#Populist

Jeremy Menchik

jeremymenchik

It’s tempting to dismiss the protesters in MI, VA, TX, CA, and MN as irrelevant wakadoddles. That’s a mistake. Social science research suggests continued protests could effect the 2020 US

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Newsnight included Len McCluskey dismissing Peter Mandelson's views, on the grounds he 'should go into a room and count his gold'. Newsnight read out a Unite statement saying this couldn't

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

Foucault: "The plague-stricken town, traversed throughout with hierarchy, surveillance, observation, writing; the town immobilized by the functioning of an extensive power that bears in a distinct way over all individual

LadyGrey

TWLadyGrey

We need to discuss Sanders & the long term harm he will cause American politics because of his inability to lead his supporters in any significant, positive manner.There are some

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

ewzucker

"Biblical" huh?Would you like to know what the Bible actually says about Trumpism?Because it has a lot to say that's amazingly contemporary, both about populist uprisings & elite response to

nationalist kid🏹 🇮🇳

zero_politix

How do we beat a populist/pseudo-nationalist:फ़र्ज़ी राष्ट्रवाद या पॉप्युलिज़म को कैसे हराए?RT for maximum reach.A thread :

Sunny Singh

ProfSunnySingh

I want to address this. Have obscured tweep’s details because it isn’t about them. It IS however how we shift institutional responsibility to individuals and thus contribute to a lack

Jamie Palmer

j4mi3p

I cannot read this article because I've used up my monthly allotment. But before I take another indefinite Twitter break, my dear indifferent followers, here's a short thread explaining why

Brynn Tannehill

BrynnTannehill

Evening update:This is a tad bit more speculative, but it's the best I can piece together.1. I was told that if they went by helicopter to the WH, it would

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

As I often say here, if you look closely at the EU structure, it is the Kaiser's plan for a post-WW1 German Europe, with a weak periphery tied to a

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docrussjackson

#THREADIn January, Gavin Williamson announced that our increasingly authoritarian Govt of philistines intends to cut University funding by 50% to performing & creative arts, media studies & archaeology, with further

Michael A Grammar

milquetoastable

I thought I’d write about what Corbynism meant to me - if you’ve followed me for even a short amount of time, you’ll know I tend to rail on Labour

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

There is one very clear message from this week’s elections. It is that politically the UK is in a very confused state. This needs some discussion. A thread follows..... Scotland

dasPost-CV

dasvee

1/ Rock and Roll podcast on BBC coverage of Philip's death: excessive, indicative of fear of right wing press.Shallow analysis though: not delving into why royal funerals are important to

SixSixSix Times

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BORIS'S FATE: A THREADHave we lost our sense of proportion over what constitutes a tragedy? The hospitalisation of the Prime Minister last week managed to display in an instant two

Mark Sayers

SayersMark

I have been thinking about what comes after this current period of political fragmentation and infighting. And I wonder if the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in Siberia is of more