#Activists

Christian Monterrosa

chrismatography

THREAD: I've been closely following protests in Los Angeles since George Floyd's death. Since the end of May, some BLM protesters have evolved from activists in a nationwide movement, to

Sarah J. Jackson

sjjphd

I've observed what seems like folks lacking language to describe some of the activist tactics (and establishment responses) we are seeing in this moment. Here's a short thread of accessible

Eliza Mondegreen

elizamondegreen

Some activists come to believe that fictions can better serve the cause—perhaps even conceptualized as a 'greater truth'—than inconvenient facts. But this approach won't serve these causes well. When it

dream hampton

dreamhampton

Sam Pollard's new documentary about the FBI surveillance of MLK couldn't arrive at a better time. Even during a permanent white nationalist insurrection, the Feds are not friends to Black

joey يلعن روحك يا حافظ ayoub

joeyayoub

lebanese activists will soon have to deal with western tankies who will spend hours and days and years denying their lived experiences and supporting the sectarian regime. The bad news:

Together We Build It | معاً نبنيها

TWBI_org

As an organization that advocates human rights and promotes women’s participation and inclusion in #Libya we condemn the assassination of Hanan Barasi - a lawyer - today in #Benghazi We

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MorlockP

It's right to call anyone w zip ties and gasoline bombs that.It's wrong to tar a greater group of non violent protesters that.90+% of BLM and Trump protestors were peaceful.Condemn

Reuben Rose-Redwood

R_RoseRedwood

With all the interest in statue removals & renaming these days, I thought some might find further inspiration from our book, "The Political Life of Urban Streetscapes: Naming, Politics, &

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

The F- for Biden’s climate plan was risible. The hair trigger denunciation of Beto’s climate plan was absurd. Backing Weiner’s primary challenger was antithetical to climate goals. And the idea

Mike Nayna

MikeNayna

Liberal institutions across WEIRD society are going through an ideological coup set in motion by philosopher activists. Observing these organisations succumb to teleological capture I’m reminded of the Cuckoo. Thread.

Quartz

qz

1/ The pandemic is ushering in a new era of employee activism, but workers are building on a long history of organized labor. (@LilaMacLellan)https://qz.com/work/1944415/the-covid-19-pandemic-is-revitalizing-employee-activism/ 2/ What’s d

Palmer Report

PalmerReport

President Obama is right. "Defund the police" is a terribly ineffective slogan. Most of the public thinks it means something entirely different than what the people using the slogan think

#justicefortoyin

goldenplaintain

can someone write an article about the exclusion of black + indigenous environmental/sustainability organizers/ activists in “eco-friendly” spaces and how the face sustainability has become a skinny white woman with

A dlazzoff rioja

laonev

Another blood donation campaign. National blood bank santse e gana madi a di gay? Kgotsa kea le tlhodia? Me, reading about the National blood bank being dryer than a Nando’s

jonathanstray

jonathanstray

Facebook: "We’ve had emergency measures in place since before the US elections like not recommending civic groups for people to join."Something platforms know that political scientists will need to reckon

Jonathon L. Earle

JonathonLEarle

For well over 150 years, Ugandan writers, diplomats, and activists have shaped and controlled how Europeans and Americans understand local politics in the Great Lakes region. 1/5 Throughout the late

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