One of America's leading progressive thinkers talks with David Barsamian about his book History as Mystery. He demonstrates how history's victors distort and suppress the truth to perpetuate their power and privilege. In his inimitable and incisive style, Parenti discusses class biases of pack historians and why they mystify the past, historians' debt to Marx, the strange death of Zachary Taylor, conspiracy theories, psychohistory, Lenin and the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Michael Parenti
Michael Parenti is one of this country's foremost independent political analysts. He has taught at major colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of numerous books including the classic "Democracy for the Few" and the highly acclaimed "The Assassination of Julius Caesar." His latest book is "Contrary Notions."