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Michael Parenti
IDEOLOGY AND CONSPIRACY
From: Understanding Deep Politics Conference, Santa Cruz, CA. - May
14/16 2010
In
this entertaining talk, rich with historic references, Parenti
describes the right-wing agenda of dismantling social democracy while
calling anybody who describes this as a purposeful strategy a
conspiracy theorist. He shows that this strategy began right after
World War II but culminates now as powerful segment of right wing media
and the GOP have moved so far to the right that they have overshot
their popular base. Meanwhile democrats, including Obama, unable or
unwilling to formulate the social democratic alternative, still talk of
bipartisan approaches.
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Michael Parenti
VOTING IN THE USA
How the Vote was Won and Lost
If the
right to vote is taken as a measure of a vibrant democracy, the United
States came off to a bad start. Dr. Michael Parenti says that the most
interesting list from the period of 1787 is the rather long one of
people who were not allowed to vote - and he names all of them. Also,
in Part TWO, the many ways in which votes have been stolen during the
Bush administration.
This archival recording is
a primer on the history of voting and the day to day efforts to make
democracy come alive that shows Parenti at his best as historian and
engaged political thinker.
Parenti is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts.
After receiving his Ph.D. in political science from Yale Parenti has
taught at colleges and universities, in the United States and abroad.
Parenti risked and ended his academic career when he openly opposed the
war on Vietnam. He is a prolific author and an engaging speaker.
He serves on the board of judges for Project Censored and is the author
of 22 books, among them: Democracy for the Few, Superpatriotism,
History as Mystery, and - most recently - God and His Demons. Recorded by Contra Costa TV at the
Pleasant Hill Library in Contra Costa, California 1-24-07.
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Michael Parenti
Political Liberties and Economic Democracy
From the
University of Hartford Series: CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE 21st CENTURY
In his November 2009 lecture
at the
University of Hartford Dr. Michael Parenti answers intriguing questions
about democracy. Is US democracy a result of capitalism as some claim -
or does it exist - such as it is - in spite of the current economic
system. AND did the founding fathers even envision a democratic system
- and why were so many of them opposed to democracy.
Parenti is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts.
This is part one of his one hour lecture. He was introduced by the
President of the University of Hartford, Walter Harrison. After
receiving his Ph.D. in political science from Yale Parenti has
taught at colleges and universities, in the United States and abroad.
Parenti grew up in a conservative, catholic, working class Italian
community in New York city. He is a prolific author and an engaging
speaker. He serves on the board of judges for Project Censored and is
the author of 22 books, among them: Democracy for the Few,
Superpatriotism, History as Mystery, and - most recently - God and His
Demons.
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Michael
Parenti
GOD AND HIS DEMONS
This is Dr. Michael Parenti's first talk on
his most recent book: God
and His Demons. The 2010 book covers the many evils committed in the
name of godly virtue throughout history, and the threat posed by
fundamentalists and theocratic reactionaries.
Parenti is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts.
He is a prolific author and an engaging speaker. Parenti grew up in a
conservative, catholic, working class Italian community in New York
city. After receiving his Ph.D. in political science from Yale he has
taught at colleges and universities, in the United States and abroad.
He risked and ended his academic career when he openly opposed the war
on Vietnam. He serves on the board of judges for Project Censored and
is the author
of 22 books, among them: Democracy for the Few, Contrary Notions,
Superpatriotism, History as Mystery, and Dirty Truths.
Recorded at the Unitarian Universalists Hall in Berkeley, CA, on April
27, 2010.
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Michael Parenti:
CAPITALISM'S
APOCALYPSE
Why the rich can't save anybody - not even themselves
Parenti predicted the financial crisis and said that giant corporate
capitalism - by it's very nature - is an apocalyptic system. When
unregulated the built in elements of ever increased growth may well
bring the whole system down. And he described the growing national debt
not as a tragic mistake but as a means to shift ever more money from
the tax payers to the financial institutions in the form of interest
payments. This speech is an analysis of the many structural flaws of a
capitalist system that puts it on a permanent collision course with
democracy. Recorded on August 23, 2008 at the closing reception for
Maria
Gilardin's art show.
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Michael Parenti:
Contrary Notions
City Light books in San
Francisco's North Beach was filled to capacity
for the book party of Michael Parenti's most recent work: Contrary
Notions. This is a rich selection from the writings of a life time on
history, empire, wealth, class power, ideology and much more. Parenti
goes where few political analysts dare to go and - with acerbic wit
- makes transparent how he arrives at his conclusions. This
excerpt of his 45 minute talk addresses taboo subjects such as the
murder of the town of New Orleans and 9/11.
