Reposted by Patrick HellerJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 03/08/2026There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 171823584
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Getting history right It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again.To face our own history, we must be honest about it. 002
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Modi reaches out to the cockroaches. As reported in the Wire. 000
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Never thought I would say this: go cockroaches! thewire.in/rights/cockr... 000
Reposted by Patrick Hellerdr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026BREAKING: I am suing Northwestern University, a member of congress, two cabinet secretaries and the Attorney General of the United States. I explain why in @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/when-we-figh...lithub.comWhen We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US GovernmentYesterday, I filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University and—in his official capacity as Chairman of the US House of Representatives House Committee on Education and the Workforce—Michigan Cong… 481737583
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Trump’s assault on Brazilian democracy. So colonial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Brazil’s sovereignty: Trump turns autonomy into a trade offence | EditorialEditorial: Donald Trump’s tariff threat recasts Brazil’s attempt to protect its democracy as unfair commercial practice – and gives Bolsonarism a Washington stage 000
Reposted by Patrick HellerHenry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 06/07/2026www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-suprem...programmablemutter.comThe Supreme Court is corrupting American democracyOne cannot hope to bribe or twist/ (thank God!) the U.S. chief jurist 04418
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A name everyone should know: Umar Khalid www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.com‘Humanity is a privilege’: Umar Khalid on his six years in an Indian jail without trialExclusive: Activist tells of his life as one of India’s most prominent political prisoners and his opposition to the government of Narendra Modi 000
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I have new article out in the Sociology of Development on the possibilities of building welfare states in the global south. Its free for now: online.ucpress.edu/socdev/artic...online.ucpress.eduThe Democratic Social Developmental StateParameters of the Possible in the Global SouthColonial legacies and the structural constraints of global capitalism pose significant obstacles to building welfare states in the Global South. Yet the past three decades have seen significant progre... 022
Reposted by Patrick HellerBenjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Now with a link! www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/winners...foreignaffairs.comThe Winners and Losers of the Iran Energy ShockHow the war created a new geopolitical divide. 111
Reposted by Patrick HellerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Either "from the river to the sea" is a call for genocide against one nation, or it isn't. But a lot of American Jewish organizations are a lot more bothered by Palestinians saying it than by Likud saying it. I wrote about the double standard. religiondispatches.org/2026/04/30/g...religiondispatches.orgGenocide For Me But Not For Thee?Last week, Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, celebrated Israel’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut) by posting an illustrated map of Israel—which is not, in its... 09642
Reposted by Patrick HellerAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026"You wouldn't know it if you live in the USA or consume US media and politics, but the fight between EVs and ICEs is basically over. Internal combustion is on it's way out. First it'll look slow, then fast. Fleet turnover will lag sales. But ALL the growth globally is in EVs." - @jessedjenkins.com 5336125
Reposted by Patrick HellerJeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026On Iran, see the larger context. Five of the seven countries that the Trump admin has militarily attacked since Jan. 2025 are significant oil producers, even though petrostates are rare. It's not a coincidence. I explain why @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/is-oil-...goodauthority.orgIs oil behind the U.S. attack on Iran?Is oil behind the U.S. attack on Iran? To understand the Trump administration’s military targets, take a closer look at the petrostate pattern. 910760
Reposted by Patrick HellerNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.” 39438851793
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Civil society fights back Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won. 001
Reposted by Patrick HellerZachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 07/02/2026I talked with @victorerikray.bsky.social about the repression we’re facing at public universities here in Florida, where the state is attempting to impose a textbook on our intro classes, insisting that no published textbook complies with state law. Here’s Part 1. Part 2 drops next week.groupthreat.comWhat's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary LevensonA discussion about Florida's censorship of sociology and teaching under authoritarianism 13617
Reposted by Patrick HellerCourtney Boen @courtneyboen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Here, I write about the public health threat posed by ICE. Renee Good, Alex Pretti, & the dozens of others killed by ICE in recent months make this clear. But ICE also kills more slowly & covertly, by inducing chronic stress, fear, & threat. Abolish ICE. www.providencejournal.com/story/opinio...providencejournal.comICE poses threat to our public health. Here's why | OpinionResearch shows that when ICE ramps up enforcement in a community, the people living there experience heightened physiological and psychological stress, the author says. 177
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Republican states are colonizing civil society: “Mr Creighton, the lawmaker-turned-chancellor … reckons that in Texas public universities … should be understood as “an extension of state government”. economist.com/united-state...economist.comRepublican states are censoring universitiesNew laws restrict what professors can teach 131
Reposted by Patrick HellerSantiago Anria @anriasantiago.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The issue examines when and how protest translates into durable policy change, with articles by Anindita Adhikari and @pheller.bsky.social (India); Giorleny Altamirano Rayo, @emosinger.bsky.social, and @kaimthaler.bsky.social (Central America) [2/3] 101
