Commentaries
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- Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Commentary When Pope John Paul II was still living in Poland as Cardinal Karol Wojty?a, he claimed that the security police would accuse priests of sexual abuse just to hassle and discredit them. -
- Sunday, Apr 25, 2010
Commentary For more than half a century western political leaders and their corporate media have waged a disinformation war against socialist Cuba. Nor is there any sign that they are easing up. A recent example is the case of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, an inmat... -
- Sunday, Feb 14, 2010
Commentary When I wrote my book Against Empire in 1995, as might be expected, some of my U.S. compatriots thought it was wrong of me to call the United States an empire. It was widely believed that U.S. rulers did not pursue empire; they intervened abroad on... -
- Friday, Aug 28, 2009
Commentary In the 1950s and early 1960s, it was the accepted view among many social scientists that, as ethnic assimilation advanced, ethnic group identities would fade away. But in fact, ethnicity continued to impact significantly upon political life. Why ... -
- Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009
Commentary Nations that chart a self-defining course, seeking to use their land, labor, natural resources, and markets as they see fit, free from the smothering embrace of the US corporate global order, frequently become a target of defamation. Their leader... -
- Monday, Jan 19, 2009
Commentary After the overthrow of communist governments in Eastern Europe, capitalism was paraded as the indomitable system that brings prosperity and democracy, the system that would prevail unto the end of history. -
- Friday, Nov 28, 2008
Commentary Barack Obama is on record as advocating a military escalation in Afghanistan. Before sinking any deeper into that quagmire, we might do well to learn something about recent Afghani history and the role played by the United States. -
- Thursday, Sep 28, 2006
Commentary There is a "mystery" we must explain: How is it that as corporate investments and foreign aid and international loans to poor countries have increased dramatically throughout the world over the last half century, so has poverty? The number of peop... -
- Monday, Jul 03, 2006
Commentary The 2004 presidential contest between Democratic challenger Senator John -
- Friday, Jun 09, 2006
Commentary A half century ago, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black reminded us in Griffin v. Illinois (1956) that there "can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has." The corporate executive with a team of hi... -
- Thursday, May 11, 2006
Commentary When government expends more than it collects in revenues, this is known as deficit spending. To meet its yearly deficits, it borrows from wealthy individuals and financial institutions in the United States and abroad. -
- Thursday, Mar 02, 2006
Commentary (The following is a revised excerpt from Parenti's newest book, THE CULTURE STRUGGLE) -
- Saturday, Dec 31, 2005
Commentary In December 2005, the reactionaries who are running the government and ruining the country decided to cut about $42 billion from the human services budget over the next few years. Most of the cuts will come out of the hides of the very poorest amo... -
- Thursday, Oct 13, 2005
Commentary Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee as nominee for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts assured the senators that he would not be one of those noisome activist judges who inject their personal values into court decisions. -
- Saturday, Sep 03, 2005
Commentary The free market played a crucial role in the destruction of New Orleans and the death of thousands of its residents. Armed with advanced warning that a momentous (force 5) hurricane was going to hit that city and surrounding areas, what did offici... - All Commentaries
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Articles
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- Monday, Jul 06, 2009
ZNet Article Is President Obama innocent of the events occurring in Honduras, specifically the coup launched by the Honduran military resulting in the abduction and forced deportation of democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya? Obama has denounced the c... -
- Friday, Mar 13, 2009
ZNet Article The problem we’re facing is one which has to do with equity and fairness, that when the foundation gets consumed, the apex gets bloated, it’s going to collapse. -
- Saturday, May 03, 2008
ZNet Article What is called "creationism" is the belief that in six days the Judeo-Christian god created the universe and all the earthly species including humans in finished form much as they exist today. For centuries this view prevailed throughout the weste... -
- Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008
