#Democracy

Martin Calladine

uglygame

Good point this. Millions of people attend football matches each year. 92 people own clubs, with thousands more below them in the pyramid. And yet the whole of football was

Udit Bhatia

drbhatia_ud

Thread on Avani Bansal’s piece in the Wire calling for epistocracy in India in the context of covid response & its failures. Some basic issues (more extended critique to follow

Aaron

BobbyBigWheel

Have you read the Powell Memo? You probably should because it's the foundation for the modern conservative movement. Basically it has 3 tenets1. Build up right wing media/conservative voices in

Niamh Cullen

niamhanncullen

Following from certain recentdiscussions in history I’ve also thinking again about Irish history, exceptionality and comparative frameworks. (1) Not being a historian of Ireland (nor of colonialism) I’m also very

AP

ap_prose

1/ At this point, if there is any justice, Elon Musk would get COVID-19.Oh does that offend you? Is that statement inhumane?Good. Now apply that same instinct to the 1000s

Trust Black women *We tried to tell you*

NicolasEdny

To be President, Obama had to be the next best thing to Jesus.Irreprehensible in every aspect,The man had to be a superhuman.That was the only was white people were going

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

In the summer of 2015 Jeremy Corbyn used a pile of my ideas to help him become Labour leader. By spring 2016 his team were telling me they were sitting

Shivam Vij 🇮🇳

DilliDurAst

The tweets cited don’t amount to false news or misinformation as they are based on an Indian Express news report. These FIRs are yet another instance of the ruling establishment

Cyrus Janssen

thecyrusjanssen

You know what really sucks about the #coronavirus? How divided #America and #China will be when the dust settles...even before the virus happened, there was a huge anti-China sentiment rising

Kautuk Nasit

kautuknasit

To all the #hustlers, the halfwit #millennials, and ugly faced disinforming secular #bigots. (1/n) Still, the majority of the miserable #fraternity can’t fathom that #ArnabGoswami is not only an #editor

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) What we can do, Part IIAfter I wrote this thread people asked “But what can we do?”https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1246169298302722049This is what we can do, Part II.Warning: People often like my assessment

Michelle Obama

MichelleObama

No American should have to choose between making their voice heard and staying safe. Expanding access to #VoteByMail, online voter registration and early voting are critical steps for this moment—they’re

MaReQ⭐⭐⭐

Mareq16

The George Soros-funded Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is allegedly sending tens of millions of dollars in corporate donations to the Cayman Islands and other offshore accountshttps://barenakedislam.com/2017/09/01/the-george-soros-funded-southern

Chris Clee

CCleePolitical

From anecdotal evidence from those who were literally there, Gloucester Labour have had candidates and councillors during the Corbyn leadership who actively undermined him, refused to campaign with any material

Kilgore Salmon

africlubguy

Democracy is interesting. It's a claim that everyone has an equal right to influence government of the polity. But does it also claim that everyone has a majority to be

Ayo Sogunro

ayosogunro

Corruption is not Nigeria's biggest problem. Corruption exists because we refuse to address Nigeria's core problem: Inequality.Inequality between men and women; between govt and governed; between major and minor ethnicities;