#Austerity

Upcoming festivalsAugust 21: Hartalika Teej Dedicated to Parvati’s reunion with Shiva as per Hindu mythology. The day is celebrated on Shukla Paksha Tritiya of the Hindu month of Bhadrapud, that
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there has never been a time when radical ideas were not marginalized nor when popular passions didn’t lead to censoriousness over science, gender, politics, etc. the difference is we have
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This propaganda is insanely misleading. The USA created a bipartisan neocolonial "new model" in Ecuador (Biden's admin wants to use too), claiming to "save" it from Chinese debt by paying
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Now that I have released my version of the woefully out of touch "Team Manitoba" cards for each member of cabinet. Let me tell you why I did. 1/14 I
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I don't have much new to add to the getting fired for tweets conversation, but you can remain in media or politics in good standing and advocate for as much
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UK GDP down 9.9% year on year - one of the worst Covid impacts in the world. 1/ But it would have been much worse without furlough, unlimited Bank QE
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One of the worst things about Britain's catastrophic failure over Coronavirus is that anyone who knew anything about Boris Johnson and the Tories KNEW that we would fail. KNEW we'd
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I think there are three truly unconscionable actions by UNC because, awful as it is, I can squint and see that the university system is teetering on the verge of
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A central aim of the insurrection charade at the US Capitol was to ensure passage of a law against "domestic terrorism," enabling an authoritarian crackdown on dissent under the Biden
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What's driving the Inequality crisis? There's a variety of intersecting issues but here in this thread are five key systems that cause this crisis, we'll focus on one a day
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A short thread on the Nazi/Trump parallels, drawn from research from How To Stop Fascism (see bio): 1/ The modern far right grows from the same ideological rootstock as Hitler/Mussolini
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Got the question of the economics of independence a lot. People ask it as if it was check mate. But there’s a key dishonesty in not asking the same thing
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Lots commentators tweeting about Rutte focus on him being driven by lack of trust in Commission to enforce etc. Maybe. As political scientist, I see his position as perfectly compatible
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The real case for state bankruptcy is not only that it allows creditors to be impaired. It is that it provides a forum in which the harms imposed on different
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‘We need to stop worrying about generosity’ and ‘let local bloom’, says charities minister - https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/we-need-to-stop-worrying-about-generosity-says-charities-minister.html (via @CivilSocietyUK)A wee threa
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To tax or not to tax... that is not the question.Thread 1/x The issue is not whether the rich should be taxed more... of course they should... for a host
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