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docrussjackson

Sociology of nationalism THREADWe've witnessed the rise of political leaders & parties relying on #populist #nationalist discourse: Trump, Orbán, Modi & Bolsanaro are united by their espousal of nationalism, majoritarianism,

Heather Champion ™️

winningatmylife

PLEASE READOnce Biden starts to enforce AFFH, America’s suburbs will be swallowed up by the cities they surround. "They will lose control of their own zoning., be will be pressured

Bhawna 🇮🇳

1MeraHindustaan

Remembering Humorous #AtalBihariVajpayeeJi India-China border Dispute :- When Atal Bihari Vajpayee Drove 800 sheep to Chinese EmbassyIn 1965, 42-year-old Atal Bihari Vajpayee Gave China a Taste of It's Own Medicine

Dr Nitasha Kaul

NitashaKaul

#Reflections on life (in no particular order) #thread 1/nHierarchies based not on merit but only on reverence for elites, institutions, locations, dead greats are rubbish. Many will selectively care.

Christina Vazquez

CBoomerVazquez

“More than a dozen states have activated National Guard troops to help secure their capitol buildings following an FBI warning of armed protests, with right-wing extremists emboldened by the deadly

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

lolYou can find puritans jailing abortionists for explicitly religious reasons in the 17th century but you do youhttps://twitter.com/joshuagrubbsphd/status/1332750574719283201 Abortion was not an evangelical talking point until the Antenice

Davis Laque

Laque_davis

1] Dr Tsvangirai "“I don't want to walk to State House over the dead bodies of fellow Zimbabweans" He didnt. Fast forward to 2020/21,some MDC supporters:"We wish Tsvangirai was still

Peter Krupa

peterkrupa

pouring one out this morning for the outraged memelords on Reddit who are just figuring this out.https://twitter.com/Ike_Saul/status/1354783930839404547 a thing that is real is white guys on the internet who think

Sue Aside

SheerchaiZ93

[CIA's role in Afghanistan] Death squad: A death squad is an armed group whose primary activity is carrying out extrajudicial killings or forced disappearances as part of political repression, genocide, ethnic cleansing, or re

ScottishPanda

PandaScottish

[thread] There is a common refrainWhat would Labour have done differently / better (or any party for that matter) in managing coronavirusNow first I approve of the questionBecause it admits

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

Hey @JimVandeHei.At the end of Bush (and McCain as the candidate), the GOP had only 41 Senate seats; now they have 50.GOP had 178 House seats; now they have 213.Had

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

What Biden's Warmongering Will Actually Look Like"More starvation sanctions. More proxy conflicts. More cold war. More coups. More special ops. More drone strikes. More slow motion strangulation, less ham-fisted overt

Tyler Quinn Yeargain

yeargain

I just published a short article with the Vermont Law Review Blog about filling U.S. Senate vacancies in Vermont—and specifically, the difficulty of imposing a workable same-party requirement to fill

Chengxin Pan

ChengxinPan

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY FOR CHINA WATCHERS (1st edn)1) Describe What China Is (esp. political system & government) Autocracy, autocratic AuthoritarianBeijing regimeBig BrotherCommunist China (Cold War term; now back in vogue)Corrupt,

Iain Docherty

iaindocherty

A short thread on the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 (#STPR2) 1st phase just published by @transcotland at https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/investment-focused-on-sustainable-travel-for-a-green-recovery/. 1/7 Transport plans are us

Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן

Istanbultelaviv

Erdogan holds special news broadcast to announce "good tidings," he promised 2 days ago. No surprises, he starts speaking of global need for energy sources. After he then announces the

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