#Policy

Bes D. Socialist

besf0rt

the "let's compare capitalism to existing socialism" line is mostly flawed from the outset because you're usually comparing global south countries to western imperialists who've built their wealth from robbing

James Medlock

jdcmedlock

Honestly the Tax Positivity stuff started out as a troll, but like all good troll positions I’ve come to see it as the correct position over time. The number of

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 1945. Churchill is booed at Walthamstow Stadium as sections of the crowd chant ‘We want Labour’The Tory candidate responds: 'I am sure they are going to get a thrashing

Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik

CRostvik

This year, the 'tampon-tax' ended in the UK. But this is not the first time Conservatives have been interested in menstrual products. Here's PM Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, with

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

Today's election is a referendum on Trump's "American First" policy.When @JoeBiden wins (yep, I'm calling it now), how much will US foreign policy truly change?Let's break it down.[THREAD] There is

2022 Olympian Balding 大老板

BaldingsWorld

I've had a number of conversations with US government civil servants recently who deal with China issues. I should emphasize these are not political but career people, work in very

Dr. Genevieve Guenther

DoctorVive

One word in climate discourse that we really need to clarify is "solutions." Does it mean technologies? Does it mean policies?Does it mean new social norms?1/2 And how do "solutions"

Yet Another Columnist

Sime0nStylites

This is interesting for two reasons.(i) A successful future is possible(ii) This is how it might lookToo much commentary has focused on disaster being inevitable (catastrophism) versus the capacity for

Charles Thépaut

diplocharlie

[Thread] I have a great deal of respect for Amb. @fordrs58. And so I’m surprised by this article, with which I have profound disagreements.https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/turkey/2021-01-25/us-strategy-syria-has-failed I don’t qu

Zohran Kwame Mamdani

ZohranKMamdani

People often ask what socialists mean when we say we want to "decommodify" housing.Basically, we want to move away from a situation where most people access housing by purchasing it

Frank van Lerven

Frank_vanlerven

Thread AlertThe @ecb preseident madame @Lagarde drops yet another BOMBSHELLon the market neutrality principle. Twitter-review, especially in context of green transition and role of the ECB as a market-maker and

Dark Kent

Ajenebk

1/ My reply to @SteveSchmidtSES got a lot of traction today. Listen, Republican politics didn’t “all of a sudden” become unacceptable. For years they’ve argued that looking out for one

Rachel Emas

DrRachelEmas

From 9-10am, I'll be talking about how I use social media to become more informed and aware of systemic racism, discrimination, and violence. I'm a 3rd gen US-born, white, cishet,

Tris Osborne

cllrtrisosborne

One fifth of the current Labour membership joined since December 2019 so assume 100k. We are down net 70k from 580k. So that means some 70k Momentum have left. Membership

Sadiya Ansari

SadiyaAnsari

Anti-immigrant sentiment is often justified with the claim that a country simply can’t “absorb” more people — there aren’t enough jobs, social supports will be drained. So what happens when

Jedediah Britton-Purdy

JedediahSPurdy

Existential self-defense/doom aversion has replaced governing agendas as the bipartisan election strategy. And it's on these terms that coalitions are now formed as well as mobilized. This is deeply endogenous

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