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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  Anti-Trump Institutional Coup and the Visible Operatives</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-anti-trump-institutional-coup-and/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-anti-trump-institutional-coup-and/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The most  recent coups are led by institutional forces which ouster  the elected President through the intervention of congressional, judicial , security forces, (including the intelligence apparatus) and the mass media.
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		<title>Portrait of an Assassin:  Obama’s Revenge</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/portrait-of-an-assassin-obamas-revenge/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Middle East</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/portrait-of-an-assassin-obamas-revenge/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Obama proceeded to organize Turkey, the EU, Saudi Arabia, Israel and vassal regimes in the Baltic and Balkan countries to dispatch arms,  Special Forces and finances to terrorists mercenaries invading Syria, in order to [...]]]></description>

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		<title>False Prophets and False News:  Time for New Beginnings</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/false-prophets-and-false-news-time/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/false-prophets-and-false-news-time/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	These so-called &#8216;up-to-date&#8217; reports of major world events undergo repeated revisions in hours, days or weeks as the story is being &#8216;played out&#8217;.  What might start out as a &#8217;scoop&#8217; for the upwardly mobile [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Coup against Trump and His Military - Wall Street Defense</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-coup-against-trump-and-his/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-coup-against-trump-and-his/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The coup involves important US elites, who openly intervene on many levels from the street to the current President, from sectors of the intelligence community, billionaire financiers out to the more marginal &#8216;leftist&#8217; shills of [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Broken Promises: The Structural Legacy of Capitalist Democracies</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/broken-promises-the-structural-legacy-of/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>United States</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/broken-promises-the-structural-legacy-of/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This essay begins with the campaign promises of the outgoing President Barack Obama and the President-Elect Donald Trump. We will then examine the reasons why rhetorical populist, peaceful and democratic promises always accompany campaigns and [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Chosen Leaders, Proven Failures and Political Debacles</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/chosen-leaders-proven-failures-and-political/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/chosen-leaders-proven-failures-and-political/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	A collection of terms and pseudo concepts are essential in validating what is really an oligarchical process.  These concepts are tagged onto whoever is chosen by the elite for electoral candidates or for the [...]]]></description>

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