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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>Empire Building, the Debt Ceiling the Budget Deficit and the Samson Solution</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/empire-building-the-debt-ceiling-the-budget-deficit-and-the-samson-solution/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	There is a related crisis: the government cannot secure passage of a budget to finance its military and civilian agencies and activities, including large-scale payments to military contractors, the financing of business, agriculture and banking [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Fifteen Minutes an American President</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/fifteen-minutes-an-american-president/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	If his peace message' fell flat, the explicit affirmations of imperial prerogatives, threats of military interventions and over two dozen (25) references to Israel as a strategic ally', confirmed the suspicions and fears that Obama [...]]]></description>

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		<title>US- Venezuela Relations: A Case Study of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/us-venezuela-relations-a-case-study-of-imperialism-and-anti-imperialism/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
	<category>Latin America</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	By examining US strategic goals and its tactical measures, we can set forth several propositions about (1) the nature and instruments of imperial politics, (2) the shifting context and contingencies influencing the successes and failures [...]]]></description>

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