US Elections: From the “Lesser to the Greater Evil”and the Demise of Critical Liberalism
James Petras Introduction There is ample evidence that the Obama Presidency has pulled the US political spectrum further to the Right. On most domestic and foreign policy issues Obama has embraced extremist positions surpassing his Republican… more »
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Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists and the Disappearing Middle Class
James Petras The US government (White House and Congress) spends $10 billion dollars a month, or $120 billion a year, to fight an estimated “50 -75 ‘Al Qaeda types’ in Afghanistan”, according to the CIA and quoted in the Financial Times of London (6/25… more »
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