It was frightening and appalling to see protestors succeed in storming the Capitol building yesterday-- in doing this, they used a tactic of coup-plotters, who frequently seek to capture symbolic seats of political power, such as the presidential palace or legislature 1/x

But for those still asking if this was a coup attempt--those not too weary of definitional debates--a few thoughts on why that term still doesn't fit are in this thread 2/x
The aim, in capturing symbolic targets, is to convince members of the military, who have the power to stop a coup, that it has, in fact, already succeeded, and that opposition is futile. This is what @naunihalpublic calls making the coup "a fact"
https://t.co/WgqbpaNHfD 3/x
If you want to know more about how coups unfold, this excerpt my from @CornellPress book, How to Prevent Coups, pp. 15-16, describes them: 4/x
But at no point did yesterday's protestors attempt to actually seize control of the levers of state power-- nor did anyone watching think these goons were now running the government. 5/x
There is nothing to suggest either Pres. Trump or his supporters had a real plan to translate this protest into a way for him to remain in office. To make a plausible coup attempt, there would need to have been some a serious effort to recruit *within the state apparatus.* 6/x
That's why so many of us who study coups continue to say this wasn't one. As I've said elsewhere, I think the distinction matters because the tactics you use to defeat coups are different from those needed to stop other anti-democratic actions 7/x
https://t.co/OtbJYzIVEo
I'm not trying police the language of those finding it useful to use the term 'coup' to coordinate opposition right now, but if you are interested in understanding what is happening & preventing it from happening again, then it's worth listening to the multiple... 8/x
coup experts, including @naunihalpublic, @prof_powell, @HarknessKristen, & myself telling you that we know what a coup is, and this is not one. /fin

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I'm going to do two history threads on Ethiopia, one on its ancient history, one on its modern story (1800 to today). 🇪🇹

I'll begin with the ancient history ... and it goes way back. Because modern humans - and before that, the ancestors of humans - almost certainly originated in Ethiopia. 🇪🇹 (sub-thread):


The first likely historical reference to Ethiopia is ancient Egyptian records of trade expeditions to the "Land of Punt" in search of gold, ebony, ivory, incense, and wild animals, starting in c 2500 BC 🇪🇹


Ethiopians themselves believe that the Queen of Sheba, who visited Israel's King Solomon in the Bible (c 950 BC), came from Ethiopia (not Yemen, as others believe). Here she is meeting Solomon in a stain-glassed window in Addis Ababa's Holy Trinity Church. 🇪🇹


References to the Queen of Sheba are everywhere in Ethiopia. The national airline's frequent flier miles are even called "ShebaMiles". 🇪🇹

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