#Democracy

Samantha Ratnam - Leader of the Victorian Greens

SamanthaRatnam

Public debate is essential to democracy. Questioning the government's actions is what democracy is all about. But these debates need to have a link to reality. Most the emails and

Kevin Collins

kwcollins

Just yesterday we saw the least-vetted justice in American history get rushed to the Supreme Court on a party line vote days before an election, after the President who nominated

Embrace the Chaos

keishakpage

So, don't democracy, is what you're saying, Claire?I'll pass, thanks.https://twitter.com/ClaireBerlinski/status/1299350412085145600 No. Getting on the streets has historically been necessary. What if MLK had gotten off the stree

Doctora Malka Older

m_older

"Believes in democracy" should be the absolute minimum qualification for serving in public office in our aspiring democracy.https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1314089207875371008 As I wrote for @ForeignPolicy, democracy is a pr

Shubham Kumar

shubham765

This thread is about Nehru & Savarkar writing about themselves with pseudonyms.Nehru, in 1937, writes an article for Modern Review with a pseudonym 'Chanakya'. He writes that "the President of

Abigail Spanberger

SpanbergerVA07

On 6 January, violent insurrectionists attacked our democracy. They descended upon our Capitol intent on stopping Congress from recognizing the results of the 2020 election. They erected gallows and maniacally

Tyler Rogoway

Aviation_Intel

What is happening with the post office is absolutely stunning. How far we have fallen that we even entertain the possibility of accepting this bullshit during an election. The whole

Vijay K. Tyagi

vijaytyagi31

In a parliamentary democracy like ours, executive is accountable to the legislature. Question hour is the best possible manner in which legislators can ask questions from the govt. The decision

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

When you consider the defensive rings set up around established power in this country, you begin to question the very notion that we live in a democracy. Let’s list them:

Osama Imran

oimran135

When contrasting Islam with generic terms like democracy, socialism, feminism, or social justice, I've often seen people jumping on the halal/haram bandwagon. The thing is, it's not as simple as

David Woodhouse #FBPE

dwmw2

On democracy: Remember that in 1979, Scots voted 51.6% in favour of devolution — but didn't get it (then) and the Scotland Act was repealed.Why?1/12 Because the turnout was too

Bob Berwyn

bberwyn

A German citizen's climate council met for the first time today, 160 randomly chosen people will meet 12 times over the next few months to hash out some policy recommendations

K A Armstrong

ProfKAArmstrong

Having substantially reduced my Twitter activity of late, on return today I am really struck by the gap between the the official channels of political discourse and what we find

Peter Gabriel Benevides

peter_benevides

Here is a PSA, we are not living in an autocratic regime! For those who believe the current public health measures are similar to the dystopian 1984, I have a

Cav is a Racket

CombatCavScout

Lots of folks questioning if we should celebrate today or celebrate the founding fathers. This is the way I see it:American independence and the men and women who fought for

Carrie Cordero

carriecordero

The Trump family’s embrace of authoritarian tactics like having the adult children of the president in charge of serious government activities will go down in history books as one of