Oxana Shevel
@oxanashevel.bsky.social
Prof @TuftsPoliSci. Post-communism, nationalism, identity, citizenship, memory, religion. 2024 book: 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦 : Entangled Histories, Diverging States. https://tinyurl.com/5y8nvemb
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May 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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The past hangs over the present, and today's dictator coz-plays dictators of yesterday, selectively remembering, forgetting, & twisting facts to justify his imperialism & authoritarianism as a greater good rather than disaster that it is.
First, a statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin appears in the Moscow Metro. Then a Kremlin adviser says that “from a legal standpoint the USSR still exists.” In Russia the past hangs over the present. My report from Moscow.
Stalin statue appears in the Moscow Metro
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
May 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The past hangs over the present, and today's dictator coz-plays dictators of yesterday, selectively remembering, forgetting, & twisting facts to justify his imperialism & authoritarianism as a greater good rather than disaster that it is.
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More dumb Stalinism: wapo.st/3Z37N4G
These historians oversee unbiased accounts of U.S. foreign policy. Trump fired them all.
An advisory committee of historians helps ensure the record of America’s history remains unbiased, transparent and thorough. Trump just fired the entire panel.
wapo.st
May 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
More dumb Stalinism: wapo.st/3Z37N4G
When will this platform have easy bookmark functionality for posts? I find myself sticking to the other one because I can easily bookmark posts. Here are many more worthy posts to bookmark but no easy way to do it - not from the main feed at least.
May 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
When will this platform have easy bookmark functionality for posts? I find myself sticking to the other one because I can easily bookmark posts. Here are many more worthy posts to bookmark but no easy way to do it - not from the main feed at least.
Harvard sues Trump admin for actions that are "unlawful and beyond the government's authority." Great move, Harvard. Link to Harvard complaint submitted to court: links.repoint.harvard.edu/servlet/Mail...
April 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Harvard sues Trump admin for actions that are "unlawful and beyond the government's authority." Great move, Harvard. Link to Harvard complaint submitted to court: links.repoint.harvard.edu/servlet/Mail...
Half the country and nearly 80% of republicans remain in denial of what this regime is quickly moving towards. I wonder if they will be eventually (soon) swayed by the facts or will deny reality because jailing will be for views they themselves don’t hold.
April 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Half the country and nearly 80% of republicans remain in denial of what this regime is quickly moving towards. I wonder if they will be eventually (soon) swayed by the facts or will deny reality because jailing will be for views they themselves don’t hold.
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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Cinco de Mayo parades in Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Jose have been canceled due to organizers' concerns about ICE raids and anti-immigrant sentiment, as community members fear attending.
April 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Cinco de Mayo parades in Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Jose have been canceled due to organizers' concerns about ICE raids and anti-immigrant sentiment, as community members fear attending.
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What does Russia's post-Soviet experience and the failure of its weak and fledgling democracy in the ‘90s teach us about our current American moment? It's been the elephant in my classroom all semester. In this essay, I address the elephant open.substack.com/pub/brianwhi...
Strange New World
Global Putinism, Gangsterism, and the Crisis of the West
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
What does Russia's post-Soviet experience and the failure of its weak and fledgling democracy in the ‘90s teach us about our current American moment? It's been the elephant in my classroom all semester. In this essay, I address the elephant open.substack.com/pub/brianwhi...
This is shocking. Read full article. Explosion of these agreements since trump inauguration, turning not just local police but also agencies such as finance departments and fish and wildlife commissions into immigration enforcement agents during them performing their “routine duties.”
Trump is Quietly Building a Deportation Army out of State and Local Agencies
Enrollment in the 287(g) program, which deputizes local police to do federal immigration enforcement, has exploded in recent weeks.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/trump-is-q...
Enrollment in the 287(g) program, which deputizes local police to do federal immigration enforcement, has exploded in recent weeks.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/trump-is-q...
Trump is Quietly Building a Deportation Army out of State and Local Agencies
Enrollment in the 287(g) program, which deputizes local police to do federal immigration enforcement, has exploded in recent weeks—but the administration has been surprisingly silent.
austinkocher.substack.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is shocking. Read full article. Explosion of these agreements since trump inauguration, turning not just local police but also agencies such as finance departments and fish and wildlife commissions into immigration enforcement agents during them performing their “routine duties.”
I’d add that this admin misunderstands 🇷🇺 too if they think econ incentives are key. putin demands 4handover & formal recognition of 5 territories is but one step towards key 🇷🇺 goal 2 destroy 🇺🇦 state. putin is leading these real estate “experts” by the nose & they r falling for it.
