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United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis2019-05-13T14:44:00Zhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00The Euro-US War on Libya: Official Lies and Misconceptions of Critics
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2011-03-25T13:48:00ZJames PetrasUnited States Introduction
The most common line heard in regard to the current US-Euro war on Libya is that its all about oil the goal is the seizure of Libyas oil wells. On the other hand Euro [...]Billionaires Flourish, Inequalities Deepen as Economies “Recover”
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2011-03-23T21:25:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis Introduction
According to the annual report of the business magazine Forbes there are 1,210 individuals and in many cases family clans with a net value of $1 billion dollars (or more). There total net [...]Corporations Serve the State: Sanction Policies and the Zionist Power Structure
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2011-03-20T17:14:00ZJames PetrasUnited States Introduction
One of the key distinctions between a capitalist and a non-capitalist (socialist, feudal, absolutist state) economy is the separation of state and private enterprise. In a capitalist state, economic enterprises are supposed to operate according [...]Conceptual and Theoretical Issues of Interdisciplinary Studies
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2011-03-09T13:47:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis Introduction
The older tradition of philosophical and theological inspired social studies followed a discursive and reflective style of research. The approach was totalistic and all-encompassing, rejecting empirical and statistical behavioral research.
The growth of political [...]The Velvet Revolution
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2011-03-06T07:31:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis Act 1, Scene 1
(A cafe in upper west side of Manhattan not far from Columbia University. Grovel Havel sits with an editor of N.Y. Review of Books and a professor sympathetic to the New Left… [...]Roots of the Arab Revolts and Premature Celebrations
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2011-03-03T06:57:00ZJames PetrasMiddle East They have given most attention to the middle class, young, educated activists, their communication via the internet, (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 16, 2011) and, in the case of Israel and its Zionists conspiracy theorists, the [...]