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Clyde W Barrow

@clydewbarrow.bsky.social

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Professor of Political Science at UTRGV. Unapologetically left wing antifascist and democratic socialist. State Theory, Critical University Studies, American Political Thought, Texas Politics. Speaking as a private citizen of the United States. .. more

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 4h

I guess I better not stay out in the sun too long or I won't look like my last name.

spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 20h

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn't "Look Like" Her Last Name 🤬

Maria Greeley, 44, was on her way home from her job at Beach Bar earlier this month when she was surrounded, seized, and zip-tied by three ICE masked agents without cause or warning

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ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn't

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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Enemies of Fascism @dagrtnpwrflmrfixit.bsky.social · 4h

David Brooks turns up the volume. Like him or not, Brooks is right.

No Kings is our Mass Movement. Don't wait, demonstrate!

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 4h

University administrators rely on anti-faculty hyperbole to disguise the fact that they embrace fascism
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He said U.S. should be ‘overthrown.' Texas State's response: You're fired, again

Texas State President Kelly Damphousse informed Tom Alter of his firing on Monday, following an Oct. 6 hearing.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 20h

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn't "Look Like" Her Last Name 🤬

Maria Greeley, 44, was on her way home from her job at Beach Bar earlier this month when she was surrounded, seized, and zip-tied by three ICE masked agents without cause or warning

apple.news/AGcAMupaYRsy...

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn't

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 1d

Texas Fascism. It Needs to Stop.
As is this: universitystar.com/33285/news/t...

Texas State University terminates history professor after court-ordered temporary reinstatement

Following a court-ordered due process hearing, Texas State University administration made the decision to terminate Associate History Professor Thomas Alter on Oct. 13. “After a thorough review of Dr...

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 2d

The Texas Military Department Won't Scare Anyone lol
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Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

“National Guard Soldiers and Airman are required to meet service-specific height, weight and physical fitness standards at all times,” the National Guard Bureau said on Thursday.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 2d

The Texas El Gordo Platoon
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Texas Guardsmen photo mocked online after Hegseth's 'fat troops' speech

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth mocked "fat troops" during a Sept. 30 speech to hundreds of top military commanders gathered in Virginia.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 2d

The Texas Gordos
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'Fat troops' fallout continues as some Texas Guardsmen sent home over fitness concerns

The switch comes after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said he was tired of seeing "fat troops" who give the military "a bad look."

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Endicott Author @endicottroad.bsky.social · 2d

Another article on NPR that I found interesting and alarming:

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

WAR-TORN PORTLAND

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Fails Again
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Trump bet China would face ‘tremendous difficulties’ without U.S. consumers—Beijing just focused on the rest of the world instead

China's trade diversification has been so successful that its export market is growing significantly despite the trade war.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

This Is Fascism

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 4d

The Fascist Assault on Higher Education
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Antifa expert flees US for Europe after death threats: interview

Mark Bray, a US university professor and expert on the loosely organized left-wing Antifa movement says he has fled the country after receiving death threats, amid President Donald Trump's crackdown o...

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 6d

A Corrupt Christo-Fascist
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 6d

The Fascists are Out of Control
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 7d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 7d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 7d

All churches should pay income, sales, and property taxes like every other for-profit business.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 8d

Texas Christo-Fascism

ShannonB @shannonbuz.bsky.social · 8d

In other countries this is called political persecution resulting in political prisoners.

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ShannonB @shannonbuz.bsky.social · 8d

In other countries this is called political persecution resulting in political prisoners.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, Stephen Miller is a clown, but he is a killer clown.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

And Americans sit by quietly because our country was never really a democracy anyway

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

This is civil war level stuff and it's what the fascists want for our nation.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

But let's not forget Bob that you helped set this in motion in the 1990s with your support for global neoliberalism.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

Fascism.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

They are called hayseeds for a reason.

Clyde W Barrow @clydewbarrow.bsky.social · 9d

This is what fascism looks like...or is...