Probably the greatest living political intellectual, by far. People who still revere and look up to Noam Chomsky, reserving that title for him, are either too dull and have a black and white worldview, or they have simply never heard of Dr. Michael Parenti. When I first encountered his lectures, 6 years ago now, I became a Marxist-Leninist within no time.
@Big G Haywood I can't believe it, but I think I'm becoming Marxist because of this guy. Maybe not a Marxist-Leninist (seeing as I'm more of a Socialist than an outright communist, not that I have anything against communism but because I just don't see it as something achievable in my lifetime), but who cares. In any case, I just can't believe what's happening to me, my critical view of Capitalism has essentially been sharpened by this great man😖
Michael Parenti, as well as Ralph Schoenman, are the 2 greatest Left intellectuals of the past 75+ years. Unfortunately, both are currently approaching 90 years of age, and probably don't have much longer left on this Earth.
@@itzenormous We will have to differ, as since there have been those whom are enslaved, their have been some it to runaway only to be caught and forced to work for the new whip master. Around the Globe it has been so for some 12,000:16,000 years. It matters not color or creed spiritual beliefs, none have escaped enslavement, even today, The Working Class is a class of debt slaves. So it will be that as our failed Republic is slipping off into history, so to is the wealth.and what's more the peoples will and critical thinking.
As a Marxist we all k ow slavery has only changed names and modern wage slavery is another form of the same thing and prison being a more direct form of bourgeois state brutal repression and torture tool
@@grantforgues720 stfu idiot, historically speaking yes is a different mode of production, but when we say the working class is exploited an do pressed or enslaved is a way of expressing the conditions we as a class are subjected to that in a way it is a form of class slavery. In fact prison slavery is literal slavery not even a form of wage slavery.
To those who rail against Critical Race Theory, they should critically listen to this lecture. After doing so , I would press them to tell me; did he not nail this subject! If Chomsky’s Ice, Parrenti’s 🔥
Taking about different hollers are the same as each other.... YEA. That's whiteee man. As I have ever know us.... LOL ...when I lived in Toronto..90's.. and the race stuff and culture stuff would come up at the food court...back when you could smoke there... I remember saying shit like... ''Tolerance/Diversity...look at where we come from. You know any of our history with each other. ..Michelle is a Frenchie from Montreal, I'm a downhomer from Halifax, and Janet is a cross and crown cake ...mangacake.. like my GF Joanne. Do you think we have anything in common other than smoking cigarettes and working here.... This place, Toronto used to be Catholics over here, Protestants over here, leave some space for the Chinamen and some for all them other foreigners. What about the coloureds.. Don't worry about them. They know what religion they are. Then I'd cap it off with '''back in the OLD COUNTRY we used to hate the guys in the next valley JUST FOR LOOKING LIKE US. ya got to give us some time. Just because Pierre Trudeau said so don't make it so. Besides, I don't see too many of you ETHNICS blending into the mosaic tapestry.
Me thinks EroomYrrah has been smoking more than cigarettes. At least it's healthier than tobacco so we'll leave the Canuck to his racist rantings. There is sludge everywhere; rats! Even in Canada.
Mhi kl: Especially in Canada. Read about how indigenous people just disappear there, murdered. Cops don't even investigate most of the time, and when they do, they do a half-assed job of it. They don't care. Canada is racist as fuck. It's a myth that it's some nice country. It's born out of the same settler-colonialism as the US. The only difference is they never had slavery, and that's only because of the climate.
Absolutely brilliant man. One of the great thinkers of our time.
Probably the greatest living political intellectual, by far. People who still revere and look up to Noam Chomsky, reserving that title for him, are either too dull and have a black and white worldview, or they have simply never heard of Dr. Michael Parenti. When I first encountered his lectures, 6 years ago now, I became a Marxist-Leninist within no time.
@Big G Haywood
I can't believe it, but I think I'm becoming Marxist because of this guy. Maybe not a Marxist-Leninist (seeing as I'm more of a Socialist than an outright communist, not that I have anything against communism but because I just don't see it as something achievable in my lifetime), but who cares. In any case, I just can't believe what's happening to me, my critical view of Capitalism has essentially been sharpened by this great man😖
@@ntokozosibanyoni1421 sounds like you’re a communist who is not ready to admit it, dont worry I was there too
19:48 - 20:30 his point about criticizing the past for slavery is so good!
Chomsky was the guy they showed you to keep you from seeing Parenti. I utterly love this man. ✊
Spot on analysis of the current spoon feeding of conformist info. 👍
Chomsky is an agent of the State
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From Miami, Fl. I love Michael Parenti. He is the man of all the ages!
