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Jim Miles is a Canadian educator and analyst who examines the world through a syncretic lens. His analysis of international and domestic geopolitical ideas and actions incorporates a lifetime of interest in current events, a desire to preserve and conserve our natural environment and stop the commodification of the environment. He has been active as a critical writer in opposition to the US empire and its militarization of most aspects of domestic and international affairs. Miles' work has been published globally and has appeared on a variety of websites including Palestine Chronicle, Axis of Logic, Countercurrents, and Global Research. He has appeared on RT News and The Tyee concerning events in Palestine/Israel.
SHARE Sunday, November 1, 2009 In the Jaws of the Dragon - Book Review
The U.S. economy is increasingly embroiled with the Asian economies in a manner that maintains weaknesses in the U.S. economy as a whole.
SHARE Friday, October 23, 2009 A Choice of Enemies - Book Review
A good compilation of modern Middle East history from 1979 forward - if the first and last chapters can be ignored.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 11, 2009 Premature Peace
A peace prize given to a man who talks well, but acts within the norm of U.S. foreign policy.
SHARE Thursday, September 10, 2009 Palestinian Rejection - Book Review
An excellent summary work on the committees, documents, and rulings from the Balfour Declaration through to the UN partition plan.
SHARE Thursday, September 3, 2009 Syria and Iran - Book Review
A well written academic work that highlights the interactions of Iran and Syria.
SHARE Tuesday, July 28, 2009 The Inheritance - Book Review
An interesting account of Bush era current events, but not with any significance for the future.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 14, 2009 After America - Book Review
A well structured and informative look at some possible futures for the no longer dominant U.S. empire.
SHARE Monday, June 15, 2009 In Mortal Hands - Book Review
There is nothing green or safe about the nuclear industry as its history is all about making weapons of mass destruction.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 4, 2009 The Devil We Know - Book Review
The 'devil we know' proves to be a rational, pragmatic, and flexible player in Baer's analysis of the situation with Iran.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 21, 2009 The Hebrew Republic - Book Review
An interesting philosophical read concerning the changes necessary to create a Hebrew, secular, Jewish state - highly improbable with the turn of current events.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 10, 2009 Food shortages and science
An argument about global "failing states" fails to accurately make its case about civilization.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Terror and Torture - Commentary
Terror and torture cannot be separated. The U.S. conceals its own culpability under self righteous denial.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Predator State - Book Review
James Galbraith effectively deconstructs the free market myths and provides basic solutions to the Predator State.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 4, 2009 State of the nations III - Environment/Solutions
The previous two articles looked at the economy and military as integrated items. The environments, now subordinate in the main media, is still a part of it all.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 3, 2009 State of the Nations II: War on terror
The second part of the essay examines the basis and rationales for the war on terror in context with the economy.
SHARE Thursday, April 2, 2009 State of the nations - Part I - The Economy
This three part series discussses the over-all theme of the requirements of our consumer economy needing a "military fist" to support it, both destroying teh environment while doing their work.