Parenti, Michael.
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State power and the J.F.K. Assassination / Michael Parenti.
Talk on the many levels of the coverup concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy, particularly the role of the National government. He argues that the state perpetuates the most unspeakable crimes against its own people, the gangster nature of the state cloaked by a facade of political representation, and how the coverup exposes the…
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Now that the cold war is over? / Stansfield Turner, Bill Schaap, Michael Parenti, and Ernest Van Den Haag ; moderated by Phyllis Bennis and Samori Marksman.
Group discussion, with questions from the moderators, on the value and legality of the CIA. Supporters of the Agency are Admiral Stansfield Turner was Director of the CIA, 1977-1981 and Ernest Van Den Haag, member of the Heritage Foundation. Opponents of the Agency are Michael Parenti, a Political Scientist, and William Schaap, a journalist. |r.1.…
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Myths governing the Spanish-American war and the rise of U.S. imperialism / Michael Parenti ; produced by Blair Zarubick.
Professor Michael Parenti examines the transition of the United States from a nation concerned with North America, to one with global imperial interrests. The 1898 Spanish-American war began the process, wresting Cuba and the Philippines from Spanish hands. The new movement came with increased pressure by United States businessmen for new markets, particularly those of…
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Imperialism, the arms race, and the Bush hypocrisy / Michael Parenti.
Talk on the ways in which the United States economic elite maintains its control through neo-colonial techniques over land, labor and markets in the Third World. We support friendly governments by arming their police, developing a global military machine to maintain the world order based upon capital. The impact of this policy upon the population…
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The Legacy of U.S. World economic domination / Michael Parenti.
Talk by political analyst Michael Parenti which examines how developments in the United States during the 1980’s and 90’s have shaped United States foreign policy. He discusses endemic poverty in Central America, as well as much of the Third World, despite the abundance of natural resources in those countries. The industrialized countries, he reasons, have…
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Exploring the sword and the dollar / Michael Parenti ; interviewed by Kris Welch and Philip Maldari.
Michael Parenti examines how the United States is seeking to maintain a global military machine to support the status quo throughout the Third World. The Gulf War, Parenti argues, is the most recent example of this effort to control the haves and have-nots. The danger of Hussein is his role as a destablizing and nationalizing…