The Soaring Profits of the Military – Industrial Complex And the Soaring Costs of Military Casualties
United States :: 06.21.2014Introduction: There are two major beneficiaries of the two major wars launched by the US government: one domestic and one foreign. The three major domestic arms manufacturers, Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOG) and Raytheon (RTN) have delivered record-shattering returns to their investors, CEOs and investment banks during the past decade and a half.
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New Essays
Greece: The Dilemmas of Democratic Socialism
Analysis :: 06.17.2014Introduction: Greece is experiencing a triple crisis which has a profound impact on the economy, society and political system. The economy has experienced a deep, prolonged depression lasting six years and continuing.
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An Open Letter to the Graduates of West Point: Refuting President Obama’s Lies, Omissions and Distortions
United States :: 06.07.2014Introduction: On May 2014 President Obama delivered the commencement address to the graduates of United States Military Academy at West Point. Beyond the easy banter and eulogy to past and present war heroes, Obama outlined a vision of past military successes and present policies, based on a profoundly misleading diagnosis of the current global position of the United States.
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Brazil: Workers Struggle Trumps Sports Spectacle
Latin America :: 06.03.2014Introduction: For decades social critics have bemoaned the influence of sports and entertainment spectacles in ‘distracting’ workers from struggling for their class interests. According to these analysts, ‘class consciousness’ was replaced by ‘mass’ consciousness.
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The Rise of the European Right: Reaction to the Neoliberal Right
Analysis :: 05.30.2014Introduction: The European parliamentary elections witnessed a major breakthrough for the right-wing parties throughout the region. The rise of the Right runs from the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom, the Baltic and Low countries, France, Central and Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean.
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Capitalists, Technocrats and Fanatics: The Ascent of a New Power Bloc
Analysis :: 05.21.2014Introduction: The sweeping electoral victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India is the latest expression of the world-wide advance of a new power bloc which promises to impose a New World Order harnessing ethno-religious fanaticism and narrowly trained technocrats to capitalist absolutism.
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New book: Flashpoint in Ukraine
Stephen Lendman :: Analysis :: 05.19.2014How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks World War III.
edited by Stephen Lendman.
James Petras is one of the contributors
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The Kiev Putsch: Rebel Workers Take Power in the East
Analysis :: 05.07.2014Introduction: Not since the US and EU took over Eastern Europe, including the Baltic countries, East Germany, Poland and the Balkans and converted them into military outposts of NATO and economic vassals, have the Western powers moved so aggressively to seize a strategic country, such as the Ukraine, posing an existential threat to Russia.
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