william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 27/09/2025wsvn.com/news/local/m...wsvn.comMore than half of Miami-Dade residents struggling to get by, according to report - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort LauderdaleMIAMI (WSVN) - A new report from United Way Miami says more than half of residents across Miami-Dade County are struggling to afford their monthly<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/ne... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 23/09/2025www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...hollywoodreporter.comJimmy Kimmel to Return to ABC on Tuesday After Show’s Controversial SuspensionThe Walt Disney Company in a new statement says the move was made "to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country." 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025chrishedges.substack.com/p/death-of-t...chrishedges.substack.comDeath of the Holocaust IndustryThe genocide in Gaza has exposed the weaponization of the Holocaust as a vehicle not to prevent genocide, but to perpetuate it, not to examine the past, but to manipulate the present. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025chrishedges.substack.com/p/death-of-t...chrishedges.substack.comDeath of the Holocaust Industry - Read by Eunice WongThe genocide in Gaza has exposed the weaponization of the Holocaust as a vehicle not to prevent genocide, but to perpetuate it, not to examine the past, but to manipulate the present. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Baseline Communism www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukRichard Seymour · Baseline Communism: David Graeber’s InnovationsGraeber seems to have had most fun as an outsider, a movement anthropologist wending his way among anticapitalist... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 03/09/2025jacobin.com/2022/11/univ...jacobin.comUniversal Benefits Are Actually Cheaper Than Means-Tested OnesThe argument that means-tested welfare programs reduce inequality and poverty more than non-means-tested programs is based on an accounting trick. Universal benefits are the best and cheapest way to a... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Chris Hedges Confronts the N.J. State Assembly on Dangerous Antisemitism Bill open.substack.com/pub/chrished...open.substack.comChris Hedges Confronts the N.J. State Assembly on Dangerous Antisemitism BillThe bill would accept the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of the state of Israel and Zionism with antisemitism. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 23/07/2025How Capitalism Turned Money into God: Paul Vigna on Buying the Almighty open.substack.com/pub/keenon/p...open.substack.comHow Capitalism Turned Money into God: Paul Vigna on Buying the AlmightyEpisode 2594: The Religious Origins of Money from Temple Scribes to Bitcoin 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 22/07/2025popularresistance.org/healthcare-w...popularresistance.orgHealthcare Workers Stand Strong 11 Days Into Open-Ended Strike - PopularResistance.OrgDuluth, MN – On Friday, July 19, striking workers were on the picket line at Essentia Health, Duluth Clinic 2nd Street. Friday marked the 11th day of an open-ended strike by around 700 Registered Nurs... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 22/07/2025jacobin.com/2025/07/cwcp...jacobin.comNew Report: Working-Class Social and Economic AttitudesA new study from the Center for Working‑Class Politics and Jacobin reveals where working-class voters stand on key issues and how they differ from wealthier Americans. The message is clear: economic p... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/07/17/m...geopoliticaleconomy.comMichael Hudson: How the Global Majority can free itself from US financial colonialism - Geopolitical Economy ReportEconomist Michael Hudson: China created alternative to Western neoliberal order, how Global South can challenge rent extraction of US financial colonialism. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 16/07/2025www.wsws.org/en/articles/...wsws.orgBitcoin hits $120,000: A fever chart of the capitalist crisisLegislation now going through the House of Representatives has the aim of drawing billions of dollars more into the Ponzi scheme, which is the crypto market, as Bitcoin hit $120,000. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 16/07/2025crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/a...crimethinc.comAgainst the Logic of the GuillotineFetishizing the guillotine is like fetishizing the state: it means celebrating an instrument of murder that will always be used chiefly against us. 011 1
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025anfenglish.com/features/roj...anfenglish.comRojava’s economic vision and cooperative model under self-governance - IThe Rojava Revolution, which began in Kobanê on 19 July 2012 and later spread across all of Northern and Eastern Syria, is now in its thirteenth year and continues to draw attention with its econom... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...english.elpais.comZohran Mamdani, a political response to Donald Trump’s countryIf New York City elects the winner of the Democratic primary as mayor in November, it will do something even more necessary than choosing a politician with progressive credentials. It will demonstrate... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025hir.harvard.edu/township-reb...hir.harvard.eduTownship Rebellion: The Zapatista Movement, Three Decades LaterThis piece assesses the future of the Zapatista movement in the context of crises that threaten to alter the fabric of Mexican politics—thirty years after the EZLN uprising and over a century after th... