#Progressive

"Urban geographer whose research interests include housing policy, urban renewal, displacement, and social mix. Vancouver social historian and ethnographer."People read this self-description & assume I am left wing. I think
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1/ The Labour Party is the most adept vehicle at sucking the political lifeblood out of young radicals. Some leave, dispirited. Others spend a lifetime in a never ending faction
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California "gun control" [sic]Career criminal released on zero bail: arrested for allegedly committing multiple commercial burglaries, possessing a loaded firearm, evading police and violating his probation, according to police.#CriminalJus
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Woke up to this.(CN: encouraging suicide.) That was in response to this piece, which just says that I got lonely when my friend’s behavior changed along with her body.https://humanparts.medium.com/weight-loss-surgery-and-the-unbearable-thinness-of-be
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Been thinking a bit about 'Fix You' approaches to Christian ministry. I.e., approaches which see one's primary vocation as righting what is wrong with 'the Church' or Christianity writ large.
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Class reductionism makes space for Third Positionism (fascism with economically progressive views). You can’t neatly elide classism with other kinds of oppression or pretend those other oppressions are subordinate to
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zodiac signs as fine line tracks ~a thread~ ♈︎ aries ♈︎ [mar 21 - apr 19]She - aries are honest, confident and independent ♉︎ taurus ♉︎[apr 20 - may 20]Adore
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It is racist to suggest some people are less accountable for their decisions/actions due to their race. This is what is known as the racism of low expectations.Please see the
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Sigh.So y'all really wanted the barest fucking minimum; the mediocrest, vanillaeast, blandest, whitest, middlest, Christianest, patriarchalest, uninspiringest candidate y'all could find, huh?Okay, then. Let's see if your plan works come
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If you're bummed about what's happening tonight with Bernie's results, here is a thread for you that I hope will make you less bummed. Rarely do we have moments that
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Humbling Corporate Giants: An Antitrust Lesson of History During the Gilded Age (1870-1900), corporate leviathans, like J.P. Morgan and Rockefeller, were beyond the purview of the law. Their influence at
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Rahm Emanuel: 'Two things I would say if I was advising a Biden administration, one is no Green New Deal and two is no Medicare for All.'https://cnb.cx/3l7wc3d  Here is the
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It is no exaggeration to say that organisations like @StonewallScot and @LGBTYS save lives. Lives that are only put at risk because of the abuse, cruelty, and hatred that bigots
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Such a tremendous Thread by @drmonika_langeh Mam Maharaja Hari singh was the Hindu King of Muslim dominated Kashmir 1931, Round Table conference was the turning point in the Young Maharaja's
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Not sure how I feel about the latest example of "cancel culture." A children's author added "I stand with JK Rowling" to her twitter bio and her publisher dropped her.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8490821/
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WE WON!Together, we’re building a movement. I’m humbled by the thousand working class people that built + ran this campaign. Despite the challenges of campaigning during a pandemic, we showed
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