Dr.Parenti is one of us . Michael is not one of our leaders, he does not want that , he is one of our great spokespersons .  He came from a poor working class background .  Once someone asked him if he was a self made man because he came from working class Italian Harlem and graduated with a PhD in political science from Yale, makes money on his books and so on .  Parenti said no , without the workers struggles going back a century , and the people pushing FDR to make a new deal , etc ,  I would have never had access to public libraries in my youth and teenage years,  received college grants and stipends from the public via government programs .  I thank those who have fought for these things before me for who I am .

Parenti's a godsend.  Hopefully this doesn't come off as self-aggrandizing but I've read at least 10 of his books since the early 1990s and all are adroit, lively reads, and most importantly they're incredible exposes of Washington empire and the rapaciousness of capitalism.

I think this is the only lecture of his where he didn't have to battle the microphone!

Whenever I listen  to Mike, all I do is nod my head YES.

Michael Parenti PdD is one of the finest ; most courageous, intelligent ; and compassionate human beings to have walked this earth from the mid 20th and early 21st centuries  .  I was born , raised a catholic and for some time now an agnostic . I still say God bless you to persons who have inspired or helped me out   Dr.Parenti, last time i heard called himself an agnostic .  So i don't think he'd mind too much if i type now out of gratitude : god bless you Dr. Parenti

18:17 - "When the orthodox view becomes so entrenched, evidence really becomes irrelevant."

Its so nice to see some who uses the brain he was given cares about his fellow. man doesn't. play his masters abusers tune

When I listen to Michael Parenti I hear many things that I intuitively knew but didn’t have evidence to support. He says the things that I was thinking about myself, but couldn’t find the words to express my thoughts. It really feels that he speaks for me, that he is my voice.

It would have been very interesting to hear Prof. Parenti's views on what is happening in the world of politics in 2025. I enjoy listening to and reading this guy's material

Thank you for another great educational lecture.

I fucking love listening to to this guy.

He lays out the truth so well

1:05:00 - To this point, Goebbels' first order of priority was affordable radios for exactly this purpose.

I was visiting Cornell University in the 1990s .  One good thing about it was this .  In the Student Union , you could buy a huge oblong plate of stir fry vegetables and chicken, beef and tofu for two dollars !  You didn't need a student or staff I.D. either .

Great lecture by Michael and great Q & A session afterwards.

Only the GREAT Parenti can tear apart Zinn, Chomsky, and others,with the precision of a surgeon. Capitalism is the crisis!!!

A beautiful mind

The Great Parenti!!!!

Love this man ❤

Very good. Interesting.