In the @nytimes today @anita_sreedhar and I write about the deep roots of vaccine hesitancy. 1/n

nytimes.com/2021/12/03/opi… Anti vax sentiments predate the internet and right-wing conspiracies. They are as old as vaccines themselves. In the early 20th century, for example, smallpox vaccination campaigns sparked riots in working-class immigrant communities. 2/

What’s the relationship between the Taliban and Pakistan? The reality is more complicated than the view that the TB are simply Pakistan’s puppets (as Kabul claims) or that they are completely independent (as Pakistan claims) 🧵🧵 1/n After 9/11, the Pak military establishment was closely aligned with US aims. They arrested several high ranking Taliban leaders on Pakistani soil and handed them over to the US /2

Today the people of Manbij are carrying out a general strike to protest the Syrian regime's potential entry into the town following the US withdrawal. Most of the city is shuttered. To put this strike in context, here is a thread on the history of resistance in this town. (1/n) In 2012, the regime controlled Manbij. But that May, there was a massive general strike in the city. About a mo later, Manbij was liberated with hardly a shot fired. For the next 1.5 years, Manbij was governed by a Revolutionary Council in an experiment in participatory democracy