Daniel Gascón
@profegascon.bsky.social
Criminologist, ethnographer @UMassBoston, fellow @GastonInstitute @webduboiscenter, author of The Limits of Community Policing and editor of Police & State Crime in the Americas.
My colleague @SteveStriffler in the @UMBLaborStudiesCenter just published a powerful piece in @commondreams.org about what That Cheeto and I C E are doing on campuses all over the country and what we can do about it. 
April 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My colleague @SteveStriffler in the @UMBLaborStudiesCenter just published a powerful piece in @commondreams.org about what That Cheeto and I C E are doing on campuses all over the country and what we can do about it. 
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A lecture by 2024 W.E.B. Du Bois Center Fellow Daniel Gascon (@writesandfights.bsky.social) on civil rights organizing, policy reform, & how Du Bois’ work applies today.
📅 March 7, 2025 | ⏰ 5:30-6:30 PM
📍 Du Bois Library, Floor 22, Room 2220
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A lecture by 2024 W.E.B. Du Bois Center Fellow Daniel Gascon (@writesandfights.bsky.social) on civil rights organizing, policy reform, & how Du Bois’ work applies today.
📅 March 7, 2025 | ⏰ 5:30-6:30 PM
📍 Du Bois Library, Floor 22, Room 2220
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March 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📢 Don't miss this!
A lecture by 2024 W.E.B. Du Bois Center Fellow Daniel Gascon (@writesandfights.bsky.social) on civil rights organizing, policy reform, & how Du Bois’ work applies today.
📅 March 7, 2025 | ⏰ 5:30-6:30 PM
📍 Du Bois Library, Floor 22, Room 2220
RSVP now!
A lecture by 2024 W.E.B. Du Bois Center Fellow Daniel Gascon (@writesandfights.bsky.social) on civil rights organizing, policy reform, & how Du Bois’ work applies today.
📅 March 7, 2025 | ⏰ 5:30-6:30 PM
📍 Du Bois Library, Floor 22, Room 2220
RSVP now!
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Trump is the most lawless president in American history | Robert Reich
Trump is the most lawless president in American history | Robert Reich
If Trump simply ignores the high court, is that the end of law?
He is the most lawless president in American history.
As Donald Trump’s law-breaking continues, America’s last defense is the federal courts.
It appears that OMB sought to overcome a…
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trump is the most lawless president in American history | Robert Reich
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Burawoy wrote this just last year on how sociologists must engage around Palestine: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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February 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Burawoy wrote this just last year on how sociologists must engage around Palestine: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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As a legal services organization with innocent clients in prison, we are often asked “how can this happen?” “Isn’t this against the law?” We all see now that “the law” is merely a tool wielded by those in power: depending on who you are, it can be a weapon, a shield, or irrelevant.
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
As a legal services organization with innocent clients in prison, we are often asked “how can this happen?” “Isn’t this against the law?” We all see now that “the law” is merely a tool wielded by those in power: depending on who you are, it can be a weapon, a shield, or irrelevant.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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The Gaza Government Media Office urges aid groups to send tents as thousands of displaced Palestinians sleep outdoors in freezing temperatures, as Israel blocks aid
Gaza authorities plead for tents, accuse Israel of obstructing aid
Government Media Office says securing temporary shelters is the ‘most pressing’ humanitarian need in Gaza.
aje.io
February 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The Gaza Government Media Office urges aid groups to send tents as thousands of displaced Palestinians sleep outdoors in freezing temperatures, as Israel blocks aid
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As federal immigration enforcement and raids increases nationwide, a Mass. business group is recommending its members take some steps to brace for the impact.
Business group advises companies to prepare for immigration enforcement
The Associated Industries of Massachusetts is telling members to review their compliance with labor laws and to post "Know Your Rights" posters in break rooms.
www.wbur.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As federal immigration enforcement and raids increases nationwide, a Mass. business group is recommending its members take some steps to brace for the impact.
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“The Democratic Party f*cked up by wholeheartedly supporting Biden when everybody and their brother knew that he could not win the general election.”
The Democratic National Committee Is Undemocratic. That’s by Design.
With the Democratic Party reeling from its losses, the DNC is voting on a new chair. Will it choose to reform its top-down model?
interc.pt
February 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“The Democratic Party f*cked up by wholeheartedly supporting Biden when everybody and their brother knew that he could not win the general election.”
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‘Mass starvation cannot be reduced to a mathematical equation. It’s an act as well as an outcome and its effects are much broader than limiting the calorie count.’
Alex de Waal on Gaza, Israel and the vexed definitions of famine: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alex de Waal on Gaza, Israel and the vexed definitions of famine: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alex de Waal · How to Measure Famine
For decades, collecting and analysing statistics on families’ food consumption, child malnutrition and other...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
‘Mass starvation cannot be reduced to a mathematical equation. It’s an act as well as an outcome and its effects are much broader than limiting the calorie count.’
Alex de Waal on Gaza, Israel and the vexed definitions of famine: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alex de Waal on Gaza, Israel and the vexed definitions of famine: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A 17-year-old was among a group of 10 Palestinians killed in a double Israeli drone attack in Tammun town in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night, says Defence for Children International (DCI).
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/q89ee9
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/q89ee9
January 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A 17-year-old was among a group of 10 Palestinians killed in a double Israeli drone attack in Tammun town in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night, says Defence for Children International (DCI).
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/q89ee9
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/q89ee9
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Just like with our innocent clients, the government paints a picture of someone as a danger to allow for them to be kidnapped from their family and removed from the country. But based on the reporting, she’s here legally and presumed innocent on this case. #notinourname
www.wcvb.com/article/lynn...
www.wcvb.com/article/lynn...
Mass. teen arrested, placed in ICE custody despite legal status, lawyer says
A Lynn, Massachusetts, teen was arrested following a domestic dispute, and shortly after placed in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, police said.
www.wcvb.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Just like with our innocent clients, the government paints a picture of someone as a danger to allow for them to be kidnapped from their family and removed from the country. But based on the reporting, she’s here legally and presumed innocent on this case. #notinourname
www.wcvb.com/article/lynn...
www.wcvb.com/article/lynn...
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US President Donald Trump to sign executive order to combat anti-Semitism and pledge to deport non-citizen college students and other “resident aliens” who took part in pro-Palestinian protests, says White House official.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/drn294
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/drn294
January 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
US President Donald Trump to sign executive order to combat anti-Semitism and pledge to deport non-citizen college students and other “resident aliens” who took part in pro-Palestinian protests, says White House official.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/drn294
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/drn294
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The executive order directs government agencies to use all available tools to prosecute or remove perpetrators of antisemitic harassment and violence, especially on college campuses.
Trump order cracks down on antisemitism and could deport foreign student protesters
The executive order directs government agencies to use all available tools to prosecute or remove perpetrators of antisemitic harassment and violence, especially on college campuses.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The executive order directs government agencies to use all available tools to prosecute or remove perpetrators of antisemitic harassment and violence, especially on college campuses.
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fyi for crime and justice scholars: the notice below is currently posted at the National Institute of Justice Current Funding Opportunities page @OJPNIJ (h/t Brendan Dooley). nij.ojp.gov/funding/curr...
January 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
fyi for crime and justice scholars: the notice below is currently posted at the National Institute of Justice Current Funding Opportunities page @OJPNIJ (h/t Brendan Dooley). nij.ojp.gov/funding/curr...