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Costs of Empire
Michael Parenti
Discussions about empire are carefully controlled and constructed. It’s fine to talk about the Byzantine, Ottoman and British varieties. However, the subject of U.S. empire, when not ignored outright, is couched in euphemisms like the “free market” or “free trade.” Other favorites are “national interest” and “national security.” U.S. global intervention is framed in terms […]
Media Realities
Michael Parenti
Recorded at the University of Florida.
The Control of History
Michael Parenti
The conventional view of history is that it is neutral and impartial, written by disinterested, objective scholars. These lofty ideals, however, don’t stand up to scrutiny. History is a vehicle for ideology. Its guardians—historians—often fabricate, distort and omit crucial facts and events. Take President Kennedy, for example. There’s a lot written about him. In 1962 […]
The Struggle for Democracy
Michael Parenti
Democracy is more than a set of political procedures culminating in elections. It has evolved over centuries and has many shapes and permutations. The conception and practice of democracy differ widely. Yet, everybody is for it. Pro-democracy movements are celebrated from China to Albania. However the system’s actual workings are often not clear. In a […]
Voodoo Economics
Michael Parenti
During the 1980 Republican presidential primaries, Bush the elder was running against Reagan. He derided Reagan’s pledge to cut taxes while hugely increasing the defense budget as “voodoo economics.” It was designed to line the pockets of the few at the expense of the many. Deficits exploded in the 1980s after tax rates were cut […]
Real History: Parts 1 and 2
Michael Parenti
Real History is a series of presentations by Michael Parenti on important and controversial topics, many of which have been shrouded in myth. Take the much venerated Founding Fathers. They were slave owners and wealthy men who wanted a system that favored their interests with democracy for the few. Or another example is how the […]
The Bush Wars & the New World Order
Michael Parenti
In 1991 George Bush proudly declared a “New World Order.” For many, it had the same Old World odor of imperialism. The U.S. was triumphant, having first invaded Panama and then crushed Iraq. With the demise of the USSR, a bipolar world suddenly became unipolar. Bush’s approval rating was over 90%, but a funny thing […]
Why Gulf War?
Michael Parenti
Recorded live at the height of the first Gulf War in 1991, Michael Parenti analyzes the underlying reasons for the war and Washington’s use of the Hitler, Munich, appeasement analogies to scare the public and generate support for war. He looks at the media’s role of promoting military action over negotiation. He looks at whether […]
Imperialism, Drugs & Social Control
Michael Parenti
2 CDs Lecture. Interview by David Barsamian.
Marxism and the Crisis in Eastern Europe
Michael Parenti
Recorded at California State University.
Media Myths and U.S. Foreign Policy
Michael Parenti
Michael Parenti, in another of his brilliant lectures, discusses why media experts, commentators and columnists ignore or distort the connections between U.S. foreign policy and its interventions in the Third World. U.S. actions, invasions, coups, blockades, resource extraction, are invariably cloaked in the myths of benevolence and good intentions. Events are framed, packaged and presented […]
On Propaganda
Michael Parenti
Michael Parenti says, “The first premise of propaganda in the United States today is that it doesn’t exist, that there is no propaganda from the established media and from the government and that we have only ‘information.’ Propaganda is something that other people do.“ If you say that there is propaganda in the U.S. you […]

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