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«Denken Politiker:innen ausserhalb der USA ebenfalls, dass die Wähler:innen konservativer sind, als sie es tatsächlich sind?» Ausgehend von einer entsprechenden US-Studie, wurden in Kanada, Belgien, Deutschland sowie in der Schweiz Politiker:innen zu den mutmasslichen Einstellungen ihrer eigenen Wähler:innenschaft befragt – und die Wähler:innen nach ihren tatsächlichen Ansichten. Das Fazit: «eine beträchtliche konservative Verzerrung in der Wahrnehmung der Politiker:innen». Diese schätzen sowohl die Meinung der Öffentlichkeit wie auch die ihrer Wähler:innen stärker rechtsorientiert ein, als sie es in der Realität sind. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, wo im Spektrum sich die Politiker:innen selbst verorten."
"Am ausgeprägtesten ist die rechte Schlagseite bei der Rentenpolitik, und zwar in allen Ländern. In Belgien und in der Schweiz gibt es zudem eine Fehleinschätzung der öffentlichen Meinung zum Thema Migration: Auch diese wird weiter rechts verortet, als sie tatsächlich ist."
"Gleichzeitig gelingt es den linken Parteien, Gewerkschaften und Verbänden, ihre Interessen für die Abstimmungen zu bündeln.
«Unsere Themen beschäftigen sich direkt mit der Lebensrealität der Bevölkerung. Insbesondere die Leute mit niedrigeren Einkommen stimmen mehrheitlich mit uns. Es geht hier auch um einen Klassengegensatz, den das Parlament und die Medien fast völlig ignorieren.»
Die linken Erfolge in diesem Jahr zeigen: Bundesrat und Parlament politisieren an der Bevölkerung vorbei. Woran könnte das liegen? https://www.woz.ch/!AQTARRWE6YQ1
Ministry of Doubleplusgood Dope 2️⃣😊 pinned ««Denken Politiker:innen ausserhalb der USA ebenfalls, dass die Wähler:innen konservativer sind, als sie es tatsächlich sind?» Ausgehend von einer entsprechenden US-Studie, wurden in Kanada, Belgien, Deutschland sowie in der Schweiz Politiker:innen zu den mutmasslichen…»
Georgia: The Firework Protests

https://crimethinc.com/Georgia2024

December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. In this account, anarchists in Tbilisi report from the front lines, exploring the causes of the unrest and documenting it in a series of videos.

Georgia may seem far away, but the challenges that people there face—rule by billionaires, a reactionary clampdown on freedoms, an opposition controlled by feeble liberal leadership, and an absence of revolutionary alternatives—are similar to the challenges that hundreds of millions face in the United States and elsewhere around the world.
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Roman Era Barbarians Carried Tiny Spoons That May Have Helped in Battle. Archaeologists believe the suspiciously round-ended fittings could have been used to dispense drugs that gave the warriors an edge when they faced their opponents thousands of years ago.

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TIL that in 2009, a campaign succeeded in making Rage Against the Machine's 'Killing in the Name' the Christmas number 1 best-selling single in the UK after the public grew tired of X Factor winners topping the chart every year. [source, comments]
TIL I learned that in 2007 an initiative called the Great Green Wall was started to restore the vegetation of the Sahel and to stop the expansion of the Sahara. The project is funded by the world bank(most of it). The wall goes across the entire part of Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia [source, comments]
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On this day, 4 December 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed by police in Chicago. Hampton was murdered while asleep in his bed during a raid on his apartment by Chicago Police in conjunction with the FBI. Hampton had been drugged earlier in the evening by an FBI informant, who also told agents the location of Hampton's bed, where he slept alongside his nine-month pregnant fiancée, Akua Njeri. Several other Panthers were injured. Aged just 21, Hampton (pictured, right) was an active, charismatic and effective organiser, who had been making significant inroads into making links with working class whites and building a "Rainbow Coalition" including Puerto Rican, Native American, Chicane, white and Chinese-American radicals. Clark (left), aged 22, had been active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), before joining the Panthers, establishing a chapter in Peoria, Illinois, and setting up a free breakfast programme for local children. He was acting as security in the apartment at the time of the raid, and had a shotgun in his lap. He was shot in the heart and killed instantly.Fellow Panthers Blair Anderson, Verlina Brewer, Brenda Harris and Ronald “Doc” Satchel were all wounded in the attack.Hampton and Clark were amongst the most prominent victims of the FBI's COINTELPRO program, which amongst other things was instructed by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to "prevent the rise of a Black Messiah".Learn more about the Panthers in these books by former members: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/black-panthersTo access this link, click our link in bio # 1 then click this image
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In the US, individuals overwhelmingly choose news that aligns with their partisan views, reinforcing political divides. However, this pattern is far less pronounced in Hong Kong and nearly absent in Japan, raising questions about cultural and political factors that influence news consumption.

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