Reposted by Patrick HellerSantiago Anria @anriasantiago.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Candelaria Garay (@candelariagaray.bsky.social), Jessica Rich (@jessicaajrich.bsky.social), and I co-edited a special issue of World Development on the policy consequences of social movements in the Global South. [1/3] 152
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 27/01/2026This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...nytimes.com 000
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy 000
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 14/01/2026youtube.com/shorts/ikng2...youtube.comWagner Moura após ganhar Globo de Ouro: precisamos de mais filmes sobre a ditaduraYouTube video by BBC News Brasil 000
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Building on Robert Paxton’s classic study of fascism Michelle Goldberg gets it just right. Resistance Libs Were Right www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right 010
Reposted by Patrick HellerMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Amazing to me that Donald Trump has not been asked once to comment on this insanely Neo-Nazi post from his Homeland Security department, nor asked who are the 50 to 60 *million* US citizens that his DHS say they want to ‘deport.’ 1261693436
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 06/01/2026goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...goodauthority.orgTrump made a clear choice: return to petro-imperialismTrump made a clear choice: return to petro-imperialism. To understand what just happened in Venezuela, look at oil politics and U.S. foreign policy. 011
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Can a Corporation Be Complicit in War Crimes? Sweden Is Trying to Find Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Can a Corporation Be Complicit in War Crimes? Sweden Is Trying to Find Out. 000
Reposted by Patrick HellerBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 04/12/2025“Everything is gender” theory finds more confirmation manhattan.institute/article/the-... 1230255
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 22/12/2025The bulldozed demolition of MGNREGA - www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead... For the best experience read this on The Hindu App. bit.ly/THNewsAppthehindu.comThe bulldozed demolition of MGNREGAThe government of the day has worked to bulldoze MGNREGA’s abolition without any discussion, consultation, or respect for parliamentary processes or Centre-State relations 000
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Rights-based welfare is being replaced by neo-patrimonial patronage. 000
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 20/12/2025The repeal of India's "Right to Work" program (the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) which was the world's largest ever anti-poverty program, is just the most recent example of what I called "retrenchment populism" in my 2020 article "The Age of Reaction." 100
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The Indian government wants to repeal its most effective poverty reducing program ever. Government tables Bill to replace MGNREGA amid protests - www.thehindu.com/news/nationa... For the best experience read this on The Hindu App. bit.ly/THNewsAppthehindu.comGovernment tables Bill to replace MGNREGA amid protestsGovernment introduces VB-G RAM G Bill to replace MGNREGA, facing opposition protests over concerns of weakened employment rights for the poor. 000
Reposted by Patrick HellerGabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025A lot of the “eurosclerosis” discourse is based on comparing GDP in nominal US$ in Europe vs US Yesterday, the US ambassador to the EU compared Europe’s GDP per capita to that of Mississippi This makes little sense, because it ignores the higher cost of living in the US 419822
Reposted by Patrick HellerJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Passing out while your underlings are sucking up to you is a neat illustration of what unitary executive theory gets us. 16830132
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 29/11/2025A party with an actual theory of contemporary capitalism and what to do: see interview with Fernando Haddad, Brazil's Finance Minister www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/b...phenomenalworld.orgBrazil and the World SystemAn interview with Brazil's Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad 193
Reposted by Patrick HellerGuy Edwards @guywhedwards.bsky.social · 12/11/2025💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30: 1 Disinformation is everywhere 2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo. 3 Solutions exist & they're urgent. More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc... 11914
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Mamdani’s rallying cry for civil society: “To get to any of us, you have to go through all of us” 010
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 06/11/2025The sweep in election outcomes from public utilities in Georgia to the ref in California, governors, and Mamdani points to 2 clear conclusions: republicans don’t turn out when trump’s not on the card and dems are super angry and mobilized. New wave in the making. 010
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 26/10/2025How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy 010
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Trump’s patronage machine laid bare and why the taxpayer pays the price. They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work 010
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Lula: Brazilian Democracy and Sovereignty Are Non-Negotiable www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Lula: Brazilian Democracy and Sovereignty Are Non-Negotiable 030
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The rule of law www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...theguardian.comBolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in BrazilFormer president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election 000
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 09/09/2025pranabbardhan.substack.com/p/a-conversa...pranabbardhan.substack.comA Conversation on Brazil, India and South AfricaThis conversation is with a political sociologist, Patrick Heller, on comparative political-economy features of the three countries 031
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 09/09/2025My conversation with Pranab Bardhan in his great substack on the state of democracy in Brazil, India and South Africa 100
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 04/09/2025How social media influencers are pushing disinformation on climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comJoe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling – but report’s authors say he’s wrongScientists say ‘old-school denier nonsense’ isn’t helpful as podcaster repeatedly airs false claim on his show 001
Patrick Heller @pheller.bsky.social · 29/08/2025www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...foreignaffairs.comWarnings From WeimarWhy bargaining with authoritarians fails. 000
