Archive for the ‘james petras’ Category

SANCTIONS DEEPEN THE RECESSION: OBAMA DESTABLIZES EUROPE’S ECONOMY

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 ...

THE ASCENT OF A NEW POWER BLOC: CAPITALISTS, TECHNOCRATS AND FANATICS

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 ...

THE LOGIC BEHIND MASS SPYING: EMPIRE AND CYBER IMPERIALISM

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 ...

BERNARD MADOFF: WALL STREET SWINDLER STRIKES POWERFUL BLOWS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

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 ...