#Authoritarian

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

After the Jan 6 insurrection, there were tons of demoralizing stories about how much pro-insurrection lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Josh Hawley were raising in small-dollar donations, suggesting a

Jerry Onlyfans

Discourse_Stu

This thread is an interesting example of what happens when you reconstruct even recent history backwards from media. This is all Anonymous as dumbass journalists reported it, not as it

Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷

joshuawongcf

1/ [Could you give a brief assessment?]1.1/ The new National Security Law in HK will kill future democratic movements, since all pro-democracy protests in the city can be classified as

Monica

TrulyMonica

We all know that India banned 59 Chinese apps to avenge the Galwan Valley incident but do you know India did it to counter China’s Military Civil Fusion or MCF

Rachel Tobias

RachelDTobias

Thread: why we are losing the "culture war" and why the West is in decline (proof via the slew of events that signal this based on history: Revision and destruction

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Russian_Starr

Many of my colleagues are calling for Lukashenko to step down but are silent when Donald Trump supports white supremacists. That’s why it’s almost impossible to be a self respecting

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davidzmorris

I’ve been working on this story for two months. It is extremely disturbing, but important.Bottom line: Russian authoritarianism has created a serious gap in global efforts to combat the sexual

Stop the Steal - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – The “Experts” Led Us into a Cul-de-sac1. It is incredible that the US economy was shut down largely on the basis of the predictions of a faulty model

Julian Gewirtz

JulianGewirtz

US-China relations are endlessly compared to a new "Cold War"—but I think we need more creative analogies. One analogy that I've been considering recently is less well known to Americans

Jonathan Smucker

jonathansmucker

In 2000 I voted for Ralph Nader. I despised the corporate-friendly Dem Party.Nader had no strategy to win or to build political power.The Green Party still has no viable strategy.Organizations

vakibs

vakibs

"(Norway's prime minister) Solberg held a dedicated press conference where no adults were allowed. She responded to kids’ questions from across the country, taking time to explain why it was

John Stoehr's Editorial Board

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Hiya. The following is a thread. It comes from the Editorial Board. That's my daily newsletter. I think you'll like it enough to becoming a paying subscriber. I post threads

Born to be Commie ❣️

LunaOi_VN

Common propaganda tactic: take normal processes Vietnam has and make them sound scary and authoritarian. Example: you have to file with the election commission to get on the ballot, Western

Prelapsarian Danskin

InnuendoStudios

Let's talk about Andy Ngo and limits of strategic nonviolence. Something Bob Altemeyer mentioned in The Authoritarians is that people get more authoritarian when confronted with violence of (almost) any

Cobble King of Calderdale

JohnBaker1975

Thread: Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods and the Far Right. If you follow #cycling and #activetravel Twitter, you'll know how there's always been some antagonism between cyclists on one side and a loose

Vincent Wong

InitialVW

Deconstructing why HK protesters should not support the Indian Army or the literally fascist authoritarian BJP government is not something that I thought would be needed.This timeline is the worst.