#Democracies

States of Change

States_Change

Traditional democracy has not delivered on its promises. How can you reengage citizens and empower them to co-create their communities? With @States_change favourite @PantheaLee!https://creativebureaucracy.org/program/festival-2020/new-form

Robert Greenhill

RobertGreenhill

What can Canada learn from Australia's successful #COVIDzero strategy? 3 lessons from Australian health economist & author of @GrattanInst's influential "Go For Zero" report @stephenjduckett.Lesson #1: The public suppo

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

Suchitra Vijayan

suchitrav

Police custodial deaths are the norm not an exception. There are scholars and local activists who have been reading, researching and fighting this for years. When “hashtag for justice” ends

🔶Craig Fletcher 🔶 Parliamentary Spokes Rom/Soton

craigfletcherld

My thoughts on cross party working - a thread....The Govt misled & gaslit the nation in the lead up to Dec 12th 2019. There was never an 'oven ready deal'

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Rey_isnt_Kenobi

1/This #GalGadot #Imagine controversy in still bugging me. Here is the thing - It's hated for 2 district reasons:1. The song says "imagine there's no possessions", which is communism, and

buat demokrasi

BuatDemokrasi

Minimum wage, vampires, and leeches. (thread on yesterday's parliament debate) 1/ Important statistics from parliament. In Singapore 100,000 workers are paid below $1300 per month. Of this, 56,000 earn less

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

I've been thinking a lot about this quote:“In moments of extraordinary politics, in moments of transition between eras, the struggle is not to save the old regime, and political hardball

Zachery Tyson✍️🇺🇸

ZaknafeinDC

The currency of great power competition in the 21st-century is neither ballistic missile nor aircraft carriers. It is rather a state's administrative capacity, structural resilience, and governing legitimacy. Because the

Claire Berlinski.

ClaireBerlinski

1) Modern Europe – liberal, democratic Europe – is the United States’ creation. This story was once known to every American, but as the generation responsible for this achievement dies,

Richard Walker

rbsw

THREADWhat's going on with India's democracy?Communal tensions intensifying further- BJP officials accused of insulting Prophet- Demolitions of Muslim-owned properties- Hindu monk seen as anti-Muslim radical re-elected in India’s

Nicky Bee

WellRedBrat

1) Founded in 1884, the Fabian Society is a socialist organization whose purpose is to advance socialism via gradual & reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow -

Tanvi Madan

tanvi_madan

THREAD Ok, ppl, a few have asked what's wrong w/ Chinese officials publishing op-eds in Indian newspapers. Here's a thread re some concerns that I hope will provide some food

Isha Foundation

ishafoundation

Twitter has become an important public forum in our society and vital to our democracies. It's important to keep it clean of abuse, slander and vitriol. #EmptyTwitterTrash @TwitterIndia It is

Assal Rad

AssalRad

on *external* views of #IranProtests 1/ Looking at Twitter (not the real world) diaspora #Iranian community appears polarized into 2 exclusive camps, 1 “for” & 1 “against” #Iran’s gov’t. Nothing

Thomas A. Fitzgerald

CadillacRiver

What's that @peterdaou ...Your silence is deafening.I like Bernie's platform for #GreenNewDeal #FightForFifteen #MedicareForAll (w/ caveat support of transitioning through a public option & expansion of #ACA #preexistingprotection & #