#Sanctions

A lot of people have a problem with boycotts, referring to it as "cancel culture."But, how did segregation aboard public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama end? Through boycotts.How did Apartheid end
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Amer Fakhoury evaded justice in #Lebanon NOT because of the "statute of limitations" in the case but because the US threatened Lebanon with sanctions unless they released him, then
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the cuban rev started b/c a mix of extreme poverty and brutal conditions, among other things. the annual salary of the average cuban was $91.25. 11% of cubans drank milk, 4%
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In 1920, Russia invaded Azerbaijan and incorporated it into Soviet Union. In 1990, Russian army massacred civilians in capital Baku. In 1992, a Russian military division helped Armenians commit Srebrenica-style
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A thread on the Transition section of the SSCI Report, which starts by noting that the patter they found wrt Russia happened as well with other countries (but they didn't
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22 soldiers were murdered by Putin. Pompeo is on the sidelines threatening him, personally because Trump refuses to. One might even thing 45 is involved.How does the @GOP have a
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The infuriating thing is that if Prof Todd was concerned about the actual issues facing feminists on campus (and not using it as a cover to attack trans people) she
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Re latest blockbuster on Trump & Iran:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear.html1) A lame-duck Trump puts the US & the world in peril for next 64 days. He's reckless by nature & embraces fever dre
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1/6 Spoke and exchanged emails with a prominent attorney and a judge today about the ramifications of the alleged conspirators withholding evidence in Flynn case. While neither would directly/specifically address
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This weekend I went through @EBRD Annual Reviews back to 2005 and matched with @vdeminstitute's democracy indices to see if its activities followed its stated commitment to multiparty democracy. Here's
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I like that Norma says we've been assessing 6th Year lots since the beginning of the year.There was zero guidance to do this Her own wellbeing document asked schools specifically
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I missed mentioning that #Assad congratulated #Lukashenko for his "re-election". They both know very well how to organize a facade elections :)https://eng.belta.by/politics/view/syrian-president-congratulates-lukashenko-on-re-elec
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The war against China is largely facilitated by propaganda,by Tony Kevin, a former Australian ambassador to Poland and Cambodia.There is a slow-motion Third World War underway between the US-centralized power
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Thousands of union workers are being fired "as we speak" because Biden has killed KXL, Kenney says. Says the new administration didn't even talk to us first... that's not how
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Recent Cuban govt announcements about economic moves have left me with a wait-and-see attitude. Lots of intentions, few specifics, no time-line, and heavy complaining (I don’t blame them!) about U.S.
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THREAD1)@ChrisMurphyCT opposes designating #Iran-backed Houthi militias as a terrorist orgNote:-Iran provides at least $360 million+ballistic missiles to Houthis-Houthis' slogan"Death to America""Death to Israel"&quo
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