#Democracy

COPS

copscampaign

Undercover political policing didn't stop when #SpyCops were unmasked in 2010. They'd been absorbed into Counter Terrorism Command. In 2016 its chief, Richard Walton, resigned when it was revealed he'd

🌲Ⓐ λ Anarkismus λ ☭ 🖤❤️

Anarkismus_

Here's some stuff about the Soviet Union.A Thread. 1) Some books about the USSR available for free : -Worker's participation in the Soviet Union (Mick Costello, 1977) : https://archive.org/stream/WorkersParticipationInTheSovietUnio

libyajamahiriya📗

libyajamahiriya

The socialist policies of Libya during Gaddafi's Jamahiriya: A Thread 1. Nationalisation of oil.Approximately 70% of all oil in Libya was nationalised. Contrary to popular belief oil was never privatised.

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

I don’t know Mr. Bzdek but I can’t help but hear the racial undertones of suggesting JOC who are demanding that we stop hiding behind this faux objectivity and instead

Lindsay P Cohn

lindsaypcohn

If I hear one more person say something like “Posse Comitatus is what makes us a democracy” I’m going to start throwing things. That is so wrong it’s backward. That

Shibani Mahtani

ShibaniMahtani

Spoke to some of the leading experts on authoritarian regimes and the way they communicate, including @LMorgenbesser @MariaRepnikova "These outlandish claims, conspiracy theories, contradictory information and downright lies" -- i

Kirrin_Kaye

KayeKirrin

CN: GRATrans people have made such a huge achievement with GRA. Incredibly powerful and loud transphobes came at us with, hoping to use it as a tool to remove our

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

(1/18) Will American elections ever again be legitimate? … (2/18) Only an established, legal “right to vote“ can defeat Republican voter suppression. … (3/18) Republican politicians and conservative commentators are

PunishedDengistAnglo

anglo_dengist

This speech below is one of the most omniscient and poignant things said about the coming future and will be remembered as an important forewarning.https://twitter.com/guyverhofstadt/status/1123864665325559808 Not endorsing it, or the

Eldon Katz 🌹

eldon_katz

The polling of the Democratic Primary shows that voters are suffering from a collective cognitive dissonance that is preventing a large number of them from voting for the candidate the

The Dirty Truth (Josh)

AKA_RealDirty

Sunday morning futures with @MariaBartiromo Video thread.@SecPompeo on the national security threat tic-tok poses. .@SecPompeo tells @MariaBartiromo China is running espionage operations inside the United States. They’re attempting deep i

Morrigoon

Morrigoon

I’m going to go back through my DVR recording of Biden’s town hall and tweet commentary. I’ll note what time on the recording each comment is made. (1/?) 2/ I

nacho bidnez

code1zero

THREAD> So... regarding @SpeakerPelosi stroll through #SF Chinatown back in late Feb 2020. She is pictured with Florence Fang, a powerful local activist with ties to China #CCP https://www.kqed.org/news/11803203/pelosi-lunches-in-sf-chinatown-lend

The Media Co-op

mediacoop

We'll be tweeting occasionally from the federal #NDP convention, which we are attending as media. Why are we at this convention? Unlike Canada's two main political parties, the Liberals and

WIRED

WIRED

Depending on who you ask, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is either an existential threat to US democracy or the only bulwark that can uphold free speech on

Free Law Project ⚖

FreeLawProject

The House Judicial Committee just came out strongly in favor of the "Free PACER" bill. The quotes are just incredible. We'll put some here.... Nadler: "Judiciary records systems have long