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We obtained 403 pages of Communist Party documents that reveal how China plotted to detain up to a million Muslims in a campaign that it calls a benevolent effort against the pull of extremism. In reality, it is a ruthless, coercive clampdown. The documents — one of the most significant leaks from inside China's Communist Party in decades — show how officials planned to put Muslims and ethnic minorities into camps, and detail secret speeches by President Xi Jinping that laid the groundwork for the crackdown. Tap the link in our bio to read about how the documents show Chinese officials used words like "virus," "infected" and "eradicate" to justify mass detentions, and planned how they would manage and intimidate families that were torn apart.

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— Liliana Segura (@LilianaSegura) April 29, 2017

As she heard this, the woman I came with started shaking, trying to maintain her composure. She repeatedly told the guards that she wasn't mad at them, but pleaded to talk to someone. She was in tears but clearly anxious not to escalate in a way that would lead to reprisals. 10/

— Liliana Segura (@LilianaSegura) November 17, 2019

Texas's top criminal court wants to hear more from #RodneyReed regarding evidence that the state w/held evidence from him at trial & that it sponsored false testimony. They're also wondering, might Reed be innocent?https://t.co/lA9ZEofLU7

— Jordan Smith (@chronic_jordan) November 17, 2019

The Nation State In Peril https://t.co/34ctnxAa3l @LilianaSegura @alexahirschfeld @AOC @RepPressley #incarcerationepidemic #kashmir #Xinjiang #black #hispanic #Uighur #kashmiri

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) November 19, 2019

A question rarely asked by the media: “How are you going to pay for having the largest prison population in the world?”

— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) November 19, 2019

The Nation State In Peril

I am looking at the (1) incarceration epidemic in the US, (2) the million detained Uighurs in Xinjiang, China, and (3) Kashmir having been turned into an open-air prison by the Indian government in Delhi, and I am thinking, the nation-state, as we have known for a few hundred years now, is in need of an overhaul. What we have is not working.

We need 4-5 layers of government on the planet. The local, the state, the national, and the global. Most countries could use federalism. And sometimes local is not enough. Some small cultural units need autonomy within that local/state government.

When the Prime Minister of India meets the President of China in their annual two-day summit, do you think they just hang out? No. Their foreign ministries have been doing the homework for weeks in advance. Bureaucracies are involved. Four-Layered governance on the planet will make for more efficient bureaucracies.

The nation-state is not in a position to tackle the big challenges of the day. Not climate change, not terrorism, not global poverty.

The Nation State In Peril https://t.co/34ctnxAa3l #incarcerationepidemic #Uighurs #Kashmir #china #india #UnitedStates #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Poverty

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) October 6, 2019