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United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis2019-05-13T14:44:00Zhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00The Rise of the European Right: Reaction to the Neoliberal Right
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2014-05-30T11:11:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis Most, if not all, of these emerging right-wing parties mark a sharp break with the ruling neo-liberal, Christian and Social Democratic parties who have presided over a decade of crisis.
The new Right cannot be [...]Capitalists, Technocrats and Fanatics: The Ascent of a New Power Bloc
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2014-05-21T14:26:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis The far-right is no longer at the margins of western political discourse. It is center-stage. It is no longer dependent on contributions by local militants; it receives financing from the biggest global corporations. It is [...]New book: Flashpoint in Ukraine
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2014-05-19T14:51:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis SYNOPSIS
Flashpoint in Ukraine provides insight into today’s gravest geopolitical crisis since WW II. Possible global war looms.
Viewed from the perspective of Western mainstream media, the crisis arose due to pro-democracy activists overturning a brutal [...]The Kiev Putsch: Rebel Workers Take Power in the East
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2014-05-07T14:17:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis Up until 2013 the Ukraine was a buffer state, basically a non-aligned country, with economic ties to both the EU and Russia. Ruled by a regime closely tied to local, European, Israeli and Russian based [...]Three Short Stories
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2014-05-07T12:18:00ZJames PetrasAnalysis I stopped. A funeral was going by. A paupers burial. Only a woman and a child followed. I asked an old man looking on who it was.
A neighbor who sold fruit [...]Latin America: Class Struggle from Above and Below
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2014-05-03T11:00:00ZJames PetrasLatin America Class struggle is the motor-force of History
Karl Marx
Introduction
One looks in vain among the writings of historians and social scientists for any systematic study of the role of class struggle in the determination of economic systems, [...]