#Racism

Indian History

IndianHistory0

A thread on how Gandhi developed the insane ideas he did. (swarajya = give up all industrial products, we are all one (hindu muslim), no machinery etc). Gandhi was a

Noely ⚡️🏐

YaThinkN

This piece from 2011 by Jay Rosen is really interesting in light of attitude of many punter to many News Corp journos losing job yesterday.I see many journalists blaming punters

Bharadwaj

BharadwajSpeaks

The origins of Mizoram and the conflict in North East India:Recently, 6 soldiers of Assam police were martyred defending territorial boundaries of Assam from Mizoram encroachers backed by Mizoram police.This

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Trump's attack on the Postal Service is yet another attempt by a Republican to destroy government in order to consolidate power and expedite profit.There's a disturbing history of this.Here's what

Cal Montgomery

Cal__Montgomery

@JoeBiden 's answer to @AdyBarkan here falls short in 2 ways, but before I get to that, I want to talk about the enormous power of what he is saying

Boukman prayer is antiblack metaphysics

RantzFanon

This what all them environmentalist talking points is calling for on the low Instead of listening to their bs get up on some Black Radical Ecology instead: The Principles of

Jeff B., who on earth is this guy??

EsotericCD

Here's the thing about Genesis's INVISIBLE TOUCH: you can hate the album, hate that '80s production (and heck I hate "In Too Deep" too), but the tour for it? It

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

Jesuits, 'soldiers of Christ', aren't your average priests. An order founded in 1540, it had great emphasis on scholarship, learning native languages and unorthodox approaches to missionary work. Pope Francis

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Grifts are undertheorized, and too often conflated with long cons, scams, frauds and other more blatant soft crimes. Lemme offer a definition.A grift is a scheme that profits from the

Alberta, You See Pee 😷✊

youseepeeYYC

With the news of Derek Chauvin being found guilty in the murder of #GeorgeFloyd, it’s probably a good time to remember that Canada also has deep-rooted problems in policing. #blacklivesmatter

Jon Evans

rezendi

I've long been loath to use the word "fascism" casually -- words mean things, and those things matter. My personal rubric is the great Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism," summarized, with

Rohan Grey

rohangrey

A thread on @RashidaTlaib & @AOC’s new #PublicBanking Act.https://tlaib.house.gov/tlaib-aoc-public-banking-actIt was a privilege to help craft this bill with @chastitycmurphy, @claudiapagon, @raulacarrillo, @calpba, @RealBankReform, @

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tweetsbyteak

This Man Is Terrible: a thread about David Lesh, founder of Vertika Outerwear based in #Colorado. https://instagram.com/davidlesh?igshid=f4y338mrl315 Today I found out about David Lesh via a Colorado-based outdoor enthusiast fb

Sirens Conference

sirens_con

We hope you’ve already read LA Banks, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, and Gloria Naylor, indisputably luminous Black SFF writers. But we want to recommend another 50 brilliant Black women, nonbinary,

Laura Hudson

laura_hudson

Baby, it’s on And yes, there will be a review — I'm cracking the spine now and have put aside the day to read it. (I don't want to undercut

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bhunaaah

Was messing around with my north friends that we all south Indians aka dravidians are true Hindus n yall don't know anything lmao convo was so funnyConsider this thread a