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Michael Parenti: How I Became an Activist - PARENTI SPECIAL

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2023 Rebroadcast to remember and honor Michael Parenti who will turn 90 later this year

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Michael Parenti

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Maria Gilardin Contact Contributor

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Dec. 28, 2022, 12:36 a.m.

Summary: Parenti rarely talked about his life. How does a NYC street kid get accepted to Yale? How does he lose the privilege of his PhD. in an arrest at a demonstration against the war on Vietnam, and become an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer?

Michael Parenti grew up in a poor, working class Italian community in New York City. When he received his PhD in political science from Yale in 1962 he was the success and pride of his family. He risked and ended his academic career when he openly opposed the war on Vietnam. Ultimately the choice he made then was a good one. He now is an independent political writer and thinker and author of over 20 books. Invitations to speak come from all over North America. His topics are history, fascism, US Imperialism, globalization and terrorism. His writings have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

TUC Radio has an extensive collection of audio and video recordings representing about 30 years of work by Michael Parenti. You will hear more rebroadcast throughout this year. Recorded in Berkeley, CA, June 6, 2003

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