Two years after my comment I'm happy to see lots of upvotes! Gives me hope! Thought I'd add an anecdote for your amusement. I saw MJP back in the early '80's - around or I think before this video recording, at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA. I was drawn deeper into politics at the time since ultraconservative Ronald Reagan was President and I was working at a national lab that was contemplating doing well-funded "Star Wars" research that I was strongly opposed to, as a young, engaged arms control activist. MJP was invited by the college radio station, KFJC, which had a wonderful left-leaning radio show on Sunday nights that did deep analysis and discussion on things like JFK's, MLK's and RK's assassinations, the German fascist roots in our U.S. intelligence apparatus, the Jonestown massacre and its many CIA connections, etc. Really fascinating and seriously interrogated, not whacky stuff - heavily footnoted and documentation provided during the discussions. Also, I had taken an elective course that had MJP's, "Inventing Reality: The Politics of Mass Communication" as one of the reference books (an AWESOME book - HIGHLY recommended). Anyway, I was already well "softened" and able to listen to MJP objectively when he came to speak. The smallish man was a GIANT. His analysis was just so... consistent, fact-laden, history-laden, fit together - cohesive, riveting. And passionate! I'll never forget one part, where he was getting excited talking about power and how those that have it will refuse to let go of it, like a dog with a bone - so we have to TAKE it! We have to REACH UP (he's animating all this - gesticulating with his hands and arms... the audience is starting to holler as the energy gets contagious...) and GRAB IT and YANK IT AWAY with ALL OUR STRENGTH from their clenched teeth!! The small crowd, packed in the classroom at the junior college screamed, roared and cheered. It was an amazing lecture event - the best political rant I'd ever heard, surpassing Bernie even in energy level. Weeks after, I was still thinking about that talk (still am to this day), still analyzing things. Since then I've come to distinguish between Radicalism and Extremism, though many, including the mainstream media, always equate the two (intentionally). In fact, they are quite distinctively different. Extremism is believing in and acting in an extreme way - towards or crossing the borderline of what is sensible and even practical, perhaps even destructive and counter-productive. Being radical, on the other hand, has to do with a pure and fundamental understanding of something. The word itself, radical, has its history and the word comes from "root," like the radish is a root vegetable. The radical sign in mathematics is the sign for the square root of a number (using the radical to find the root). Radicals in chemistry are like roots of elemental atoms, just missing a needed electron or neutron (I forget) to complete the atom. Being a political radical, with the true definition of the word, means focusing on, getting to, and addressing the ROOTS of problems, and not secondary, indirect or band-aid solutions to problems. In my view, MJP is one of our leading true radical thinkers. His radical analysis is tops in my book. I'd be proud to be able to claim myself worthy of being a true radical - wading through the noise and confusion to come to understand and go after the ROOT of the problems, with solutions that address the ROOT of the problems. These are NOT extreme positions. And they do not necessitate extreme solutions. One can be a proud radical without being an extremist. Please join us!
Facts 😂 I've been busy lately and not able to read as much so instead I've been listening to lectures, speeches, conversations, book readings, etc from Parenti, Chomsky, Wolff, Graeber, Hedges, etc and one constant is that Parenti's mics are always reactionary skids and no mic is strong enough to pick up Chomsky.
Explain nearly everything America does in one sentence: "It is the heart of US policy, ladies and gentlemen, to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism." Parenti is a master of cutting through the chaotic complexity of history to find the simple truth at the core of it.
That's really the power of marxism leninism. It's like opening the third eye, everything suddenly becomes so incredibly clear and simple because the array of powers become easily understandable, who wants what and why.
If anyone is curious how Parenti is doing, he currently lives in California and has advanced dementia, but is regularly visited by comrades and loves the company. Unfortunately though due to the dementia he can't really talk politics anymore.
Sad to hear he has dementia, but happy that he is still alive and interacting with comrades (as of 3 months ago). What a brilliant mind his was. In a vastly superior alternate timeline, he could've been America's first truly great president. He could certainly show up the oratorical skills of the two most recent POTUSes. At least Michael Parenti will live on in his writings and recordings, and he will be remembered fondly once we win the struggle.
@@mariussielcken You’re right. America has done everything it has ever done, and every Capitalist country has done EVERYTHING also in the name of the powerless. Every country regardless of social order claims to do so, at least initially. Whether it be the fascists claiming race or economic and social unity or the liberals claiming democracy, nothing is possible without in part the complicity of the people. The difference is in the statistics friend. The statistics show who actually “side” with and “support” the powerless. The empirical evidence.
@@Stevie-J You do realize the irony of you responding in this manner to my comment when the contents of said response are insulting me for responding to your/a comment? Furthermore nothing I’ve said to you is lengthy, and my response to the other person in this comment section can also hardly be considered “lengthy”. If you consider it to be so then I recommend you raise your literacy. Plus of course it takes a lot to debunk a lie or falsification. You absolutely must know the saying “it takes ten minutes to debunk a ten second lie”, no? I’m also guessing that you are assuming it took some amount of time or effort to write these comments on my part, insinuating that I am in some manner upset, which seems just like projection on your part to me.
“Margaret Thatcher… who as we all know is Reagan in drag” What an absolute international treasure. No wonder comrades keep on coming back to Parenti. He’s a powerful speaker, and able to bring an vast amount of knowledge to bear. We may mourn the twilight of his years but he’s left us a treasure trove in his outputs.
Damn I just busted out crying. "If it [war] was in our nature, why do they have to draft us?" We wouldn't be here if they right. Our nature is to cooperate. It's to build things. Yes monuments, buildings, and infrastructure, but more importantly family, friendships and community. That is human nature. It's so obvious and silly that any old hippy could tell you that. What made me cry is how easily it's still forgotten.
Chomsky provides all the correct criticisms of US domestic and foreign policy, but then throws it all away by saying “It’s the best system we have.” Parenti is a chad because he criticizes the US and praises the countries that we are taught to look down on like Cuba and China.
If only people would even listen to Chomsky now. Apparently, he is now also a "tankie", along with every other leftist, for having the correct take on the Ukraine conflict, which seems to mean his opinions should be discarded. "Anarcho-NATOists" are morons.
Same brother. This lecture literally changed my life when I first saw it. It's an utter shame that Norm Chomsky is identified as being the speaker of the Western Left when someone like Michael Parenti has been here all along.
@Jesse Brennan our federal american govt perpetuates lying so the plutocracy makes gluttonous 💰. It is almost ridiculous to think about but yes, they have control over us and the only thing you can do to fight them as a working class is unionize at your workplace and organize for greater unions everywhere. I am convinced there is no other place to start. Strength in numbers ✊ But the 🎩🎩 fight it so hard. They have THIRD party companies that specialize in dismantling unions. This will be a long and bitter battle and only us as 🇺🇸🇺🇸 can stop the 🎩🎩. France can't save us this time... The 🎩🎩 can't stand downgrading their ridiculous living style. All of the problems we have, EVERY SINGLE FUCKING PROBLEM WE HAVE, is because they have a rich boy/girl club, and we are not in it.
