#Patriotism

Leo Watkins

leowatkins91

The fact the polls haven’t moved much in Labour’s favour so far isn’t the knockout argument against Starmer some people seem to think it is. His personal approval ratings have

Season 4: The Frenemies of Civil Society

Shialabeefsteak

My counter to the patriotism discourse. No question "the wokening," needs to be destroyed but that's also the result of a party that increasingly caters to the wealthy and educated

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

There's a reason the Trump Administration isn't fighting the pandemic.It's the same reason the cabinet is populated with people expressly opposed to the missions of their agencies.Trump isn't there to

Joe Onisick

JoeOnisick

In 2013 when I first heard #blacklivesmatter I thought "f*** that all lives matter."For years I looked at black men being killed during arrest as a known risk of

Rhett Bartlett

dialmformovies

THREAD /John Prine has died.We've lost perhaps the greatest songwriter of our time. It's time to reflect on his incredible body of work.Here's the opening to SAM STONE - the

Michael Govern Ready

mikegove12

Extracts from the plague diary of Mark ne-Francois-Pepys15th July 1665Up pretty betimes to my Sugar Puffs made with Monster and due to Hartley-Brewer’s efforts with the smoothing press I am

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

Due to Covid, I hadn’t caught that in Feb Tommy Robinson flew to Russia to hold a “press conference” &was hosted by sanctioned Putin mouthpiece, Alexander Malkevich. Tommy’s new film

MaryJoanna

MaryJoannaP

Hello lovelies, let's talk about the 19th century Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakunin. He's considered the founder of collectivist anarchism, his views were anti-theologist & he's among the influential figures of social anarchist trad

Chaya Milchtein

mechanicfemme

There is a coup going on in the @nytimes cooking community Facebook group. Here's the scoop: A member posted about making sure to vote, and the moderators removed his post

The Voice Of Reason

portarican_RT

The #GOP has FAILED #America under #DonaldTrump. It all started with the #MuslimBan within DAYS of becoming #POTUS. Dismissing people outright based on their religion alone!? He denied it and

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

On this day in 1963, the US President, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas. Kennedy was a naval officer and war hero in WWII, then a Congressman and Senator.

Clint Smith

ClintSmithIII

Every year on April 9th, the anniversary of Confederate surrender at Appomattox, I read this 1871 speech by Frederick Douglass on how, only 6 years after the Civil War ended,

Mill✨🤝

Mill226

#ElectionTwitter I made some maps of the Oklahoma Socialist Party's vote from 1912-1920. In the early 20th century the state was one of the two or three strongest for the

Chris Creech

thechriscreech

Due to recent events, let’s look at some ways that Christianity, politics, patriotism, and nationalism have mingled in unhealthy ways throughout my life. Not that all of these by themselves

DCPetterson

dcpetterson

A not-political thread.My dad was (among other things) a draftsman when he was young. He made blueprints and drew technical pictures. He had an impressive drafting table and some really

William Yang

WilliamYang120

The education bureau at Inner Mongolia announced today that the language subject for first grader and seventh grader will be taught by both a Chinese teacher and a Mongolian teacher.