Michael Parenti: The 1% Pathology and the Myth of Capitalism (VIDEO)

3 comments to Michael Parenti: The 1% Pathology and the Myth of Capitalism (VIDEO)

• Thomas Lord

  December 3, 2012 at 4:15 pm Log in to Reply

  Thanks for posting this. I live in the same town Parenti (Berkeley) and wasn’t aware of him. (In retrospect I recognize some of his work from our dying free press outlet, the Berkeley Daily Planet where he’s been published a bit.)

• Thomas Lord

  December 3, 2012 at 4:26 pm Log in to Reply

  Here is Parenti from Oct 2012 on the Nobel Peace Prize going to the EU:

  The Nobel Peace Prize for War by Michael Parenti, Berkeley Daily Planet.

  In October 2012, in all apparent seriousness, the Norwegian Nobel Committee(appointed by the Norwegian Parliament) bestowed the Nobel Peace Prize upon the European Union (EU). Let me say that again: the European Union with its 28 member states and 500 million inhabitants was awarded for having “contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy, and human rights in Europe.”(Norway itself is not a member of the EU. The Norwegians had the good sense to vote against joining.)

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  December 3, 2012 at 4:57 pm Log in to Reply

  [...] Dr. Michael Parenti gave this keynote speech for the 4th Annual People’s Movement Assembly at Evergreen State Collage October 19, 2012. Dr. Parenti is the author of numerous books and is a charismatic and electrifying speaker. He spoke about economics, neoliberalism, globalization and the history of capitalism.  [...]