James Petras — Imperial Power Centers: Divisions, Indecisions and Civil War

One of the most important outcomes of the Trump Presidency are the revelations describing the complex competing forces and relations engaged in retaining and expanding US global power (‘the empire’). The commonplace reference to ‘the empire’ fails to specify the interface and conflict among institutions engaged in projecting different aspects of US political power.

In this essay, we will outline the current divisions of power, interests and direction of the competing configurations of influence.

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Imperial Power Centers: Divisions, Indecisions and Civil War
James Petras | Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York and adjunct professor at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Jason Ditz — CIA Chief Warns of WikiLeaks Plotting to “Take Down America Any Way They Can”

The CIA Director conflates the US Deep State and ruling elite with America.

Message for Mike Pompeo: Americans are fed up with endless war. This is all about "taking our country back."

The US Deep State, including the military and military-industrial complex, realize that the US can only present a credible threat in bullying its "adversaries" (read all that refusal to be the American elites' bitch) if the American people are behind more war. This requires the construction and control of a consensus reality by controlling the narrative. Wikileaks is a threat to that.

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CIA Chief Warns of WikiLeaks Plotting to “Take Down America Any Way They Can”

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The witch-hunt and smear campaign continue.

"Smears against the Green Party for participating in elections are nothing new, but raising the smears to the level of McCarthyism is a recent wrinkle," said Scott McLarty, media director for the Green Party, in an interview with The Hill.

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