This is a highly professional
recording by Brightpath Video of Parenti
in an intimate book store
setting on January 22, 2008.
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Michael Parenti:
DIVERSITY
AND ORTHODOXY IN THE NEWS MEDIA
This August
28, 2008 analysis of the media is Parenti's most up-to-date
contribution. He gave the keynote speech for the Modern Media
Censorship lectures by Project Censored. Each year Project Censored <http://www.projectcensored.org/>
gives
awards
for the most censored news stories of the year. Parenti lists important
criteria by which to judge media bias, ranging from ownership to
labeling, false objectivity and sensationalism, omission, outright lies
and the denial of causality with the famous theory of "stuff happens".
Michael Parenti has written and lectured on the mainstream media for
decades. His key book on the topic is "Inventing Reality - The politics
of the News Media."
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Michael Parenti:
CONSPIRACY &
CLASS POWER
One of Parenti's most influential archival speeches
This is an in-depth analysis of the modern state
and the exercise of power behind the scenes. The speech is also an
important historic document. Given in 1993 it issues a warning of the
use of deception to justify going to war. The speech also explains the
expansion of the deregulated free market that would lead to a financial
crisis as we see it today.
The speech on Conspiracy and Class Power was lost for several years and
only recently discovered in the collection of a listener in
Seattle.
Michael Parenti spoke before an overflow audience in Berkeley, CA.
Michael Parenti is an internationally known author and lecturer. He
received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale in 1962 and is one of
the nation's leading progressive political thinkers. His highly
informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range
of audiences in North America and abroad.
His books include Democracy for the Few, Superpatriotism, The
Assassination of Julius Caesar, History as Mystery, and Contrary
Notions.
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Michael Parenti:
STOP the Pesticide
Spray of the Bay Area
Parenti weighs in on the Apple Moth eradication
What do Homeland Security and FEMA have to do with the California
Department of Food and
Agriculture's plans to spray the San Francisco Bay Area with
pesticides? Is this more dangerous to us and our rights than to the
light brown apple moth? Parenti says that 50 other states have plans
for similar eradication programs - so this is NOT
a local issue.
UPDATE:
After this program was recorded the California Department of Food and
Agriculture announced on June 19 that they would suspend the spraying
of urban areas. They still plan to spray forested areas and use ground
spraying of the controversial pesticide. Parenti says:" This is a
tactical retreat to preserve the whole notion of the pesticide war
against any bug and weed that they declared an invasive public enemy.
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THESE TWO PROGRAMS WERE CONSIDERED LOST
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Michael Parenti:
The JFK Assassination
and the Gangster Nature of the State
When Oliver Stone’s movie JFK opened in December
1991 a huge PR campaign was mobilized against the film. Even
progressives spoke out. Noam Chomsky wrote in support of the Warren
Commission's findings – in contrast Michael Parenti gave one of his
highly acclaimed talks criticizing the lone assassin theory. The bitter
questions that haunted defenders and critics alike was whether
government agencies of a democratic country would do such a thing as
assassinate an elected President.
In this talk Michael Parenti turns to that question first – he
examines, in part one, what he calls “the gangster nature of the
state.” In part two he goes over details of the assassination and
critiques The Nation, The Progressive, Chomsky and Cockburn. He spoke
in Berkeley, CA, on the 30th anniversary of the JFK assassination.
This is one of many "standing ovations" talks by Parenti. The master
for this program was lost and this appears to be the only copy of the
original recording.
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Michael Parenti:
Theocracy VS.
Democracy - The Political Uses of Religion
The
full program is 29 minutes long (no Part Two)
Michael Parenti says that democracy can't survive under religious rule
– whatever that religion may be. Parenti's warning in this archival
recording is as timely and urgently expressed as it was when this
speech was first given during
the second term of the Reagan administration. This talk is also very
funny. Parenti explains how God may be considered as a "founding
father" and why Woody Allen calls him an underachiever. It is easy to
extend this timeless analysis to the present circumstances.
With roots in a working class Italian district of New York and a Ph.D.
in political science from Yale Michael Parenti has become an
internationally known writer and lecturer. He is the author of twenty
books.
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Michael
Parenti:
REAL HISTORY
A four part (2 hours) lecture series on audio CD or tape
This is possibly the most popular of all archival speeches
Part
one/four
THE
MYTH OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS
As the United States government claims to spread democracy around the
world and is deeply involved in ghost writing constitutions for other
countries, the spotlight falls back on this country. Is the current US
system a democracy, - has it ever been one?
