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James Petras

Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. His latest published work is The Arab Revolt and the Imperialist Counter Attack, (Clarity Press, March 2011).

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The Assassination of Greece
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 21 February 2015
James Petras was Director of the Center for Mediterranean Studies in Athens (1981-1984) and adviser to Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou (1981-84). Here he analyzes the Greek crisis and its issues within the European Union.
Russia’s Vulnerability to EU – US Sanctions and Military Encroachments
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 10 November 2014
The restoration of Russian power engineered by Vladimir Putin is compromised by the economic war waged against him by the United States and the European Union. Western aggression, observes Professor James Petras, will compel Russia to either eliminate the oligarchs on whom it has relied so far (…)
Brazil: Workers Struggle Trumps Sports Spectacle
by James Petras
3 June 2014
The escalating protests in Brazil are symptomatic of the wealth disparities between the ruling class and the masses. More than just food baskets, Brazilian people demand social justice and are up in arms over their government’s lavishly wasteful spending on the 2014 football World Cup.
Israel Buys the US Congress: Sabotaging the US-Iran Peace Negotiations
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 2 November 2013
The question of war or peace with Iran rests with the policies adopted by the White House and the US Congress. The peace overtures by newly elected Iranian President Rohani have resonated favorably around the world, except with Israel and its Zionist acolytes in North America and Europe.
US- Venezuela Relations: A Case Study of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 22 October 2013
US relations with Venezuela illustrate the specific mechanisms through which an imperial power seeks to sustain client states and overthrow independent nationalist governments. By examining US strategic goals and its tactical measures, we can set forth several propositions about (1) the nature (…)
Obama at the UN General Assembly
Five Years a Zionist Lackey, Fifteen Minutes an American President
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 11 October 2013
Obama’s 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 (…)
How the Boston Bombings May Change the World for the Worse!
by James Petras
4 May 2013
The 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.
The FBI, at first, claimed no knowledge of the bombing suspects but later was (…)
President Chavez: A 21st Century Renaissance Man
by James Petras
15 March 2013
Faced with a violent world of imperial counter-revolution, and resolved to stand with the oppressed of the world, Hugo Chavez enters world history as a complete political leader, with the stature of the most humane and multi-faceted leader of our epoch: the Renaissance figure for the 21st (…)
US Elections
From the “Lesser to the Greater Evil”. The Demise of Critical Liberalism
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 5 November 2012
The U.S. election spectacle is a play of shadows. The policies of Barack Obama did not mark a departure from those of his predecessor; they were simply fine-tuned to render them more effective. Be it domestically or at the international level, they reflect a seamless continuity, although (…)
Venezuelan Elections: a Choice and Not an Echo
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 9 October 2012
As a sociologist, Professor James Petras analyzes the electorates of Hugo Chavez and Henrique Capriles. Written before the election, this article anticipated an easy victory for the incumbent president, which has in the meantime come to pass. Petras also identifies the Achilles heel of the (…)
Political repercussions
Iran’s strategic diplomatic victory over Washington-Israeli Axis
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 10 September 2012
Iran chaired, hosted and led the recently rejuvenated Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Tehran, attended by delegates from 120 countries, including 31 heads of state and 29 foreign secretaries of state. Even the United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, notorious mouthpiece of (…)
Venezuela’s Oil Refinery Blaze: Seven Good Reasons to Suspect Sabotage
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 1 September 2012
One of the deadliest industrial accidents in the history of Venezuela’s oil industry took place as the country is gearing up for the 7 October 2012 presidential elections, with President Hugo Chávez leading his rival by a 20 percent margin. While Chávez has ordered an investigation into the (…)
Greece: What Can be Done?
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 17 June 2012
In the midst of a fear-mongering campaign, the Greek people are voting today in a re-run election that could allegedly decide whether their country remains in the euro zone or heads for the exit. James Petras considers that the crisis engulfing Greece should be seized as an opportunity to put (…)
When the respectable become extremists, the extremists become respectable
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 27 May 2012
As the Obama regime and its European allies openly endorse extremism, including state terror, targeted assassinations and indiscriminate bombings by rogue groups under their command, the mainstream media have followed suit. Taking the example of Colombia, Honduras and Syria, James Petras argues (…)
The Massacre of the Afghan 17 and the Obama Cover-Up
by James Petras
New York (USA)  | 27 March 2012
The latest massacre of innocent Afghan civilians and Obama’s personal involvement in the convoluted cover-up reveal the widening cracks in his global war doctrine of which ’Special Forces’ have become the mainstay. With the approaching retreat of US troops and the rising tide of assertive (…)

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