Let's not dismiss "conspiracy theories," says Parenti. He shows that conspiracies are in fact common--one tool among the many that elites use to advance their class interests.
This week he discusses more conspiracies that in fact happened. These include the business elite's reversal the US drift towards social democracy (from the 1970s). The State Department's covert scuttling of a peace treaty in Nicaragua (1980s). And the almost-unknown assassination of President Zachary Taylor (1850).
Parentis talk was delivered in Berkeley, California, in 1993. Audio courtesy of--and our thanks to--Maria Gilardins "TUC Radio" (www.tucradio.org)
New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "Yum-Yum Tree") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
Introduction by KD.
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