:: Analysis
Julian Assange and the Agenda for Global War
04.15.2019Introduction: For almost a decade Washington has sought to silence, jail and eliminate the world’s most prominent investigative journalist, Julian Assange (JA) and his team of co-workers at Wilkileaks (WL).
New book: “Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change”
James Petras & Henry Veltmeyer :: 04.15.2019Unfortunately for the Left and the popular sector organizations that had pinned their hopes on these regimes, the opportunity to change the course of national development in a popular or populist direction was missed
New Zealand Mosque Massacre: White Supremacy and Western Wars
03.19.2019The mass murder and wounding of 97 Muslim worshipers in Christchurch, New Zealand (NZ) which took place on Friday, March 15, 2019, has profound political, ideological and psychological roots.
Walls or Roads
01.12.2019History is told by Walls and Roads which have marked significant turning points in the relation between peoples and states.
President Trump’s Losing Strategy: Embracing Brazil And Confronting China
01.08.2019Introduction: The US embraces a regime doomed to failure and threatens the world’s most dynamic economy. President Trump has lauded Brazil’s newly elected President Jair Bolsonaro and promises to promote close economic, political, social and cultural ties. In contrast the Trump regime is committed to dismantling China’s growth model, imposing harsh and pervasive sanctions, and promoting the division and fragmentation of greater China.
A World of Multiple Detonators of Global Wars
12.12.2018We face a world of multiple wars some leading to direct global power conflagrations and others that begin as regional conflicts but quickly spread to big power confrontations.
Cultural Imperialism: Linguistic Perversion and Obfuscation of Empire Building
11.12.2018Introduction: In the contemporary world, western imperialist propagandists, particularly journalists and editors of the mass media, have resorted to perverting everyday concepts
and the language of politics.
and the language of politics.
Trump’s Alliance with Body-Choppers, Death Squads and Child Killers: Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Israel
10.16.2018Introduction: In recent weeks the White House has embraced the contemporary version of the world’s most murderous regimes. President Trump has embraced the Saudi Arabian “Prince of Death” Mohammad bin Salman who has graduated from chopping hands and heads in public plazas to dismembering bodies in overseas consulates – the case of Jamal Khashoggi.
The Lies of our (Financial) Times
10.04.2018The leading financial publications have misled their political and investor subscribers of emerging crises and military defeats which have precipitated catastrophic political and economic losses.
The most egregious example is the Financial Times (FT) a publication which is widely read by the business and financial elite.
The most egregious example is the Financial Times (FT) a publication which is widely read by the business and financial elite.
Washington’s War on Canada’s Health Plan
09.01.2018Introduction: Republicans and Democrats are befuddled by President Trump’s attacks on Canada and Prime Minister Trudeau; his repudiation of NAFTA; the bilateral agreement with Mexico; tariffs, trade quotas and threats of trade constraints of billions more to come.
Empire Spymongering and Elite Conspiracy Practioners
08.26.2018Introduction: The mass media and political leaders of the US have resorted to denouncing competitors and adversaries as spies engaged in criminal theft of vital political, economic and military know-how.
Imperialism and its Accomplices: The Question of Dictatorship And Democracy at Home and Abroad
08.25.2018One of the most striking world historic advances of western imperialism (in the US and the European Union) is the demise, disappearance and dissolution of large scale long-term anti-imperialist and anti-interventionist movements (AIM).
Imperialists’ Fear and Loathing. . . of being Colonized
07.31.2018For decades and longer, the United States and Europe lectured and encouraged countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia to welcome and accept foreign investment as the virtuous path to modernization, growth and prosperity.
Immigration: Western Wars and Imperial Exploitation Uproot Millions
06.26.2018“Immigration” has become the dominant issue dividing Europe and the US, yet the most important matter which is driving millions to emigrate is overlooked is wars. In this paper we will discuss the reasons behind the massification of immigration, focusing on several issues
Appeasement as Global Policy
06.07.2018The world is riven with class conflicts in Latin America, political conflicts between the Anglo-Americans and Russians, and economic conflicts between Washington against Europe and Asia. The conflicts have called into question the capacity of ruling elites to promote growth, to secure international stability and to foster global as co-operation.
Reasons Trump Breaks Nuclear-Sanction Agreement with Iran Declares Trade War with China and Meets with North Korea
05.13.2018For some time, critics of President Trump’s policies have attributed them to a mental disorder; uncontrolled manic-depression, narcissus bullying and other pathologies. The question of Trump’s mental health raises a deeper question: why does his pathologies take a specific political direction?
De-Briefing Academics: Unpaid Intelligence Informants
05.03.2018Over the past half-century, I have been engaged in research, lectured and worked with social movements and leftist governments in Latin America. I interviewed US officials and think tanks in Washington and New York. I have written scores of books, hundreds of professional articles and presented numerous papers at professional meetings.
Why the UK, the EU and the US Gang-Up on Russia
03.20.2018Introduction: For the greater part of a decade the US, the UK and the EU have been carrying out a campaign to undermine and overthrow the Russia government and in particular to oust President Putin. Fundamental issues are at stake including the real possibility of a nuclear war.
Blackouts and Flashpoints in 2018
01.26.2018The prophets and forecasters for the coming year have already set out their global vision ranging from rising economies to catastrophic global wars.
China and the US: Comparing Leadership Selection
11.11.2017The US selection of leaders has virtually nothing to do with democratic processes and outcomes. It is useful to contrast this with the process in China. In most instances, China’s selection of leaders is far more meritocratic, successful and performance-based.
China and the US: Rational Planning and ‘Lumpen’ Capitalism
11.03.2017US journalists and commentators, politicians and Sinologists spend considerable time and space speculating on the personality of China’s President Xi Jinping and his appointments to the leading bodies of the Chinese government, as if these were the most important aspects of the entire 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (October 18-24, 2017)
Independence and Self-Determination: Weapons for Empire Building or National Liberation?
10.19.2017Since World War II most of the world’s conflicts have revolved around struggles for independence against Western and Japanese colonial/imperial regimes. Following formal independence, a new type of imperial domination was imposed – neo-colonial regimes, in which the US and its European allies imposed vassal rulers acting as proxies for economic exploitation.