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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>The Structural Roots of Hunger, Food Crises and Riots</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-structural-roots-of-hunger-food-crises-and-riots/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-structural-roots-of-hunger-food-crises-and-riots/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The world's poor countries will spend about $38.7 billion dollars importing cereals this year, double the amount they paid two years ago for the same amounts and a 57% increase from 2007.'
 Quote from US [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Military or Market-Driven Empire Building: 1950-2008</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/military-or-market-driven-empire-building-1950-2008/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/military-or-market-driven-empire-building-1950-2008/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	One predominantly based on military conquests, involving direct invasions, proxy invading armies and subsidized separatist military forces; and the other predominantly based on large-scale, long-term economic penetration via a combination of investments, loans, credits and [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Reverend Jeremiah Wright: Religious Freedom Versus State Religion, Ethics, Politics and Strategy</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/reverend-jeremiah-wright-religious-freedom-versus-state-religion-ethics-politics-and-strategy/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/reverend-jeremiah-wright-religious-freedom-versus-state-religion-ethics-politics-and-strategy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Introduction
	  For Reverend Wright was not merely commenting' on an ethical omission of our day but raising fundamental principles about the behavior of states, the role of individual conscience in the face of crimes [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Venezuela :  Democracy, Socialism and Imperialism</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/venezuela-democracy-socialism-and-imperialism/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/venezuela-democracy-socialism-and-imperialism/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Venezuela plays the major role in sharply reducing the price of oil for the poorest countries in the Caribbean region and Central America , thus substantially aiding them in their balance of payments, without attaching [...]]]></description>

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