#Authoritarian

American Economic Liberties Project

econliberties

Kicking off the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee hearing on competition in app stores, @SenAmyKlobuchar makes it clear: "Apple & Google operate as gatekeepers with the power to decide whether apps can

E-Kon

out_sall

The thing to note here is that China has a lot more pull on America and its other trading partners than the other way around, when theoretically, an interdependent relationship

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Hi, Katrina,The history of the two major parties is a little more complicated than that. I can suggest a few good books (covers pictured in the next tweet).If you’re not

Architects for Social Housing

9thfloor

The removal of our freedom, the destruction of public services, and the impoverishment and surveillance of millions of workers is not an unavoidable consequence of the New Normal but the

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YiannisBab

The thing with Greece is that everyone focuses on the early stages of the gov's handling of corvid-19 (swift, decisive, broadly positive with some hiccups) and ignores the middle part

Tim Wise

timjacobwise

1/ Portland's violence is not the result of BLM aggression. It's the result of police cozying up for years to the Proud Boys & other MAGA folks, encouraging attacks by

Sunny Singh

ProfSunnySingh

Nothing ‘good intentioned’ about police officers over extending their authority during a pandemic. And we former colonials know well the authoritarian horrors than can be papered over by describing the

Paul Mozur 孟建國

paulmozur

Earlier this year Chinese police dragged Joanne Li from her house, manacled her to a chair, and interrogated her for 3 days. Her crime: sending a link on WeChat. For

Shibani Mahtani

ShibaniMahtani

Spoke to some of the leading experts on authoritarian regimes and the way they communicate, including @LMorgenbesser @MariaRepnikova "These outlandish claims, conspiracy theories, contradictory information and downright lies" -- i

Sindarina, Finder Of Edge Cases

sindarina

"No 10 seeks to end coronavirus lockdown with 'immunity passports'"Since I've already had to 'HELL NO' someone who was musing "How about ... a badge that show you're safe?" about

MA Hui 马辉

MahuiChina

1. On May 22, I shared a thread on @UKLabour's #China policy and relations in response to @telegraph report in light of @StephenKinnock’s Radix webinar remarks. I would like to

Dr. Sunny Moraine PhD is practicing resurrection

dynamicsymmetry

Honestly, this is how it always is when people are looking back at the rise of an authoritarian regime. It got so bad and it was so clear long before

Chris Reus-Smit

CReussmit

Ten thoughts on Covid and World Politics (see thread). @POLSISEngage @UQ_POLSIS_Grads @soaspolitics @IAJournal_CH 1. The virus is a quintessential material phenomenon, but its varied effects in different countries bear out

Jessica J. González

JGo4Justice

Important reminder: Contrary to @realDonaldTrump's make-believe read on the 1st Amendment, online platforms are not the government, and therefore are free to regulate speech as they see fit. AND THEY

me neither, so what do we do

holodeckfreud

my desire to write fanfiction vs it's five in the morning plus the project i'm thinking of starting is like, "ten thousand words of rewrites on an old fic" which

Scott Lynch

scottlynch78

So, the flu ravaged our house for a couple weeks, and it's been hilarious fun. Get your shots, kids. In search of comfort reading, I turned, as I often do,