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	<link>https://petras.lahaine.org</link>
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		<title>James Petras, In Memoriam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Born January 17, 1937, in Lynn, MA, Professor Petras was a Greek American who earned his B.A. from Boston University and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Joining Binghamton University in 1972, he became [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/james-petras-in-memoriam/</link>
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		<title>[Book] Politics and Social Forces in Chilean Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	
	by James Petras  (Author)
	
	
	Hardcover Paperback eBook 
	
	Price: $49.95 / &#163;42.00
	Publication Date: Sep 2020
	Edition: 1st Edition
	
	
	Title Details:
	Rights: World
	Pages: 392
	ISBN: 9780520306721
	Trim Size: 6 x 9
	
	
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	About the Book
	
	The feature of Chilean development that explains its exceptional nature [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/book-politics-and-social-forces-in/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Offensive in Latin America. Coups, Retreats, and Radicalization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	

	James Petras has worked with the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement for the last eleven years in addition to his work with the unemployed workers&#8217; movement in Argentina. He is coauthor, with Henry Veltmeyer, of Globalization [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/u-s-offensive-in-latin-america/</link>
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		<title>United States and Venezuela:  A Historical Background</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	In 1823 US President Monroe declared, in his name, the ‘Monroe Doctrine” – the US right to keep Europeans out of the region, but the right of the US to intervene in pursuit of its [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/united-states-and-venezuela-a-historical/</link>
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		<title>US Global Power:  The Trump Period:  An Assessment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Assessing the dynamics of US global power is a complex problem which requires examining multiple dimensions.
	Read essay [PDF]

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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/us-global-power-the-trump-period/</link>
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		<title>Shadow Boxing for Empire:  The Mueller Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The US adopted a dual response:  to pursue a policy of reconciliation with regional adversaries – (Iran and Cuba) – and to promote a policy of confrontation toward China and Russia.
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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/shadow-boxing-for-empire-the-mueller/</link>
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		<title>Julian Assange and the Agenda for Global War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Never has the mass media been so thoroughly discredited by official documents which directly contradict the official propaganda, mouthed by political leaders and parroted by ‘leading’ journalists.
	Read essay [PDF]

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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/julian-assange-and-the-agenda-for/</link>
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		<title>New book: &#8220;Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Abstract
	The first decade of the new millennium opened, and threatened to close, with an involution in the system of global capitalist production—a multiple crisis of global proportions in the first instance and a region-wide crisis [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/new-book-latin-america-in-the/</link>
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		<title>Why Venezuela has not been Defeated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	In fact, most of the US induced ‘regime changes’ has strengthened the support for the Chavez – Maduro government.
	Read essay [PDF]

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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/why-venezuela-has-not-been-defeated/</link>
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		<title>New Zealand Mosque Massacre:  White Supremacy and Western Wars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	First and most important, Western countries led by the Anglo-American world has been at war killing and uprooting millions of Muslims with impunity over the past thirty years.  Leading media pundits,political spokespeople and ideologues [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/new-zealand-mosque-massacre-white-supremacy/</link>
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		<title>President Trump and the Democratic Congress:  The Score Sheet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	We will proceed by first analyzing domestic outcomes and then turn to foreign policy.
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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/president-trump-and-the-democratic-congress/</link>
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		<title>US Negotiations:  Masters of Defeats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	While diplomacy is less subject to military and economic losses it does require making concessions.  Negotiations are only successful if there are reciprocal benefits to both parties.
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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/us-negotiations-masters-of-defeats/</link>
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		<title>The Recolonization of Latin America and the War on Venezuela</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The second decade of the 21st century has witnessed, in word and deed, the most thorough and successful US  recolonization of Latin America,  and its active and overt role as colonial sepoys of [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-recolonization-of-latin-america-and/</link>
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		<title>Laughter for All (Financial) Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	While the political class dismisses the sensational press, they are avid readers of the ‘prize winning’ propaganda newspapers and their columnists.
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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/laughter-for-all-financial-times/</link>
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		<title>US &#8216;Regime Changes&#8217;:  The Historical Record</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	We will proceed to examine the consequences and impact of US intervention in Venezuela over the past half century.
	We will then turn to examine the success and failure of US ‘regime changes’ throughout Latin America [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/us-regime-changes-the-historical-record/</link>
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		<title>Peculiarities of US Imperialism in Latin America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Venezuela, the current target of US, President Donald Trump, is a case illustrating the ‘peculiarities’ of imperialist politics.  We will proceed to outline the background, techniques and impact of the imperial power grab.
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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/peculiarities-of-us-imperialism-in-latin/</link>
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		<title>Walls or Roads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	We will discuss the story behind two walls and one road and the circumstances which surround them and their consequences.
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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/walls-or-roads/</link>
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		<title>President Trump’s Losing Strategy:  Embracing Brazil And Confronting China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Washington’s choice of allies and enemies is based on a narrow conception of short-term advantage and strategic losses.
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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/president-trumps-losing-strategy-embracing-brazil/</link>
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		<title>The New Year Past and Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Multiple wars, coups, sanctions and trade disputes dominated the US political agenda.  War budgets grew, military sales increased and frictions between the US and Saudi Arabia bubbled to the surface . . . and [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-new-year-past-and-future/</link>
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		<title>A World of Multiple Detonators of Global Wars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	We will proceed to identify ‘great power’ confrontations and then proceed to discuss the stages of ‘proxy’ wars with world war consequences.
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		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-world-of-multiple-detonators-of/</link>
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		<title>US Mass Mobilizations:  Wars and Financial Plunder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	This paper will begin by discussing the major wars of our time, namely the two US invasions of Iraq .  We will proceed to analyze the nature of the popular response and the political [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/us-mass-mobilizations-wars-and-financial/</link>
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		<title>President Trump’s Presidency:  Results and Perspectives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	We will ignore the fly swatting by Trump critics who ply peripheral issues – the state investigation of the fading Russian conspiracy tales&#8212; and focus on strategic issues that purport to transform global economic, political [...]]]></description>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/president-trumps-presidency-results-and-perspectives/</link>
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