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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>Victory for Venezuela's Socialists in Crucial Elections  November 2008</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/victory-for-venezuelas-socialists-in-crucial-elections-november-2008/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/victory-for-venezuelas-socialists-in-crucial-elections-november-2008/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	PSUV candidates defeated incumbent opposition governors in three states (Guaro, Sucre, Aragua) and lost two states (Miranda and Tachira).  The opposition retained the governorship in a tourist center (Nueva Esparta) and won in Tachira, [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Western Progressive Opinion: Bring on the Victims!  Condemn the Fighters!</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/western-progressive-opinion-bring-on-the-victims-condemn-the-fighters/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/western-progressive-opinion-bring-on-the-victims-condemn-the-fighters/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Clinton Administration was freely re-elected in 1996 after deliberately imposing a starvation embargo on Iraq and mounting a relentless, unopposed bombing campaign on that devastated country for four straight years, leading to the documented [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Larger Meaning of the Venezuelan Elections of November 23, 2008</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-larger-meaning-of-the-venezuelan-elections-of-november-23-2008/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-larger-meaning-of-the-venezuelan-elections-of-november-23-2008/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Introduction
	  A great deal has changed for the better since my first teaching invitation at the Central University over 40 years ago:  The Chavez government has build hundreds of medical and educational facilities [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Mass Media and Mass Politics: Conservative, Liberal and Marxist Perspectives</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/mass-media-and-mass-politics-conservative-liberal-and-marxist-perspectives/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/mass-media-and-mass-politics-conservative-liberal-and-marxist-perspectives/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Introduction
	Debates and studies on the MM have focused on its political bias, ownership and links to big business, relationships and ties to the state, relative openness and diversity, promotion of wars and corporate interests among [...]]]></description>

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