#Speech

Zikhona Valela

valavoosh

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Nonyamezelo Victoria Mxenge (a midwife, activist and attorney) just days after delivering her keynote speech at the funeral of the Cradock

Sophie Lasoff

sophielasoff

I didn't really have words all day, but now I have many. I'm not good at short, hot takes on twitter, so instead here's a long thread -- my reflections

Black Socialists in America

BlackSocialists

At @LeftForum this year, @profwolff gave an amazing speech on the core misconceptions of Socialism that persist today.“I think that the definition of Capitalism and how it’s different from Socialism

でじこと Dexter Thomas

dexdigi

Trump is in Kenosha now. So the neighborhood where Blake was shot is holding an event to counter that, to keep the focus on Blake. Faith leaders also here. After

Khenn 🏳️‍🌈

JustKhenn06

I literally can't concentrate on anything should I be in a class setting and I'm forced to sit still. My mind starts going everywhere and I end up becoming irritable.

Stuckey 🌹⚽️🥑🏀

StuckeyDuck

I had a good day in Portland yesterday. We celebrated my wife’s birthday in Laurelhurst Park, with a small group of family and friends while social distancing outside.1/ While we

Daniel Addison 🇺🇸 ⚔️

derocrates

1. There’s been reasonable resistance to the analogy, but Trump’s speech, with the NYT’s response, does cast the 2020 election squarely in a 1968 mold: then as now the political

Keerthik Sasidharan

KS1729

since it is Nehru's birthday, I was looking at his old photos. what an historic life he lived amidst empire, anticolonialism, communism, cold war, non-alignment, postcolonialismfor fun, I 'de-oldify'd some

GET A GRIP

docrussjackson

IMPORTANT: THREADHow delusional ideological "patriots" and #DefundTheBBC cranks, aided by @Twitter, the EU & @MetroUK, are actively harming abused, disabled, neglected & deprived British children. Yesterday I was alerted t

Abdullah.

abdullahhxoxo

What ‘ Actual Feminism’ Is. A thread. Please give it a try. Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression”. Feminism is a collection of movements aimed

Dominique Jean-Louis

DominiqueJL15

On this day, in 1892, one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE historical events took place. Buckle in, kids, we're talking Ida B. Wells, and the black women in New York who

Qonholiday

qonholiday

So yesterday news sources were saying that a rogue librarian “set up” Boris during this speech by placing trolling books in the line of view. I think it was staged

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alwxysyouljp

here’s a thread on aaveRight now, aave is so entwined with social culture and “internet speak” that there really is no way to police (for lack of better words) the

🇧🇷 Karen Mel 🇧🇷

Karen__Mel

1) Translation:“(Brazilian) Supreme Court Worldwide Shame”Justice Alexandre de Moraes, single handedly ordered Twitter and Facebook to suspend 16 accounts of journalists, writers, bloggers and a political party head. All conservatives,

Nina Jankowicz

wiczipedia

Amid last night's storm of Bad Things you might have missed this Bad Thing:Trump appointee Michael Pack has eliminated the US Agency for Global Media's editorial firewall, which protected networks

Cole Mitchell

colemitchellll

What is currently undergoing in our Republic is filled with great sadness no doubt. I feel sorry for the family of Mr. Floyd and I hope they get to see