The Face of Imperialism-Michael Parenti- part 1

The Face of Imperialism

"Michael Parenti's The Face of Imperialism is a powerful, frightening, and honest book. It will be hated by those who run the Empire, and it will be loved by people who are searching for truth amidst the piles of garbage of Western propaganda. Above all, this book will be like a bright spark of hope for billions of men, women, and children who are fighting this very moment for survival, defending themselves against the Empire and against all monstrous faces and masks of imperialism."

—Andre Vltchek, author of Western Terror: From Potosi to Baghdad

Paradigm Publishers (Available April 2011)

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[bapyou]

I like Parenti's work, but it's unfair & incorrect to label Chris Hedges a "liberal." In his writings Hedges has almost single-handedly resurrected the radical American spirit. Suggesting (as Parenti does here) that Hedges somehow condones American imperialism is ridiculous. One of Hedges' best-known books is 'Empire of Illusion.' And he has written forcefully about the horrors committed by American forces across the globe; horrors which Hedges has witnessed (as Parenti has not) first hand.

[brightpathvideo]

@bapyou

I didn't hear the same Hedges comment that you heard. I thought Parenti was favorable to Hedges. As to Hedges being "a single-handed radical spirit upriser" I would suggest you take a look at Derrick Jensen, Paul Watson, David Ray Griffin, Michael Moore, Kathy Kelley, John Trudel...there are more. I believe Parenti was in Yugoslavia during the wars of the 90's and suffered police brutality protesting the Viet Nam War.

[philippejacob]

Parenti is the man!

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

@bapyou I'm pretty sure Hedges thinks of himself as a liberal, though he probably doesnt think himself neo-liberal, which means he's a classical liberal a.k.a. libertarian.

[TheeUnidentified]

Re Hedges / Parenti: a crucial difference is illustrated in Parent's piece on "Conspiracy phobia on the Left;" Parenti realizes there's a shadow corp/state nexus that runs the US puppet govt, and understands how these convergent interests conspire/collude to get what they want (including the most dreaded 'conspiracy' abhorred by typically establishment/conservative Dems, 9/11 as MIHOP) ...as where Hedges, although I quite admire much of what I've read from him, remains mired in the 'CT phobia.'

[centurion180ad]

ROME's imperialism was predicated on the nastiest mass murdering form of slavery.

[grandmachristine42]

A few years ago Hedges was putting out too much hopelessness and cynicism for me to get into him much. Maybe it is a change in me, but I see him as very different in the last (?) 2 years . He's not so horribly horribly depressed. I just love and thoroughly approve of anything of his I come across now. Been delighted by Parenti for a long long time.

[bapyou]

@PrometheanRunGood "Hedges . . . [is] a disaffected liberal."

We're arguing semantics, but I disagree.

Over the past few years in his writings, Hedges' self-appointed project has been to continually unearth and resurrect America's radical past. In doing so he is squarely placing himself in the company of the radicals he so ardently admires: Dwight MacDonald and I.F. Stone, to name two.

Woodrow Wilson was a liberal. Emma Goldman, whom Wilson had deported, was a radical. Big difference.

[bapyou]

@PrometheanRunGood "Hedges . . . [is] a disaffected liberal."

We're arguing semantics, but I disagree. Over the past few years in his writings, Hedges -- as his self-appointed project -- has continually unearthed and resurrected America's radical past. In doing so he is squarely placing himself in the company of those radicals he so ardently admires: Dwight MacDonald and I.F. Stone (to name two). Woodrow Wilson was a liberal. Emma Goldman, whom Wilson had deported, was a radical.

[PrometheanRunGood]

@bapyou I like Hedges too but I think he can be correctly called a disaffected liberal.

[oheff3]

Stephen Zarlenga and his American Monetary Institute (monetary dot org) are advocating for monetary reform, which would also involve raising the monetary litteracy of We The People, and has helped Dennis Kucinich write his HR6550 to regain the sovereign power over the currency back to We The People.

[oheff3]

Richard Kotlarz and many others have written good monetary histories (Kotlarz' paper "Iraq and the Rest of the American Revolution" goes into great detail to connect the control of the money as one of the more powerful means of control. his work is at economic tree dot org)