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James Petras, a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York, USA, is a self-described "revolutionary and anti-imperialist" activist and writer. He has worked with the Brazilian landless workers’ movement and the unemployed workers’ movement in Argentina. He is currently a member of the editorial collective of Canadian Dimension.

He is the author of 62 books published in 29 languages, and over 560 articles in professional journals, including the American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Social Research, and Journal of Peasant Studies. He has published over 2000 articles in nonprofessional journals such as the New York Times, the Guardian, the Nation, Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy, New Left Review, Partisan Review, TempsModerne, Le Monde Diplomatique, and his commentary is widely carried on the internet. His publishers have included Random House, John Wiley, Westview, Routledge, Macmillan, Verso, Zed Books and Pluto Books. He is winner of the Career of Distinguished Service Award from the American Sociological Association's Marxist Sociology Section, the Robert Kenny Award for Best Book, 2002, and the Best Dissertation, Western Political Science Association in 1968.

  • The Power of Israel in the United States. (Paperback) (2006) ISBN: 0932863515
  • Social Movements and State Power: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, with Henry Veltmeyer (2005)
  • Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century, with Henry Veltmeyer (2001)
  • The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America, with Henry Veltmeyer (2000)
  • Empire or Republic: Global Power or Domestic Decay in the US, with Morris Morley (1995),
  • Latin America in the Time of Cholera: Electoral Politics, Market Economics, and Permanent Crisis, with Morris Morley (1992)
He has a long history of commitment to social justice, working in particular with the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement for 11 years. In 1973-76 he was a member of the Bertrand Russell Tribunal on Repression in Latin America. He writes a monthly column for the Mexican newspaper, Le Jornada, and previously, for the Spanish daily, El Mundo. He received his B.A. from Boston University and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.

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DateTitleHitsRating
08/17/2008 21:40:07Colombia, Laboratory of Witches: Democracy and State Terrorism321 / 0
08/17/2008 10:51:01The New York Times: Making Nuclear Extermination Respectable163 / 0
08/06/2008 14:11:05Inflation and the Spectre of World Revolution425 / 0
07/21/2008 10:32:46Fidel Castro and the FARC384 / 0
07/09/2008 02:23:25President Chavez and the FARC: State and Revolution398 / 0
06/12/2008 23:58:48Separatism and Empire Building in the 21st Century431 / 0
06/07/2008 20:51:44President Sarkozy’s One Man Show: A Very Limited Run559 / 0
06/05/2008 10:24:01Homage to Manuel Marulanda517 / 0
12/25/2007 14:02:02American Jews on War and Peace: What Do the Polls Tell Us and Not Tell Us?621 / 0
12/16/2007 23:47:02Open letter to President Sarkozy: On the humanitarian exchange of political prisoners in Colombia and the United States797 / 0
12/16/2007 23:43:50Open letter to President Sarkozy: On the humanitarian exchange of political prisoners in Colombia and the United States409 / 0
12/16/2007 23:39:41Open letter to President Sarkozy: On the humanitarian exchange of political prisoners in Colombia and the United States403 / 0
12/07/2007 10:00:24Diagnosing the Chavez Referendum Defeat1011 / 0
11/30/2007 07:51:19Venezuela's D-Day - The December 2, 2007 Constituent Referendum - Democratic Socialism or Imperial Counter-Revolution960 / 0
11/18/2007 20:44:03Venezuela: Between ballots and bullets773 / 0
09/11/2007 23:44:23China: Is High Growth - High Risk Liberalization the Only Alternative?980 / 0
09/07/2007 12:56:17Ecuador on the Cusp987 / 0
09/04/2007 08:07:57Turkey and Latin America: Reaction and Revolution880 / 0
08/27/2007 06:54:40Who's Got a Turd in His Briefcase?1610 / 0
05/18/2007 13:50:08The Pro-Israel Lobby and US Middle East Policy2195 / 0
03/25/2007 09:36:47Philippines: Death Squad Democracy - The Arrest of Congressman Satur Ocampo1460 / 0
03/20/2007 15:49:15Global Ruling Class: Billionaires and How They 'Made It'2687 / 0
03/05/2007 15:10:45 Bush Versus Chavez: El Pueblo y Chavez contra los Presidentes Cipayos y el Emperador1803 / 0
02/18/2007 16:02:07The Imperial System: Hierarchy, Networks and Clients - The Case of Somalia2263 / 0
01/21/2007 11:07:19The Ghosts of the Past: Repented Leftists Revisited1531 / 0
01/12/2007 06:43:19Who Rules America?2567 / 0
12/25/2006 01:01:35Why Condemning Israel and the Zionist Lobby is so Important2607 / 0
12/18/2006 10:16:13US and Latin America: Overview for 2006 and Perspectives for 2007 - James Petras2071 / 0
12/04/2006 05:43:36The US and the Middle East: A “Grand Settlement” Versus the Jewish Lobby2477 / 0
11/20/2006 02:49:21An Open Letter to the People and Government of the US - James Petras2105 / 0
11/01/2006 09:05:05US-Latin American Relations: Ruptures, Reaction and the Times of the Past2573 / 0
10/31/2006 13:33:04Texas Versus Tel Aviv: US Policy in the Middle East2381 / 0

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