Progressive political scientist MICHAEL PARENTI's unscripted reflections. This week: insightful commentary on capitalism, socialism, public utilities, popular rebellion, plutocrats in general, the Waltons in particular, Occupy Wall Street, and the monetary system.
Plus a brief recorded essay by Parenti from 2005--"Welfare for the Wealthy"--and a relevant song by Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Recorded October 6, 2015 in Springfield, Illinois. This installment of NWN features selections from the Q&A following a talk by Parenti ("Capitalism vs. Reality"). The original recording--which I have edited--is courtesy of the Unifersity of Illinois at Springfield and Dale Lehman/WZRD (via radio4all.net). Many thanks.
"Welfare for the Wealthy" (2005) courtesy of L.A. Sound Posse.
New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "very noses") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
Previously broadcast, as NWN #403, in November 2015. Fies downloaded from the links, below, are identified as #403.
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
You can download this installment of New World Notes--in MP3 and other formats--also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). The page with the download links is here: https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes403-ParentiAdLibPart2
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