Saturday, 24 January 2026

Michael Parenti (1993 - 2026)

quote [ Michael Parenti speaks at the University of Colorado, Boulder: "US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR" April 15, 1986 ]

"Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92 He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family “Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected"

Dang shame. His book Blackshirts and Reds completely reframed my understanding of geopolitics and opened me up to a number books from revolutionary writers in the third world I never would have been able to truly appreciate.

Also, ICE killed another observer today, in case you're wondering how that's going.
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[by steele@7:49pmGMT]

Comments

Paracetamol said @ 8:48pm GMT on 27th Jan
The excess overshadows the papercuts – did you hear about left orgs and parties being excluded from bank accounts via SWIFT directives in Europe?
steele said @ 11:25am GMT on 28th Jan
Ya, that debanking shit has been going on for a while now. Or was there a new thing?
Paracetamol said @ 1:59pm GMT on 28th Jan
yes, in December .. but you're right, it wasn't uncommon before. This has been triggered by the Antifa comment .. I coulnd't find English articles on it though.

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