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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>Rightwing Radicalization, Militarization and the Boomerang Effect</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/rightwing-radicalization-militarization-and-the-boomerang-effect/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/rightwing-radicalization-militarization-and-the-boomerang-effect/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The rightwing has launched increasingly reckless military interventions via-invasions, proxy wars and massive weapon build-ups on the frontiers of Russia, China and Iran, while engaging in military provocations.
	In this essay we will outline the scope [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Radical Reconfiguration of Southern European Politics: The Rise of the Non Leftist Left</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-radical-reconfiguration-of-southern-european-politics-the-rise-of-the-non-leftist-left/</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2015 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-radical-reconfiguration-of-southern-european-politics-the-rise-of-the-non-leftist-left/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	New political movements, purportedly on the left, no longer are based on class conscious workers nor are they embedded in the class struggle. Likewise on the right, greater attention is paid to escalating the repressive [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Syriza: Plunder, Pillage and Prostration. (How the Hard Left' embraces the policies of the Hard Right)</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/syriza-plunder-pillage-and-prostration-how-the-hard-left-embraces-the-policies-of-the-hard-right/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/syriza-plunder-pillage-and-prostration-how-the-hard-left-embraces-the-policies-of-the-hard-right/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Early on, the Syriza leadership, headed by Alexis Tsipras, adopted several strategic positions with fatal consequences - in terms of implementing their electoral promises to raise living standards, end vassalage to the Troika' and pursue [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Pillage and Class Polarization: The Rise of Criminal Capitalism</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/pillage-and-class-polarization-the-rise-of-criminal-capitalism/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/pillage-and-class-polarization-the-rise-of-criminal-capitalism/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	With the longest work day, US workers score lower on the living well' scale than most western European workers. Moreover, despite those long workdays US employees receive the shortest paid holidays or vacation time (one [...]]]></description>

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