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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>Elections:  Absenteeism, Boycotts and the Class Struggle</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/elections-absenteeism-boycotts-and-the-class/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/elections-absenteeism-boycotts-and-the-class/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Across the world, majorities and pluralistic, of citizens of voting age, refuse to even register (unless obligated by law); refuse to turn out to vote, (abstain); or vote against all the candidates (boycott).
	Read essay [PDF]

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		<title>Latin America in Search of an Alternative</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-in-search-of-an/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/latin-america-in-search-of-an/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The financial media present the ‘right’s’ socially regressive policies and strategies as ‘reforms’, a euphemism for the re-concentration of wealth, profits and property into the hands of foreign and domestic oligarchs.
Leftwing intellectuals and journalists paint [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The United States and Iran:  Two Tracks to Establish Hegemony</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-united-states-and-iran-two/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2017 10:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Middle East</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-united-states-and-iran-two/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	1) US Imperialism is the force of global domination
	2) US imperial policy in the Middle East focuses on encircling, destroying and dismantling Iran’s allies (Syria, Lebanon (Hezbollah), Iraq (Shi’a Militia), Qatar and Yemen with the [...]]]></description>

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		<title>New book: &#8220;The Class Struggle in Latin America. Making History Today&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/new-book-the-class-struggle-in/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 21:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/new-book-the-class-struggle-in/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This innovative book offers a unique perspective on the evolving dynamics of class struggle, engaging both the destructive forces of capitalist development and those seeking to consolidate the system and preserve the status quo, alongside [...]]]></description>

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