"Trump administration officials [..] believe that, with enough pressure, Ukraine can be made to submit to any terms. But if they think so, they underestimate and misunderstand Ukraine" @oxanashevel.bsky.social and I wrote last month: www.justsecurity.org/109084/putin...
April 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I’d add that this admin misunderstands 🇷🇺 too if they think econ incentives are key. putin demands 4handover & formal recognition of 5 territories is but one step towards key 🇷🇺 goal 2 destroy 🇺🇦 state. putin is leading these real estate “experts” by the nose & they r falling for it.
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Our new article w @oxanashevel.bsky.social which is based on my 2023 keynote at ECPR is out in European Political Science Journal. link.springer.com/article/10.1... We trace Ukraine's European choice and discuss its significance for Europe and for political science
Ukraine is Europe: lessons for Europe and for political science - European Political Science
This article reflects on the significance of Ukraine’s European choice—a series of pro-European political choices that both Ukraine’s citizens and its political elites gradually committed to, and whic...
link.springer.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our new article w @oxanashevel.bsky.social which is based on my 2023 keynote at ECPR is out in European Political Science Journal. link.springer.com/article/10.1... We trace Ukraine's European choice and discuss its significance for Europe and for political science
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Trump’s whopping great tariffs on the tiny African nation of Lesotho sum up the full madness of the scheme.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
April 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Trump’s whopping great tariffs on the tiny African nation of Lesotho sum up the full madness of the scheme.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Morning Bluesky.
Russia is pushing the idea that the extraordinarily successful Hands Off protests yesterday were organised by the ‘Deep State’ to bring about a ‘Colour Revolution’ in America like the one that overthrew the Putin puppet in Ukraine in 2004.
Expect Trump to echo.
Russia is pushing the idea that the extraordinarily successful Hands Off protests yesterday were organised by the ‘Deep State’ to bring about a ‘Colour Revolution’ in America like the one that overthrew the Putin puppet in Ukraine in 2004.
Expect Trump to echo.
April 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Morning Bluesky.
Russia is pushing the idea that the extraordinarily successful Hands Off protests yesterday were organised by the ‘Deep State’ to bring about a ‘Colour Revolution’ in America like the one that overthrew the Putin puppet in Ukraine in 2004.
Expect Trump to echo.
Russia is pushing the idea that the extraordinarily successful Hands Off protests yesterday were organised by the ‘Deep State’ to bring about a ‘Colour Revolution’ in America like the one that overthrew the Putin puppet in Ukraine in 2004.
Expect Trump to echo.
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Students from the 🇩🇪 Film Academy have created a film in support of 🇺🇦 children
Their goal is to raise awareness about the impact of the war and to collect $10,000 in support of the Voices of Children foundation which provides psychological assistance to the youngest Ukrainians.
x.com/Sho_Tam_/sta...
Their goal is to raise awareness about the impact of the war and to collect $10,000 in support of the Voices of Children foundation which provides psychological assistance to the youngest Ukrainians.
x.com/Sho_Tam_/sta...
April 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Students from the 🇩🇪 Film Academy have created a film in support of 🇺🇦 children
Their goal is to raise awareness about the impact of the war and to collect $10,000 in support of the Voices of Children foundation which provides psychological assistance to the youngest Ukrainians.
x.com/Sho_Tam_/sta...
Their goal is to raise awareness about the impact of the war and to collect $10,000 in support of the Voices of Children foundation which provides psychological assistance to the youngest Ukrainians.
x.com/Sho_Tam_/sta...
If trump commits 2side w/putin & if European support 4🇺🇦 falls short 🇷🇺 would eventually go 4Kyiv again but there will b no 🇺🇦 capitulation & puppet regime can only b kept in power by occupational force. Will trump keep backing putin 2this hypothetical bitter end? Our new piece @popovaprof.bsky.social
From our new piece with @oxanashevel.bsky.social
"A puppet government backed by Trump and Putin would confront the same problem that Russia would have faced if it had managed to take Kyiv in 2022 – the need for occupation forces to keep the puppet in power."
www.justsecurity.org/109084/putin...
"A puppet government backed by Trump and Putin would confront the same problem that Russia would have faced if it had managed to take Kyiv in 2022 – the need for occupation forces to keep the puppet in power."
www.justsecurity.org/109084/putin...
