#DEMOCRACY

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

I'm not a fan of many of the founders. They were terrible human beings. But I am a fan of some of their ideas. Patrick Henry declared: "we have done

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

Those who think consciousness raising & movement building are disconnected, or even a distraction from electoral politics have not paid attention to the history of social change.In this thread, we

Lynn V

lynnv378

The GOP's problem with Trump has always been that he says the quiet part out loud. They never had an issue with what he does, they just wish he would

Kasie Hunt

kasie

There’s no question the failure to establish a perimeter around the Capitol complex was an enormous (if not the central) failure on Jan. 6.But it is worth considering what we

The Ranty Highwayman

RantyHighwayman

The study was in 1998 with a follow up review piece in 2002 https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/disappearing_traffic_cairns.pdfThe study looked at dozens of sites across several countries. More recently, the Waltham Forest experien

Dodes

racheld

If the GOP controlled both chambers of Congress there is no doubt in my mind that we would be living through an actual coup, as opposed to an attempted coup.

Gbénró Adégbolá ن

GbenroAdegbola

John Jerry Rawlings1947-2020Reflections on his passing. JJ Rawlings; a genuine African legend. A young flight officer on death row, somehow manages to escape and topples the government. Proceeds on a

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) Libertarians: Destroyers of DemocracyLibertarian Peter Thiel said, "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian (h/t @JemezStargaz

Mark Bourrie

MarkBourrie

They got it right by being aggressive, determined and unified. Canadians were timid and self-serving. All levels of government politicized our response, so we got it wrong.https://twitter.com/KarlBelanger/status/1338473566929645570 You coul

Thomas Drake

Thomas_Drake1

Just so it’s crystal clear for all to hear. I stand with #JulianAssange as he greatly suffers & suffocates in a UK prison with his very life in jeopardy from

Just Bill

BillWhoWanders

(1) ‘Twas the night before Christmas and the virus was spreadingAnd the leaders did not care where the numbers were headingThe nurses and doctors held on best they couldHoping people

Rich Elmoyan

Elmoyan15

Should Nikol Resign? A ThreadI agree that Nikol Pashinyan has proven to be beyond flustered under pressure, and similarly we may see a resignation from him soon that we saw

sukjong hong

hongriver

Another tragic anniversary almost passed and gone; 70 years of the Korean War. A war stemming from the U.S. division of a postcolonial Korea because it thought the country couldn't

Vogliamo Tutto ☭

vogliamo_tutto

Pluralism and disagreement are quite simply, irreducible facts of political life. Using Democratic Centralism as an excuse to stifle debate is destructive. Only by engaging in constant, informed, and self-critical

Brad Simpson

bradleyrsimpson

1/11 A short thread on the US and Western Sahara, which Donald Trump has never heard of and could never have found on a map until one of his advisers

🎃🕸👻Andyman: Farewell to the Flesh💀🦇🕷

Rattinger

The Día de Muertos Calavera is a Mexican literary tradition in which we are reminded of our mortality through humorous verse. Newspapers publish some of celebrities & politicians, and at

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