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James Petras

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Also known as James F. Petras

American sociologist

Person · Open Library

Born
1937
Works
179

Top works

  • Politics and social forces in Chilean development [by] James Petras
  • Extractive Imperialism in the Americas
  • Encuentro con James Petras sobre "Los trabajadores temporeros"
  • The United States and Canada
  • La conspiración yanquí para derrocar a Allende

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1992-08-27
clubdancedance-popedmelectronicelectronica

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Listeners
1
Total plays
2

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Quotes

  • The inefficiency of the state is directly related to its subordination to private interests.
  • Most dictatorships have been anti-statist and pro-free market, today and in the past and probably in the future.
  • In fact, the industrial workers and in particular their trade unions have been the least active and least militant component of the anti-imperialist movements…
  • Anti-imperialist movements are no longer middle class dominated nationalist movements, they are class-based because imperialism is embedded in everyday work and household survival.
  • Proclaiming 19th Century ‘liberalism’, British opium addicted over 50 million Chinese in less than a decade.
  • Competition over shrinking resources intensifies conflict over shares of a shrinking pie.

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Wikidata facts

Official website
petras.lahaine.org
Image
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date of birth
1937-01-17
date of death
2026-01-17
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