Me too. I tend to be a passionate speaker. These days, all one gets from real passion when discussing is derision and "crazy person" treatment. it's such a shame.
@@navaryn2938 come again? He’s one of the most prominent critics of American foreign policy. This is what’s wrong with the left. Instead of pushing unity and solidarity with comrades you use baseless criticism to promote your imaginary clique.
@@Ms22224567 chomsky openly advocated for the US to maintain a military presence in Syria to "protect the Kurds". The US has oil interests in the areas controlled by the Kurds. Several factions and countries are fifghting over the region. Chomsky is advocating for continuation of a war which is in place purely for oil interests. If that's not supporting imperialism, then what is it?
@@navaryn2938 their one of the most effective fighting forces against isis while being vulnerable to the Turkish government he was simply saying if anyone needs armed protection it’s the Kurds, think of the soviets sending troops to help Afghanistan to fight off the us backed reactionary groups or the Cubans sending soldiers or doctors to aid in struggles in Africa. Don’t demagogue his position.
@@navaryn2938 Imagine not thinking Chomsky is an anti imperialist. Chomsky was an anti imperialist long before most people alive today were. No one who has read his 1960s essay, The Responsibility of Intellectuals and his book Who Rules the World will never not call him an anti imperialist. Chomsky still gets called a Khmer Rouge apologist for god's sake.
As Parenti said here socialist Libya at the time was one of the best countries In Africa, In many ways the best. 25 years later USA brought "democracy" there by killing Gaddafi and starting a civil war. Now there are open air slave markets In Libya and 40000 people have died. Nicaragua i dont know much about, but USA also bombed civilians there. Destroying the US empire is essential
I recommend The GrayZone’s reporting and their podcast ModerateRebels for news on Nicaragua, there’s also a documentary on the modern FSLN and how there was a violent color revolution in 2018.
Before Gaddafi was overthrown, Libya was the single largest contributor to the African Development Bank. He was a true pan-Africanist and staunch anti-colonialist, and so of course the western powers had to kill him.
An excellent left analysis of US empire and capital in the 80s by Michael Parenti. This talk is 33 years old and is still completely and absolutely relevant to our present dilemma of US empire and capitalism. Now US capitalism and imperialism has brought us the environmental catastrophe in addition to the still impending threat of nuclear annihilation. Ordinary people, all over the world, must rise up to seize power from the elites, that are completely unfit to rule, in order for humanity to have a chance for survival.
it is terrible that a clarion call from decades ago is still completely relevant, but it is terrific that we have this resource available in this time of great relevance. parenti is underviewed- so share him! get talking about social justice w/ liberal friends, and then introduce one michael j. parenti 🙏
It will ALWAYS be relevant, we will only ever look back in a literal space age utopian. only then will we "look back" and even then we will know exactly what happened. that's what it truly means to be an immortal science. The thesis is that the way the world is presented is in no uncertain terms, fraudulent. The leaders are smart, and they don't give a fuck about you. They never have, and they never will, until they TRULY have to.
Capitalism hasn't changed ever since it's pioneering, only got worse. It is obvious that these lectures would be relevant. Even things Marx and Engels wrote are still relevant.
@@monika.alt197 precisely, comrade. The words of eg Marx, Lenin, or Parenti for that matter, all seem eerily prescient because they are accurately describing socioeconomic forces that continue to affect us today, and will continue to affect us until global capitalism has been supplanted by global socialism. Parenti himself has even referenced this phenomenon in some of his lectures, where he would say (I'm paraphrasing loosely) "Every time I have a new insight about the world today, somebody tells me that Marx already thought of it". That said, yes, it is a tragedy that these forces are still at play in the same way in 2022. Hopefully not too much longer, we shall see.
Disdain against right wing government and blaming low tax, anti nanny state government on the USA is an awesome path to a repeat of Venezuela. USA and the capitalist left Venezuela. Enjoy
I do not agree with bolsonaro and he should be in prison for the things he did, but be smart. Don’t generalize, and don’t make claims that are vague. Know the things that were made right and the things that were made wrong, then formulate an educated opinion. The brazillian government is not fascist, it is a prime example of a failed democracy, when the illiterate majority votes on a leader that fell under false promises and believed it. Brazil’s future has only one solution, education, but in order to change that, there must be a purge on the political scenario today, especially the low-ranks of the legislative, judiciary, and executive. Then a reevaluation of financial laws. Finally, focus on our education.
You worry about how a state and rulers will deviate from their professed values ie feeding the children. I get that. But what values exactly does liberalism even profess? If I have to pick between two probable liars I will pick the one that lies about wanting to feed children over one that lies about, idk, supporting the rights of entrepreneurs or whatever.
Put another way, exactly to whom are they lying? I’d prefer a state that felt they better orient their mythmaking towards appeasing the workers than the petit bourgeois.
Michael Parenti is a genius, his words and works should be spread, more and more people should gain a higher conscience and a deeper knowledge about the truths of this world
@@ifsugarman unfortunately this generation hangs on every word from joerogan, cuckertarlson, benshapiro ,mattwalsh, elonmusk, glenngreenwald, jordanpeterson etc etc
@@kittteau the structure of capitalism is a system based on infinite economic growth, the same way that cancer cells in a body will continue to grow just for the sake of expanding.
@@kittteau The quote basically compares the uncompromising promotion of “growth” (one of the core tenets of capitalism as seen in things like the profit motive) to the method by which cancer cells function. In brief: cancer cells are cells which cease to operate in harmony with the rest of the body, instead doing what any other cell-level organism would do, that is they replicate as rapidly as possible. The consequences which this growth inflicts are well known. The quote then compares this process to the capitalist process of profit accumulation, noting the similarities between the two.
I was actually at this event. I feel fortunate to have had influences like Parenti when I was a very young man. With the aid of KGNU (which has sadly degraded its content like Democracy Now) and people like David Barsamian who had interviews with people like Michael, they played a key role in the formation of my "radical" political views and the spirit of dissent lives on in me to this day..
"The revolution that feeds the children gets my vote!" Count me in :~) Haven't seen Parenti this young yet, and it is only more obvious how uncompromising and heartfelt is his quest for the truth and justice. Not for the glory of a principle, but for better lives of the actual people. And, when talking about imperfections of the socialism - the biggest so far being the inability to actually give to the people it benefited a say in decision making - it occurred to me why was he so interested in Yugoslavia, and its novel concept of "self-governing" (which, in reality, never became nothing more than a concept). There doesn't appear to be such thing as evolution of the working social models, but Parenti doesn't take "impossible" for an answer. Hat off to him, one of the few good, brave man. We may never get out of the tunnel, but he helps us see the dark - and the light. .
