#Revolution

Dr Jenny Thatcher (Mischievous Sociologist)

JennyAThatcher

Wow, people were angry in the pub last night. In the whole year I've been doing this ethnography I never heard so much politics discussed, people calling for a working

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

1/ Iran's interest in China peaked after the 1949 revolution. Two competing ideas about China were proposed in the Iranian public sphere: one which saw China as a negative example

Timothy Grose

GroseTimothy

1/ My 2020 top 10. Not published this year, but ones I read. Each work marks a significant contribution to its respective fields, and I greatly admire these scholars' efforts

Animal Farm

CIAApprovedInfo

An important message from Leon Trotsky, Founder of the International Committee of the Fourth International: (thread)Not Hollow Preaching – But Clear Cut Slogans!(7 November 1935)https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1935/11/clearcut.ht

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

"The Arab Baath (formed between 1943 and 1947) as opposed to the Islamic Baath of yesteryear, was a significant development. It revitalised the idea of Arab nationalism and gave it

spencer sunshine

transform6789

Older people forget that even if younger people know a history, the context is often lost. So here's a story about Leninism & the US Left for late millennials &

Cam

cam_cannon

Revisiting this speech - which really shook me early into my political development - and just trying to reconcile what he says here with the fact he was a member

Adam Goldman

adamgoldmanNYT

NEW: Law enforcement officials said the man, Eric Gavelek Munchel, 30, was taken into custody in Nashville on federal charges. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/10/us/joe-trump-biden/fbi-arrests-man-who-carried-zip-ties-into-the-capitol

Cinnamon Girl🌶

Sazerac_soul

It's a shame Liszt gets known as the pianist who had to sell his soul to the devil to be become what he did.The most handsome of all composers, the

mark safranski

zenpundit

Every society’s moral cohesion (asabiyya) rests on a set of myths that have a basis in political reality. China = CCP/Confucianism, France= French Revolution-Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, US - Founders/Declaration /Constitution1/

Jolie 🐸

semper_vino

Come along with me as I deliver some hot and fresh pizzas: Tonight a drunk guy told me dominos delivery drivers are the backbone of the US economy and the

Bartley Kives

bkives

Cold-take analysis: What happened in Washington yesterday should not come as a surprise to anyone. What’s surprising is the rhetoric espoused by the outgoing president didn’t incite a deadly riot

Matt/BrySanity Guy

BryGuy59er

There are few bigger examples of how poorly our education system is than when it comes to the issue of SlaverySlavery was forced onto the American colonies by the British

Toby Young

toadmeister

1/ Thought I'd do a thread about reasons to be cheerful about the Cultural Revolution. All of these are variations on the same theme: the Red Guards have seized cultural

Aniyia (🗣 Anita without the T) ❤️

operaqueenie

In honor of #MLKDay , I want to share some important excerpts from the final chapter of his book "Why We Can't Wait." Too many of his words feel especially

Antonio Regalado

antonioregalado

Trump Administration just put out executive order moving regulation of GMO and CRISPR animals from FDA to USDA.A wish list item of the pork industry among others. USDA is softer

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