Alyssa Miller
alyssamarie55.bsky.social
Alyssa Miller
@alyssamarie55.bsky.social
Anthropologist
Research Fellow @GIGA-Hamburg
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I think it's very important to note that when you want to run human misery like a business--a business based on rounding up people to ship them to a country they aren't from to work in forced labor camps--you're a slaver.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice director wants to run deportations like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Declining #AcademicFreedom in the #Maghreb: In a new #MECAM paper, @isaliba.bsky.social documents the range of violations of academic freedom in Algeria, Libya, Mali, Morocco, and Tunisia and provides recommendations for universities and governments: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
Declining Academic Freedom in the Maghreb
Academic freedom in the Maghreb has been deteriorating for the past decade. This paper documents the range of violations of academic freedom in Algeria, Libya, Mali, Morocco, and Tunisia and provides ...
www.giga-hamburg.de
March 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.

☎️: (202) 224-3121

Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.

The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.

Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.

Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.

His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#Employment The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at Colgate University invites applications to fill a visiting assistant professor position in the field of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies or related discipline beginning in the Fall of 2025.
mesana.org/resources-an...
Middle East Studies Association
The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program invites applications to fill a visiting assistant professor position in the field of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies or related discipline begin...
mesana.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Do you live in Germany and originally come from Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Serbia, Tunisia, or Vietnam?

Do you have an innovative business idea for your country of origin? 💡

Then apply now for the #startup competition by the @gizgmbh.bsky.social!

diaspora2030.de/en/call-for-...
Diaspora2030 | Call for proposals - Business Ideas for Development - GIZ
GIZ GmbH issues calls for proposals to promote development-relevant projects by Diaspora organisations.
diaspora2030.de
January 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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#Employment The Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis, seeks to hire a sociocultural anthropologist of Palestine. The appointment will be made at the assistant or associate professor rank.

mesana.org/resources-an...
Middle East Studies Association
The Department of Anthropology seeks to hire a sociocultural anthropologist of Palestine. The appointment will be made at the assistant or associate professor rank.
mesana.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM