Dr. Michael Parenti: "Terrorism, Globalization and Conspiracy" (Wealth Creates Poverty?)

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Dr. Michael Parenti, one of North America's leading radical writers on U.S. imperialism and interventionism, fascism, democracy and the media, spoke to several hundred people at St. Andrews Wesley Church in Vancouver.

Dr. Parenti has taught political science at a number of colleges and universities in the United States and other countries. He was written 250 major magazine articles and 15 books and is frequently heard on public and alternative radio.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11635.htm

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[malaise]

2. Rec for those who haven't seen this yet

Parenti must be laughing a lot these days. He has lived to see most people agree that it is a Democracy for the Few.

[Doctor_J]

21. And that of all the

Dirty Truths are now common knowledge.

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[Cal Carpenter]

4. Highly recommend Parenti

I know people here will criticize the link you posted because of the source, bu tParenti is great.

Against Empire is a good starting point. http://www.michaelparenti.org/AgainstEmpire.html

Just don't expect the guy to have any patience for partisan, electoral politics. LOL.

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5. Astonishing that at a Dem forum this sinks like a stone

[glitch]

7. Not when you consider all the new "centrists" here now

unreccing like mad no doubt. You should have been here in the good old days (don't you hate it when people say that?)

Thanks for posting Michael Parenti. Christian is good too, well worth seeking.

[Cal Carpenter]

8. Not really

this guy isn't exactly a friend to the Democrats.

It's quite logical that people here don't want to hear it, not in the context of a pro-Dem discussion board :shrug:

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9. Well, he espouses views and values one would *think* the Dem party would largely embrace

... or strive to be representative of

Anymore, though, perhaps not. A lot of it boils down to the OP...which is to say, I'm not exactly popular here by any stretch of the imagination, so some will simply overlook anything I source after seeing my user name, even though they may very well actually agree w/many of Parenti's points.

[Cal Carpenter]

10. Why would one 'think' that the Dem party would embrace

a writer/thinker who issues major challenges to the economic system the Dems promote/sustain? I mean, if you read Parenti and compare it to the Dem platform it's basically diametrically opposed.

:shrug:

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11. Mmm, no, not the Dem party platform/DNC, but the generally left-leaning DU

[MrScorpio]

6. K/R

[bbgrunt]

12. wonderful clip. Well worth the time. k and r

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[blindpig]

14. Ya coulda left the question mark off the subject line.

no doubt about it.

k&r

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16. +1

[Cetacea]

15. "Globalization is an attempt to extend corporate monopoly control over the whole globe...

... Over every national economy.

Over every local economy.

Over every life."

[CrawlingChaos]

17. K&R! I'll take Parenti over Chomsky any day of the week

I've seen this but I'd love to see it again. He's a wonderful speaker. Thanks for posting!

[Octafish]

18. +1

Parenti's stood up to them on his own.

Chomsky somehow missed the boat regarding the assassinations.

[troubledamerican]

20. +2

[Doctor_J]

19. My favorite "radical" of all time

Chomsky's politics, written in plain English.

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22. Interesting way of looking at it

I was introduced to Chomsky's material via a friend of mine many yrs back, and found Parenti much later ... enjoy reading/listening to either, but yes, Parenti is - and Chomsky would likely admit as much - a more interesting speaker.

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[Hello_Kitty]

24. I've seen this. It's great.

It should be required viewing for everyone on DU so they can be armed against the "free trade" proponents who visit here.