"Self-governing" didn't get very far, and at worst opened up work units to the world market and atomized economic actors at the expense of collective welfare. That said, as far as I understand, this policy did lead to certain rights in the workplace and economic security, as well as to the establishment of certain counterweights vis-à-vis management / vertical authority structures. As such, one can't say "self-government" never became anything more than a concept.
@@RB-jl8gj Well, I've seen it, so I know it never made it out in the real world. The working class rights where there before this new concept, and there is nothing it gave to the workers, or even society, to even move toward evening up with the party, let alone take over. In fact, it was important factor in the downfall of the country's economy, because the party apparatchiks, who were the management in every (society-owned) company, were hiding their incompetence and corruption behind so called "workers' councils", who formally were making business decisions, but in practice were following the managements and been easily manipulated by them. A worker doesn't know what is needed to know to make such decisions, simply as that. In practice, that system was perfect for the Communist party, since formally it was the working people making decisions, and there was no one that could be held responsible, while the party was behind that smoke screen as the actual decision maker with no direct responsibility.
The people of the USSR, for a large chunk of its existence, had quite a large say in the decision making process. Acting like they didn't is a common misconception. This also goes for any other socialist country. Modern day Cuba, for instance, is very democratic.
@@skidooshlayman12no they're not lmfao, the DDR had trans rights and gay adoption rights decades before to the point queer newspapers were worried that it's collapse would hinder their rights, Cuba has some of the most progressive LGBT rights in recent times, China while more conservative than most has established a record around of new transition doctors, while the slowness is slow compared to the west that's cause it was pretty conservative before so judge from where the country came from.
Michael parenti is an inspiration to us all, I'll watch this lecture till the day I die, parenti is much like Lenin, he will never die, he will live on well past his death, today parenti is alive and by the time I'm dead he'll be alive
Andres de Villanueva i know linking another Parenti speech probably isn't helping but this video is short and I recommend it: th-cam.com/video/YIqm075vC1A/w-d-xo.html Cuba was a dictatorship before the revolution as well, but much worse and much less safe. I really hope one day the people of Cuba get all of their freedoms back. But as of now, as bad as it is there it was much worse and much less safe when dictator Batista was in power. Do you have any family that still lives in Cuba? If they can read well and have access to a hospital then you should be happy that for a country that has been subject to centuries of American and Spanish imperialism they can still have those basic necessities. You can also compare it to other central American countries whose revolutions were cut short by the American government. Their education and healthcare are really not good.
Andres de Villanueva but the reality is that you have no freedom if the ruling class doesn't give it to you. The workers under Batista's Cuba were far from free. Terrible hours, terrible conditions, terrible pay. They were also not safe. Aside from possibly dying in the fields due to terrible conditions, there were many dangerous mobs backed by America. Today from what I've read Cuba is generally a safe place. You have your freedom in the US because they haven't been subject to centuries of imperialism by other countries. There is more to freedom than capitalism, because, as I mentioned earlier, you have no freedom if the ruling class still rules over you. That was the problem for pre revolutionary Cuba. Today's Cuba still has many problems, of course, but at least they have their freedom to not work 10 hours a day in terrible conditions, and to not be ruled over by American corporations. The kids there are also free of many diseases, with rates comparable to the US. (www.unicef.org/infobycountry/cuba_statistics.html www.unicef.org/infobycountry/usa_statistics.html) I want free speech for Cubans really bad. I think that is a fundamental human right. But if capitalism were introduced to make the country more "free," it would turn back into slavery. There is more to freedom than being able to criticize the government.
Thank you so much for protecting the embers of socialism in USA during the cold, lonely days. You probably could have been a very successful academic/writer if you kept your mouth shut. You chose a poorer, less certain life for yourself and we are all enriched for it. Bless you comrade.
This guy is awesome. I'm reading his 2001 book "Dirty Truths" in late 2022 and it's so relevant, I'm a New Zealander, we're experiencing the poverty now that he speaks of in the 1990s America - people with outrageous living costs working multiple jobs just to get by
War between the two countries is very unlikely in the immediate future. Whether the US likes it or not, China has support from many countries around the world on all continents except North America. Plus China is still a big trade partner of the US and many big American corporations (especially tech companies, the fastest growing industry) are in China. China’s military also cannot match the US military. So any war with actual boots on the ground isn’t advantageous for either country. I don’t pretend to be a geopolitics master, but if I were to guess, I would say any war will either be based around US intervention on Iran, or less likely the current strife between France and the Middle East. Even then, the odds of a full blown war are quite small
@@christopherbrice5473 whether from inside or outside, the Empire must be taken down. I'd rather the people take it down from inside, but I don't live there to make that call for you 😉
@@christopherbrice5473 I believe I recall Lenin saying that all socialists should hope for the loss of their own countries in imperialist wars so that they can turn the imperialist war into class war.
always had a broad interest in socialism anti imperialism etc. recently made an acquaintance that’s introduced me to plenty of literacy works as well as this speech, forever will be grateful that they did this
The laughter of the audience is soo saddening. It's the laughter of naive arrogance, it's the laughter of American Exceptionalism. They thought they were immune to the struggles that the rest of the world faced. Little did they know, capitalism would make no exception for Americans... And it would come for them, too.
I started only recently... he is so sharp and unbiased... a bit hard to find his books on the Internet... had found only one so far - about to start reading it.
I have bought his To kill a nation: The attack on Yugoslavia. Still waiting for delivery though. Watched many of his speeches and I'd say he's one of the most important people that helped shape my mind, perception of the world and totally destroyed capitalism myth that all the mass media, school and government been feeding me with through most of my life. I'm so grateful for people like him!
@@aidanb7782 you’ll certainly get many “leftists” with different takes on what’s going on in Belarus. Lukashenko is a complicated figure and things are certainly not perfect under his presidency. The only thing that I will say is that all of the evidence brought forth of the rigging of the last election comes from the US state department and foreign affairs departments of Western European countries. Political opponents are looking to liberalize the economy and Lukashenko will not budge. Their economy is stable (75th) in nominal GDP despite the fact that it’s only real export is machinery. A majority of the population is employed by the private sector (of which the government has a relatively small stake of ~21%). Unemployment is below 2%, women are employed at a slightly higher average rate than men. The healthcare there is decent and inexpensive. The US and Western European countries have made it clear for the better part of two decades that they do not like Lukashenko. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact of Belarus’s close ties with Russia (that was sarcasm if you couldn’t tell), and unsurprisingly he is very critical of NATO. Whether or not you want to classify the unrest of the country as a color revolution is up to you. Reports of protestors being hauled off and imprisoned or killed come from dubious sources. I would advise you to research yourself and come to your own conclusion. If you want mine, I’ll only say that it would be very beneficial for the western imperialist states if Lukashenko where to be ousted from power. I think that speaks for itself
Comrades, rejoice. Michael Parenti has outlived Henry Kissinger.
