Americans are trained to dismiss any claim of concerted wrongdoing among the elites as a "conspiracy theory." Parenti argues that conspiracies are real and normal--just one tool among many that the wealthy and powerful use to advance their personal and class interests.
He discusses several claims first dismissed as "conspiracy theories" and now accepted as historical fact--for instance the Gulf of Tonkin fabrication and the FBI infiltration of civil-rights and antiwar organizations.
Introduction by KD.
Parentis talk was delivered in Berkeley, California, in 1993. Audio courtesy of--and our thanks to--Maria Gilardins "TUC Radio" (www.tucradio.org)
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