#Protests

Anurag Singh

anuragsingh_as

Long Thread on Farmers protests & Agri reforms: What is the protest all about? Who gets impacted & how? Why are protests concentrated in Punjab & Haryana? Are these really

Bryan MacDonald

27khv

Rather depressing, if predictable, to see Twitter's armchair 'Russia experts' & 'conspiracy theorists' immediately screaming 'Putin did it,' without any evidence. Russia is not so simple. And it's really

Scott Hechinger

ScottHech

Just as COVID struck, I met Lacie. A public defender in Louisiana. The *only* in East Baton Rouge assigned to represent the 12k arrested each year at bail hearings. Since

small robots

smolrobots

We've been saying this for a couple of days now, but we'll re-up it for those still panicking: Biden has won this. Whether you want to call NV, AZ, GA

🏳️‍🌈Andrew D. Jankowski🏳️‍🌈

AndrewJank

For whoever needs one, a recap of this past Halloween weekend's protests against racism and police brutality. I can't retweet without adding commentary, and these stories need boosts, so here

Jason Mosley

africaupdate

Hoping policymakers in DC will consider this, if they've read the Atlantic Council's unhelpful, 'give war a chance' briefing on Ethiopia's conflict in Tigray. THREAD1) TPLF's (often brutal) grip on

Anurag Shukla

Anuraag_Shukla

When Governor-General Bentinck abolished Sati (Suttee, as Britishers called it), he had a larger-than-life statue commissioned showing him dramatically rescuing and Indian women from the funeral pyre. (It can still

Elle M. (they/them)

ellle_em

Ok Gen Z look. I think you all are really awesome and I'm not being patronizing. I have an 11 year old daughter and she's on the younger end of

InEviTable

Existential2020

SpeculationI have no idea if this is true or not but I can’t help but think: How long do you think it would take to make a ton of child

nbairamian

nsbairamian

The Armenian Church and its clerics really need to stay out of politics.Like it did when it was the head of the Armenian millet in the Ottoman Empire and the

Aaron Griffith

AaronLGriffith

this is bad news - vague anti-riot/anti-mob legislation that simply doubles down on mandatory minimums.https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article248336730.html This is something that I fear will become commo

Fatima Rajina

DrFatimaRajina

Agreed. The number of American-Bengalis I have had the good fortune of meeting online and hearing about their organising has been nothing short of inspiring. Really dismissive to think otherwise

Ryan Messick

Ryan_Messick

THREAD: Broad strokes of a coup orchestrated by Trump? These moments must be investigated at the highest level. We don’t know all the details, but this timeline shows an opportunity

claudiaOU

claudiaOU2

#CoupInPeru Last night was brutal. Police unleashed a violence never before seen here, firing rubber bullets at short distance and gas canisters, killing 2 young protestors. At least 41 students

Immigrant Defense Project

ImmDefense

1/ On #PortlandProtests & DHS presence: let's make it clear that Portland is NOT a testing ground; for years, immigrants in this country have been subject to unidentified agents, arrests

Emily Badger

emilymbadger

Nixon was successful fanning white suburban fears. Many reasons Trump likely won’t be:The suburbs are more diverse.Cities are safer.Threats to suburban exclusion are weaker.Trump just doesn’t know how to be

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