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United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis2019-05-13T14:44:00Zhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00The Elections and the Responsibility of the Intellectual to Speak Truth to Power: Twelve Reasons to Reject Obama and Support Nader/McKinney
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2008-10-29T06:59:00ZJames PetrasUnited States Instead of highlighting, exposing and denouncing the reactionary foreign and domestic policies of Democratic Party candidate Senator Barack Obama, they have chosen to support him, critically, offering as excuses that even limited differences can [...]Latin Americans New Left In Crises as the Free Market Collapses
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2008-10-27T04:35:00ZJames PetrasLatin America The economic breakdown, which is still unfolding, affects the entire political spectrum, extending from the far-right Uribe regime in Colombia to the social-liberal Chilean and Brazilian governments of Bachelet and Lula da Silva to the [...]A Class Perspective on Ecology and Indian Movements: Diversity with Inequality is Not Social Justice
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2008-10-11T01:47:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis Introduction
The liberal approach emphasizes universal responsibility for the destruction of the environment rich and poor, mining companies and miners, factory owners and factory workers, auto manufacturers and drivers, governments and citizens, real estate [...]Lessons from the Collapse of Wall Street
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2008-10-04T21:48:00ZJames PetrasUnited States Introduction
1.The near bankruptcy of Social Security The attempt by the White House and leading Republican and Democrat congresspersons as recently as 3 years ago to privatize Social Security essentially turning over the management [...]Haiti: In Solidarity with its Five Freedoms
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2008-10-03T08:31:00ZJames PetrasLatin America In 2004 a US-led invasion force overthrew the democratically elected government of Jean Bertrand Aristide and subsequently promoted and organized an occupation army. This colonial military force has repeatedly violently repressed popular demonstrations, violently raided [...]