In The Myth of the Founding Fathers Michael Parenti takes us back
to the early days of the republic. Who were the founding fathers, what
were their goals in writing the US constitution? Who did they exclude
and who did they favor? What was their attitude towards slavery? How
many of them actually wanted to create a monarchy? And who – in the
end – ratified the constitution after it was written?
Part
two/four
THE
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR AND THE RISE OF US IMPERIALISM
US foreign policy of our time is clearly interventionist. From the
1950s to today, from Korea, Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan and
countless smaller wars in between the country has moved away from the
sentiment once expressed by George Washington: “Beware of foreign
entanglements“
When did all this begin? Michael Parenti uses the
history of the Spanish American War to answer several very intriguing
questions. Who first expressed the desire to annex the island of Cuba –
and when? The early African American emancipation movement inside the
US was critical of US plans to attack Cuba. Why, their leaders asked,
was the US government concerned about Spanish repression
of the rights of Cubans while the repression of African Americans
within
the US was ignored. Some said the Negro needs freedom just as much
as the Cubans. Why did the US attack the Philippines when it was Cuba
that they wanted to take over? Why did the US give verbal support to
the Cuban liberation movements against Spain while selling weapons
to Spain to fight the poplar movement?
The Spanish American War was an important turning
point in the transition of the US to an imperial power and many
of the forces at work are eerily contemporary.
Part
three/four
THE
FUNCTIONS OF FASCISM
Parenti says that fascism is a new order and consciousness that served
the same old power structure and promised to solve the ills of the many
while protecting the interests of the few. He answers in detail who
financed the Fascist parties and what services the fascists rendered in
return. Many of the measures enacted by fascists were frighteningly
similar to those enacted today: They include the privatization of state
owned enterprises, reduction of corporate taxes and inheritance taxes,
defeat of unions, and the
suspension of civil liberties.
Part four/four
THE
REAL CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II
Who inside Germany was resisting the rise of Hitler and why were they
not supported by Britain and France? Why did the Western Allies allow
Hitler to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia? Why did Britain and
France refuse to enter an anti fascist alliance with the Soviet Union?
Why did Britain and France do nothing while Hitler conquered Denmark
and Norway even though they had finally
already declared war against Germany in 1939. The West, says Parenti,
saw Hitler as a bulwark against communism and the Soviet Union and
were hoping that the two countries would bleed each other white.
Michael Parenti is among our leading progressive political analysts. He
received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in 1962
and has taught at colleges in the US and abroad. The focus of his
lectures is American democracy, US foreign policy, and the invented
reality of the media.
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Michael Parenti:
GLOBALIZATION,
THE
NEW
IMPERIALISM
Parenti sets out to prove that wealth causes poverty. A rising tide
sinks many boats. Globalization accelerates that process within the
silent global coup of the WTO
Recorded in 2000. 56 min.
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Michael Parenti:
Wealth and Democracy in the Bush Age
Parenti says that wealth distribution is unequal in capitalism. The
ruling class aims to increase that portion
of the gross national income from investment and decrease the portion
that is earned through wages, salaries, fees and pensions.
Engineered by Ed Russell, recorded on April 8, 2005, Hampshire College,
Amherst.
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Michael Parenti:
The
Cost of Empire
The name "empire" was reserved for the Romans or the Russians. Though
not commonly called by that name, the US is the largest empire, with
global military and economic presence. Parenti explains that those who
reap the benefits are not those who
bear the extraordinary costs of maintaining the US Empire. 60 minutes
Produced by TUC Radio
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Michael Parenti:
A
Republic Against Caesar/ The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Who was Julius Caesar, a dictator or a populist? And who really was
Brutus, who murdered him on the Ides of March? A young hero or a
participant in a deep seated conspiracy? This intriguing lecture by the
noted author, speaker, activist and scholar Michael Parenti provides
surprising new insights and parallels to today that are both shocking
and amusing. 60 minutes Produced by TUC Radio
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Michael Parenti:
Democracy,
What Went Wrong?
A series of commentaries on the issues, institutions, and
political affairs of the day. Drawn from his research and presenting
the highlights of his work, the series responds to the limits that are
being placed on democratic self-determination. Parenti comments
on major institutions such as the military, the CIA, media,
corporations, universities, police, and the Supreme Court, offering
suggestions on how to regain influence and control.
(Recorded and produced by Maria Gilardin for TUC Radio in 1995)
Each tape or CD is one hour long 12 lectures, 29 minutes each
Total running time: 6 hours
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RD 1:
The Two-Party Monopoly
How the electoral system is rigged to favor the major parties and
discourage the emergence of more diversified and inclusive political
views
and Justice for Sale How the criminal Justice system
accommodates the affluent and influential, while coming down hard on
the poor.
