Michael Parenti: Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid’s Life

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Michael Parenti Blog
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June 17, 2013

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June 10, 2013

Interview with award-winning progressive political analyst and author Michael Parenti about his new memoir, “Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid’s Life.” Interviewed June 10 by Jane Bouey.

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Eating Horses in Paris by Michael Parenti

How do you like your horse?

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by Michael Parenti
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February 28, 2013

In 1951, only five years after World War II ended, I managed to make my way to Paris where I landed a job as a courier diplomatique (messenger boy) for the United Nations Sixth General Assembly. Despite the years of war and deprivation, Paris still was a special place with its history, its cafes, galleries, bridges, ornate edifices, and narrow winding cobblestone streets, some seemingly as old as the city itself.

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Michael Parenti: Making the World Safe for the Fortune 500, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

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February 3, 2013

War is Money (Encourage people to consider how our socio-economic-cultural system incentivizes and rewards aggressions and other harmful behaviors/activities.)

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Michael Parenti Blog
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February 3, 2013

This week’s Soapbox features Michael Parenti.

Michael is an internationally known award-winning author and lecturer. He is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts. His highly informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad.

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Michael Parenti on Media, Class, Politics, Drones, Occupy

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Jan. 17, 2013

We Are The Many, Occupy Oakland Move In Day (27 of 31)

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David Pakman Show·Jan 16, 2013

Michael Parenti, noted political scholar and author of The Face of Imperialism joins David to discuss the changing role of media in the political landscape, the lenses of the two party system, race, culture, and class, on media reporting, and more. Continue reading

Michael Parenti: They Start Out By Demonizing Their Leader

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December 8, 2012

“The Empire feeds off the republic.” — Michael Parenti

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December 8, 2012

Michael Parenti is an internationally known award-winning author and lecturer. He is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts. His highly informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad.

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Michael Parenti: The Destruction and Colonization of Yugoslavia

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October 30, 2012

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Destruction and Colonization of Yugoslavia event, 09-15-2012 Parenti’s introductory comments.

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Michael Parenti: The 1% Pathology and the Myth of Capitalism

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Michael Parenti Blog
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October 24, 2012

It's Capitalism.

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“A man who steals a goose from the commons is punished, while a man who steals the commons itself is rewarded.” -unknown-

Michael Parenti has authored many books such as:

God and His Demons; The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People’s History of Ancient Rome; The Face of Imperialism; Dirty Truths; Blackshirts & REDS; Super Patriotism.

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Michael Parenti, Savvina Chowdhury, Sarah Regan: State of the Struggle

Occupy Wall Street S15

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October 24, 2012

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Michael Parenti, Savvina Chowdhury, Sarah Regan panel: “State of the Struggle” – at the Peoples’ Movement Assembly in Olympia WA, Oct. 20, 2012. Continue reading

Empire, Republic and The Neocons w/Michael Parenti, Tariq Ali and Peter Dale Scott (2008)

Yankee go home

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July 20, 2012

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Dr. Agha Saeed speaks with authors Michael Parenti, Tariq Ali, and Peter Dale Scott on neocons and the future of the American Empire.

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Michael Parenti: Privatization by Bombing, interviewed by Carl Boggs

War of The Worlds

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July 13, 2012

Noted political scientist Michael Parenti was recently interviewed by another noted political scientist, Carl Boggs. The interview originally appeared in the academic journal New Political Science, June 2012. It is presented here in its entirety.

Carl Boggs (CB): Your scholarly work has won extraordinary acclaim, both nationally and internationally, over a period of several decades. Continue reading

Michael Parenti: Lesser of Two Evils?

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June 25, 2012

#Occupywallstreet: October 6, 2011 [Day 20]

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Brian Stetten and Ruthann Amarteifio, looking for Democracy!

Michael Parenti, http://www.michaelparenti.org, author of 23 books, is our guest.  He’ll be talking against the Empire, along with other current topics.

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Michael Parenti: Capitalism and Empire

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May 4, 2012

Anti-cuts March

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by Diane G
Wild Wild Left Radio
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May 4, 2012

Tonight I have the honor of speaking to another of our generations brightest and best, the genius of Michael Parenti.

A true visionary, Parenti has been working tirelessly for decades to break the paradigm of political orthodoxy and bring us to a clearer vision of the realities we face under Capitalism and Empire.

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via Wild Wild Left Radio 151 Michael Parenti Interview 05/04 by Diane G | Blog Talk Radio
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Michael Parenti: Occupy Empire!

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Mar. 31, 2012

on Mar 31, 2012

Ohlone College

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Free Market Health Care: True Stories by Michael Parenti

by Michael Parenti
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2 March 2012

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I recently wrote an article about my personal experiences in dealing with the medical system while undergoing surgery (“Free Market Medicine: A Personal Account“). In response, a number of readers sent me accounts of their own experiences trying to get well in America.

Health care in this country is hailed by conservative boosters as “the best medical system in the world.” It certainly is the most expensive, most profitable, and most complicated system in the world, leaving millions of Americans in shock. Continue reading

Free-Market Medicine – A Personal Account by Michael Parenti

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January 27, 2012

CAPITALISM ISN'T WORKING

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When I recently went to Alta Bates hospital for surgery, I discovered that legal procedures take precedence over medical ones. I had to sign intimidating statements about financial counseling, indemnity, patient responsibilities, consent to treatment, use of electronic technologies, and the like.

One of these documents committed me to the following: “The hospital pathologist is hereby authorized to use his/her discretion in disposing of any member, organ, or other tissue removed from my person during the procedure.” Any member? Any organ?

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