Michael Parenti, Unapologetic Marxist Theorist and Author, Dies at 92

Michael Parenti, Unapologetic Marxist Theorist and Author, Dies at 92

Michael Parenti, a Marxist political theorist with uncompromising views who published more than 20 books and lectured widely, but who was accused of being an apologist for brutal regimes, including in the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, died on Jan. 24 in Amherst, Mass. He was 92. His death, at an assisted living facility, was confirmed by his son, Christian Parenti. Infuriated in the 1960s by American involvement in the Vietnam War, Dr. Parenti mo…

Michael Parenti's Wonderful Legacy

This is a wonderful overview of Michael Parenti’s books and public lectures. After graduating from Yale he could not get a teaching position because of his anticapitalist and pro-communist commitments. He made his living as a writer and speaker and his book Democracy For the Few was a great alternative text for political science classes for many years, through 9 editions. His book Blackshirts and Reds defended actually existing socialism from bo…