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Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
It might set one to wonder whether US-led sanctions against Russia really has Russia as the target? After all, a weakened EU and Japan will only mean a stronger US dollar. James Petras does the cost/benefit analysis.
The Obama Administration actively pressured Europe to impose harsh sanctions on Russia in order ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2014
A new troika of big business, technocrats and fanatics has formed in capitalism's latest war against the 99 per cent. The world has changed for the better only for the tiny 1 per cent. By James Petras.
The sweeping electoral victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India is the ...
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
Revelations about the long-term global, intrusive spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and other allied intelligence groups have provoked widespread protests and indignation and threatened ties between erstwhile imperial allies. By James Petras.
Allied regimes have uniformly condemned NSA (US National Security Agency) espionage as a violation of trust ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
For almost four decades, broker Bernard ("Bernie") Madoff built a reputation as a highly respected Wall Streeter and a pro-Israel philanthropist. All the time he was swindling his clients and "levelling" the difference between the haves and have nots. Professor James Petras explains.
"We never thought he would do this to ...
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