#Democracies

Jonathan Hopkin

jrhopkin

This report is getting a lot of attention, particularly the implication that Labour should move to the right on cultural issues to win back voters. But, as I argue in

Joshua Collins

InvisiblesMuros

1) THREAD: The War on Drugs Has Been a Dismal Failure; What's Next?In CO, 15,000 ppl were killed in a 20-year war against cartels, while the conflict in MEX caused

Ousermaâtrê

MrWsrmaAtra

Imho this thread (while it provides useful data) is a good example of a common pitfall in covid discourse: extreme utilitarianism / focus on numbers with no regard for what

Dionis Cenusa

DionisCenusa

The EaP region went through various troubled episodes in 2020. Here I Iook at 5 most serious challenges and 5 most memorable opportunities (THREAD): Challenge: The crippling effect of the

Farieha Aziz

FariehaAziz

Social media 2.0 now gazetted and in effect. No national coordinator's office, however data localisation clause still there and requirement to set up local office and bring servers eventually. Can

Dr. Johanna Mellis

JohannaMellis

How will this impact the @iswimleague’s decision to have their season in Budapest this fall? @MHodler @emgergo @EndofSportPod “Viktor Orbán...has identified the most important task as preventing new cases being

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE: “He threatened the press, joked about ruling for life, bullied everyone..When an investigation threatened to reveal his financial corruption and complicity to criminal acts, he destroyed democracy

Isabel Linzer

isabelalinzer

Thrilled to share our new @freedomhouse special report:Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of #TransnationalRepressionFindingshttps://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression Before diving into details – wha

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 2001. In Brighton, Blair is to give a speech to the TUC to define Labour's second term:"There is nothing more damaging or destructive to the true national interest than

Brian Stelter

brianstelter

This is a thread about Trump's "delay" tweet, democratic backsliding, and the importance of believing your own eyes & ears. It begins on Sunday, January 22, 2017, the first weekend

Abraham Newman

ANewman_forward

Thread/Time for political economy to make digital politics central to the field. @ProfKMcNamara have put together a primer on what we call the digital double movement, which could serve as

Shefaly Yogendra, PhD

shefaly

While we are gripped by #coronavirus concerns, we need to watch the state of our democracies and freedoms. Exhibit 1: Israelhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51930681 While we are gripped by #coronavirus concerns, we need

Karlo Basta

KarloBasta1

1/ A few thoughts on what #Brexit means for our knowledge of the politics of #nationalism and #SelfDetermination (or, in nerd-speak, the comparative epistemological implications of Brexit). UK’s departure from

Mark Doidge

markdoidge

“Sport... has rarely been a space for activism” is factually incorrect. From Modern sport’s inception it has been a space for activism and political engagement. 1/15https://twitter.com/edwest/status/1341286828356341766 Working class p

Jen.Anne.Campbell

JenAnneCampbel1

Here is a thread in support of #AmbassadorPeteUN. For the videos, I include very brief summaries. Common themes in his foreign policy speeches and conversations are: 1. Climate change is

rupi kaur

rupikaur_

india is targeting young women to silence dissent & muzzle free speech. 21yo climate activist #DishaRavi was arrested for tweeting a benign google doc about the #farmersprotest. bjp ministers have

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