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Obamas Advancing Empire: Putsch, Pillage and Duplicity
03.08.2014 :: United StatesIntroduction: The Obama regime, in coordination with its allies and proxies, has re-launched a virulent world-wide campaign to destroy independent governments, encircle and ultimately, undermine global competitors, and establish a new US EU centered world order.
Recommended book: The New Extractivism
Zed Books :: 02.28.2014 :: Analysis“The New Extractivism. A Post-Neoliberal Development Model or Imperialism of the Twenty-First Century?” Henry Veltmeyer and James Petras. Zed Books.
The Most Radical Conservative Regime: Bolivia under Evo Morales
12.30.2013 :: Latin AmericaIntroduction: Significant changes in Latin America have mystified writers, journalists, academics and policy-makers who purport to comment on developments in Latin America. The case of Bolivia and two term President Evo Morales (2006 2014) is illustrative of the utter confusion in political labelling.
Preface to “O Canto da Sereia”
11.20.2013 :: Latin AmericaThis book O Canto da Sereia is a major contribution to the clarification of several important political and scholarly issues. In the first instance the essays critically analyze the new ideological, political and social instruments utilized by ruling classes to undermine the class struggle.
Fifteen Minutes an American President
10.11.2013 :: United StatesIntroduction: Obamas rhetorical exercise in peace talk at the United Nations General Assembly impressed few delegations and even fewer Americans: Far more eloquent are his five years of wars, military interventions, cyber-spying, drone murders, military coups and the merciless prosecution of patriotic truth tellers.
US- Venezuela Relations: A Case Study of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism
10.05.2013 :: United States - Latin AmericaIntroduction: US relations with Venezuela illustrate the specific mechanisms with which an imperial power seeks to sustain client states and overthrow independent nationalist governments.
The Obama Regimes Military Metaphysics Rejects Diplomatic Opportunities
08.23.2013 :: United StatesIntroduction: Political and economic changes in recent years have opened possibilities for the end of international and national conflicts. Regime changes, pragmatic leaders and the promise of serious negotiations in the Middle East, North Africa, Russia, Southwest Asia, China and elsewhere provided the Obama regime an opportunity to end long standing and costly wars, to access new markets and resources and to reduce domestic deficits and external trade imbalances.
Latin America: Class Struggle and Resistance in the Age of Extractive Capitalism
08.06.2013 :: Latin AmericaIntroduction: Class struggle is central in framing the issues of political rule, the relations of classes, the economic structures and strategies and the distribution of wealth.
Prologue To “Dos Pueblos a los que amar, un Mundo por el que luchar”
06.07.2013 :: Latin AmericaIn Solidarity with the Internationalists
Boston and Venezuela: Terrorism There and Here
05.01.2013 :: United States - Latin AmericaIntroduction: Two major terrorists attacks took place almost simultaneously: in Boston, two Chechen terrorists set off bombs during the annual Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring 170; in Venezuela, terrorist-supporters of defeated presidential candidate, Henrique Capriles, assassinated 8 and injured 70 supporters of victorious Socialist Party candidate Nicolas Maduro, in the course of firebombing 8 health clinics and several Party offices and homes.
How the Boston Bombings May Change the World for the Worse!
04.30.2013 :: United StatesThe relation between the suspected Boston Marathon bombers and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and the Boston Police (BP) is a point of contention and controversy.
Ecuador: Left-Center Political Regimes versus Radical Social Movements
02.11.2013 :: Latin AmericaIntroduction: On February 17, 2013, national elections will take place in Ecuador in which incumbent left-center President, Rafael Correa, is likely to win with an absolute majority against opposition candidates covering the political spectrum from Right to Left.
Notes on Globalization and Class Struggle: Latin America, Europe and Asia
08.19.2012 :: AnalysisIntroduction: The principle axis of the class struggle are found in Latin America, Europe and Asia, each following its own trajectory.
Class Struggle in Present Day Globalized Capitalism
James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer :: 08.17.2012 :: AnalysisIntroduction: An examination of the social science scholarship over the past 60 years reveals few, if any, publications discussing the class struggle in anything but theoretical expositions.
Imperialism and Violence in Colombia
06.04.2012 :: Latin America Invited paper to be presented at the national conference on Multinationals, Violence, Trade Union Freedom and Democracy in Colombia organized by the SINALTRAINAL International Trade Union on its 30th anniversary, July 26, 2012 at Autonomous University of Colombia in Bogota, Colombia.
Extractive Capitalism and the Divisions in the Latin American Progressive Camp
05.02.2012 :: Latin AmericaIntroduction: The leading agro-mineral exporting countries, including those engaged with the worlds leading mining and energy multi-national corporations(MNC) are also those characterized as having the most independent and progressive foreign policies. Apparently the primacy of extractive capitalism and commodity-export based economies are no longer correlated with neo-colonial regimes.
The Rise and Demise of Extractive Capitalism
James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer :: 04.07.2012 :: AnalysisGeneral Propositions: Reprimarization of economy (Rep E) involves a shift from diversified import substitution industrialization to increased dependence on agro-mineral export.
Columbias Quest for Peace and Justice: The International and National Context
02.21.2012 :: Latin AmericaIntroduction: Between April 21-23, thousands of activists from most of the major urban and rural social movements and trade unions, human rights groups and indigenous , afro-colombian movements will meet to unify forces and launch, what promises to be the most significant new political movement in recent history.
Latin America: Growth, Stability and Inequalities: Lessons for the US and EU
09.30.2011 :: Latin AmericaIntroduction: Images of the Past The image of Latin America portrayed by the mass media and held by the educated public is a region of frequent coups, periodical revolutions, perpetual military dictatorships, alternating boom and bust economies and an ever-present International Monetary Fund (IMF) dictating economic policy.
Colombia: Pillage, Promise and Peace
08.04.2011 :: Latin AmericaInvited paper to be presented to the Encuentro Nacional de comunidades Campesinas, Afrodescendientes e Indigenas por la Tierra y la Paz de Colombia: El dialogo es la Ruta, 12 al 15 de agosto 2011, Barrancabermeja Colombia
Chavezs Right Turn: State Realism versus International Solidarity
06.13.2011 :: Latin AmericaIntroduction: The radical Bolivarian Socialist government of Hugo Chavez has arrested a number of Colombian guerrilla leaders and a radical journalist with Swedish citizenship and handed them over to the right-wing regime of President Juan Manuel Santos, earning the Colombian governments praise and gratitude.
Networks of Empire and Realignments of World Power
01.02.2011 :: United StatesImperial states build networks which link economic, military and political activities into a coherent mutually reinforcing system. This task is largely performed by the various institutions of the imperial state.