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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 Soaring Profits of the Military  Industrial Complex And the Soaring Costs of Military Casualties</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-soaring-profits-of-the-military-industrial-complex-and-the-soaring-costs-of-military-casualties/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-soaring-profits-of-the-military-industrial-complex-and-the-soaring-costs-of-military-casualties/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Israeli regime is the overwhelming foreign beneficiary of the war, expanding its territory through its dispossession of Palestinians and positioning itself as the regional hegemon. Israel benefited from the US invasion which destroyed Iraq, [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Greece: The Dilemmas of Democratic Socialism</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/greece-the-dilemmas-of-democratic-socialism/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/greece-the-dilemmas-of-democratic-socialism/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Workers and employees have suffered a 40% loss in income and a commensurate decline in medical, pension, educational and welfare benefits. The political system has witnessed a precipitous decline in electoral support for previously dominant [...]]]></description>

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		<title>An Open Letter to the Graduates of West Point: Refuting President Obama's Lies, Omissions and Distortions</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/an-open-letter-to-the-graduates-of-west-point-refuting-president-obamas-lies-omissions-and-distortions/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2014 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/an-open-letter-to-the-graduates-of-west-point-refuting-president-obamas-lies-omissions-and-distortions/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The most striking aspect of his presentation is the systematic falsification of the results of past wars and current military interventions. The speech is notable for the systematic omissions of the millions of civilian deaths [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Brazil: Workers Struggle Trumps Sports Spectacle</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/brazil-workers-struggle-trumps-sports-spectacle/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/brazil-workers-struggle-trumps-sports-spectacle/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	They argued that atomized individuals, manipulated by the mass media, were converted into passive consumers who identified with millionaire sports heroes, soap opera protagonists and film celebrities.
	 The culmination of this mystification'  mass distraction [...]]]></description>

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