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The global #COVID19 outbreak is much more than *just* a health emergency - over the past months at @project_polis we looked at the social, economic and political repercussion of the pandemic - Here's a thread with the pieces we published.
A military mindset : Sri Lanka’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by Thusiyan Nandakumar thepolisproject.com/militarization… | @project_polis #SriLanka #COVID19
Musings On Vulnerability – A Conversation with Francesca Mannocchi @mannocchia thepolisproject.com/riflessioni-su… | @project_polis | #Podcast #Vulnerability
RECKLESSNESS that warrants a quick thread: Customs and border patrol (CBP) will not allow flu immunizations at immigrant detention camps...not even when PRIVATE individuals offer to provide them at no cost to the government. 1/ thebulwark.com/why-is-the-u-s…
The flu is a dangerous virus that can be controlled with annual immunization. In the winter of 2017-18, the flu and its complications killed 80,000 Americans. The CDC is adamant about the need to immunize children seeking asylum against the flu. 2/ statnews.com/2018/09/26/cdc…
ALSO, medical exams are generally mandatory for all refugees coming into the country and all applicants outside the U.S. applying for an immigrant visa. The U.S. can turn individuals lack of proof of vaccinations. That includes people with the flu. 3/ #immigration #FluSeason
.@narendramodi We used some of the brains you asked us to. You are right “Jhoot chalne wala nahi hai, desh svekar karne wala nahi hai”, lies will not work, this country will not accept utter lies such as those you liberally peppered your speech with.
#ModiLies #CAA_NRC_Protest
#ModiLies #CAA_NRC_Protest
1. You say hate on Modi, why are you hating on India, don’t burn the poor person’s hut and so on and so forth
Those you presumably accuse of hatred, are neither hating on you, the country or burning the poor person’s hut.
Those you presumably accuse of hatred, are neither hating on you, the country or burning the poor person’s hut.
Dissenting against unconstitutional laws and state acts of violence that breach basic constitutional values are founded on exercising and protecting the fundamental right to liberty - they are born out of love for this country or the idea of what it was to be at least.
We condemn the regulation announced by the Trump administration that would abolish the 20-day limit on holding #families in jails. Families are sacred and all #children deserve to be cherished and protected. Official statement: bit.ly/2Zo2T0j #mweg
In the American Academy of Pediatric’s report detailing the lifelong and harmful effects of #detentioncenters on #immigrant children, researchers wrote, “There is no evidence indicating that any time in detention is safe for children.” pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/139/5/… #AAP
The Department of Homeland Security Advisory Committee on Family Residential Centers recommends that #immigration enforcement practices presume detention to be neither appropriate nor necessary, and never in a child’s best interest. ice.gov/sites/default/… #DHS #ICE #DHHS
THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4390: Mike Pence visits "Detention Center" in McAllen, Texas (VIDEO, PHOTOS) • • #MikePence #DetentionCenters #McAllen #BodyLanguage #BodyLangaugeExpert #Nonverbal #EmotionalIntelligence
1/ Vice President Pence briefly visited a migrant "Detention Center" in McAllen, Texas on Friday 12 July 2019. What follows is a partial nonverbal analysis of the above video of that event.
2/ In our very first glance of Vice President Pence in this video (0:14), he is looking up - and maintains his upward gaze - well above the faces of the men in cages. 
