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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>All-Out War in Ukraine: NATO&#8217;s &#8216;Final Offensive&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/all-out-war-in-ukraine-natos-final-offensive/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/all-out-war-in-ukraine-natos-final-offensive/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The war over Ukraine will essentially run along the lines of a full-scale military offensive against the southeast Donbas region, targeting the breakaway ethnic Ukraine- Russian Peoples Republic of Donetsk and Lugansk, with the intention [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Multiplication of Western Walls</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-and-the-multiplication-of-western-walls/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-and-the-multiplication-of-western-walls/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The entire Western media and officialdom echoed Merkel's rhetoric, as 300,000 Germans gathered at the Brandenburg Gate hailed their leader as she spoke of one people, one nation and one state in freedom, peace and [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Con-man Cornered: Obama and the Democratic Debacle of 2014</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-con-man-cornered-obama-and-the-democratic-debacle-of-2014/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-con-man-cornered-obama-and-the-democratic-debacle-of-2014/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	To women, he promised to protect and expand their social rights and end the gender gap in wages and salaries. To human rights and civil liberties activists, he promised to end police state surveillance and [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Russia's Vulnerability to EU  US Sanctions and Military Encroachments</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/russias-vulnerability-to-eu-us-sanctions-and-military-encroachments/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2014 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/russias-vulnerability-to-eu-us-sanctions-and-military-encroachments/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The current effort to increase Russia's national security and economic viability in the face of these challenges requires a critical analysis of the policies and structures emerging in the post-Soviet era.
	Pillage as Privatization
	Over the past [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Peace Talks in Havana and Murder in Colombia:  The Santos Regime's Dual Strategy</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/peace-talks-in-havana-and-murder-in-colombia-the-santos-regimes-dual-strategy/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 09:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/peace-talks-in-havana-and-murder-in-colombia-the-santos-regimes-dual-strategy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The first and most egregious is that Colombia is a democracy.  The second is that the Santos regime pursues policies which enhance non-violent social and political activity conducive to integrating the armed insurgency into [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Empire or Republic: Imperial Wars and Domestic Epidemics. You Can't Have Wars and Public Health</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/empire-or-republic-imperial-wars-and-domestic-epidemics-you-cant-have-wars-and-public-health/</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/empire-or-republic-imperial-wars-and-domestic-epidemics-you-cant-have-wars-and-public-health/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	All in all the US spent $3.5 trillion for military invasions over 6 years.
	At the same time, the US domestic public health services have deteriorated. At the state and local level, like Dallas, Texas and [...]]]></description>

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