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Speaking now on this forum

Currently discussing: how will the next CCM succession battle play out in light of the protests and the crackdown?
🚨 The Tanzanian government is attempting to cover up the grave human rights abuses it has committed in a desperate bid to stay in power. 🚨

Join us **today** at 5PM UK time/8PM Tanzania time for a space of solidarity and resistance.

Set a reminder now: x.com/i/spaces/1RD...
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Or thousands.
We are alarmed by reports that amidst internet and electricity blackouts, security forces have used excessive force to suppress and disperse ongoing post-election protests, resulting in the deaths and injuries of protesters.
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#Nokings drew *mad* crowds

It opens up a big question: what are the best messages to mobilise movements against autocrats?

Big news: that's exactly the question I will be asking in this €1.5 million project I will be running @sussex.ac.uk funded by the @erc.europa.eu

Details at www.danpaget.com
Dan Paget | Anti-autocratic ideas
How do we beat autocrats? What messages best mobilise movements to fight them?
www.danpaget.com
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How do consulting giants enable state capture?

@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social talks to @devipillay.co.za on McKinsey’s role in South Africa, drawing on the Zondo Commission.
🔗Listen: bit.ly/KBspotify138
🔗Paper: lnkd.in/eczS5NAM

#StateCapture #SouthAfrica #AntiCorruption
The second talk of the our Politics A-Level Masterclass has begun @sussex.ac.uk

Prof. James Hampshire is approaching the subject of anarchism

He is doing so through the case of Rev Sue Parfitt, who was arrested for her supprt for Palestine Action
Emily is has moved on to active citizenship

She is grappling with: how has political participation in modern Britain declined, and why?
Emily is arguing that the Windrush Scandal threw into relief how ideas and practices about citizenship have changed over time
The Politics A-Level Masterclass at @sussex.ac.uk has begun!

Prof. Emily Robinson is speaking to school students who have come from near and far

She is speaking about democrayc and participation in modern Briain
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🚨 DON'T FORGET:

Read our July issue FREE while you can (available through July 31)!

muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
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"For [Hassan], reform is an instrument, a means to 'reform-wash' autocracy…[she] will continue to parcel out just enough reform, crumb by crumb, to keep alive the possibility that more and better reforms are coming," write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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Tanzania’s president came into office promising democratic reforms but instead has relied on tried-and-true repressive tools, write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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"[President Hassan’s] intent is not the achievement of reform, but the impression of reform," write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.

Read "Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" free here:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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"[President Hassan] and the regime benefit from the acclamation and renewed legitimacy that 'reform' brings, even as they try to withhold as much actual reform as possible."

"Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" by Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Very proud to be published alongside the transcript of the Oslo speech by @mariastsehai.bsky.social
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Tanzania’s president came into office promising democratic reforms but instead has relied on tried-and-true repressive tools, write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.

"Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing"

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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This is my first post on Bluesky!

I wanted it to be positive. I had something all lined up

But the leader of 🇹🇿 opposition, was just charged with treason

I have known him for a long time now

He's truly brave

Health and power to you, Tundu Lissu!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tundu Lissu: Tanzania opposition leader charged with treason
He has been holding rallies nationwide saying October's elections cannot go ahead without reforms.
www.bbc.co.uk