#Austerity

Americans have saved hundreds of thousands of lives by following #StayHome guidance.The economy can come back. Those lives would have been lost forever. 14/ Even with this, we have
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THREAD: More than 50 young @theSNP members have signed an open letter opposing plans to staff vital public services during crises with a National Service-style unpaid workforce, demanding instead investment
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I'm gonna throw two things your way.1) Unbelievably cute kitten video2) A tiradeUnfortunately, we start with 2.I know the world doesn't need another middle-class cisgendered privileged white male to say
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In preparation for our book, I've been reading some truly crackers historical opinions on feminism. I don't see why I should suffer alone so I'm going to share them with
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X : Thoughts on QAnon?Me : Misinformation and conspiracy theories?X : Why is it spreading.Me : Ah, it's playing to fears that are rooted in everyday life that we need
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Suella Baverman tells @CommonsJustice she supports "extending the court day." "Speaking of my experience as a barrister ... I would have jumped at the chance of any work, especially in
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How to argue with Nationalists (A MEGATHREAD): Nationalism is based on deflection: It's always someone else's fault (England/Westminster/The Toaries/Red Tories etc). To fight effectively, never let them get away with
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THREAD on @BorisJohnson's #returntowork announcements & the implications for worker health and safety. /1 To much anticipated fanfare, on Sunday night @10DowningStreet announced the begginning of the easing of the
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Anti-Brahmanism, the New Communalism of Modern IndiaAnti-Brahminism has a long history in India, being a dominant theme of the long period of foreign rule. @Go_Movie_Mango @idreamofghouls @imgarv786 @IndiaArtHistory @getmesomelatte In
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There is a debate right now which pitches health concerns against 'the economy', as if there were a binary choice to be made.An infinite amount of money would make it
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New article: 'How can we pay off the global coronavirus debts? Tackle the powerful.'https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/23/pay-off-global-covid-19-debts-tackle-powerful-tax-havens-pandemicI argue that 10 global propos
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just got out of the zoom meeting equivalent of a pink slip, in which i learned some ugly details about the institutional shock doctrine underway, so it's time to put
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The side I fell out with during the EU referendum dismissed the arguments that Remain introduced as 'Project Fear' whilst introducing conspiracy theories.The people I'm falling out with now believe
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A short thread on China-Bolivia relations as we celebrate the watershed victory of MAS and the return of people's democracy to Bolivia: Chinese investment played a crucial role in MAS's
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Folks upset about how Trump deploys us/them language to refer to Puerto Rico would do well to remember that this is encoded in US law. Puerto Rico *belongs to but
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USPS news from just the last few days:In Friday night massacre, 23 career postal execs were ousted, concentrating power w/ Trump megadonor Postmaster General who also has personal stake in
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