Today is the 206th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterlo... which is not becoming any less relevant to us USAians who never heard of it. Shoutout to @kjcharleswriter.com for making me aware and making me care. #Vote #UniversalSuffrage #NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation
Peterloo Massacre - Wikipedia
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August 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today is the 206th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterlo... which is not becoming any less relevant to us USAians who never heard of it. Shoutout to @kjcharleswriter.com for making me aware and making me care. #Vote #UniversalSuffrage #NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation
The criminalisation of women doctors, and oppression of women more widely, are well documented in the RCP archives, today we are sharing two examples centuries apart in the thread below 👇
#EYAcrime #universalsuffrage
#EYAcrime #universalsuffrage
May 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The criminalisation of women doctors, and oppression of women more widely, are well documented in the RCP archives, today we are sharing two examples centuries apart in the thread below 👇
#EYAcrime #universalsuffrage
#EYAcrime #universalsuffrage
#SteveBiko #dies of his arrest beatings. #StephenBiko #Apartheid #SouthAfrica #AfricanNationalists #BlackConsciousnessMovement #UniversalSuffrage #BlackIsBeautiful #CivilRights #BlackCivilRights #BlackSky #ApartheidSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_B...
September 12, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Aside from that arduous process, maybe you should consider the fact that the SCOTUS gutted section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and that we are in the midst of a massive voter suppression campaign that the Republicans are pursuing, before you blame the folks who did not vote…
#UniversalSuffrage
#UniversalSuffrage
May 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Aside from that arduous process, maybe you should consider the fact that the SCOTUS gutted section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and that we are in the midst of a massive voter suppression campaign that the Republicans are pursuing, before you blame the folks who did not vote…
#UniversalSuffrage
#UniversalSuffrage
#OTD #TDIH #February3, 1870: The #FifteenthAmendmentToTheUSConstitution is #ratified prohibiting US governments from denying #RightToVote based #Race #Color or prior #Slavery. #CivilRights #Suffrage #UniversalSuffrage #BlackSuffrage #SuffrageSky #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen...
February 3, 2026 at 12:27 AM
#OTD #TDIH #February3, 1870: The #FifteenthAmendmentToTheUSConstitution is #ratified prohibiting US governments from denying #RightToVote based #Race #Color or prior #Slavery. #CivilRights #Suffrage #UniversalSuffrage #BlackSuffrage #SuffrageSky #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen...
#OTD #TDIH #December18, 1946: #BOTD: #HBD: #SteveBiko! #StephenBiko #Apartheid #SouthAfrica #AfricanNationalists #BlackConsciousnessMovement #UniversalSuffrage #BlackIsBeautiful #CivilRights #BlackCivilRights
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncV...
Peter Gabriel - Biko (HQ)
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December 18, 2024 at 4:54 AM
#OTD #TDIH #April26, 1994: #FreedomDay: #1994SouthAfricanGeneralElection: #MultiracialElections first held in #SouthAfrica.
#UniversalSuffrage #Apartheid #NelsonMandela #ANC #AfricanNationalCongress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_So...
#UniversalSuffrage #Apartheid #NelsonMandela #ANC #AfricanNationalCongress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_So...
April 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
June 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
May 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
True democracy, where *everyone* has an equal say, is a prerequisite for sustainable long-term decision-making.
#UniversalSuffrage
#UniversalSuffrage
Cooperating with the future - Nature
An intergenerational cooperation game has been developed to study decision-making regarding resource use: when decisions about resource extraction were made individually the resource was rapidly deple...
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June 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
True democracy, where *everyone* has an equal say, is a prerequisite for sustainable long-term decision-making.
#UniversalSuffrage
#UniversalSuffrage
#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1964: The #TwentyFourthAmendmentToTheUnitedStatesConstitution ratified, prohibiting #PollTaxes in national #elections. #CivilRights #PollTax #UniversalSuffrage #UnitedStatesConstitution #USConstitution #AmericanHistory #BlackSky #CivilSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...
January 22, 2026 at 10:59 PM
#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1964: The #TwentyFourthAmendmentToTheUnitedStatesConstitution ratified, prohibiting #PollTaxes in national #elections. #CivilRights #PollTax #UniversalSuffrage #UnitedStatesConstitution #USConstitution #AmericanHistory #BlackSky #CivilSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...
#OTD #TDIH #April26, 1994: #FreedomDay: #1994SouthAfricanGeneralElection: #MultiracialElections first held in #SouthAfrica.
#UniversalSuffrage #Apartheid #NelsonMandela #ANC #AfricanNationalCongress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_So...
#UniversalSuffrage #Apartheid #NelsonMandela #ANC #AfricanNationalCongress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_So...
1994 South African general election - Wikipedia
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April 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
#SteveBiko #dies of his arrest beatings. #StephenBiko #Apartheid #SouthAfrica #AfricanNationalists #BlackConsciousnessMovement #UniversalSuffrage #BlackIsBeautiful #CivilRights #BlackCivilRights #BlackSky #ApartheidSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncV...
Peter Gabriel - Biko (HQ)
YouTube video by simoxnirvana1
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September 12, 2026 at 4:28 AM
#OTD #TDIH #February5, 1994: #AssassinationOfMedgarEvers: #ByronDeLaBeckwith #convicted of #murder of #MedgarEvers. #KKK #Klansmen #CitizensCouncil #CivilRights #Assassinations #Murders #NAACP #VotingRights #UniversalSuffrage #RacialIntegration #BlackSky #CivilSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_D...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_D...
