Zarubick, Blair.
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The Functions of fascism / Michael Parenti ; produced by Blair Zarubick.
Professor Michael Parenti examines the notion of fascism as a single ideology, and places it in specific historic and geographic contexts: Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan. The common ideologies contained glorification of leadership, glorification of the nation state, glorification of military conquest, and propagation of folk mysticism and the hatred of others. Capitalists supported Fascist…
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Origins of World War II / Michael Parenti ; produced by Blair Zarubick.
Professor Michael Parenti examines the traditional explanations of World War II: 1) the evil of Hitler; 2) appeasement lead to the war; 3) Soviet Union’s unholy alliance with Hitler. In his analysis, he argues that: Hitler could have been stopped early, the but United States and the other allies thought he was doing a good…
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The Plot thickens / Daniel Sheehan ; recorded by Blair Zarubick.
Speech by the legal advisor for the Christic Institute which analyzes the Iran-Contra hearings. He goes on to discuss how those hearings relate to the court case which involved himself.|THE PLOT THICKENS / Daniel Sheehan| recorded by Blair Zarubick. – Speech which analyzes the Iran-Contra hearings, as well as the related court case which involves…
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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…