ZNet Article Republican party politicos espouse an unflagging devotion to old-fashioned morality and family values, inveighing heavily against gay marriage, abortion, homosexuality, adultery, feminism, crime, stem-cell research, secularism, and liberalism—all ... -
- Tuesday, Feb 12, 2008
ZNet Article Republican party politicos espouse an unflagging devotion to old-fashioned morality and family values, inveighing heavily against gay marriage, abortion, homosexuality, adultery, feminism, crime, stem-cell research, secularism, and liberalism—all ... -
- Thursday, Oct 25, 2007
ZNet Article
During his 26-year papacy, John Paul II elevated 483 individuals to sainthood, more saints than all previous popes combined, it is reported. One personage he beatified but did not live long enough to canonize was Mother Teresa, the Roman Ca... -
- Tuesday, Oct 09, 2007
ZNet Article Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader -
- Monday, Jul 09, 2007
ZNet Article On the outskirts of Guatemala City the body of an 18-year-old woman of indigenous ethnicity was recently discovered by her frantic parents who had been searching long and hard. Forensic evidence sho... -
- Sunday, May 27, 2007
ZNet Article The goal of the transnational corporation is to become truly transnational, poised above the sovereign power of any particular nation, while being served by the sovereign powers ... -
- Thursday, Apr 26, 2007
ZNet Article There is a "mystery" we must explain: How is it that as corporate investments and foreign aid and international loans to poor countries have increased dramatically throughout the world over the last half century, so has poverty? The number of peop... -
- Sunday, Mar 04, 2007
ZNet Article The 2004 presidential contest between Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry and the Republican incumbent, President Bush Jr., amounted to another stolen election. This has been well documented by such investigators as Rep. John C... -
- Sunday, Feb 18, 2007
ZNet Article There is a “mystery†we must explain: How is it that as corporate investments and foreign aid and international loans to poor countries have increased dramatically throughout the world over the last half century, so has poverty? Th... -
- Sunday, Feb 19, 2006
ZNet Article 1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, THE CULTURE STRUGGLE is about? What is it trying to communicate?
Parenti: "Culture" refers to the entire panorama of conventional beliefs and practices within any society. But it has long occurred... -
- Monday, Nov 01, 2004
ZMag Article Try
to imagine the brainstorming session it took to satisfy the acronym,
“USA PATRIOT Act.” The solution: “Uniting and Strengt-
hening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruc... -
- Tuesday, Sep 14, 2004
ZNet Article
Over the past year, a furious opposition to gay marriage has been voiced by many who claim to know how God feels about this issue. President Bush even went so far as to propose an amendment to the Constitution to make same-sex marriage a federal... -
- Thursday, Feb 19, 2004
ZNet Article Michael Parenti received a PhD in Political Science at Yale University. He is one of the nation's leading progressive thinkers, an uncompromising advocate for political, economic, and social justice. He has written seventeen books, including: Demo... -
- Sunday, Dec 01, 2002
ZMag Article For some time now I have been suffering from what I call “media
moments.” We all heard of “senior moments,” a term
used mostly by people of mature years who suddenly experience a
lap... -
- Saturday, Jul 20, 2002
ZNet Article Michael Parenti received a PhD in Political Science at Yale University. He is one of the nation's leading progressive thinkers, an uncompromising advocate for political and social justice. He has written sixteen books, including Democracy for the ... - All Articles
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- Monday, Jul 06, 2009
ZNet Article Is President Obama innocent of the events occurring in Honduras, specifically the coup launched by the Honduran military resulting in the abduction and forced deportation of democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya? Obama has denounced the c... -
- Friday, Mar 13, 2009
ZNet Article The problem we’re facing is one which has to do with equity and fairness, that when the foundation gets consumed, the apex gets bloated, it’s going to collapse. -
- Saturday, May 03, 2008
ZNet Article What is called "creationism" is the belief that in six days the Judeo-Christian god created the universe and all the earthly species including humans in finished form much as they exist today. For centuries this view prevailed throughout the weste... -
- Tuesday, Feb 12, 2008
ZNet Article Republican party politicos espouse an unflagging devotion to old-fashioned morality and family values, inveighing heavily against gay marriage, abortion, homosexuality, adultery, feminism, crime, stem-cell research, secularism, and liberalism—all ... - All Featured Parenti's Articles
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