True❤
In England we still do all the things Parenti describes, we're just very polite about it.
@Azhag Dark Well politeness is the main problem.
A certain sort of bastard believes that manners make just about anything okay.
Mmmm❤
Thanks for uploading, finding new (to me) Parenti lectures is always a pleasure
In the 239 years 222 of them have been spent at war. please recommend this man to others
That is the legacy of the so called "Western Civilization".
Dr. Parenti, reading him, is what changed me from a Republican to an Anarchist.
He is still alive at 83. Maybe a little dementia, but what a legacy he has given all of us.
I recommend his lectures and books to all.
"It's really remarkable how pleasing God becomes a matter of murder and real estate acquisition." -Parenti
Professor Michael Parenti has left his legacy for us all. What a thinker!!!!Thank you!!!!!❤
I bet Dr. Parenti would be a lot of fun to sit down and have a couple beers with.
His Books are Wonderful Too!!!
His books are the best.
The very best!!!❤
Speech Archive you have good taste, thanks for posting
Michael Parenti, as well as Ralph Schoenman, are the 2 greatest Left intellectuals of the past 75+ years.
Unfortunately, both are currently approaching 90 years of age, and probably don't have much longer left on this Earth.
Thank you for uploading!
Wonderful speaker. Speaks with such feeling, mesmerizing in fact. His commitment to underdogs is so compelling.
Thanks very, very much for this upload!
21 thousand views in 6yrs? Mankind's fukin doomed.
great stuff
I would ask Dr. Parenti as he considers slavery gone in the US how he feels about the prison industrial complex?
I'm sure he would tell you that it's the same institution, yet in a different and modern form.
@@itzenormous
We will have to differ, as since there have been those whom are enslaved, their have been some it to runaway only to be caught and forced to work for the new whip master.
Around the Globe it has been so for some 12,000:16,000 years. It matters not color or creed spiritual beliefs, none have escaped enslavement, even today, The Working Class is a class of debt slaves.
So it will be that as our failed Republic is slipping off into history, so to is the wealth.and what's more the peoples will and critical thinking.
As a Marxist we all k ow slavery has only changed names and modern wage slavery is another form of the same thing and prison being a more direct form of bourgeois state brutal repression and torture tool
@@Ash-so2sr Slavery is different from wage labor. They are both bad, but not the same. This is basic Marxism.
@@grantforgues720 stfu idiot, historically speaking yes is a different mode of production, but when we say the working class is exploited an do pressed or enslaved is a way of expressing the conditions we as a class are subjected to that in a way it is a form of class slavery.
In fact prison slavery is literal slavery not even a form of wage slavery.
Truth teller!!
Anybody know what year this is from?
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"Last chapter of History..." NYSE 😊
To those who rail against Critical Race Theory, they should critically listen to this lecture. After doing so , I would press them to tell me; did he not nail this subject!
If Chomsky’s Ice, Parrenti’s 🔥
Well, so we didn't get the ray of hope amidst all this dreadful history in the end 🙁
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Taking about different hollers are the same as each other.... YEA. That's whiteee man. As I have ever know us.... LOL ...when I lived in Toronto..90's.. and the race stuff and culture stuff would come up at the food court...back when you could smoke there... I remember saying shit like... ''Tolerance/Diversity...look at where we come from. You know any of our history with each other. ..Michelle is a Frenchie from Montreal, I'm a downhomer from Halifax, and Janet is a cross and crown cake ...mangacake.. like my GF Joanne. Do you think we have anything in common other than smoking cigarettes and working here.... This place, Toronto used to be Catholics over here, Protestants over here, leave some space for the Chinamen and some for all them other foreigners. What about the coloureds.. Don't worry about them. They know what religion they are. Then I'd cap it off with '''back in the OLD COUNTRY we used to hate the guys in the next valley JUST FOR LOOKING LIKE US. ya got to give us some time. Just because Pierre Trudeau said so don't make it so. Besides, I don't see too many of you ETHNICS blending into the mosaic tapestry.
ETHNICS??? LOL
Me thinks EroomYrrah has been smoking more than cigarettes. At least it's healthier than tobacco so we'll leave the Canuck to his racist rantings. There is sludge everywhere; rats! Even in Canada.
Mhi kl: Especially in Canada. Read about how indigenous people just disappear there, murdered. Cops don't even investigate most of the time, and when they do, they do a half-assed job of it. They don't care. Canada is racist as fuck. It's a myth that it's some nice country. It's born out of the same settler-colonialism as the US. The only difference is they never had slavery, and that's only because of the climate.
I read this in Shoresys' voice from LetterKenney xD