Let’s go
Imagine if parenti dropped one more yellow video in 2024
The thought warms my heart! Michael Parenti is on of the most prominent American thinkers of all times.
Welcome back comrades. I see you've made your return pilgrimage to the yellow stained Parenti video.
he's the best tbh
Better than Chomsky
Yes sir
Thanks my man. First time here...
Weekly pilgrimage
just saw a titktok of this lecture with subway surfers underneath it. we are radicalizing the adhd kids now
Good
Nah, we're born radical ;)
this is the way
This cured my capitalism
Well done comrade!
Welcome Comrade
Same here
@@mmusashi6223 well done!
Well done comrade
Comrades, the path from liberal to red goes through yellow.
this is such a bar
"These countries are NOT underdeveloped; they're overEXPLOITED."
One of the greatest quotes of all time
Yeah it's bullshit
@@fredharvey2720 Mirror's Edge
@@fredharvey2720 It's facts
@@mirroregg IQ tests
@@fredharvey2720 Anti-communist robot malfunctioning, spouting all of the buzz words: "IQ" "IQ tests" "Famine" "100 Gorgillion ded" "starvation".
"Foreign aid is when the poor people of a rich country give money to the rich people of a poor country." Nobody nails it like Michael J. Parenti.
Fucking Brilliant
Bloody hell! This has blown my mind.
Holy Crap.
Two years after my comment I'm happy to see lots of upvotes! Gives me hope!
Thought I'd add an anecdote for your amusement. I saw MJP back in the early '80's - around or I think before this video recording, at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA. I was drawn deeper into politics at the time since ultraconservative Ronald Reagan was President and I was working at a national lab that was contemplating doing well-funded "Star Wars" research that I was strongly opposed to, as a young, engaged arms control activist. MJP was invited by the college radio station, KFJC, which had a wonderful left-leaning radio show on Sunday nights that did deep analysis and discussion on things like JFK's, MLK's and RK's assassinations, the German fascist roots in our U.S. intelligence apparatus, the Jonestown massacre and its many CIA connections, etc. Really fascinating and seriously interrogated, not whacky stuff - heavily footnoted and documentation provided during the discussions. Also, I had taken an elective course that had MJP's, "Inventing Reality: The Politics of Mass Communication" as one of the reference books (an AWESOME book - HIGHLY recommended). Anyway, I was already well "softened" and able to listen to MJP objectively when he came to speak. The smallish man was a GIANT. His analysis was just so... consistent, fact-laden, history-laden, fit together - cohesive, riveting. And passionate! I'll never forget one part, where he was getting excited talking about power and how those that have it will refuse to let go of it, like a dog with a bone - so we have to TAKE it! We have to REACH UP (he's animating all this - gesticulating with his hands and arms... the audience is starting to holler as the energy gets contagious...) and GRAB IT and YANK IT AWAY with ALL OUR STRENGTH from their clenched teeth!! The small crowd, packed in the classroom at the junior college screamed, roared and cheered. It was an amazing lecture event - the best political rant I'd ever heard, surpassing Bernie even in energy level.
Weeks after, I was still thinking about that talk (still am to this day), still analyzing things. Since then I've come to distinguish between Radicalism and Extremism, though many, including the mainstream media, always equate the two (intentionally). In fact, they are quite distinctively different. Extremism is believing in and acting in an extreme way - towards or crossing the borderline of what is sensible and even practical, perhaps even destructive and counter-productive. Being radical, on the other hand, has to do with a pure and fundamental understanding of something. The word itself, radical, has its history and the word comes from "root," like the radish is a root vegetable. The radical sign in mathematics is the sign for the square root of a number (using the radical to find the root). Radicals in chemistry are like roots of elemental atoms, just missing a needed electron or neutron (I forget) to complete the atom. Being a political radical, with the true definition of the word, means focusing on, getting to, and addressing the ROOTS of problems, and not secondary, indirect or band-aid solutions to problems. In my view, MJP is one of our leading true radical thinkers. His radical analysis is tops in my book. I'd be proud to be able to claim myself worthy of being a true radical - wading through the noise and confusion to come to understand and go after the ROOT of the problems, with solutions that address the ROOT of the problems. These are NOT extreme positions. And they do not necessitate extreme solutions. One can be a proud radical without being an extremist. Please join us!
@@rhmayer1 I got to read this whole note.
Ah, yes, Parenti's eternal foe - the microphone. The struggle continues.
Secularist you mean starts xD
64*2 Haha yes, the struggle begins!
Facts 😂 I've been busy lately and not able to read as much so instead I've been listening to lectures, speeches, conversations, book readings, etc from Parenti, Chomsky, Wolff, Graeber, Hedges, etc and one constant is that Parenti's mics are always reactionary skids and no mic is strong enough to pick up Chomsky.
the way he holds himself back from ripping the microphone apart 15:38 GOLD
@Jesse Brennan too bad they only slaughtered Islamic reactionaries funded by the west :)
I'm considering burning this speech onto CDs and putting them in the Little Free Libraries around my neighborhood.
Not a bad idea.
Explain nearly everything America does in one sentence:
"It is the heart of US policy, ladies and gentlemen, to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism."
Parenti is a master of cutting through the chaotic complexity of history to find the simple truth at the core of it.
That's really the power of marxism leninism. It's like opening the third eye, everything suddenly becomes so incredibly clear and simple because the array of powers become easily understandable, who wants what and why.
Capitalism is the economy of fascism.
It's cool to hear that rhetorician won your heart but I'm not convinced
@@mucc7911?
Scrolled past this right as he was saying it 🤌
If anyone is curious how Parenti is doing, he currently lives in California and has advanced dementia, but is regularly visited by comrades and loves the company. Unfortunately though due to the dementia he can't really talk politics anymore.
this is the worst thing I've seen today. thank god Parenti is forever accessible due to his books and lectures
Hope he knows how beloved he is
That is so sad to hear. Dementia is a horrible illness. I wish him and his family much strength. I hope they know how much we admire Michael Parenti.
We'll forever remember him and be ever-grateful
Sad to hear he has dementia, but happy that he is still alive and interacting with comrades (as of 3 months ago). What a brilliant mind his was. In a vastly superior alternate timeline, he could've been America's first truly great president. He could certainly show up the oratorical skills of the two most recent POTUSes. At least Michael Parenti will live on in his writings and recordings, and he will be remembered fondly once we win the struggle.
Best quote from this video: “If communists are so hungry for power, why do they side with the powerless?”
