Social Movements
41 Threads
"Don't ever imagine that I talk to people. I am talking to a very small group of what I consider friends. These are high IQ young men mostly, but they're not all young. [...] I am...
How American elites hijacked liberalism in the US.🧵 After the shocking financial crisis of 2008, progressives in USA started the Occupy Wall Street movement. It was a truly organi...
Regarding caste based movements in N India, there is something important to note with the rise of Ambedkar and the demand for affirmative section for the 'oppressed groups'. Caste...
1. Dig This In 1649, to Saint George's Hill The Diggers came to show the people's will They defied the landlords, they defied the law We come in peace, they said, to dig & sow Thi...
All the way back in the 1970s and '80s, white power women (in the Klan, skinhead groups, Christian Identity churches, and beyond) were interested in a bunch of things you might thi...
I've been studying various aspects of #protest & contentious #politics in #China for 25 years. What's happening now is novel, interesting, & potentially quite important. But we ne...
The patron and his money transform movements into realities. This was the case with the Arab Spring, the Civil Rights movement, BLM, etc. The right needs more billionaires that...
In 1979, Revolutionary Assata Shakur escaped from U.S prison later received asylum in Cuba. “I saw this as a necessary step, not only because I was innocent..but because I knew th...
'Like the brilliant sun, the October Revolution shone over all five continents, awakening millions of oppressed and exploited people around the world. There has never existed such...
Poster published in 1982 during the Nicaraguan Revolution promoting the Sandinista People's Militias: 'Our defence is organised by the people in the militias'. https://t.co/ySalHwb...
In honor of Indigenous Heritage Month, I’m doing a 5 part outlining Indigenous ideologies! For part 1, we’ll look at the ideology of Zapatismo from Mexico. A Thread 🧵 1/ https://...
Just now a Dutch climate activist glued himself to the table at a talk show. He says Pakistan floods are worsening. They're not. He acts like a baby. Finally, he slips off the tabl...
I'm really glad many youth on the Obidient train didn't listen to NAYSAYERS LIKE ME at the beginning of this movement. Because omo I was the worst doubting Thomas. I doubted and d...
Beginning late 1943, Mahatma Gandhi wrote to Viceroy Linlithgow, explaining his position over August 1942 movement, which had turned violent after his arrest. Govt blamed Gandhi fo...
India’s history would’ve taken a very different course if it wasn’t for a humble cook — Batak Mian. From the start of the Satyagraha Movement, the evolution of Mohandas to Gandhi t...
Iranians are dancing in the Islamic republic. Iranians will win. #مهسا_امینی https://t.co/qGFy77yewz
All revolutionaries start out with violent and passionate agitation. The dumb ones continue, until the goodwill or anger of the people run out. The smart ones seek political le...
THREAD 🧵: Back in January, Kazakhstan raised the price of gas, which led to peaceful protests in parts of the country. Within a few days, police were beheaded by jihadists, gover...
The Aba Women's Protest All you need to know about it (A thread ) Retweet to educate someone https://t.co/3HeeO8xn1X
MEGA thread on Color Revolutions or Regime change revolutions ⚡🕉️⚡ and how it's done, funded, executed by help of foreign powers. We'll look into its origins, ways to do it, differ...
Recently, I’ve been updating the syllabus for my course on social movements in divided societies, which I taught last fall. A lot of interesting research has come out in just one y...
From an orthodox Leninist perspective the American left is simply unserious about politics. They make the critical mistake of confusing tactics with goals. The tactics should be de...
No, the British Empire did not spontaneously "end slavery". Credit for that goes to several generations of slave revolts—including the successful Haitian Revolution of 1804—and su...
My new book, What We Owe The Future, is now available for pre-order! It makes the case for longtermism, the view that positively affecting the long-run future is a key moral prio...
