In a telephone interview (10-13-09), acclaimed Left political analyst MICHAEL PARENTI speaks on (1) the costs of empire and who pays them; (2) how national governments have become the servants of transnational corporate capitalism; (3) the REAL crime of the many "rogue states" the US has invaded; (4) turning an empire back into a republic; & (5) the reversal of the US's progress towards social democracy.
Thanks to Dr. Michael Parenti for his time, thoughts, & words. Thanks to the University of Hartfords Community Conversations Colloquium, Provost Lynn Pasquerella, & this years steering committee for arranging & funding a public lecture by Parenti in November. Thanks to King Daevid MacKenzie for disinterring (from the ruins of its fallout shelter) this weeks song.
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Michael Parenti will present a free public lecture on Wednesday, November 4, at 7:30 PM, in Wilde Auditorium of the Harry Jack Gray Center, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT. His talk is titled, "Political Liberties and Economic Democracy." Reservations are required for this free event: call the University Box Office at (860) 768-4228 or 800-274-8587.
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SERIES OVERVIEW -- Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for. "Date recorded," below, = date of first scheduled broadcast. The telephone interview was recorded on October 13, 2009.
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