Because you can do a lot in the name of the powerless
@@mariussielcken with what money and what resources?
@@mariussielcken You’re right. America has done everything it has ever done, and every Capitalist country has done EVERYTHING also in the name of the powerless. Every country regardless of social order claims to do so, at least initially. Whether it be the fascists claiming race or economic and social unity or the liberals claiming democracy, nothing is possible without in part the complicity of the people. The difference is in the statistics friend. The statistics show who actually “side” with and “support” the powerless. The empirical evidence.
@@Stevie-J you clearly didn’t understand what Parenti was saying. The quote needs its proper context.
@@Stevie-J You do realize the irony of you responding in this manner to my comment when the contents of said response are insulting me for responding to your/a comment?
Furthermore nothing I’ve said to you is lengthy, and my response to the other person in this comment section can also hardly be considered “lengthy”. If you consider it to be so then I recommend you raise your literacy. Plus of course it takes a lot to debunk a lie or falsification. You absolutely must know the saying “it takes ten minutes to debunk a ten second lie”, no?
I’m also guessing that you are assuming it took some amount of time or effort to write these comments on my part, insinuating that I am in some manner upset, which seems just like projection on your part to me.
watching this while working out. getting that class consciousness while making gains.
Gotta be ready for the revolution (in minecraft)! 💪
dictatorship of the swoletariat
@@handsfortoothpicks we start the revolution in minecraft then we migrate it to real life
seize the means of muscle production
nice
Me slipping the DJ a $20: “I have a request…”
This is depressingly underviewed. This is a legitimately life changing 90 minutes.
at least Parenti is safer that way, i hope
@@ifsugarman true
Not so intelligent college students and dumb adults believe this to be enlightening
@@ifsugarman he's survived 88 years which is impressive for how outspoken he is
@@trvth1s says who? you?
Finally discovering Parenti in 2021, and noticing pretty quickly his eternal struggle with the microphone lol.
Lmao
You must read Blackshirts & Reds
Michael dropped so many truth bombs here the magnetic tape filming this got completely fucked up by the ionizing radiation
“Margaret Thatcher… who as we all know is Reagan in drag”
What an absolute international treasure. No wonder comrades keep on coming back to Parenti. He’s a powerful speaker, and able to bring an vast amount of knowledge to bear. We may mourn the twilight of his years but he’s left us a treasure trove in his outputs.
Damn I just busted out crying. "If it [war] was in our nature, why do they have to draft us?" We wouldn't be here if they right. Our nature is to cooperate. It's to build things. Yes monuments, buildings, and infrastructure, but more importantly family, friendships and community. That is human nature. It's so obvious and silly that any old hippy could tell you that. What made me cry is how easily it's still forgotten.
If only people listened to Parenti as much as they listen to Chomsky.
Chomsky provides all the correct criticisms of US domestic and foreign policy, but then throws it all away by saying “It’s the best system we have.” Parenti is a chad because he criticizes the US and praises the countries that we are taught to look down on like Cuba and China.
If only people would even listen to Chomsky now. Apparently, he is now also a "tankie", along with every other leftist, for having the correct take on the Ukraine conflict, which seems to mean his opinions should be discarded. "Anarcho-NATOists" are morons.
I tried to listen to Chomsky here on you tube. And i felt asleep. But listening to Parenti is like listening to rock'n'roll
@dejanjovanovic2298 word
Comrades, I just finished my first watch through, and I must say, Yellow Parenti exceeded my expectations
mine too, brother
Same came here from a comment section on Instagram, and was *not* disappointed.
Same. What a whirlwind of a lecture and a powerful mind Parenti has. I could listen to this again and again.
Welcome to the club
Same brother. This lecture literally changed my life when I first saw it. It's an utter shame that Norm Chomsky is identified as being the speaker of the Western Left when someone like Michael Parenti has been here all along.
the infamous Yellow Lecture. One of his shining moments I think, so animated and passionate. I love this guy
I love how even though colour-corrected versions of this video exist, everyone just comes back to this one, time and time again.
So sick of the stifling atmosphere chroma-correctness
Where?
There's something magical about the yellow video, it converted me, and it's converting everyone who asks me to send it to them haha.
I love calling it “the yellow parenti speech” though
Breaking bad Mexico Parenti is the best Parenti
If you came here because a friend sent you this link, that friend truly loves you. They fight for you. Welcome to the fold.
Now I got RED pilled
@Jesse Brennan What slaughter?
@Jesse Brennan too bad they only slaughtered Islamic reactionaries funded by the west :)
Jesse Brennan only a psychopath would defend the US’s slaughter in... well, everywhere.
@Chad Dysvick yep, the USA's now been there for nearly 20 years compared to the Soviets' 10.
@Jesse Brennan our federal american govt perpetuates lying so the plutocracy makes gluttonous 💰. It is almost ridiculous to think about but yes, they have control over us and the only thing you can do to fight them as a working class is unionize at your workplace and organize for greater unions everywhere. I am convinced there is no other place to start. Strength in numbers ✊ But the 🎩🎩 fight it so hard. They have THIRD party companies that specialize in dismantling unions. This will be a long and bitter battle and only us as 🇺🇸🇺🇸 can stop the 🎩🎩. France can't save us this time... The 🎩🎩 can't stand downgrading their ridiculous living style. All of the problems we have, EVERY SINGLE FUCKING PROBLEM WE HAVE, is because they have a rich boy/girl club, and we are not in it.
Man, Parenti speaks with such passion. I love his hand gestures, tone, intonation, he is such a powerful speaker.
the way he says "rich"
29:43 Absolutely
Me too. I tend to be a passionate speaker. These days, all one gets from real passion when discussing is derision and "crazy person" treatment. it's such a shame.
He's Italian, so it tracks.
Never seen a more based comment section. Parenti would be proud of all of you, comrades
Thats because nobody can watch this long enough to comment and be a capitalist
@@jamessummerfeldt-parker4537 Lol like Reagan didn't even read Das Kapital in its entirety but just assured that reading a summary is enough lol.
@@jamessummerfeldt-parker4537 CONservatives like conning lol. Don't cite sources if you don't read enough.
@@zidorovichburblyatya2862 i mean, i have, every volume. Same as engels.
There was a time I would say Parenti is too much of a "tankie", but time has only proven him more and more correct.
Yes comrade
Da
“Tankie” was a word used to describe the Soviet soldiers and Hungarian partisans that crushed the fascists in Hungary. It’s a compliment
@@elaovi *overly bass boosted soviet theme plays*
@@jackri7676 cope
The yearly pilgrimage to the yellow parenti video - 2023
Parenti gets to stuff that Chomsky and all the others never get close to ... he is brilliant and courageous.
