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	<title>The Official James Petras website</title>
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	<description>United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Brazil: Workers Struggle Trumps Sports Spectacle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
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		<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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