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Breaking: Ankhi Das, employee at center of FB-BJP hate speech scandal, quits Facebook India FB spokesperson tells me this "has nothing to do with the parliamentary inquiry or the media
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The Modi government has been at pains to emphasise the virtues of PM-CARES over PMNRF in India's battle over #coronavirus, but both funds fail the test of transparency in one
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If you’re going to organize a protest against police violence in 2020 then abolition has to be your ultimate demand. If you want to work on harm reduction leading up
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Welcome once again everyone, to today's event in our @blackwellbooks virtual festival #BlackwellsVF. Sophie Walker @sophierunning is up next; her new book, published by @iconbooks is ‘Five Rules for Rebellion’
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My beautiful friends! I never try to push theory down anybody’s throat because it’s not necessary in order to be an activist! But we are caught in a volatile historical
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So... as promised here is Day 1 of teaching back for revision! For those who missed it, I’m currently doing a Change Management course online, and to help me revise
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I never knew I cared about politics Until a madman was electedI never knew I was an activistUntil a black man was murdered I never knew I was a PatriotUntil
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A silent crackdown has been sweeping through India's capital. Such is the fear that few are willing to speak about it. #Thread As you know, the Delhi Police has built
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Throughout my years as a feminist activist, I've heard so many claims from (largely white) men about their freedom of speech being stifled - I've seen this recently resurge re
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Waad al Kateab @waadalkateab (a pseudonym) is a journalist, filmmaker and activist, who shed light on daily life in a field hospital in East Aleppo in the documentary For Sama
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1/On eve of 10th anniversary, ALL gov'ts should commit to #IstanbulConvention & ending violence against women & girls. Women's rights leaders in #Turkey #Poland #Hungary #Ukraine tell us why it
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hillbilly elegy is a narrow depiction of appalachia that ignores some marginalized groups and paints the people as backwards. “what you are getting wrong about appalachia” by elizabeth catte is
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Today is the 3rd-ever International @PronounsDay! I'm so excited & I want you to be excited, too. Here are a few things to know about pronouns:1. Many #trans people including
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Morning, Twitter. Time again to stretch out a thread of news you need to get your day started. Goonies never say die. This is Thursday. Fuel oil prices flirt with
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THREAD on Winnipeg poltics & urban issues. When Councillor @mathieuallard discusses bikes or pedestrians or transit on Facebook, posts very often gets shared to a Facebook group called Wise Up
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"By killing corona virus, we should not kill democracy and fundamental rights in Europe" - this was the main message of Commission VP @VeraJourova who gave me an interview about
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