"the western world has produced very few anti-imperialists, and Chomsky isn't one of them"
@@navaryn2938 come again? He’s one of the most prominent critics of American foreign policy. This is what’s wrong with the left. Instead of pushing unity and solidarity with comrades you use baseless criticism to promote your imaginary clique.
@@Ms22224567 chomsky openly advocated for the US to maintain a military presence in Syria to "protect the Kurds". The US has oil interests in the areas controlled by the Kurds. Several factions and countries are fifghting over the region. Chomsky is advocating for continuation of a war which is in place purely for oil interests. If that's not supporting imperialism, then what is it?
@@navaryn2938 their one of the most effective fighting forces against isis while being vulnerable to the Turkish government he was simply saying if anyone needs armed protection it’s the Kurds, think of the soviets sending troops to help Afghanistan to fight off the us backed reactionary groups or the Cubans sending soldiers or doctors to aid in struggles in Africa. Don’t demagogue his position.
@@navaryn2938 Imagine not thinking Chomsky is an anti imperialist. Chomsky was an anti imperialist long before most people alive today were.
No one who has read his 1960s essay, The Responsibility of Intellectuals and his book Who Rules the World will never not call him an anti imperialist.
Chomsky still gets called a Khmer Rouge apologist for god's sake.
As Parenti said here socialist Libya at the time was one of the best countries In Africa, In many ways the best. 25 years later USA brought "democracy" there by killing Gaddafi and starting a civil war. Now there are open air slave markets In Libya and 40000 people have died. Nicaragua i dont know much about, but USA also bombed civilians there. Destroying the US empire is essential
I recommend The GrayZone’s reporting and their podcast ModerateRebels for news on Nicaragua, there’s also a documentary on the modern FSLN and how there was a violent color revolution in 2018.
@@beepboop1044 Moderate Rebels is great, tho i havent seen their videos on Nicaraqua. Whats the name of the documentary?
@@godzillasenpai3685 Here ya go! th-cam.com/video/-wUDr0tQxqs/w-d-xo.html
@@beepboop1044 👌
Before Gaddafi was overthrown, Libya was the single largest contributor to the African Development Bank. He was a true pan-Africanist and staunch anti-colonialist, and so of course the western powers had to kill him.
One of Parenti's greatest (and funniest) lectures. As usual, he's in lethal combat with his microphones.
“It’s my sleepover, I get to choose the movie!”
An excellent left analysis of US empire and capital in the 80s by Michael Parenti. This talk is 33 years old and is still completely and absolutely relevant to our present dilemma of US empire and capitalism. Now US capitalism and imperialism has brought us the environmental catastrophe in addition to the still impending threat of nuclear annihilation. Ordinary people, all over the world, must rise up to seize power from the elites, that are completely unfit to rule, in order for humanity to have a chance for survival.
Are you still around comrade?
@@codyhunt5477 We are still around, comrade. But me personally, pretty depressed ngl.
It is beyond nations now.
We're doing it. Little by little more people wake up. Individually, but always together, we'll free humanity!
Yup,we need to organize the masses to overthrow capitalism. Socialism is the only livable alternative
Isn't it an utter tragedy how terribly relevant this is to us in 2021.
it is terrible that a clarion call from decades ago is still completely relevant, but it is terrific that we have this resource available in this time of great relevance. parenti is underviewed- so share him! get talking about social justice w/ liberal friends, and then introduce one michael j. parenti 🙏
It will ALWAYS be relevant, we will only ever look back in a literal space age utopian. only then will we "look back" and even then we will know exactly what happened. that's what it truly means to be an immortal science.
The thesis is that the way the world is presented is in no uncertain terms, fraudulent. The leaders are smart, and they don't give a fuck about you. They never have, and they never will, until they TRULY have to.
uuuuuuh but gommunism, vuvuzela, stalins comically large spoon, tankie?!!!!
its depressing =c
Capitalism hasn't changed ever since it's pioneering, only got worse. It is obvious that these lectures would be relevant. Even things Marx and Engels wrote are still relevant.
@@monika.alt197 precisely, comrade. The words of eg Marx, Lenin, or Parenti for that matter, all seem eerily prescient because they are accurately describing socioeconomic forces that continue to affect us today, and will continue to affect us until global capitalism has been supplanted by global socialism. Parenti himself has even referenced this phenomenon in some of his lectures, where he would say (I'm paraphrasing loosely) "Every time I have a new insight about the world today, somebody tells me that Marx already thought of it". That said, yes, it is a tragedy that these forces are still at play in the same way in 2022. Hopefully not too much longer, we shall see.
watching this as a Brazilian, under the US funded fascist government of Bolsonaro. Not much has changed.
Solidarity comrade, fuck Bolsonaro.
Disdain against right wing government and blaming low tax, anti nanny state government on the USA is an awesome path to a repeat of Venezuela.
USA and the capitalist left Venezuela.
Enjoy
@@trvth1s radlib moment
I do not agree with bolsonaro and he should be in prison for the things he did, but be smart. Don’t generalize, and don’t make claims that are vague. Know the things that were made right and the things that were made wrong, then formulate an educated opinion. The brazillian government is not fascist, it is a prime example of a failed democracy, when the illiterate majority votes on a leader that fell under false promises and believed it. Brazil’s future has only one solution, education, but in order to change that, there must be a purge on the political scenario today, especially the low-ranks of the legislative, judiciary, and executive. Then a reevaluation of financial laws. Finally, focus on our education.
The pro-gun fascist known as Bolsonaro..
Face it, the problem with Brazil is the Brazilians. Nothing's gonna save your shithole of a country.
"The revolution that feeds the children gets my support!"
My god how silly I was having not embraced ML sooner
Man says he will feed children so I must become a chekist and kill the kids parents
You worry about how a state and rulers will deviate from their professed values ie feeding the children. I get that. But what values exactly does liberalism even profess? If I have to pick between two probable liars I will pick the one that lies about wanting to feed children over one that lies about, idk, supporting the rights of entrepreneurs or whatever.
Put another way, exactly to whom are they lying? I’d prefer a state that felt they better orient their mythmaking towards appeasing the workers than the petit bourgeois.
Same reaction from me
Michael Parenti is a genius, his words and works should be spread, more and more people should gain a higher conscience and a deeper knowledge about the truths of this world
his speeches needs to be saved and preserved.
@@ifsugarman unfortunately this generation hangs on every word from joerogan, cuckertarlson, benshapiro ,mattwalsh, elonmusk, glenngreenwald, jordanpeterson etc etc
Yellow Parenti, sun god of the proletariat, I have made the hajj back once again and am enlightened and reborn in your soft honeyed glow.
TH-cam 的演算法推给我这个人，他是一位智者，很犀利一针见血地指出问题的本质，受教了！
这是我首次使用翻译语言模型，因此请宽容任何误差。我极为幸运，有一位老师让我读他的书，这使得拋弃洗脑过程的加速进程变得更加明显！
I make a monthly pilgrimage to this video.