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025countercurrents.org/2025/07/weap...countercurrents.orgWeapons of Capitalism | CountercurrentsThe dominant narratives around the invincibility of capitalism continue to undermine all other available alternatives by employing various tools and strategies of governance that domesticate not only… 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 14/07/2025jacobin.com/2025/07/euro...jacobin.comAmerica’s Brutal Capitalist Class Tamed Its Labor MovementAcross Europe, trade unions have a long history of making political demands for universal health care and benefits. The unique brutality of the US capitalist class bred a labor movement that has often... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 14/07/2025www.africasacountry.com/2025/07/the-...africasacountry.comThe quiet violence of peace dealsTrump’s Congo-Rwanda deal is hailed as diplomatic triumph. But behind the photo ops lies a familiar exchange: African resources for Western power. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 14/07/2025As the Bombing of Iran Took Center Stage, Israeli Forces Deployed Deeper Into the Occupied West Bank www.dropsitenews.com/p/west-bank-...dropsitenews.comAs the Bombing of Iran Took Center Stage, Israeli Forces Deployed Deeper Into the Occupied West Bank"They are dealing with the West Bank as if the war is right here." 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Trump sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are illegal and represent further U.S. complicity in genocide mondoweiss.net/2025/07/trum...mondoweiss.netTrump sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are illegal and represent further U.S. complicity in genocideThe Trump administration’s sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese show how far the U.S. is willing to go to ensure impunity for Israel as it commits genocide. 010 1
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 13/07/2025thenationonlineng.net/the-rise-ris...thenationonlineng.netThe rise, rise and rise of capitalism (XXVII) - The Nation NewspaperThe Nation Newspaper The rise, rise and rise of capitalism (XXVII) 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 12/07/2025theconversation.com/inequality-h...theconversation.comInequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracyThe Republican tax bill is set to worsen inequality, government data shows. It’s part of a 50-year trend that’s affecting the social fabric as well as the economy. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 12/07/2025www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...rosalux.deHow Unequal Exchange Shapes Our World - Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungJason Hickel on the persistent inequalities of the post-colonial order 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 06/07/2025A Different Revolution consortiumnews.com/2025/07/04/a...consortiumnews.comA Different RevolutionThere were two original sins that drove the colonial ruling class to separate from their country and support a war for independence, writes Ace Thelin. By Ace Thelin Special to Consortium News It... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 06/07/2025jacobin.com/2025/07/klei...jacobin.comThe “Magabundance” Agenda Is Creating Strange BedfellowsSupply-side progressivism is forging unexpected alliances between populist Democrats, business-friendly centrists, and MAGA Republicans around militarized growth. The result is a post-neoliberal polit... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 05/07/2025nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comThe Radical Past and Future of Christian ZionismWhen supporting Israel is a matter of religious faith. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 03/07/2025unherd.com/2025/07/dona...unherd.comDonald Trump’s big, beautiful mess 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Profiting From Genocide open.substack.com/pub/chrished...open.substack.comProfiting From GenocideThe latest United Nations report names hundreds of corporations, banks, technology firms, universities, pension funds and charities that profit from the Israeli occupation and genocide. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Iran: The Things It Won’t Do to Say www.commondreams.org/opinion/what...commondreams.orgIran: The Things It Won’t Do to Say | Common DreamsIf Thomas Friedman’s fairytale world of light-versus-darkness were to evaporate, less noble motives for U.S. and Israeli actions might be revealed. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 02/07/2025news.antiwar.com/2025/06/30/u...news.antiwar.comUS Approves $510 Million Arms Deal for Israel - News From Antiwar.comThe Trump administration has approved a new arms deal for Israel that will provide the country with $510 million worth of Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMS), kits that turn bombs into precision-gui... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 02/07/2025www.wsws.org/en/articles/...wsws.orgSenate advances Trump plan to gut social programs to benefit the super-richA 51-49 near-party line vote opened debate on a so-called “reconciliation” bill that will extend Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy while cutting more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and food stamps. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 29/06/2025scheerpost.com/2025/06/28/w...scheerpost.comWhat the Supreme Court Ruling Against ‘Universal Injunctions’ Means for Court Challenges to Presidential ActionsThe Supreme Court just made it harder for judges to block presidential policies nationwide, but lawmakers hold the key to changing that. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Thousands protest at Paris Air Show over Israeli participation mondoweiss.net/2025/06/thou...mondoweiss.netThousands protest at Paris Air Show over Israeli participationDemonstrators marched against the arms trade on the final days of the 55th edition of the major aerospace exhibition. The protests called for a boycott of Israel and an end to the arms trade. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 29/06/2025popularresistance.org/protest-rams...popularresistance.orgProtest Ramstein Air Base: 'Young And Old Will Suffer The Consequences' - PopularResistance.OrgWith the slogan "Stop Ramstein Air Base," the anti-war movement will protest against the US's war-making this Saturday. What is the reason for this rally against the military base near Kaiserslautern?... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 28/06/2025centerforneweconomics.org/publications...centerforneweconomics.orgIf You Don't Like Capitalism or State Socialism, What Do You Want? - Schumacher Center for a New EconomicsIn this lecture, Alperovitz starts to formulate a response to the simple yet unnerving question: "what do you want?" He argues that the decay of the labor movement in the United States calls for new f... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 28/06/2025NATO's 5% Pledge: An Obscene Betrayal of Global Needs www.commondreams.org/opinion/nato...commondreams.orgNATO's 5% Pledge: An Obscene Betrayal of Global Needs | Common DreamsPresented as a historic step, in truth this increased level of military spending represents a major step backwards for humanity and the common good. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 28/06/2025jacobin.com/2025/06/zohr...jacobin.comWhat Mamdani’s Win Can (and Can’t) Teach UsZohran Mamdani’s astounding triumph shows the power of bread-and-butter economics and the bankruptcy of the Democratic establishment. But how many of its lessons can be applied nationally? 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025After The National Day of Action for Single Payer, the Best Defense Is a Good Offense www.commondreams.org/opinion/day-...commondreams.orgAfter The National Day of Action for Single Payer, the Best Defense Is a Good Offense | Common DreamsTo eliminate impending Medicaid cuts and other threats to coverage, enact a national, single-payer healthcare system free from all profit, including in the provisioning of care. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025popularresistance.org/after-nation...popularresistance.orgAfter National Day Of Action For Single Payer; Best Defense Is A Good Offense - PopularResistance.OrgActivists on May 31 made bold demands, refusing to believe the wealthiest country should have a separate healthcare system for the poor, or that we should wait until we are 65 to access a public healt... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025fightbacknews.org/articles/bre...fightbacknews.orgBreakthru Beverages strike enters third weekTampa, FL - The picket line outside the Breakthru Beverages warehouse near Tampa, Florida stood strong Monday, June 23, despite intense... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025www.currentaffairs.org/news/an-ille...currentaffairs.orgAn Illegal and Indefensible AttackWar propaganda never changes, no matter who the enemy of the day is. But the facts are clear: the attack on Iran was illegal and wrong. Trump should be expelled from office over this. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025www.syracuse.com/opinion/2025...syracuse.comMedicaid cuts will devastate NY’s rural hospitals (Your Letters)These already fragile hospitals serve a captive population and are often the largest employers in their communities, writes retired healthcare consultant. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...amnesty.orgTotal razing of Khuza’a further evidence of Israel’s genocide in GazaAmnesty International’s analysis of satellite imagery and verification of video footage reveals how Israeli forces completely razed what remained of the town of Khuza’a in the southern occupied Gaza S... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025www.newarab.com/news/israel-...newarab.comIsrael ’disappeared’ 377,000 people in Gaza, half are childrenOver 377,000 people, half of them children, are missing in Gaza since Oct 2023, says Harvard-linked report, pointing to a far higher death toll than reported. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025jacobin.com/2025/06/us-r...jacobin.comThe US Started Both the Old and New Cold WarsIn an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why the US desire for global dominance was responsible for the Cold War — and why the United States is inflaming new rivalries with Russia and Chi... 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025www.thedriftmag.com/theyre-using...thedriftmag.com“They’re Using Megaphones”In the first issue of The Drift, we kicked off our interview series with Wendy Brown, one of the foremost political theorists in the United States. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda truthout.org/articles/gra...truthout.orgGrassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s AgendaPeople’s assemblies across the country are committed to building people’s power beyond the electoral system. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 24/06/2025www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/b...project-syndicate.orgThe Return of Shameless Shareholder CapitalismChristopher Marquis thinks the US Business Roundtable's April report should serve as a wake-up call to Democratic lawmakers. 000 0
william pettus @wspettus.bsky.social · 23/06/2025NYT Gave Green Light to Trump's Iran Attack by Treating It as a Question of When - fair.org/home/nyt-gav...fair.orgNYT Gave Green Light to Trump’s Iran Attack by Treating It as a Question of WhenThe ultimate goal of the New York Times editorial was to promote the idea that war with Iran could potentially be desirable—and certainly justifiable. 000 0