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	<title>The Official James Petras website</title>
	<link>https://petras.lahaine.org</link>
	<description>United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Iran War: American Military Versus Israel Firsters</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/iran-war-american-military-versus-israel-firsters/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/iran-war-american-military-versus-israel-firsters/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	While some commentators and journalists, like Chris Hedges (Truthdig, November 13, 2007), privy to this high stakes inter-elite conflict, attribute this to a White House cabal led by Vice President Cheney, a more stringent and [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Venezuela's D-Day - The December 2, 2007 Constituent Referendum</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/venezuelas-d-day-the-december-2-2007-constituent-referendum/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/venezuelas-d-day-the-december-2-2007-constituent-referendum/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The memo sent by an embassy official, Michael Middleton Steere, was addressed to the head of the CIA, Michael Hayden. The memo was entitled Advancing to the Last Phase of Operation Pincer' and updates the [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Bush's Twenty-Billion Dollar Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia: The Zionist Power Configuration Defeats Big Oil, the Military Industrial Complex, the White House and the Pentagon</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/bushs-twenty-billion-dollar-arms-sale-to-saudi-arabia-the-zionist-power-configuration-defeats-big-oil-the-military-industrial-complex-the-white-house-and-the-pentagon/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/bushs-twenty-billion-dollar-arms-sale-to-saudi-arabia-the-zionist-power-configuration-defeats-big-oil-the-military-industrial-complex-the-white-house-and-the-pentagon/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	On the other, a small group of conservative and leftist writers and a few academics have identified what some call the Israel or Zionist Lobby and others refer to the Zionist Power Configuration (ZPC) as [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Venezuela: Between ballots and bullets</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/venezuela-between-ballots-and-bullets/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/venezuela-between-ballots-and-bullets/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Introduction
		 More seriously, the former Minister of Defense, General Raul Isaias Baduel, who resigned in July, has made explicit calls for a military coup in a November 5th press conference which he convoked exclusively for [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Daily Telegraph considers James Petras one of the most influential US liberals</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-daily-telegraph-considers-james-petras-one-of-the-most-influential-us-liberals/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-daily-telegraph-considers-james-petras-one-of-the-most-influential-us-liberals/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	59. JAMES PETRAS
Political activist and writer
	A retired academic who describes himself as an &#8220;anti-imperialist&#8221; activist and writer, Petras' works reflect a strong Leftist attitude towards international policy. Formerly taught sociology at Binghamton University in New [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Zion-power and War: From Iraq to Iran. The Deadly Embrace</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/zion-power-and-war-from-iraq-to-iran-the-deadly-embrace/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/zion-power-and-war-from-iraq-to-iran-the-deadly-embrace/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Subsequent to the US military occupation, when no WMD were discovered, Washington justified the invasion and occupation by citing the removal of a dictator and the establishment of a prosperous democracy in the Arab world. [...]]]></description>

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