#Poverty

Yuen Yuen Ang

yuenyuenang

Super interesting, thought-provoking book by @JosephWongUT on the limits of "developmental states" (or industrial policies) in science/innovation driven economies. Cases #Singapore #Korea #Taiwan With clear implications for #China

Helen Pluckrose

HPluckrose

Going to start my day with a thread but then I'll need to go and work so I probably won't catch most of the replies. When I used to focus

Snow White ⏳

SnowWhite7IAM

What truly matters is whether our government is controlled by #WeThePeopleGovernance is a privilege, WE choose those who represent US as civil servants, pledging an oath to uphold the Constitution.

Hassan Hassan

hxhassan

Big development.In an escalation, Egyptian president Sisi says Cairo is now prepared to intervene directly in Libya. He says an Egyptian intervention has become legal under international law to protect

read ‘discourse on colonialism’ by aimé césaire!

queersocialism

everyone who insists on asking me “what’s the alternative?” does not want my answer, because it is uncomfortable, and requires far more than many, if not most of you are

rufflemuffin

rufflemuffin

#ClickZero is a campaign calling for essential online public services to be provided free for everyoneData poverty means access to essential services isn't universal. There are millions of families in

Falcon Barracuda

FalconBarracuda

Finally a comprehensive list of all the actions I've noticed that have been drowned out by words.Here we go!* Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military

historic.ly

historiclypod

Unpopular Opinion: Occupy wall street was smeared by the right wing...but it doesn't change the fact that it was ... mostly petty bourgeoise camping. Let's look at what happened to

Lex "Arrest Breonna Taylor's Killers" B

bairlex

This morning, I grabbed a coffee and went for a quiet walk through #CHOP to take some more pictures of the beautifully emotive street art. There's something really interesting in

Omair Ahmad

OmairTAhmad

Every year @third_pole does a "best of" list.It is tough, because we do everything by consensus, and there are so many good stories that we fight like cats in a

Jason Harrison

nominalthoughts

Not sure why people still view the 90s "welfare reform" as a success, because whenever I look into it the results seem lackluster. A step in the *wrong* direction, and

David Paisley

DavidPaisley

The Scottish Government is currently debating the Hate Crime Bill.Earlier this year @TheTimes and @heraldscotland published articles criticising the bill, written by a member of known hate group ADF.These articles

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ximuoicay

I tell myself to tweet from love and this is god’s challenge to me. But seriously, if you are a white leftist especially in the U.S., pls understand your positionality.

Deniz Gulduren

DenizGulduren

OK. Need to get something off my chest. Ever since COVID became A Big Thing, my workplace has gone off the rails on resilience and positivity. Its gotten to the

Jessica (J.A.M.) Aiwuyor 💫

JAMAiwuyor

Exactly one year ago, I published "Understanding ADOS: The Movement to Hijack Black Identity and Weaken Black Unity in America." This week Harvard Kennedy School's MisInformation Review published, “Disinformation creep:

Alex

JewishWonk

We left Belarus as stateless refugees. Years after we left, the Lukashenko regime put in place restrictions that made it challenging for us to ever return. For most of my

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