#Democracies

Hélène It's a Brexit life Widmer #FBPE 🎪

HeleneMidhurst

Long, long thread, but please bear with me. It's kind of a 'what if' thread about fascism...Now, historically fascism has appeared and re-appeared under different guises... with very different leaders...

Mike Mazarr

MMazarr

Another THREAD, this one on a topic of growing debate: The cost, andfuture, of the post-war, “rule-based order” (RBO). Lots of criticismthese days: The RBO got us into Iraq! It’s

Andreas Schleicher

SchleicherOECD

Disinformation, fake news and literacy skills – A threadWe’ve just released a #OECDPISA report on digital literacy skillsAs we tackle #COVID disinformation, the “infodemic”, here’s what this report tells

Jordan Sherbino

JordanSherbino

I’ve stayed oddly quiet in the #yxecc election—oddly quiet given how much I love #yxe and how much I believe in this city. So, to anyone who is wanting to

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

A specter is haunting Western democracies:It isn’t the surging pandemicIt isn’t mass deathIt isn’t catastrophic unemploymentIt is the supposed end of free speech and the advent of “cancel culture”https://trib.al/QxaMTjk Trum

Rajeev Kumar Ranjan

Adv_RKRanjan

Narendra Modi and his Government is alleged by its opponents to be pursuing a path of Hindu fundamentalist; a threat to Indian secularism.The questions are; What is fundamentalism and does

🌷pantat kau🦋

ikanselarkuning

The people of Sengkang, Aljunied, and Hougang have elected the Workers' Party. In turn, all eyes are now fixed on the alleged partisanship of the People's Association.Quick thread on that

Michael McFaul

McFaul

For those of us who study autocracies, including elections in autocracies, there were a lot of familiar messages, symbols, and methods on display this week at the #RNCConvention. THREAD 1.

Denis Radenković

38one

In Belgrade, the protestors have broken into the parliament building tonight. The current gov are criminals and autocrats just as the previous one, the one before, the one before that

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Because millions of Americans prefer a cult of leadership to a rule of law government. For people who prefer rule of law, it's inconceivable that anyone would prefer a government

عبدالسمیع

SamiKamboh1998

A small thread about Mustafa ZaidiToday is 50th death anniversary of October 10, 1929 born Syed Mustafa Zaidi. Did his M.A English from Government College Lahore in 1952 and joined

Keiko

keikoinboston

1. Always amazing to watch the media run with misleading narratives about people shot by police.Because everything has to be oversimplified, one person must be “good” and one must be

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

If we want to save our country and be a beacon for global democracies, we’ve got to neutralize Putin. We have to stop Russia’s infiltration or we’ve stopped nothing at

Farrah Bostic

farrahbostic

A few thoughts re shame/shaming in the national political discourse:To begin, democracies rely on the concept of shame. What I mean is: They rely on ideas of decency & fairness

Govind Raj

govindraj70

#Modi_Hatao_Dash_BachaoThe blastards who wanted @narendramodi to stop wasting money on vaccines and give that money to farmers are blaming him for not vaccinating India quickly enough.Thread: 1/N The primps who

Jennifer Piscopo

jennpiscopo

Today #Chile votes in a once-in-a-lifetime referendum that could make history for women & indigenous peoples, among other groups. A quick thread on why you should care & what you