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About Daniel Little

Dan Little is a professor emeritus of philosophy who writes on history, social justice, and the social sciences.

Tim Snyder on Vance’s racist lies about Haitians in Ohio

Tim Snyder provides a detailed account of the lies manufactured by JD Vance and Donald Trump during the 2024 election concerning the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio. What’s next for this community of innocent people? https://snyder.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web

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A strong UAW statement against current ICE and DHS actions …

UAW Stands With Our Members Against the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Higher Education, Immigrant & International Workers, & Our Freedom of Speech | UAW Region 9A https://share.google/WrA2txeuyWgeWcvaX

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We are in a bad way! (Dan Little)

The shooting of Alex Pretti, citizen, nurse, and caring man, a killing that was fundamentally unprovoked, fundamentally an execution, and apparently beyond all accountability or genuine investigation — this latest murder by ICE and Homeland Security thugs, goons, and stormtroopers … Continue reading

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Robert Reich on Nazi use of Brown Shirts

This careful piece documents the awful parallel between Hitler’s expansion of violent, unaccountable "security forces" in 1933 and Donald Trump’s shock troops of Homeland Security … Very much in line with Ernst Fraenkel’s dual state analysis. https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/trumps-ice-and-hitlers-brown-shirts?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=fzsj7

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Ernst Fraenkel’s Dual State (1941) — a chilling account of the “Prerogative State” and fascism

Scary parallels with the Trump state over the past twelve months … https://undsoc.org/2025/12/19/the-dual-state-1938/

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Trump’s unequivocal defense of white supremacy

It doesn’t get much more explicit than this … Trump equates the achievements of the Civil Rights movement with discrimination against whites … George Wallace and Lester Maddox back on the national stage. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/politics/trump-charlottesville-white-nationalists.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA.LYG4.y46hG_84ebBK&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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The Wrath of Stephen Miller

[here is the Atlantic article without a paywall …] Stephen Miller is now acting as an accelerant for the president’s most incendiary impulses and shaping the lives of individual Americans in nearly every realm, @AshleyRParker, @michaelscherer and @NickMiroff report. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/stephen-miller-trump-white-house/685516/?gift=wJKU4MSSbaZAFRm84mZhD5x0TtuZN0tVUIjlNZPiOXA

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Stephen Miller’s hate

This Atlantic piece sheds a lot of light on Stephen Miller’s hate-based advocacy and influence in the White House. What it doesn’t address is how he came to be the dangerous bigot he is today, and was at the age … Continue reading

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ICE OUT rally in Ann Arbor

Enthusiastic turnout for ICE OUT rally in Ann Arbor this morning …

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Opinion | Lee Bollinger: Universities Need a New Defense

Opinion | Universities Need a New Defense https://share.google/uKToFompF8mG1QfcS A developed, serious, and complex effort to rethink the case for the independence of universities based on their crucial role in our democracy. Traditional arguments (scientific knowledge, education of the young, places … Continue reading

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