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'''Michael John Parenti''' (born September 30, 1933) is an American political scientist, academic historian and cultural critic who writes on scholarly and popular subjects. He has taught at American and international universities and has been a guest lecturer before campus and community audiences.
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|birth_place=[[New York City]], [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|nationality=[[Statesian]]
|political_orientation=[[Anti-imperialism]]<br/>[[Marxism–Leninism]]}}


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 War|Iraq]] and [[Yugoslav war|Yugoslavia]], ethnicity, and his own early life. <ref name="webarticles">{{cite web|title=Articles and Other Published Selections|url=http://michaelparenti.org/articles.html|access-date=25 December 2007|publisher=Michael Parenti|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026092449/http://michaelparenti.org/articles.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=26 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="contrary">{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Parenti|url=https://archive.org/details/contrarynotionsm0000pare/page/403|title=Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader|date=August 2007|publisher=City Lights Books|isbn=978-0-87286-482-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/contrarynotionsm0000pare/page/403 403]}}</ref><ref name="webbooks">{{cite web|title=Books by Michael Parenti|url=http://michaelparenti.org/books.html|access-date=25 December 2007|publisher=Michael Parenti}}</ref>
'''Michael John Parenti''' (born September 30, 1933) is a Statesian political scientist, academic historian and cultural critic who wrote on scholarly and popular subjects. He taught at US and international universities and was a guest lecturer before campus and community audiences. Michael Parenti is the father of [[Christian Parenti]].


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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/search/date:1974-11-05/office_id:5|website=VT Elections Database|title=Elections Results Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Bernie|last=Sanders|url=https://archive.org/details/outsiderinhouse00bern|title=Outsider in the House|year=1997|chapter=You Have to Begin Somewhere|url-access=registration}}</ref>
Parenti's writings covered 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 War|Iraq]] and [[Yugoslav Wars|Yugoslavia]], ethnicity, and his own early life.<ref name="webarticles">{{Web citation|title=Articles and Other Published Selections|url=http://michaelparenti.org/articles.html|access-date=25 December 2007|publisher=Michael Parenti|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026092449/http://michaelparenti.org/articles.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=26 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="contrary">{{Citation|title-url=https://archive.org/details/contrarynotionsm0000pare/page/403|author=Michael Parenti|title=Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader|year=2007|publisher=City Lights Books|isbn=978-0-87286-482-5|page=403}}</ref><ref name="webbooks">{{Web citation|title=Books by Michael Parenti|url=http://michaelparenti.org/books.html|access-date=25 December 2007|publisher=Michael Parenti}}</ref>
 
In 1974, Parenti ran in Vermont on the democratic socialist [[Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party|Liberty Union Party]] ticket for [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] and received 7.1% of the vote.<ref>{{Web citation|url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/elections/search/date:1974-11-05/office_id:5|website=VT Elections Database|title=Elections Results Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|author=Bernie Sanders|url=https://archive.org/details/outsiderinhouse00bern|title=Outsider in the House|year=1997|chapter=You Have to Begin Somewhere}}</ref> This run was done with [[Bernie Sanders]] who at the time was friends with Parenti. This friendship ended when [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] waged war on [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia]]. Bernie stood with the [[Imperialism|imperialists]]. Parenti stood with the anti-imperialists.<ref>{{Web citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLNQEHbusSA|website YouTube|title=Michael Parenti on Bernie Sanders}}</ref>
 
