#Colonial

Mzala Tom

tlsibanda

1. THE CREATION OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES : THE CASE OF ZIMBABWEA thread...African countries as we know them today have not always existed since time immemorial but were a deliberate creation

Hood Communist Blog

HoodCommunist

Today is celebrated as Holocaust Memorial Day. The date was chosen because the Red Army of the Soviet Union liberated Auschwitz on January 27, 1945.It is important to point out

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

They don't believe truth, especially absolute truth, is accessible. This misunderstands them completely. What exists is power, not least the power to decide what will be considered "true." The basis

PEARL Action

PEARL_Action

#STATEMENT: Today is #MaaveerarNaal - Tamil National Remembrance Day. While repression of memorialization was common in the past, this year, Tamil efforts to memorialize their dead have been met by

Canadian Women's Foundation

cdnwomenfdn

This #HumanRightsDay , we're focused on #GBV. Gender-based violence intersects with state violence, putting women at risk from police, social services, and more, when they most need help. Read about

Richard Neill

txorich

Thread 1/ My wife and I moved to New Zealand in 2018 after working in Philadelphia for 20+ years. It was supposed to be a pre-retirement gig, working as locum

Sean Carleton

SeanCarleton

Here's @jkenney's "John A. Macdonald Day" statement, an attempt to change the conversation and take the heat off of the UCP's disastrous handling of the pandemic. It won't work, namely

Jo 🥀

letmegoslow

So apparently petitions that haven’t been signed on the official Uk government website won’t be considered for debate in parliament, so here is a thread of petitions to sign on

Maureen McBride

mmcbride84

A thread on what tonight’s events in George Square mean to me:When I started researching ‘sectarianism’ (a term I can’t stand) nearly a decade ago, I couldn’t believe how little

Jeff Ostler

Jeff__Ostler

I see that Ben Shapiro has decided he is an expert on genocide and Indigenous peoples in the U.S. A few thoughts on why he doesn't know what he's talking

Edith Mirante

EdithMirante

1. This mini History Thread is a brief explainer on peoples resistance to oppression in Burma (Myanmar.) It’s especially for my Portland people (“latte alliance”) who might want some background

Jared Staller

jaredstaller

Lots of talk about rebellions in Atlantic history. Here's one not many people know about. Today is the anniversary of Amador’s Revolt on São Tomé island. A long #twitterstorian thread

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺📖

FlintDibble

TerribleThe commodification of these looted antiquities goes against all archaeological ethics. Many of them are clearly illegal w/ provenance postdating the 1970 UNESCO conventionThe kicker is that doing this for

Economic & Political Weekly

epw_in

#EPWConversationsOur #RepublicDay #TwitterTakeover with @glorious_gluten has begun!For the next hour, she will be discussing the relationship between the #police, #State and the #law.Join the conversation and send us your

Michael Bronner

michaelbronner

The NYT's frustration that Africans may not be dying from COVID in sufficient numbers continues. On Dec. 26, @sherifink assured readers that "The Worst is Yet to Come" in Africa.

Frontier Indica

frontierindica

In what was United Bengal (modern day West Bengal+Bangladesh) back in 1941, Muslims were 56% of the population, and today they are approximately about 67% of the population. If you

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