God bless Yellow Parenti and God bless the Revolution!
“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”
what does that mean
@@kittteau the structure of capitalism is a system based on infinite economic growth, the same way that cancer cells in a body will continue to grow just for the sake of expanding.
@@kittteau The quote basically compares the uncompromising promotion of “growth” (one of the core tenets of capitalism as seen in things like the profit motive) to the method by which cancer cells function. In brief: cancer cells are cells which cease to operate in harmony with the rest of the body, instead doing what any other cell-level organism would do, that is they replicate as rapidly as possible. The consequences which this growth inflicts are well known. The quote then compares this process to the capitalist process of profit accumulation, noting the similarities between the two.
Did he say that in this video? I dont remember him saying that lol
This came up when I looked up "michael parenti yellow video".
Haha me too.
"yellow parenti" is what i used
"Yellow lecture" gets it too
@@andrewdiaz932 lmaooo me too
I was actually at this event. I feel fortunate to have had influences like
Parenti when I was a very young man. With the aid of KGNU (which has sadly degraded its content like Democracy Now) and people like David Barsamian who had interviews with people like Michael, they played a key role in the formation of my "radical" political views and the spirit of dissent lives on in me to this day..
"The revolution that feeds the children gets my vote!" Count me in :~) Haven't seen Parenti this young yet, and it is only more obvious how uncompromising and heartfelt is his quest for the truth and justice. Not for the glory of a principle, but for better lives of the actual people. And, when talking about imperfections of the socialism - the biggest so far being the inability to actually give to the people it benefited a say in decision making - it occurred to me why was he so interested in Yugoslavia, and its novel concept of "self-governing" (which, in reality, never became nothing more than a concept). There doesn't appear to be such thing as evolution of the working social models, but Parenti doesn't take "impossible" for an answer. Hat off to him, one of the few good, brave man. We may never get out of the tunnel, but he helps us see the dark - and the light.
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"Self-governing" didn't get very far, and at worst opened up work units to the world market and atomized economic actors at the expense of collective welfare. That said, as far as I understand, this policy did lead to certain rights in the workplace and economic security, as well as to the establishment of certain counterweights vis-à-vis management / vertical authority structures. As such, one can't say "self-government" never became anything more than a concept.
@@RB-jl8gj Well, I've seen it, so I know it never made it out in the real world. The working class rights where there before this new concept, and there is nothing it gave to the workers, or even society, to even move toward evening up with the party, let alone take over. In fact, it was important factor in the downfall of the country's economy, because the party apparatchiks, who were the management in every (society-owned) company, were hiding their incompetence and corruption behind so called "workers' councils", who formally were making business decisions, but in practice were following the managements and been easily manipulated by them. A worker doesn't know what is needed to know to make such decisions, simply as that. In practice, that system was perfect for the Communist party, since formally it was the working people making decisions, and there was no one that could be held responsible, while the party was behind that smoke screen as the actual decision maker with no direct responsibility.
The people of the USSR, for a large chunk of its existence, had quite a large say in the decision making process. Acting like they didn't is a common misconception. This also goes for any other socialist country. Modern day Cuba, for instance, is very democratic.
If there isn't a microphone issue, then it's probably not a Parenti lecture.
Welcome baby leftists. We have a world to win.
😤🙏🏿
Every single word out of his mouth is straight fact and he is unashamed to preach it, Parenti is a global treasure.
But communists are anti-LGBTQIA+
@@skidooshlayman12no they're not lmfao, the DDR had trans rights and gay adoption rights decades before to the point queer newspapers were worried that it's collapse would hinder their rights, Cuba has some of the most progressive LGBT rights in recent times, China while more conservative than most has established a record around of new transition doctors, while the slowness is slow compared to the west that's cause it was pretty conservative before so judge from where the country came from.
Incredible speech, everyone should watch.
Michael Parenti > Noam Chomsky
TheRealTrashman Agreed. Easily.
Parenti is a better speaker but when it comes down to it Chomsky is much better
Why even try to compare them?
@@Randafari the virgin Chomsky vs. THE CHAD PARENTI
TheRealTrashman They’re both great!
Multimillionaire people don't create wealth, workers do...
This guy is the best.After I read him I didn't have to ask why anymore.
i wanted to buy one of his works for a while now, do you have a recommendation for one which i should definitely purchase first?
@@sabernatha9981 try and get your hands on Blackshirts and Reds!
@@sabernatha9981 most of his works are available in pdf format for free online.
@@sabernatha9981 blackshirts and red is an excellent read, democracy for the few ive heard is pretty good too i havent got to it tho
"I can read!" It hurt me. I don't realize I can read easily because I had access to it, other people don't
So True!
The fact you're able to read but aren't doing the reading. Michael Parenti's speech has opened my eyes, now all I want to do is read!!
"Ronald Reagan in drag." Absolutely marvellous.
If it's your first time watching this gem, do yourself a favor and get your hands on some of his works; Black Shirts and Reds, Against Empire...etc.
I love the way he sometimes half puts his glasses back on just so he can dramatically whip them off again, what a speaker
This man's really lecturing from the backrooms
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Michael parenti is an inspiration to us all, I'll watch this lecture till the day I die, parenti is much like Lenin, he will never die, he will live on well past his death, today parenti is alive and by the time I'm dead he'll be alive
"Kramer, what's going on in there?"
"Their overexploited Jerry."
My word, this is a brilliant and passionate lecture. Michael Parenti is a beast.
Even as a socialist going on 2.5 years of firm political development, this speech was very eye-opening!
When I think of what Lenin was like, how he spoke of and to the working class, I always think of perenti.
Now THIS is what I cal red-pilled and based.
Actual plot: Michael Parenti vs Capitalism Imperialism
sub plot: Micheal Parenti vs 🎤
Happy birthday comrade Parenti!
This is such a gem. The first recording that I know of that exists of him. Should be more widely viewed!
>communist dictatorship
lol
Andres de Villanueva I think you might be the real idiot
Andres de Villanueva which country?
Andres de Villanueva i know linking another Parenti speech probably isn't helping but this video is short and I recommend it: th-cam.com/video/YIqm075vC1A/w-d-xo.html
Cuba was a dictatorship before the revolution as well, but much worse and much less safe. I really hope one day the people of Cuba get all of their freedoms back. But as of now, as bad as it is there it was much worse and much less safe when dictator Batista was in power.
Do you have any family that still lives in Cuba? If they can read well and have access to a hospital then you should be happy that for a country that has been subject to centuries of American and Spanish imperialism they can still have those basic necessities. You can also compare it to other central American countries whose revolutions were cut short by the American government. Their education and healthcare are really not good.
