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Paul Mason
paulmasonnews
On @MattHancock bad half-hour.... 1/ The UK govt is set to extend the lockdown by 3x weeks. Good, because it’s working. But what is the strategy beyond lockdown? That’s a
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michael wave
SzMarsupial
obviously the belief that states shouldn't feed people is both callous and against a wealth of evidence, but i think the real victory for a conservative worldview here is the
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Ilhan Omar
IlhanMN
We can't talk about the protests in Minneapolis or Kenosha or in locker rooms nationwide without looking at ourselves. We maintain a system that grinds millions into desperate poverty. A
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Justin Schlosberg
jrschlosberg
9 times out of 10 when people in Britain talk about protecting press freedom what they really mean is protecting press power... There are two great myths that sustain this
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Damian Counsell
DamCou
Looking forward to the #CaptainTomMoore press conference."Why didn't you start your sponsored walk earlier, when people were in a better financial position to donate?""Don't you think your military medals fed
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Brad Lander
bradlander
New York faces a very real budget crisis. Hard cuts have to be made. But Cuomo's insistence & legislature's acquiescence to cuts targeting health care & education, zero shared sacrifice
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Justin Schlosberg
jrschlosberg
Four nutshells of Corbynism (not about the man himself but the ideas and politics he came to symbolise): 1. Emphasis on redistribution of wealth but also power of 'voice' away
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🌊🌊🌊 Chairman Mardikins 🖤🕷
IAmMardikins
I'm sorry. Yes that's lovely but that's not really the headline is it? The headline SHOULD be:"Children feel like they have to step up as Tories have utterly failed in
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Rachael Swindon
Rachael_Swindon
I have spent years disliking the Conservatives, and what they stand for. That’s no secret. The last decade has been a miserable time for millions of people, me included. That’s
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Local 33 UNITE HERE
33unitehere
#Yale announced that despite its $30 billion endowment, it will institute a faculty hiring freeze. @Yale hoarding its wealth is nothing new. And among academic workers, it’s always POC who
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kieran cutting
kierancutting
A THREAD ON THE STATE OF CHARITIES WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER AUSTERITY I was meant to be giving this talk at #britsoc2020 this year @britsoci! We'll
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Billy
BillyArmagh
This guy, after a worker falls off a rickety, broken ladder supplied by a corrupt corporation: “This is precisely what he asked for when he chose to be an electrician.”
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Jon Worth
jonworth
"Have you seen that Express is rebroadcasting one of your Euronews interviews?" @RobHarrison_EU asked me earlier"What?" I repliedAnd so they are... here I am saying there is "fear in Brussels
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michael wave
SzMarsupial
it's very hard to internalise that so many people who were killed by covid were set up to die from it years before the pandemic emerged, by austerity, privatisation, nhs
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Akwugo Emejulu
AkwugoEmejulu
On Marcus Rashford vs the Tories: this is a lesson in the renewed dynamics of austerity. Whilst the government had to intervene in the economy to avert a total collapse,
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Jeet Heer
HeerJeet
1. Some pundits have been puzzled by the fact Republicans are already embracing austerity, an odd choice before an election when they should be trying to juice up the economy.
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