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 AM
#OTD #TDIH #February5, 1994: #AssassinationOfMedgarEvers: #ByronDeLaBeckwith #convicted of #murder of #MedgarEvers. #KKK #Klansmen #CitizensCouncil #CivilRights #Assassinations #Murders #NAACP #VotingRights #UniversalSuffrage #RacialIntegration
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_D...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_D...
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In 1911, doctor Mabel Ramsay and others bravely risked being criminalised for organising a census resistance party in protest against women being denied the vote. Two pages shown below are from Mabel's diaries in the RCP archives describing the resistance party.
#EYAcrime #universalsuffrage
#EYAcrime #universalsuffrage
May 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
In 1911, doctor Mabel Ramsay and others bravely risked being criminalised for organising a census resistance party in protest against women being denied the vote. Two pages shown below are from Mabel's diaries in the RCP archives describing the resistance party.
#EYAcrime #universalsuffrage
#EYAcrime #universalsuffrage
#OTD #TDIH #August18, 1977: #SteveBiko arrested #StephenBiko #Apartheid #SouthAfrica #AfricanNationalists #BlackConsciousnessMovement #UniversalSuffrage #BlackIsBeautiful #CivilRights #BlackCivilRights #BlackSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncV...
Peter Gabriel - Biko (HQ)
YouTube video by simoxnirvana1
www.youtube.com
August 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
And the sky will not fall down. If you live and pay taxes here, you should have the right to vote, period. #UniversalSuffrage
Compared to other states, Vermont has accepted a high number of refugees relative to its tiny population.
Now some cities where many refugees have resettled have chosen to allow noncitizen voting in local elections.
boltsmag.org/vermont...
Now some cities where many refugees have resettled have chosen to allow noncitizen voting in local elections.
boltsmag.org/vermont...
Refugee Organizing Helps Spur Noncitizen Voting in Vermont Cities
Three Vermont cities now allow all residents with legal status to vote in local elections, giving them a voice in everything from school boards to the structure of their municipal government.
boltsmag.org
August 20, 2024 at 10:11 PM
And the sky will not fall down. If you live and pay taxes here, you should have the right to vote, period. #UniversalSuffrage
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
- Karl #Marx
#KarlMarx #Marxism #Franchise #Vote #Universal #UniversalSuffrage #Suffrage #Socialism #Communism #Emancipation
- Karl #Marx
#KarlMarx #Marxism #Franchise #Vote #Universal #UniversalSuffrage #Suffrage #Socialism #Communism #Emancipation
March 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
- Karl #Marx
#KarlMarx #Marxism #Franchise #Vote #Universal #UniversalSuffrage #Suffrage #Socialism #Communism #Emancipation
- Karl #Marx
#KarlMarx #Marxism #Franchise #Vote #Universal #UniversalSuffrage #Suffrage #Socialism #Communism #Emancipation
Yet another thread of people with loads of ideas about fixing our democracy without a single one calling for #universalsuffrage.
Our discourse around #democracy is empty when no-one even thinks to mention that many people in this country aren't allowed to vote.
Our discourse around #democracy is empty when no-one even thinks to mention that many people in this country aren't allowed to vote.
In Australia, voting is compulsory for all eligible citizens aged 18 and over. If you don’t vote without a valid excuse, you can be fined.
We need this in the UK!
We need this in the UK!
July 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Yet another thread of people with loads of ideas about fixing our democracy without a single one calling for #universalsuffrage.
Our discourse around #democracy is empty when no-one even thinks to mention that many people in this country aren't allowed to vote.
Our discourse around #democracy is empty when no-one even thinks to mention that many people in this country aren't allowed to vote.
中華民国の議会制度に関してはこちらを参考にしました。 https://www.jacar.go.jp/universalsuffrage/chapter4/
チャプター4：東アジアの議会開設運動―中華民国の試み
Chapter.４では、戦前期に東南アジアで選挙制度を導入した他国の事例として、中華民国の選挙について解説します。
www.jacar.go.jp
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
中華民国の議会制度に関してはこちらを参考にしました。 https://www.jacar.go.jp/universalsuffrage/chapter4/
#OTD #TDIH #February3, 1870: The #FifteenthAmendmentToTheUSConstitution is #ratified prohibiting US governments from denying #RightToVote based #Race #Color or prior #Slavery. #CivilRights #Suffrage #UniversalSuffrage #BlackSuffrage en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen...
February 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
#OTD #TDIH #February3, 1870: The #FifteenthAmendmentToTheUSConstitution is #ratified prohibiting US governments from denying #RightToVote based #Race #Color or prior #Slavery. #CivilRights #Suffrage #UniversalSuffrage #BlackSuffrage en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen...
#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1964: The #TwentyFourthAmendmentToTheUnitedStatesConstitution ratified, prohibiting #PollTaxes in national #elections. #CivilRights #PollTax #UniversalSuffrage #UnitedStatesConstitution #USConstitution #AmericanHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...
January 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1964: The #TwentyFourthAmendmentToTheUnitedStatesConstitution ratified, prohibiting #PollTaxes in national #elections. #CivilRights #PollTax #UniversalSuffrage #UnitedStatesConstitution #USConstitution #AmericanHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-...