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James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of 64 books published in 29 languages, and over 560 articles in professional journals, including the American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Social Research, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Journal of Peasant Studies. He has published over 2000 articles.
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President Chavez: A 21st Century Renaissance Man
Chavez’ rejection of the Bush-Obama doctrine of using ‘state terror to fight terror’, his affirmation that the roots of violence are social injustice, economic pillage and political oppression and his belief that resolving these
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An Argument in Defense of Haredi Jews and Against Secular Zionist Militarism
It is one of the great ironies of history that the world’s modern secular anti-imperialist movements should find their most consequential allies among Israel’s most traditional and deeply religious movement
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Israeli Terror: The “Final Solution” to the Palestine Question
Genocide at the Service of Greater Israel,
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Elite Intrigues: It’s Not About Sex, Stupid! — James Petras
Nothing could be more far-fetched simply on prima facie evidence
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London: Parasites’ Paradise (Or the Best Criminal Sanctuary Money Can Buy)
Crime Wave Sweeps City of London
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The Summer of Muslim Discontent
Islamophobia is not simply an attitude of a minority of marginal extremists, it is part and parcel of policies engaging in large scale on-going wars against a dozen Muslim nations, in policing millions of
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Iran’s Strategic Diplomatic Victory over the Washington-Israeli Axis: Its Larger Political Consequences
Both in terms of form and content the NAM meeting highlighted the superiority of Iran ’s diplomacy over and against Washington ’s bellicose posturing and improvised diversionary tactics
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James Petras : The Two Faces of a Police State
Sheltering Tax Evaders and Money Launderers while Policing the Citizens
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The Great Transformation: From the Welfare State to the Imperial Police State
The conversion of a welfare state to a police state is the result of militarized imperialism abroad and the ascendancy of finance capital at home, as well as the proliferation of security state agencies
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The Western Welfare State: Its Rise and Demise and the Soviet Bloc
The ‘Great Reversal’ appears to be a long-term, large-scale process centered in the dominant capitalist countries of Western Europe and North America and in the former Communist states of Eastern Europe. It behooves us
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When the Respectable Become ExtremistsThe Extremists Become Respectable: Colombia and the Mainstream Media
By any historical measure, whether it involves international law, human rights conventions, United Nations protocols, or standard socio-economic indicators, the policies and practices of the United States and European Union regimes can be characterized
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US-Israel War on Iran: The Myth of Limited Warfare
Washington and Tel Aviv believe that their planned assault on Iran will be a “limited war”, targeting limited objectives and lasting a few days or weeks – with no serious consequences
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The Massacre of the Afghan 17 and the Obama Cover-Up
When the extreme measures have run their course there will be nothing to fall back on and nothing can save the president of a collapsing empire from the revolt of its citizens and soldiers.
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Israel’s Willing Executioners: AIPAC Invades Washington
Decline results when a nation is betrayed by craven leaders, who crawl and humiliate themselves before a minority of thuggish mediocrities pledged to a foreign state without scruples or moral integrity
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The Bloody Road to Damascus: The Triple Alliance’s War on a Sovereign State
by James Petras Introduction There is clear and overwhelming evidence that the uprising to overthrow President Assad of Syria is a violent, power grab led by foreign-supported fighters who have killed and wounded thousands
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