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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
" SYNOPSIS : These extraordinary times --unprecedented in modern history-- are marked by a worldwide depression and regional wars involving all the major imperial powers. This book exposes the roots of the crisis in the unsustainability of the United States' military-driven empire building based on a volatile speculative economy, and influenced by Zionist policy makers committed to the colonialist...
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Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
By James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer. Axis of Logic , Nov 19, 2009 Editor’s Note: All those interested in the political, economic and social directions being taken by the people and governments of Latin American states will do well to invest time in reading this treatise by James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer. Those who think they understand the future of the left on the...
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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer "An analysis of the dynamics of capitalist development over the last two decades has been overshadowed by an all too prevalent “globalization” discourse. It appears that much of the Left has bought into this discourse, tacitly accepting globalization as an irresistible fact and that in many ways it is progressive, needing only for the...
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FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
By Prof. James Petras and Prof. Henry Veltmeyer October 17, 2009 Courtesy Of Global Research Introduction The unimpeded growth of Euro-American capitalism following the collapse of Soviet and European communism, the conversion of China and Indochina to state capitalism, and the rise of US backed, free market military dictatorships in Latin America give new impetus to Western empire building,...
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FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
“Global Imbalances” versus Internal Inequalities Causes, consequences and appropriate economic policies By Prof. James Petras October 15, 2009 Courtesy Of Global Research Introduction The deep and ongoing crises of leading capitalist countries, especially the United States , has provoked a debate over the causes, consequences and appropriate policies to remedy it. The debate...
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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer 10.16.2009 "..... Conclusion Our historical survey demonstrates that single factors such as implantation of neo-liberal changes and deepening globalization in and of themselves do not lead to the growth of massive, radical social movements : witness the period of 1980 – 1990. Nor do low commodity prices a weak social safety net and declining...
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Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
“Global Imbalances” versus Internal Inequalities: Understanding the World Economy By sudhan By James Petras, Axis of Logic , Oct 14, 2009 The deep and ongoing crises of leading capitalist countries, especially the United States, has provoked a debate over the causes, consequences and appropriate policies to remedy it. The debate has revealed a deep division over the causes...
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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
The deep and ongoing crises of leading capitalist countries, especially the United States, has provoked a debate over the causes, consequences and appropriate policies to remedy it. By James Petras "The debate has revealed a deep division over the causes and remedies, with Anglo-Franco American (AFA) politicians, columnists and economists on one side and their Asian-German (AG) counterparts...
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Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
By James Petras(October 13, Washington Sri Lanka Guardian) The electoral victory of center left regimes in at least three Latin American countries, and the search for a new ideological identity to justify their rule, led ideologues and the incumbent presidents to embrace the notion that they represent a new 21st century version of socialism (21cs). Prominent writers, academics and regime...
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FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
... May 17 article titled 'Obama's Animal Farm: Bigger, Bloodier Wars Equal Peace and Justice" , James Petras called him a ‘notorious psychopath’ in describing him this way: “ ‘His rise through the ranks was ‘marked by his central role in directing special operations teams engaged in extrajudicial assassinations, systematic torture, bombing of civilian...
