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	<title>The Official James Petras website</title>
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	<description>United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis</description>
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		<title>Venezuela's Oil Refinery Blaze: Seven Good Reasons to Suspect Sabotage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	You can't exclude any hypothesis  It's practically impossible that here in an [oil] installation like this which is fully automated everywhere and that has thousands of responsible workers night and day, civilian and military, [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Notes on Globalization and Class Struggle: Latin America, Europe and Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Latin America
	1. Globalization was in large part a product of neo-liberalism harnessing information technology and the ascendancy of financial capital. Neo-liberalism's two foundations are de-regulation of capital and privatization of public enterprises.
	2. Neo-liberal policies and [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Class Struggle in Present Day Globalized Capitalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/class-struggle-in-present-day-globalized-capitalism/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Numerous books and professional articles have been written about class'  inequalities, culture, internal differentiation (gender, ethnicity etc.). Labor specialists have discussed strikes, protests and collective bargaining.
	 Few if any writers have attempted to elaborate [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Two Faces of a Police State: Sheltering Tax Evaders, Financial Swindlers and Money Launderers while Policing the Citizens</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-two-faces-of-a-police-state-sheltering-tax-evaders-financial-swindlers-and-money-launderers-while-policing-the-citizens/</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The rotten heart of finance
The Economist
	There is a degree of cynicism and greed which is really quite shocking
Lord Turner Bank of England, Financial Service Authority
	Introduction
	Never in the history of the United States have we witnessed [...]]]></description>

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