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Michael Parenti was born on 30 September, 1933 in New York City, New York, United States, is an American academic (born 1933). Discover Michael Parenti's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

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Occupation Political scientist · author · historian · activist
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 30 September 1933
Birthday 30 September
Birthplace New York City, New York, United States
Nationality United States

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1933

Michael John Parenti (born September 30, 1933) is an American political scientist, academic historian and cultural critic who writes on scholarly and popular subjects.

He has taught at universities as well as run for political office.

Parenti is well known for his Marxist writings and lectures, and is an intellectual of the American Left.

Michael Parenti was raised by an Italian-American working-class family in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

After graduating from high school, Parenti worked for several years.

Upon returning to school, he received a BA from the City College of New York, an MA from Brown University and a PhD in political science from Yale University.

Parenti is the father of Christian Parenti, an academic, author and journalist.

For many years Parenti taught political and social science at various institutions of higher learning, including at the University of Vermont.

Eventually he devoted himself full-time to writing, public speaking, and political activism.

His book Democracy for the Few is a critical analysis of U.S. society, economy, and political institutions.

His book Blackshirts and Reds defended the Soviet Union and communist states of the 20th century from criticism, arguing that they were morally superior compared to capitalist states, that the problems of the Soviet Union were caused by the Russian Civil War and capitalist interference, and that "Left anti-Communist" and "pure socialist" critics failed to offer any alternatives to the Soviet Union's "siege socialism".

1974

In 1974, Parenti ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Vermont as the candidate of the democratic socialist Liberty Union Party; he came in third place, with 7.1% of the vote.

Parenti was once a friend of Bernie Sanders, but he later split with Sanders over Sanders's support for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

1980

In the 1980s, he was a visiting fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. In 2003, the Caucus for a New Political Science gave him a Career Achievement Award.

1992

Apart from several recordings of some of his public speeches, Parenti has also appeared in the 1992 documentary The Panama Deception, the 2004 Liberty Bound and 2013 Fall and Winter documentaries as an author and social commentator.

2007

In 2007, he received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from U.S. Representative Barbara Lee.

He served for 12 years as a judge for Project Censored.

He also is on the advisory boards of Independent Progressive Politics Network and Education Without Borders as well as the advisory editorial boards of New Political Science and Nature, Society and Thought.

2014

Parenti was interviewed in Boris Malagurski's documentary film The Weight of Chains 2 (2014) about the former Yugoslavia.

He was also interviewed for two episodes of the Showtime series Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, speaking briefly about the Dalai Lama (Episode 305 – Holier Than Thou) and patriotism (Episode 508 – Mount Rushmore).

New York City-based punk rock band Choking Victim use a number of samples from Michael Parenti's lectures in their album No Gods, No Managers.