:: United States
US Presidential elections: a view from the left
10.22.2004The most significant aspect of the US Presidential elections is the dramatic shift of the entire political spectrum to the Right.
Treason in high places: Pentagon zionists, AIPAC and Israel
08.31.2004The FBI investigation into Israeli espionage agents in the Pentagon is part of a major struggle between prominent Zionists in the Pentagon and the US security apparatus.
US-Iraq-Israel-zionist connection
James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya :: 06.25.2004Why did the US go to war against Iraq in March 2003 with further plans to attack Syria, Iran and probably Lebanon? None of the reasons thus far given provide a shred of evidence.
US elections: Their future and ours
03.04.2004Aristotle defined an oligarchy as a polity in which the few elect the rulers to govern over the many. That formula fits exactly the description of US primaries and general elections.
Bush’s State of the Empire speech
01.02.2004Bush\’s \”State of the Nation\” speech was not in praise of \”America\” as he claimed - it was about fascism at home and imperialism abroad.
The last jew in Kabul goes to a Brooklyn court
09.10.2003Jacob ben Levi made the front page of the New York Times twice, not bad for a lazy son of a long and distinguished family of rug-merchants who upheld their religious practices since time immemorial.
The Great Defecation debate
08.29.2003In the midst of the nationwide uproar over President Tush\’s fabrication of the threat of weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq, a fiery debate broke out in scientific and journalistic circles over what has come to be known as the \”The Great Defecation Controversy\”.
Who fabricated the Iraq war threat: An inside view
08.10.2003There is growing debate and criticism in the US Congress and media of the Bush Administration\’s fabricated evidence of Iraq\’s possession of weapons of mass destruction.
Empire building and rule: U.S. and Latin America
06.25.2003Except for some intellectual dinosaurs, many writers, journalists and academics have re-introduced the concept of imperialism into their analysis of the structure of world power. The earlier discussions focusing on hegemony have proven inadequate in explaining the US empire builders new emphasis on military coercion, invasion and occupation and rule by force.
U.S.’s ratings of Latin American regimes
06.02.2003What emerges from interviews and conversations with Wall Street investors and risk managers and trade and commerce officials in Washington, as well as from a close reading of World Bank and IMF reports, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the financial pages of the New York Times in the first 6 months of this year (2003) is that there is a hierarchy of favorites and enemies among Latin American governments.
Where has Al Queda disappeared? Where has the “terrorist conspiracy” gone?
04.06.2003US soldiers scrawl graffiti on the missiles and bombs \”Remember 9/11\” - as they send them on their way to incinerate Iraqi children, some of whom were not even born at the time.
Genocide and Everyday Life in the USA
03.12.2003The Pentagon announced that it had tested the biggest non-nuclear bomb in history., 9.5 tons in weight, in preparation for its use in Iraq.
Empire and labor: U.S. and Latin America
02.10.2003Different kinds of empire-building have different impacts on the labor force, class politics and anti-imperialist movements. A corollary to this is that the diverse structures of labor and their socio-political expression have significantly different impacts on the process of empire building.
A degenerating empire
11.27.2002The degeneration of Empires from Roman times to the present involves two interelated processes:
ALCA: Viewed from the U.S.
10.23.2002In conversations and interviews with US businessmen and bankers on Wall Street, financial editors and government officials in Washington as well as from a reading of business journals and public documents it is clear that there is near unanimous and enthusiastic support for ALCA.
The Bush Doctrine: Unrestrained empire building
09.28.2002The Bush Doctrine set out in his \”U.S. National Security Strategy\” speech ( September 20, 2002 ) promotes a \”single sustainable model for success\” - the United States through unlimited, unilateral, offensive ( \”pre-emptive\” ) wars.
How the empire works: The second track
09.10.2002In the past year U.S. empire building has largely focused on military conquest, threats of regional wars and a massive enlargement of clandestine military and intelligence operations.
Nine Eleven: One year of empire building
08.18.2002In the year since 9/11 the Bush Administration has been engaged in a massive, second effort to impose a New World Order which Bush\’s father attempted in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War a decade earlier.
Paradoxes of injustice: war and crises
07.07.2002The collapse of major energy and telecommunication multinationals, Enron, World Com, Adelphi and others has prejudiced numerous pensioners and small investors.
The triple crises in the U.S.
06.30.2002The concept \’crises\’ has been overused and abused by writers on the left - especially with regard to the capitalist economy. One result is that when a real crises emerges - it is not taken seriously.
International conspiracy revisited: 9/11 five months later
02.14.2002Since 9/11 many world historic events have transpired. On October 7th the U.S. declared war on Afghanistan resulting in a massacre of thousands of Afghan civilians and soldiers and the displacement of millions of others.
Intellectuals and the war: From retreat to surrender
12.18.2001Opposition by Western leftist intellectuals to Washington\’s devastating war in Afghanistan has virtually collapsed.