less bad when Elon Musk gets a trillion dollars from the board of Tesla for...ruining Tesla
Welcome to Tesla Capitalism
Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.
www.thebulwark.com

Reposted by Richard Ashby Wilson

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9d
Socialism looks less bad when Elon Musk gets a trillion dollars from the board of Tesla for...ruining Tesla
Welcome to Tesla Capitalism
Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.
www.thebulwark.com

Reposted by Stefan Reis, Richard Ashby Wilson, Cathy N. Davidson

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 10d
“While the president has publicly focused on confronting the region’s drug threat to the United States, in private he has talked more about Mr. Maduro’s fate, and about oil, aides say.”
This conflict is entirely pretextual. Imperial & distracting from domestic issues
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
www.nytimes.com

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 11d
The officials ordering extra-judicial killings in the #Caribbean must face legal consequences.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Bacon: "If we're gonna go to war with Venezuela, the president needs to make his case. And they've done 0 on this. He needs to come to Congress."

Reposted by Kori Schake, Richard Ashby Wilson, David R. Miller , and 1 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Bacon: "If we're gonna go to war with Venezuela, the president needs to make his case. And they've done 0 on this. He needs to come to Congress."

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 14d
"Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose." Hear hear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
www.nytimes.com

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 16d
Municipal #Socialism
Intriguing idea.
open.substack.com/pub/adamprze...
Musings 3
Municipal Socialism
open.substack.com

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 16d
This is very constructive…we need some self reflection and a new path that actually responds to people’s needs. Not that of the donor class

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 16d
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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 16d
The ruling class tried this in Louis XVI’s France and look how that ended
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamp Benefits
www.nytimes.com

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 17d
When 1 in 8 Americans rely on food aid, it's time to recognize our economic system is not working.
#TimeForChange

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
Families in Limbo After Supreme Court Order Interrupts Food Stamp Payments
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Richard Ashby Wilson

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 20d
Vincent van Gogh ~ Mulberry Tree, 1889

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.

Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.

Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.

Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 23d
Signed #AAUP petition against government violation of First Amendment.
#EducationNotIdeology

You can too!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025
We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...
actionnetwork.org

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Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson.bsky.social · 24d
Is our economy working for the 99%, when 42 million people rely on federal food aid= one in eight Americans?

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Richard Ashby Wilson, Scott A. Imberman , and 1 more

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 25d
New York knows how to do Halloween!

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Richard Ashby Wilson, John Palfrey

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25d
More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Richard Ashby Wilson, Farah Mendlesohn

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25d
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.