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Michael Parenti | |
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| Born | September 30, 1933 |
| Nationality | Statesian |
| Political orientation | Anti-imperialism |
Michael John Parenti (born September 30, 1933) is a Statesian political scientist, academic historian and cultural critic who writes on scholarly and popular subjects. He has taught at US and international universities and has been a guest lecturer before campus and community audiences.
Parenti's writings cover a wide range of subjects: U.S. politics, culture, ideology, political economy, imperialism, fascism, communism, democratic socialism, free-market orthodoxies, conservative judicial activism, religion, ancient history, modern history, historiography, repression in academia, news and entertainment media, technology, environmentalism, sexism, racism, Venezuela, the wars in Iraq and Yugoslavia, ethnicity, and his own early life.[1][2][3]
In 1974, Parenti ran in Vermont on the democratic socialist Liberty Union Party ticket for U.S. Congress and received 7.1% of the vote.[4][5] This run was done with Bernie Sanders who at the time was friends with Parenti. This friendship ended when NATO waged war on Yugoslavia. Bernie stood with the imperialists. Parenti stood with the anti-imperialists.[6]
Lectures
- 1986: Reagan and the Russian–US Intervention in the Cold War at University of Colorado Boulder, 15 April 1986
- 1988: Superpatriotism and the Importance of Being Number One at Boulder, Colorado, August 1, 1988
- 1999: The U.S. Empire and the War against Yugoslavia at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, Berkeley, 1999
- 1999: Berkeley Mother's Day for Peace 1999 at Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park, May 9, 1999
- 1999: The U.S. War on Yugoslavia at Seattle, Washington, May 16, 1999
- 2002: Terrorism, Globalism, and Conspiracy at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, Vancouver, October 9, 2002
- 2004: Creating a Sustainable Economy at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, California, June 24, 2004
- 2005: The Darker Myths of Empire: Heart of Darkness Series at the College of DuPage, November 16, 2005
- 2010: Deep Ideology: How Reactionary Agendas Shape Political Awareness at University Inn & Conference Center, Santa Cruz, May 14-16, 2010
- 2012: Democracy and the Pathology of Wealth at La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, January 6, 2012
- 2013: Michael Parenti on the Threat of US Imperialism at the Revolution Banquet, Vancouver, November 2013
References
- ↑ "Articles and Other Published Selections". Archived from the original on 26 October 2007.
- ↑ Michael Parenti (2007). Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader (p. 403). City Lights Books. ISBN 978-0-87286-482-5
- ↑ "Books by Michael Parenti".
- ↑ "Elections Results Archive". VT Elections Database.
- ↑ Bernie Sanders (1997). Outsider in the House: 'You Have to Begin Somewhere'.
- ↑ "Michael Parenti on Bernie Sanders".