#Democracy

CrimethInc.

crimethinc

Nine years ago today, the #Occupy movement initiated the occupation of Zuccotti Park—an ambitious experiment in self-organization.This was a crucial breaking point at which a critical mass of people realized

Mangy Jay

magi_jay

No, it should not be framed this way, as Democrats have expressed a different rationale, namely: If McConnell proceeds to apply different rules than he did in 2016, he will

Maria Carroll # Vote Howard Beckett

Maria4CarmsEast

A call to Labour members in Wales. We have more than the 9 CLP seats to vote for, we have to elect for the first time an NEC member to

Kaveh Shahrooz کاوه شهروز

kshahrooz

1/ A really thoughful thread from my friend, and fellow Iran dissident @memarsadeghi, on the terrible choice between good-on-Iran-but-awful-in-most-other-ways Trump and decent-person-but-likely-awful-on-Iran Biden. And why she won't vot

Jim Whitehouse......................Peace and Love

NibblerRat

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State

ContextFall

ContextFall

Please take a moment to accept where we are.This is a statement from an institution so important it's written into the Constitution.They're plainly saying that this vote isn't fair. This

Virginia Heffernan

page88

So good old Karl Rove has betrayed his old mealticket, the Bushes, to bring his trademark compost-mulch-and-sepsis campaign style to Trumpland. With Rove in the picture, expect Biden to be

Australia Institute

TheAusInstitute

For the Queensland Resources Council to suggest mining creates more jobs in an electorate than there are registered voters in that electorate crosses the line.Fake news harms democracy. #auspol #qldpol

Malcolm Pollack

mtpollack

Suggest to an average American that democracy has many terrible disadvantages compared to monarchy, and the immediate response is "but under monarchy there is no safeguard against a corrupt or

Philip Rocco

PhilipRocco

Lot of post-2016 handwringing among pundits and academics about the future of American democracy. The vast majority of it was genuinely unhelpful because it failed to give real people the

Adam Kinzinger

AdamKinzinger

1) Thread about the need for sanity: Politics was invented to take differences in beliefs, argue them out, try to convince, and compromise when able. Not an end in itself,

Todd McKinnon

toddmckinnon

Regardless of your opinion of the outcome of the 2016 election (and of what happens in November), these past few years have been monumental in how we view the sanctity

Sparkling Wine Socialist

THOTCrime

I’ve been suspended for a week (for implying some right winger was the product of incest). So I’ve come to put out my enormously controversial (or the exact opposite deleting

Andrew Scattergood

AJScattergood

Since being elected to the NCG 48 hours ago, we had our first NCG meeting yesterday night. The upcoming NEC elections are a top priority and we’re facing a major

Štefan Auer

stefanauer_hku

"If [Merkel's] government is serious about its intent to rescue the eurozone it will have to sacrifice its commitment to the Rechtsstaat, because a number of measures deemed necessary for

Nripinder Singh

nsaulakh

Well the main point about this anti muslim thing seems to be a feeling of 'inferiority' in the hindu psyche. It is insidiously working on the high, mighty, educated as