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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>
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		<title>Imperialism and the Anti-Imperialism of the Fools</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/imperialism-and-the-anti-imperialism-of-the-fools/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/imperialism-and-the-anti-imperialism-of-the-fools/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	In the modern capitalist era, the ideologies of imperialist rulers vary over time, from the early appeals to the right to wealth, power, colonies and grandeur to later claims of a civilizing mission'. More recently [...]]]></description>

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		<title>A Doomsday View of 2012</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-doomsday-view-of-2012/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-doomsday-view-of-2012/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	There are powerful reasons to believe that beginning in 2012, we are heading toward a steeper decline than what was experienced during the Great Recession of 2008  2009. With fewer resources, greater debt and [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Washington  Moderate Islam Alliance: Containing Rebellion Defending Empire</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-washington-moderate-islam-alliance-containing-rebellion-defending-empire/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Middle East</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-washington-moderate-islam-alliance-containing-rebellion-defending-empire/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This essay analyzes the changing contemporary context of imperial domination, especially the demise of longstanding client regimes. It then examines the previous significant ties between western imperial powers and Islamist movements and regimes and the [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Obama Raises the Military Stakes: Confrontation on the Frontiers of China and Russia</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/obama-raises-the-military-stakes-confrontation-on-the-frontiers-of-china-and-russia/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/obama-raises-the-military-stakes-confrontation-on-the-frontiers-of-china-and-russia/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	After going from defeat to defeat on the periphery of world power and not satisfied with running treasury-busting deficits in pursuit of empire building against economically weak countries, Obama has embraced a policy of encirclement [...]]]></description>

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