#Democracy

Mark Lees

WinterfellT

1) Just looked through Corbyn's Twitter feed, starting from June 1st this year. Despite the Chinese Communist Party's sterilisation & incarceration of Uyghur Muslims & their crackdown on democracy in

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/5It’s great that the idea of raising minimum wages is become increasingly acceptable. Higher wages, in a world of weak demand, stagnant investment and underutilized resources, will boost business investment

Adam Klasfeld

KlasfeldReports

Jake Tapper unloads on the “sedition caucus”: “We invited each of the 12 Senators involved in plotting this disgraceful effort to come on the show this morning to try to

Lloyd🛡️Hardy

lloydhardy

Meet James Dyson1. Tory Donor2. Got #Covid contract for 10,000 ventilators (until people stopped it)3. #Brexiteer4. HQ out of UK JUST BEFORE #Brexit 5. Wants Company Tax to be #SECRET6.

Laura K. Field

lkatfield

A few thoughts in response to the Vermeule piece.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/common-good-constitutionalism/609037/ All meaningful constitutionalism is "common good" constitutionalism. Traditional liberal demo

ALTSEAN-Burma

Altsean

THREAD (1): in the last few days the #burma/#myanmar #tatmadaw implies they could #coup #NLD govt. Then they put #tanks on the streets. Where did Burma's coupmakers get the equipment

BossLady💎 Rare_Diamond

Tarie2604

We all know who is behind the suffering of the massesWe know who destroyed Zim and continues to do so.I have learnt that channeling my anger towards people who aint

David Paton

cricketwyvern

It is useful to debate effectiveness of lockdown restrictions but we sometimes need to step back & remember these are unprecedented & draconian restrictions on basic rights & freedoms:to education,

Ilene Goldman ✡️

ilenegold

So looking forward to this! @Yamiche rocks!!!https://twitter.com/NCSSNetwork/status/1335305441262309376 "What I learned about America in 2020 is we're a country in deep denial" --Yamiche AlcindorSooo true.#NCSS2020 "Day b

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

Transform the U.S. Senate or watch American democracy die.Those are your choices, and today in The Ink, @AJentleson offers a must-read primer on why.https://the.ink/p/how-to-save-the-senate .@AJentleson was a Senate insider. He

Kim (Our strength is our shared commitment. 🇺🇸)

kimc473

To my fellow ex-GOP, if you thought perhaps after we got Trump out of the White House and took back both Houses that maybe we could return to the party.

John Holford

john_holford

Important question. In a nutshell, universal, lifelong, adult education as essential for citizenship in a democracy. (See link to 1919 Report at http://centenarycommission.org ; @AdultEd100 is rekindling the spirit for our

Sarah Kendzior

sarahkendzior

Kendzior: "Did the US win the Cold War?"Snyder: "Oligarchy won the Cold War. Americans did not win the Cold War. The post-Soviet oligarchy won the break-up of the USSR, and

Htet Thiha Zaw

HtetThihaZaw

An interesting thing about the current #coup in #Myanmar are, unlike the precedents, are the two forces against #Tatmadaw that maybe stronger than sanctions: a middle class that protest with

The Warning Bell 🧨

Lynette30067504

IS THIS THE END OF DEMOCRACY? Before leaders assert authoritarian rule, they: create a crisis demonize opponents declare a state of emergency undermine elections make the rule of law irrelevanthttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09

lines

thatinterlace

Seriously seriously worried about unrest across multiple countries in the West currently. Absolutely some of this stuff is being fanned by external adversaries who dislike the West, and you don't

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