#DEMOCRACY

Citizens protest against Spanish state's imprisonment of a #Catalan rapper @PabloHasel for "crimes of expression" (speech!) that wouldn't bat an eyelid in Ireland. But for the #EU, if it's not
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One positive which seems to be emerging from the US today is that many (by no means all) Republicans and Republican supporters are turning against Trump.Without the strong support of
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Pelosi, in statement: "This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military
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Okay, so I have watched as certain black-led groups and organizations got flooded with cash since the election for helping to get out the vote, but I would like to
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just laid the blame for the riots in Washington D.C. squarely at the feet of Donald Trump who he said helped incite the mob. "Democracy is
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I've been trying to find the words to address yesterday. In the moment, all I could muster publicly was this one terrible pun (of which I'm exceptionally proud...not knocking the
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1/13This week, the Senate will hear arguments about why the former seditionist President of the United States should be convicted of Inciting an Insurrection. Democrats will argue that the former
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Op-Ed Pieces1. What do Republicans need to do to win over the majority of American workers? Why have they failed?2. How do we change structural disadvantages in our democracy that
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Fascism has a specific definition. It doesn’t simply mean authoritarianism. It’s a modern political development of the past ~100 yrs. Trump & Republicans match the definition of fascism. It’s not
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Support for more counterterrorism/extremism, and the expansion of the security state, under Biden by commentators and academics is misguided & dangerous. 1/ Opposition to the far right & racist double
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ok but now i want to make a "things you should know before starting the poppy war" video featuring a mini crash course on east asian history for those starting,
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If you receive messages from people who were nowhere on the scene when Donald Trump was putting kids in jail and dismantling democracy but are now saying "sure that was
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NYT reports on law firms abandoning the Trump election litigation, leading me to want to elaborate on something I tweeted a bit ago about Jones Day. 1/ I believe people
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1/Here are excerpts from Bill Moyers Commentary of June 2020. "Hitler was a master of manipulation, using propaganda, violence, intimidation, showmanship, & spectacle — and above all, fear. By demonizing
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Muslims who are wondering what next from here. It's not easy, it's not going to be a quick fix but in a nutshell, you have to become a group that
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AHAHAHAHAHAHA HE DID THE THINGHE CITED LENIN SAYING THE CPGB SHOULD ALLY WITH LABOURIf you want to know why this is breathtakingly stupid, read this articlehttps://www.leftvoice.org/lenin-the-labour-party-and-democratsOr read the original a
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