#Dissent

Surbhi M. Karwa

surbhi_karwa

Indian Joint family institution is deeply toxic institution. It amplifies both institutions of patriarchy and caste. Having lived in one I will never wish a joint family to worst of

Peter Cronau

PeterCronau

There was a pandemic before Covid - it’s called Neoliberalism. It had already taken a toll.It deindustrialised our economy - it propelled income inequality - it impoverished our public schools

Michael Merrick

michael_merrick

Have long argued that the slowly-growing professional revolt over Ofsted ( #PauseOfsted etc) was a channelled version of Brexity frustrations applied to the structural inequalities of education Brexit, more than

Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D.🇨🇺

wunpini_fm

This actually makes a lot of sense since African feminists like Mama etc. have theorized about femocracy/the First Lady Syndrome.Femocracy describes how the office of the First Lady across African

Jessica Ludwig

JesLudwig

If you don't follow @RollandNadege, you really should! In our new report @ThinkDemocracy, she explains how authoritarian regimes—including in China, Russia, & Gulf states—leverage their own versions of "think tanks"

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) One thing is clear. The extra $600 a week in additional unemployment benefits to cover job losses will expire this weekend. 2) The Senate is soon gone for the

ICE must be destroyed 🏴

Itmechr3

Even by Greyzone standards the outright slander against CONAIE, who've been fighting neoliberalism and American multi-nationals longer than Ben Norton has been alive, is just absolutely atrocious. If you know

Catherine Rampell

crampell

Trump last night denounced totalitarianism (toe-tallie-terrio-tism), accusing left of "shaming dissenters & demanding submission from anyone who disagrees." Some of the ways Trump has used his own powers to punish

Bryan Behar

bryanbehar

I have a “respected” Trumper on my TL shouting, it’s not about the man, it’s the policy?. Which policy?Voter suppression? Stripping 20 million of healthcare? Caging children? Tear gassing protesters?

Wake Up From COVID

wakeupfromcovid

1/7The excellent documentary THE NEW NORMAL is a must to everyone that wants to know what is going on in the world. Here I share a twitter friendly version in

Peter Mason

_petermason

A thread on boycotts, accountability, sock puppets and hotzaat shem ra:On Monday, @JewishLabour, myself and a range of our senior activists joined the boycott of Twitter for 48 hours.We did

Sister Helen Prejean

helenprejean

How can I not cry out for justice for Fair Wayne Bryant, a 62-year-old African American man whose life sentence for stealing hedge clippers was just upheld by the Louisiana

Cherie Priest

cmpriest

Once a year or so there's a piece by someone who got a book deal, tanked, and now blames...everyone in their immediate vicinity. It's always clear that they went in

Jeffrey Ngo 敖卓軒 😷🎗🧋🐝

jeffreychngo

1. Cross-strait tensions are on the rise again lately — given the increasing Chinese and U.S. naval presence in the region — so as usual, the discussion around #Taiwan is

TheFortifier

Pimpernell13

Let’s string some stories together let’s start herethe state banning media outlets based on viewpoint can’t happen here you say?1st Amendment protections you say?https://twitter.com/akarlin88/status/1356981586298892288 Why do they ins

Kerry Allen 凯丽

kerrya11en

I feel like I should do a little thread on some of the things I've observed from watching Chinese media when it comes to Myanmar... One of the things that

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