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RD 2:
Welfare
for the Wealthy
How corporate America feeds out of the public trough while preaching
virtues
of self-reliance to the rest of us.
and The US Military Empire at Home and Abroad
How our massive defense establishment drains our budget and defiles the
environment.
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RD 3:
Lazy
Law and Social Control
The police and the law are dedicated less to fighting crime and more to
defending the socio-economic status quo.
and The National Security State How the FBI, CIA, and other
agencies suppress dissident points of view and endanger democracy.
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RD 4:
The
Myth of the Liberal Press
How conservatives dominate media ownership and commentary, and why they
complain about "liberal bias" in the media.and Who Governs? Who
makes the decisions and occupies the positions of power in the US:
plutocrats, lobbyists, or labor?
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RD 5:
The
Supremely Political Court
While portrayed as above the political fray, the Supreme Court has
always been up to its ears in politics - mostly of the conservative
variety.
and Made in Our Own Image The pretexts used by the US policy
establishment to justify military interventions abroad, and the real
reasons for such actions.
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RD 6:
The
Ivory Tower Myth
Far from independent citadels of learning, our universities are wedded
to the military- industrial complex and have a history of violating
their own professed standards of academic freedom.
and Real Alternatives A look at the false political alternatives
posed today by political leaders, and practical suggestions for
fundamental changes in policies and priorities.
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Michael Parenti:
Z-Net
COMMENTARIES
Written from late 2005 to to late 2006 and published in
Z-Net, these commentaries address the urgent issues of our time.
PART ONE
HOW THE FREE MARKET KILLED NEW ORLEANS and
RIGHT WING JUDICIAL ACTIVISM
How the Free Market Killed New Orleans
Parenti explains how the free market system was instrumental in the
destruction of New Orleans and the deaths of so many residents – and
ultimately in the total mismanagement of the rescue operations.
Right Wing Judicial Activism
In his commentary on Right Wing Judicial Activism Parenti proves how
right-wing judicial activists –
from the Civil War to now – have stretched the constitution in matters
of slavery, segregation, child labor, the
first amendment, and the awarding of the presidency to George W. Bush.
PART TWO
GOVERNMENT BY GIVEAWAY and
GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA
Government by Giveaway
Parenti's commentary on Government by Giveaway was written in response
to the cuts by the Bush administration of $42 billion from the human
services budget. Parenti assembles a long list of government handouts
to Corporate America, including tax cuts for corporations and the
superrich, hidden and not so hidden subsidies to transnational
corporations, allowing big business to exploit the nation's oil, coal
and mineral reserves on public land for a pittance, tariff protections
and trade supports, loopholes for agribusiness and much more. In the
end it becomes obvious that, compared to corporate America, ordinary
working Americans get the least support while carrying the heaviest
financial burden.
Good Things are Happening in Venezuela
Parenti returned from Venezuela with an inspiring and long list of
“good things” that are happening there - from education, health care,
indigenous rights, worker and farming cooperatives, and resistance to
neo-liberal plans for privatization of the oil industry.
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Michael Parenti:
How
I Became an Activist
Recorded in Berkeley, CA June 6, 2003. Length 64 min
Produced by Brian Barry, re-mastered by Maria Gilardin
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Michael Parenti:
Globalization
and Imperialism
Recorded in Columbus, Ohio 11/10/01. Length 53 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
The
Pretexts of US Interventionism
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, May 1995. Length 65 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
The
Struggle for Democracy
Recorded in Berkeley, CA 10/23/92. Length 55 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
Racism
and the Ideology of Slavery
Recorded in Berkeley, CA 10/23/92. Length 68 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
Terrorism
and Globalization
Recorded in Santa Cruz, 09/25/02. Length 70 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
The
Hidden Ideology of the Media
Recorded in Burlington, VT, 04/09/97. Length 75 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
The
US War on Yugoslavia
Recorded in Seattle, WA 05/16/99. Length 54 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
Fascism:
The False Revolution
Recorded in Berkeley, CA 09/23/95. Length 55 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
Marxism and the
Crisis in Eastern Europe
( Part I of II)
Speech
Recorded in Boulder, CO 04/04/90 Length 51 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
Marxism
and the Crisis in Eastern Europe
( Part II of II)
Question & Answer
Recorded in Boulder, CO 04/04/90 Length 51 min
Produced by Brian Barry
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Michael Parenti:
Struggles
in the Land of Idols
Recorded in Berkeley, CA, 54 min
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Michael Parenti:
Superpatriotism
and
the
Importance of Being Number One
KGNU Boulder, CO, 86 minutes
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Michael Parenti:
Dirty
Truths
Recorded in Berkeley, CA, 09/25/02. 70 min
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