Michael Parenti Political Archive

Michael Parenti is an internationally known award-winning author and lecturer. He is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts. His highly informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad.

"A prolific author, a charismatic speaker, and a regular guest on radio and television talk shows, Parenti communicates his message in an accessible, provocative, and historically informed style that is unrivaled among fellow progressive activists and thinkers." — Aurora Online, January 2004

"Michael Parenti is a towering prophetic voice in American life. We need him now more than ever." — Cornel West

"Parenti offers a valuable rebuttal to the drumbeat...from the right." — New York Times Book Review

"A penetrating and persuasive writer with an astonishing array of documentation to implement his attacks." — The Catholic Journalist

"Here at home and throughout the world people are fighting back against the forces of wealth, privilege, and militarism — some because they have no choice, others because they would choose no other course but the one that leads to peace and justice." — Michael Parenti

Recent Books
	The Face of Imperialism "Michael Parenti's The Face of Imperialism is a powerful, frightening, and honest book. It will be hated by those who run the Empire, and it will be loved by people who are searching for truth amidst the piles of garbage of Western propaganda. Above all, this book will be like a bright spark of hope for billions of men, women, and children who are fighting this very moment for survival, defending themselves against the Empire and against all monstrous faces and masks of imperialism." —Andre Vltchek, author of Western Terror: From Potosi to Baghdad Paradigm Publishers (Available April 2011)

	God and His Demons Michael Parenti brings his critical acumen and gifted writing skills to bear on the dark side of religion, the many evils committed in the name of godly virtue throughout history. This is not a blanket condemnation of all believers. The focus is on the threat posed by fundamentalists and theocratic reactionaries. Historically anchored and biblically informed, this eloquent indictment of organized religion's delusions and abuses will be welcomed by secular laypersons and progressive religionists alike. Prometheus Books (Available March 2010)

	Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader Here is a rich buffet of his deep but lucid writings on real history, political life, empire, wealth, class power, technology, culture, ideology, media, environment, gender, and ethnicity -- along with a few choice selections drawn from his own life experiences and political awakening. August 2007 (Available Now)

	The Assassination of Julius Caesar A People's History of Ancient Rome June 2003 Chosen “Book of the Year” 2004 (nonfiction) by Online Review of Books.
Recent Articles:
	NEW Profit Pathology and Disposable Planet posted March 2011

	The Mafia and Me posted January 2011

	Money Is Still the Name of the Game posted December 2010

	Pedophiles and Popes: Doing the Vatican Shuffle posted May 2010

	Italian American Identity: To Be or Not To Be posted October 2009

	Capitalism's Self-inflicted Apocalypse posted January 2009

Tapes and CD’s of Dr. Parenti’s recent and past talks are now available in
Recorded Talks.

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