Juls Marino

Juls Marino graduated from Columbia University in May 2022 with a degree in Human Rights and a specialization in Information Sciences. Their coursework focused on cultural rights and Third World approaches to international law. Their senior capstone, “Crypto-Colonialism: How Digital Currencies Reify Colonial Power and Threaten Human Rights in the Global South and Beyond”, provided a materialist analysis of the impact of proof-of-work mechanisms on Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination. Currently, Juls is on the communications team at Inclusive Development International, an organization dedicated to corporate accountability in the face of harmful development projects and land grabs. In their free time, Juls organizes with Anakbayan—a group that fights for genuine democracy and national liberation in the Philippines from a socialist perspective.