#EMPIRE

Georgy

oktyabrvperedi

The Soviet Educational System, a thread The literacy rate in the Russian Empire was extremely low (of only 28,4% according to the 1897 census).After the Bolshevik revolution, during the 8th Party

Infospectives

TrialByTruth

Trade friction and a race to the bottom. Dismantling standards and rights.Much (with exception of the new red tape) was possible without Brexit.But people wouldn’t have swallowed it without the

Neal Shasore

IntrWr

Legacies of empire, racism and colonial exploitation can be concealed and complicated. Back to Lord Leverhulme. He bankrolled CH Reilly @LivUniArch, it’s dept of Civic Design and its journal, the

鍾翔宇 Xiangyu

notXiangyu

Thread: 1. Who runs Taiwan's media? For the longest time, I've said that Taiwanese media is just US MSM translated into Chinese, regardless of whether it is pan-blue (KMT-leaning) or

emily

emilywritesgood

Before today was Veterans Day it was Armistice Day, marking the end of WWI. We don’t learn much about that war here in the US, & since my 6 yo

JAKE wants WB to #RestoretheSnyderVerse

TheBearded_Jake

reminder for you all... darth vader mentioned in A New Hope when he sensed a disturbance in the force that "the last time i felt it, i was in the

Art Deco Mumbai

artdecomumbai

#ArtDecoMarvelsArt Deco buildings are abounding with thoughtful features that are especially relevant in today’s time where prevention of the spread of disease is of primary importance. (1/8) Bombay Deco is

𝑮𝒆́𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒍𝑯𝒊𝒔

GeopolHis_22

𝐷𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑒́ 𝑑𝑒 𝐾𝑖𝑒𝑣 𝑎̀ 𝑙'𝐸𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑅𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑒 // THREAD // L'Empire Russe naquit de la principauté de Kiev, constituée au IXe s

Nicholas Isabella

NycStormChaser

Thread: Since 2020 is coming to an end I thought I'd make a list of my favorite / most memorable photographs in no specific order. I'll make another thread for

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

ontological slavery is the enslavement of a people "a priori" - the decision that a people are "enslavable""ontology" = study/nature of being. ontological slavery is a worldview that says some

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

What Biden's Warmongering Will Actually Look Like"More starvation sanctions. More proxy conflicts. More cold war. More coups. More special ops. More drone strikes. More slow motion strangulation, less ham-fisted overt

Sarah Holland-Batt

the_shb

Had some requests from readers of the #poetsvoice column in @australian looking for a spot where they can find all the columns together. Here's a thread; I'll add to it

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H_svki

Who is Khawlah Bint Al-Azwar? I’ve noticed that not a lot of people are familiar with one of th greatest female military leaders in Islamic history and I think

Joe Skeaping

JSkeaping

Going to tackle this one sentence at a time: truly bizarre analysis from a leading political scientist.https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1287678627144966147 "What unites Johnson's voters is not so much their economic experienc

Ben

ThugsAndMiracle

Have you ever heard of Queen Nanthilde? Because she’s kind of awesome...Yesterday I wrote about how Nanthilde may have kinda sorta started the process of making an heir without her

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

Australian War Crimes Report Means Get The Fuck Out Of Afghanistan"There are no 'conditions' which need to be met first. You are the violent extremists in Afghanistan doing the killing

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