I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision, by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published August 29, 2013 January 12, 2023 The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington—in which Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famed “I Have a Dream” speech—has recently won renewed attention from various print and electronic media in the United States. But the more attention given […]

Michael Parenti: Does Capitalism Work?

with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Previously posted Oct. 12, 2010 December 28, 2022 buddhagem on August 07, 2007 The myth that capitalism works conveniently ignores reality. In this video, political scientist and activist Michael Parenti debunks this popular myth.

Michael Parenti: How To Think About Class

with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally posted Jan. 31, 2019 September 17, 2022 “But you can’t do that with Class. By definition, you can’t say we’ll have a society where the rich capitalists and workers are equal together.” — Michael Parenti

Michael Parenti: Globalization, the New Imperialism

with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad May 23, 2022 “You can’t have rich corporate conglomerates unless you have wage and salary workers who will work a whole lifetime and at the end of that lifetime not know any kind of economic security of any sort, own nothing but maybe a mortgage on the house or […]

Michael Parenti: When you had the Crisis of Capitalism, Fascism is an Attempt at a Final Solution to the Class Struggle

with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Previously posted October 5, 2018 July 20, 2021 Our Hidden History on Oct 11, 2017 Michael Parenti interviewed by Dave Emory on the synergies between fascism and capitalism. [Interview in 1993]

A Terrible Normality by Michael Parenti (2013)

by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published Jan. 25, 2013 January 29, 2021 Through much of history the abnormal has been the norm. This is a paradox to which we should attend. Aberrations, so plentiful as to form a terrible normality of their own, descend upon us with frightful consistency.

85 Billionaires and the Better Half by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published February 18, 2014 October 8, 2020 The world’s 85 richest individuals possess as much wealth as the 3.5 billion souls who compose the poorer half of the world’s population, or so it was announced in a report by Oxfam International. The assertion sounds implausible to me. I […]

A Long Time For Killing by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published, Sept. 22, 2015 June 1, 2020 Today, across the nation, we witness homicidal violence delivered against unarmed people by law enforcement officers. These beatings and killings are carried out with something close to impunity. The cops almost always get away with murder. Moreover, these crimes are nothing […]

Michael Parenti: Marxists vs Liberals on Capitalism (video no longer available)

with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally posted Sept. 25, 2018 April 15, 2020 The Peace Report on Sep 17, 2018 A liberal complaint versus a Marxist analysis of capitalism is beautifully and passionately explained by Professor Michael Parenti.

Michael Parenti: Welfare for the Wealthy

with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally posted Nov. 27, 2011 “And they launch military spending programs that have transformed the United States into a permanent war economy. Rather than a laissez-faire government that does little, we have a corporate state that plays an increasingly active role in sustaining the process of capital accumulation for […]

I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published August 29, 2013 January 17, 2020 The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington—in which Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famed “I Have a Dream” speech—has recently won renewed attention from various print and electronic media in the United States. But the more attention given […]

Fascism: A False Revolution by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published Sept. 27, 2007 August 18, 2019 Fascism is a false revolution. It makes a revolutionary appeal without making an actual revolution. It propagates the widely proclaimed New Order while serving the same old moneyed interests.

Michael Parenti: Capitalism vs. Reality (2015) + Michael Parenti on Bernie Sanders

with Michael Parenti Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published November 20, 2017 February 28, 2019 “Capitalism has given us neither democracy nor prosperity.” — Michael Parenti

Will Griffin: Michael Parenti’s The Face of Imperialism

With Will Griffin Writer, Dandelion Salad The Peace Report January 14, 2019 Many content creators on YouTube produce collaborative content. Finally, I’m producing my first collaborative piece. For the past 2 weeks I’ve worked with the YouTuber Radical Reviewer (RR) who reviews leftist literature. I find his YouTube channel very important. If you can’t read […]