#Radical

It is truly remarkable how many people on here viscerally reject the idea that our staggeringly unequal economy is in any way contributing to the rise of far-right extremism. Luckily,
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[Thread : pourquoi la "born this way theory" c’est de la merde]J’appelle "born this way theory" la tendance qui soutient que l’orientation sexuelle est déterminée biologiquement, qu’elle est essentielle et
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Two years ago this week we were thrilled to host the conference “Defining Black European History” convened by @kira_thurman, @tlflorvil, and @jeffbsox. You can find the conference report here (https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/de
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Muckspreaders. And the anti-mask protests in Parliament square.Thread.1/28 The heart of the UK popular press has been about muckspreading.News of the World being perhaps the worst example.2/28 “Well, it’s how
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''Making prostitution illegal has the beneficial effect of artificially decreasing the supply of men who would solicit a prostitute. Some men who would otherwise be interested in paying for sex
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Thread: Straight talk about Sanders’ Medicare for All plan.Sanders has been misleading people, selling snake oil, and poisoning the well. Don’t @ me until you’ve heard me out. And to
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*THREAD*So Thornberry seems to be trying to claim that Labour Party has historical mantle of anti-fascism in UK. Not forgetting Labour’s direct involvement in various pieces of racist legislation &
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Ok let me start a thread on parallel universe 1. A parallel universe, also known as a parallel dimension, alternate universe, or alternate reality, is a hypothetical self-contained plane of existence, co-existing with one's
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Policy detail isn't the clearest, so here's a little thread of the policy commitments dropped or watered down in Labour's green recovery plan...https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-green-new-deal-jobs-30-billion
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How councils are using Covid as an excuse to drive cars off the roadhttps://mol.im/a/8654475  The government and (mostly but not exclusively Labour-dominated) councils have been lobbied by the usual suspects
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With the caveat that there is no truly pure and ethical way to make *any* money under capitalism, here is a thread of historical romances that are swoonworthy without needing
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1/ The Greatest Trade Ever (Gregory Zuckerman)Thread"Did investment banks and financial pros truly believe that housing was in an inexorable climb?"Why did the very bankers who created toxic mortgages get
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There is an irresolvable contradiction between the well being of workers in the imperial core in the Global North & the Global South, and between any kind of productivism &
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Okay here's what the democrats want, and this is why they are blocking the Senate bill. The Pork list is long.OVER 1400 damn pages of this shithttps://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6817711-Updated-House-Bill $100,000,000 to Nasa,
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Ok, I decided to watch it and torture myself. And the pre-debate commentary is exactly the kind of Beltway gossip/horserace BS that has dominated US politics for decades why am
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watching debates and gaming .... I guess I'll live tweet it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLT-lHpyPY8&ab_channel=WashingtonPost commentator noted that BLM will be a serious topic ... I do know the Trump campaign is - laughably
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