#OTD #TDIH #March8 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD celebrated. #WomensSuffrage #WomensEquality #GenderEquality #SexualEquality #WomensRights #CivilRights #WomensLib #UniversalSuffrage #GeneralSuffrage #CommonSuffrage #WomensLib #Women'sSky
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#OTD #TDIH #February5, 1994: #AssassinationOfMedgarEvers: #ByronDeLaBeckwith #convicted of #murder of #MedgarEvers. #KKK #Klansmen #CitizensCouncil #CivilRights #Assassinations #Murders #NAACP #VotingRights #UniversalSuffrage #RacialIntegration #BlackSky #CivilSky
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#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...
#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1964: The #TwentyFourthAmendmentToTheUnitedStatesConstitution ratified, prohibiting #PollTaxes in national #elections. #CivilRights #PollTax #UniversalSuffrage #UnitedStatesConstitution #USConstitution #AmericanHistory #BlackSky #CivilSky
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No-one should be disenfranchised. Ever. This is worse than the UK's system, but even we do it, albeit temporarily. #UniversalSuffrage #democracy
and #universalSuffrage being "one of the first and most important tasks of the #MilitantProletariat"
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"He allowed for the possibility of peaceful transition in some countries with strong #democraticInstitutionalStructures (Britain, the United States, and the Netherlands)"
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
It just keeps getting better and better
#trump #hegseth #christiannationalism #theocracy #project2025 #universalsuffrage
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/pete...
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.
Seriously, if you oppose the franchise for a group of people because of how they vote, then you are a #fascist. Full stop.
#universalsuffrage #universalfranchise #democracy
True democracy, where *everyone* has an equal say, is a prerequisite for sustainable long-term decision-making.
#UniversalSuffrage
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
#OTD #TDIH #April26, 1994: #FreedomDay: #1994SouthAfricanGeneralElection: #MultiracialElections first held in #SouthAfrica.
#UniversalSuffrage #Apartheid #NelsonMandela #ANC #AfricanNationalCongress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_So...
“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
#OTD #TDIH #March8 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD celebrated.
#WomensSuffrage #WomensEquality #GenderEquality #SexualEquality #WomensRights #CivilRights #WomensLib #UniversalSuffrage #GeneralSuffrage #CommonSuffrage #WomensLib
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...
#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...
#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-...
#OTD #TDIH #December18, 1946: #BOTD: #HBD: #SteveBiko! #StephenBiko #Apartheid #SouthAfrica #AfricanNationalists #BlackConsciousnessMovement #UniversalSuffrage #BlackIsBeautiful #CivilRights #BlackCivilRights
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ncV...
And the sky will not fall down. If you live and pay taxes here, you should have the right to vote, period. #UniversalSuffrage