== Recordings ==
 
* 1986:  [https://youtu.be/7mW4ic0Iu2M ''Monopoly Culture and Academic Freedom''] at the University of Vermont, April 9, 1986
* 1986:  [https://youtu.be/xP8CzlFhc14 ''Reagan and the Russian–US Intervention in the Cold War''] at the University of Colorado Boulder, April 15, 1986
* 1986:  [https://youtu.be/VKg1Jj3AjfM ''Michael Parenti at Loyola University''] at Loyola University New Orleans, April 23, 1986
* 1986:  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUWrgLpazwE ''Anti-Sovietism in the Media''] at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, November 20, 1986
* 1987:  [https://youtu.be/QIFMB2NW3WY ''The Political Uses of Religion''] in Denver, Colorado, April 18, 1987
* 1988:  [https://youtu.be/4vKfejeruhk ''Superpatriotism and the Importance of Being Number One''] in Boulder, Colorado, August 1, 1988
* 1989:  [https://youtu.be/4YZK7JCWtYI ''The Sword and the Dollar''] in Thunder Bay, Ontario, October 27, 1989
* 1990:  [https://youtu.be/MfDnQPtijjc ''Human Nature and Politics''] in Los Angeles, California, May 1990
* 1991:  [https://youtu.be/5Bz1s3CM9zs ''Corporatism and the U.S. Political Scene''], 1991
* 1993:  [https://youtu.be/nKwypf9qPto ''Conspiracy and State Power''] at the University of Vermont, April 21, 1993
* 1993:  [https://youtu.be/9g3kRHo_vpQ Inventing Reality], October 17, 1993
* 1997:  [https://youtu.be/d9Zkw2oUWlY ''The Hidden Ideology of the News Media''] at the University of Vermont, Burlington, April 9, 1997
* 1999:  ''[https://vimeo.com/753160661 The U.S. Empire and the War against Yugoslavia]'' at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, Berkeley, 1999
* 1999:  [https://vimeo.com/758356846 ''Berkeley Mother's Day for Peace 1999''] at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park, Berkeley, May 9, 1999
* 1999:  ''[https://youtu.be/GEzOgpMWnVs The U.S. War on Yugoslavia]'' in Seattle, Washington, May 16, 1999
* 2002:  [https://youtu.be/V_PNyYPR46E ''The Corporate War Against Democracy''] at Portland State University, September 14, 2002
* 2002:  [https://youtu.be/_aJArigViMU ''Terrorism, Globalism, and Conspiracy''] at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, Vancouver, October 9, 2002
* 2003:  [https://youtu.be/ikZ4ChX1WAo ''The Assassination of Julius Caesar''] in Venice, Colorado, June 29, 2003
* 2004:  ''[https://youtu.be/FZqwlNpXelg Creating a Sustainable Economy]'' at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, California, June 24, 2004
* 2005:  [https://youtu.be/wpAOZkH09C8 ''Holier Than Though''], May 23, 2005
* 2005:  [https://youtu.be/MufGs0MQrPg ''Iraq and the Future of US Foreign Policy''] at Wesleyan University, Connecticut, April 18, 2005
* 2005: ''[https://youtu.be/OOF56wYTl1w The Darker Myths of Empire: Heart of Darkness Series]'' at the College of DuPage, November 16, 2005
* 2007:  [https://youtu.be/8a2lisF4XGg ''Lies, Wars, & Empire''] at Binghamton University, October 9, 2007
* 2010:  [https://youtu.be/GEzOgpMWnVs ''Deep Ideology: How Reactionary Agendas Shape Political Awareness''] at the University Inn & Conference Center, Santa Cruz, May 14-16, 2010
* 2011:  [https://youtu.be/QTWbnHsE2ow ''The Face of Imperialism and The 99% Solution''] at the University of Guelph, November 2, 2011
* 2012:  [https://youtu.be/wheMfMqu-H4 ''Democracy and the Pathology of Wealth''] at the La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, January 6, 2012
* 2013:  [https://youtu.be/bHUDfF2ztEg ''Michael Parenti on the Threat of US Imperialism''] in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 2013
* 2015:  [https://youtu.be/fcImfx8tunI ''Capitalism vs. Reality''] in Springfield, Illinois, October 6, 2015


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:American Marxists]]
[[Category:Statesian communists]]
[[Category:American communists]]
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[[Category:Statesians of Italian descent]]

Latest revision as of 01:59, 28 March 2024

Michael Parenti
Born (1933-09-30) September 30, 1933 (age 90)
New York City, New York, United States
NationalityStatesian
Political orientationAnti-imperialism
Marxism–Leninism
Website
michael-parenti.org


Michael John Parenti (born September 30, 1933) is a Statesian political scientist, academic historian and cultural critic who wrote on scholarly and popular subjects. He taught at US and international universities and was a guest lecturer before campus and community audiences. Michael Parenti is the father of Christian Parenti.

Parenti's writings covered 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]

Recordings

References

  1. "Articles and Other Published Selections". Archived from the original on 26 October 2007.
  2. Michael Parenti (2007). Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader (p. 403). City Lights Books. ISBN 978-0-87286-482-5
  3. "Books by Michael Parenti".
  4. "Elections Results Archive". VT Elections Database.
  5. Bernie Sanders (1997). Outsider in the House: 'You Have to Begin Somewhere'.
  6. "Michael Parenti on Bernie Sanders".