#Rights

Today, my students and I discussed Vladimir Lenin's "The Military Program of the Proletarian Revolution" and "The April Theses." I am struck once more by the relevance of these texts
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1/ It is great news that ONS @ons appear to have moved away from a self-id approach for the Censushttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sex-question-back-on-census-in-blow-to-trans-rights-r75fq5lgc 2/ Quantitative social scientists have discus
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7] This argument is the one that is enduring, because there is a denial that violations of Indigenous Rights require redress. Recently, a piece was published asking to call y
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It's weird realizing just how much *all* of us have been affected by the Bernie type of extremist rhetoric. It insidiously reprogrammed us into more than often thinking in extreme
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The only non-white member of the EHRC is a Tory donor. The last black and muslim members lost their positions after being too loud about race. This should be all
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1/ Trade unions, health experts, education experts, educators, @ChildrensComm @amanda_spielman, local authorities, natl govt all weighing in on #schoolsclosure debate - huge conflict & a total lack of coordination. And
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1/14Could Pres. Trump's "Proclamation on Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, & Human Rights Week, 2020" also be setting up protections against forced CV 19 vaccine? Today 12/6/2020 marks
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1. Learn what suppression looks like in your state.2. Support orgs that fight it. Don’t “clone Stacey.” There are plenty Stacey’s where you live-and LaToshas, Cliffs and Nse’s too. We
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Our Charter explicitly protects the right of Canadians to enter, remain in and leave Canada. Imposing these quarantine prison hotels is a clear violation of the right of Canadians to
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The rioters who invaded the Capitol Building in DC yesterday see themselves as defenders of freedom & free speech. To them, their actions were an expression & defence of those
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This quotation from Mr Maugham is badly wrong.The age at which we can validly consent to a treatment must be a matter of law. Nobody thinks, surely, that a ten
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This week, a bill to ban abortion passed in the NE Legislature. I voted AGAINST this bill. It was patently unconstitutional and inserts the state between a woman and her
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Today, @UN member states are scrutinizing the US’s human rights record for the world to see. You can watch here at 8:30 ET: http://webtv.un.org/  #UPR2020 [thread] Today’s review comes after
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No decision facing Democrats over the next two years will shape the long-term political competition between the parties more than whether they end the Senate filibuster to pass their agenda
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1/10 The current exams fiasco is a rare moment where the public is focused on how policy affects children and young people. We @BritishAcademy_ have been asking how should we
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In the past two weeks, we've broken down over a dozen hot-button political issues, and how Donald Trump and Joe Biden compare on each.THREAD Here's a 2-minute breakdown of their
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