#Authoritarian

Rumman Chowdhury

ruchowdh

Sitting in the 2020 Global Humanitarian Policy Forum and listening to a very frank discussion of the community's response to COVID and 2020 in general, a live tweethttps://www.unocha.org/2020-humanitarian-policy-forum It's always

Charles McGarraugh

CMcgarraugh

Fantastic article.The incentives of the monopoly internet platforms inevitably drive their algos to foment polarisation. Optimising for engagement embeds it in the math.That’s a core feature of the political economy

Alex Washburne

Alex_Washburne

My ideal COVID pandemic:China: Folks, there’s a virus, we’re going to be trustworthy and transparent, and we’ll need all the help we can get.World: Shit, virus sucks. Can we stop

Aleksej Demjanski

ADemjanski

My take on #Bulgaria's veto of N. #Macedonia's start of accession negotiations w/ #EU. While is to blame - the shares responsibility. Many in are, once again,

Saumitra Jha

saumjha

How networks of influential individuals helped destroy one of the world’s most durable democracies and legitimise a racist, authoritarian state | VOX, CEPR Policy Portalhttps://voxeu.org/article/how-networks-influential-individuals-helped

Htuu Lou Rae Den

HtuuLRae

We don't need the 88 Generation Students nor Daw Suu nor NLD to win this fight. #BurmeseDemocracyStruggle #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmarcoup #Myanmarmilitarycoup #CBD #CivilDisobedience #CivilDisobedienceMovement #YouMessedwiththeWro

Chrissy Stroop

C_Stroop

"The Trump era has revealed the complete fusion of evangelical Christianity and conservative politics."This piece is not without romanticization, but I'm pleasantly surprised to see such a frank, honest assessment

Eddie Du

Edourdoo

“Xi’s swift reversal of more than three decades of apparent movement toward collective leadership and a less intrusive party has surprised both U.S. officials and much of the Chinese elite.”https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinping-glob

Gemma Seymour ⭐️ 🔰 🇵🇭

gcvrsa

I think one of the greatest mistakes/misconceptions people perpetuate about Fascism, and about Naziism, in particular, is that the NSDAP represents some kind of historical aberration, rather than the inevitable

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Obscure2theJude

You have now met one of us. Your side has called us deplorable and ignorant. You have seen we are neither. Your side doesn't like our president. Well, we didn't

Clive Peedell

cpeedell

THREAD: We were a few hundred thousand votes away from the most powerful and militarized nation on earth becoming an authoritarian dictatorship. We must understand why we got so this

Allan Nairn

AllanNairn14

1/12 "It’s always been the case that the U.S. establishment was willing to use terror and kill civilians overseas, either to do things like seize oil, seize political power, or

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

This is the mind-blistering fact that everyone should be aware of. The government still has *no plan* for ending the pandemic. Or even for ending the lockdown. I knew we

jason pielemeier

pielemeier

Contrary to recent pessimistic takes that we must accept a splinternet, I argue the Biden admin can reinvigorate momentum around the open Internet by doubling down on human rights. Reinvigorating

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) Authoritarians v. ConservativesThe Trump-GOP is no longer a conservative party. It's an authoritarian party.Sort of what Flake tried to describe here:https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/974651539410255872Here’s what that

Masked Hairball 🆘🌊

orangepeel18

I was thinking about the 2A this morning. The photos and stories coming out of Portland & elsewhere are terrifying. These "police officers" resemble invading army in an enemy

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