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Dismissed as not possible BUT we are ready because we have all it takes to succeedThe technology we now have makes it possible for us to learn & use what's
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I interviewed IRRI directors, camped out at the PhilRice dorms for weeks at a time, visited farmer field schools, reading the gloomiest FAO scenarios, for my PhD fieldwork. No one
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1/22. In the spirit of independence day weekend, I just published my latest writing: β€œMasters and Slaves of Money" where we explore why central banking is an institution of time-theft
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One of my Favourite Chefs Ever Chef Mokgadi invited me for a day of delicious sustainable foods with @Knorr you can do your part for the planet by what
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We’ve seen some heated debate this week but today let’s celebrate all the excellent work that has been and is being done on questions of Ireland, empire and race. Please
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A thread on the British empire.1/"At its height in 1922, the British empire governed a fifth of the world's population and a quarter of the world's total land area."@feeldalove168https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-
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"[W]hile Negro labor in America suffers because of the fundamental equities of the whole capitalistic system the lowest and most fatal degree of suffering comes not from the capitalists but
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Bronze Age Pervert: A THREADNeo-fascist figure Bronze Age Pervert poses real danger, gaining major traction & influence not only in far-right but more mainstream right & so-called "dirtbag left" circlesI've
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Very disturbing to see this lack of scientific nuance from one of the main people responsible for driving US policy & funding toward a mass surgical campaign affecting the genitals
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TW// Blackface, racism, anti-Blackness, death threatsEverything you need to know about what’s happening to Sam Okyere; thread Sam Okyere is a Ghanaian tv personality active in South Korea and Ghana.
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Timbuktu Syllabus part 6The Social Defeat How Sex destroyed Black Society Umhlanga, a reed dance by Nguni tribes, dating back as far as Shaka Zulu's empire.The young women that qualified
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Today is Afro-Colombian Day! Hoy es el Dia de Afrocolombianidad! This will be a thread related to Black Colombians. Some of my favorite Afro-Colombian music artists: @chocquibtown, @Mabiland, @PROFETASmusic, @CharlesKingPF,
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Chadwick Boseman just died. And these are my tears for him and everything else that has happened this year.#RIPChadBoseman #BlackPanther #chadwickbosman #WakandaForever I have had enough of 2020. I feel
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It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated approximately $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847. Around 2,000 members of the congregation
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Here is a link to my op-ed published in Thursday's Daily Telegraph β€” and below is the text as a THREAD (1/34)https://twitter.com/profdanhicks/status/1324640013120872448 (2/34)I had always believed what I’d been told
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The Model Minority Myth Systemic Racism for Asian AmericansEducational Thread Model Minority Myth: It perpetuates a narrative in which Asian Americans are all extremely hard working and intelligence, and
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