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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>
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>


== Lectures ==
== Lectures & Debates ==


* 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/xP8CzlFhc14 ''Reagan and the Russian–US Intervention in the Cold War''] at the University of Colorado Boulder, April 15, 1986
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* 1999:  ''[https://youtu.be/GEzOgpMWnVs The U.S. War on Yugoslavia]'' at Seattle, Washington, May 16, 1999
* 1999:  ''[https://youtu.be/GEzOgpMWnVs The U.S. War on Yugoslavia]'' at Seattle, Washington, May 16, 1999
* 2002:  [https://youtu.be/_aJArigViMU ''Terrorism, Globalism, and Conspiracy''] at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, Vancouver, October 9, 2002
* 2002:  [https://youtu.be/_aJArigViMU ''Terrorism, Globalism, and Conspiracy''] at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, Vancouver, October 9, 2002
* 2004: ''[https://youtu.be/FZqwlNpXelg Creating a Sustainable Economy]'' at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, California, June 24, 2004
* 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/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
* 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
* 2007:  [https://youtu.be/8a2lisF4XGg ''Lies, Wars, & Empire''] at Binghamton University, October 9, 2007

Revision as of 07:56, 20 January 2023

Michael Parenti
Born (1933-09-30) September 30, 1933 (age 90)
NationalityStatesian
Political orientationAnti-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 & Debates

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".