Putin and Trump Cannot Erase Ukraine, and Joint Efforts to Do So May Backfire
To bring true peace to Ukraine, the Trump administration must understand that its interest lies in putting real pressure on Putin.
www.justsecurity.org
March 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If trump commits 2side w/putin & if European support 4🇺🇦 falls short 🇷🇺 would eventually go 4Kyiv again but there will b no 🇺🇦 capitulation & puppet regime can only b kept in power by occupational force. Will trump keep backing putin 2this hypothetical bitter end? Our new piece @popovaprof.bsky.social
Leaked doc analyzed by WP on 🇷🇺goals in negotiations. Even 🇷🇺 FSB acknowledges that no pro-🇷🇺 regime can emerge in 🇺🇦 "from inside the country" & thus "complete dismantling" of 🇺🇦 state & govt is needed. No NATO is insufficient. What @popovaprof.bsky.social & I have been saying all along⬇️
March 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Leaked doc analyzed by WP on 🇷🇺goals in negotiations. Even 🇷🇺 FSB acknowledges that no pro-🇷🇺 regime can emerge in 🇺🇦 "from inside the country" & thus "complete dismantling" of 🇺🇦 state & govt is needed. No NATO is insufficient. What @popovaprof.bsky.social & I have been saying all along⬇️
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Радий вас сповістити, що книга "Деокупація" виходить незабаром англійською і її можна вже передзамовити. Це дуже відповідально – передавати історії українською спротиву для світу. Дякую команді за таку можливість.
March 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Радий вас сповістити, що книга "Деокупація" виходить незабаром англійською і її можна вже передзамовити. Це дуже відповідально – передавати історії українською спротиву для світу. Дякую команді за таку можливість.
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Putin keeps talking about removing the "root causes of the war". The root cause of the war is russian imperialism. Removing it will be a hard/ long process that has to start w end of Pu's regime, followed by democratization, and a conscious policy of deimperialization. @oxanashevel.bsky.social and I
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Putin keeps talking about removing the "root causes of the war". The root cause of the war is russian imperialism. Removing it will be a hard/ long process that has to start w end of Pu's regime, followed by democratization, and a conscious policy of deimperialization. @oxanashevel.bsky.social and I
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Time to re-share this article, which lays out the many similarities in how Trump talks about Canada and how Putin talks about Ukraine. It's getting worse by the day. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | Trump's talk about Canada parrots Putin's claims on Ukraine | CBC News
Donad Trump's threats and claims about Canada may be unprecedented in the history of U.S.-Canada relations. But they have a strong precedent elsewhere in recent history: They closely resemble remarks ...
www.cbc.ca
March 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Time to re-share this article, which lays out the many similarities in how Trump talks about Canada and how Putin talks about Ukraine. It's getting worse by the day. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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JD refused to speak with his cousin or ask him questions for fear that the facts would change his political ambitions and the need to tell “stories.” This is how delusional men operate. Respect to Nate Vance and the veteran community.
‼️ "I saw the Russians shoot their own soldiers," — Vance's cousin said on CNN
"It's happened so often that you could consider it their policy regarding retreating soldiers. These people, I mean politicians, would have no hesitation in "eating" an American president or vice president."
"It's happened so often that you could consider it their policy regarding retreating soldiers. These people, I mean politicians, would have no hesitation in "eating" an American president or vice president."
March 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
JD refused to speak with his cousin or ask him questions for fear that the facts would change his political ambitions and the need to tell “stories.” This is how delusional men operate. Respect to Nate Vance and the veteran community.
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I served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2.5 years, as a medic for an infantry company.
I write plays and books. For 10 years, I have been working in human rights organizations. I am a PhD student in social work and a radio host.
Head of the volunteer patronage service for the wounded Teplonosiї.
I write plays and books. For 10 years, I have been working in human rights organizations. I am a PhD student in social work and a radio host.
Head of the volunteer patronage service for the wounded Teplonosiї.
January 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2.5 years, as a medic for an infantry company.
I write plays and books. For 10 years, I have been working in human rights organizations. I am a PhD student in social work and a radio host.
Head of the volunteer patronage service for the wounded Teplonosiї.
I write plays and books. For 10 years, I have been working in human rights organizations. I am a PhD student in social work and a radio host.
Head of the volunteer patronage service for the wounded Teplonosiї.
Review of new book "Occupation: Russian Rule in South-Eastern Ukraine" by David Lewis. "A chilling account of occupied southeastern 🇺🇦reveals systematic program of Russification combined with chaos, brutality and corruption." Occupation is not peace & should not be normalized thru formal recognition.
March 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Review of new book "Occupation: Russian Rule in South-Eastern Ukraine" by David Lewis. "A chilling account of occupied southeastern 🇺🇦reveals systematic program of Russification combined with chaos, brutality and corruption." Occupation is not peace & should not be normalized thru formal recognition.
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One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.
March 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.