Andres de Villanueva but the reality is that you have no freedom if the ruling class doesn't give it to you. The workers under Batista's Cuba were far from free. Terrible hours, terrible conditions, terrible pay.
They were also not safe. Aside from possibly dying in the fields due to terrible conditions, there were many dangerous mobs backed by America. Today from what I've read Cuba is generally a safe place.
You have your freedom in the US because they haven't been subject to centuries of imperialism by other countries. There is more to freedom than capitalism, because, as I mentioned earlier, you have no freedom if the ruling class still rules over you. That was the problem for pre revolutionary Cuba. Today's Cuba still has many problems, of course, but at least they have their freedom to not work 10 hours a day in terrible conditions, and to not be ruled over by American corporations. The kids there are also free of many diseases, with rates comparable to the US. (www.unicef.org/infobycountry/cuba_statistics.html www.unicef.org/infobycountry/usa_statistics.html)
I want free speech for Cubans really bad. I think that is a fundamental human right. But if capitalism were introduced to make the country more "free," it would turn back into slavery. There is more to freedom than being able to criticize the government.
"[third world country] are not underdeveloped, they are overexploided." 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿
Michael Parenti lecturing in the Backrooms
Parenti Lore
Looking up Parenti before going through Blackshirts & Reds and holy shit this man goes hard
TH-cam told me this was a green video and I’d like it for that reason
Thank you so much for protecting the embers of socialism in USA during the cold, lonely days. You probably could have been a very successful academic/writer if you kept your mouth shut. You chose a poorer, less certain life for yourself and we are all enriched for it. Bless you comrade.
such a good comment
blessed be
those who see
our beloved Parenti
Let these blessings befall many thousands more
“If we don’t fight them there, we’ll have to fight them there.”
They said the same exact thing about the War on Terror. It’s completely absurd.
What we learned from Parenti will form the basis of future revolutions.
"Margaret Thatcher, who we all know is Ronald Reagan in drag." Lol
This should have a billion views.
First time watching, it definitely lived up to the hype
Michael Parenti = Short King of Leftist Political Science
No left no right... only 'truth'.
That's what he is conveying to us simple!!
@@chutiyacoronavirus193 Nah dude. The man is legit a Communist, which is a good thing.
Almost cried a few times
This guy is awesome. I'm reading his 2001 book "Dirty Truths" in late 2022 and it's so relevant, I'm a New Zealander, we're experiencing the poverty now that he speaks of in the 1990s America - people with outrageous living costs working multiple jobs just to get by
Yoooo I’m from NZ as well, can confirm that things are bleak over here.
@@DoomKill2020 it’s just getting worse and worse
Still cannot believe that min wage is well below cost of living.
Lol you live in a socialist country
Sad because all the things he's saying about the Soviet Union are starting to happen between the US and China now. Hope there's no war
War between the two countries is very unlikely in the immediate future. Whether the US likes it or not, China has support from many countries around the world on all continents except North America. Plus China is still a big trade partner of the US and many big American corporations (especially tech companies, the fastest growing industry) are in China. China’s military also cannot match the US military. So any war with actual boots on the ground isn’t advantageous for either country. I don’t pretend to be a geopolitics master, but if I were to guess, I would say any war will either be based around US intervention on Iran, or less likely the current strife between France and the Middle East. Even then, the odds of a full blown war are quite small
@@callisto5810 Hey, I live there. :/
@@christopherbrice5473 whether from inside or outside, the Empire must be taken down. I'd rather the people take it down from inside, but I don't live there to make that call for you 😉
@@christopherbrice5473 I believe I recall Lenin saying that all socialists should hope for the loss of their own countries in imperialist wars so that they can turn the imperialist war into class war.
@@callisto5810 a lot of innocent people will die.
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this, but it’s amazing every time
I watch it once a week and it inspires me every single time.
When he starts talking about Libya I got goosebumps.
When yellow Parenti doesn't radicalize you, then I don't know what will
always had a broad interest in socialism anti imperialism etc. recently made an acquaintance that’s introduced me to plenty of literacy works as well as this speech, forever will be grateful that they did this
You have a good friend!
hello comrades, glad to see you 🫡
The forbidden simpsons episode
Happy 35th birthday to this lovely yellow stained video
Where's the subway surfers gameplay?
42:04
@@Maoismus1917 ahahahaha
"The system preys on very insecurities that it creates" - Yellow Parenti is undefeatable.
*_"much firmer than love is self interest"_* ... very profound ...
This speech will never stop impressing me
The laughter of the audience is soo saddening. It's the laughter of naive arrogance, it's the laughter of American Exceptionalism. They thought they were immune to the struggles that the rest of the world faced. Little did they know, capitalism would make no exception for Americans... And it would come for them, too.
I really admire and love this guy ! I have have followed him a long time and I hope he is well and keep up his writing and talks !
I started only recently... he is so sharp and unbiased... a bit hard to find his books on the Internet... had found only one so far - about to start reading it.
I have bought his To kill a nation: The attack on Yugoslavia. Still waiting for delivery though. Watched many of his speeches and I'd say he's one of the most important people that helped shape my mind, perception of the world and totally destroyed capitalism myth that all the mass media, school and government been feeding me with through most of my life.
I'm so grateful for people like him!
Pessimism of the mind. But optimism of the Will! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
"You don't go to poor countries to make money."
Red salute to Comrade 💛 Yellow Parenti
Bless the Yellow Parenti, I love my Yellow Parenti
6:55 trump doing it to Venezuela in 2019
And Bolivia a few months later
@@aidanb7782 And now, Belarus.
@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 I haven't heard much of the left perspective on Belarus what all is going on?
@@aidanb7782 you’ll certainly get many “leftists” with different takes on what’s going on in Belarus. Lukashenko is a complicated figure and things are certainly not perfect under his presidency. The only thing that I will say is that all of the evidence brought forth of the rigging of the last election comes from the US state department and foreign affairs departments of Western European countries. Political opponents are looking to liberalize the economy and Lukashenko will not budge. Their economy is stable (75th) in nominal GDP despite the fact that it’s only real export is machinery. A majority of the population is employed by the private sector (of which the government has a relatively small stake of ~21%). Unemployment is below 2%, women are employed at a slightly higher average rate than men. The healthcare there is decent and inexpensive. The US and Western European countries have made it clear for the better part of two decades that they do not like Lukashenko. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact of Belarus’s close ties with Russia (that was sarcasm if you couldn’t tell), and unsurprisingly he is very critical of NATO. Whether or not you want to classify the unrest of the country as a color revolution is up to you. Reports of protestors being hauled off and imprisoned or killed come from dubious sources. I would advise you to research yourself and come to your own conclusion. If you want mine, I’ll only say that it would be very beneficial for the western imperialist states if Lukashenko where to be ousted from power. I think that speaks for itself
now they're tryna do it in Nicaragua, right before their elections