Product Description: DEMOCRACY FOR THE FEW is a provocative interpretation of American Government. It shows how democracy is repeatedly violated by corporate oligopolies, and how popular forces have fought back and occasionally made gains in spite of the system...read more

Product Description: Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. On these pages, fans of Michael Parenti's insightful political and historical writings are given a revealing picture of his early years as a youth in New York's East Harlem, along with some of the influences that helped shape his lifelong commitment to activism and social justice...read more

The relationship between US economic and military power is not often considered within mainstream commentary. Similarly the connection between US military interventions overseas and US domestic problems is rarely considered in any detail. In this brilliant new book, Michael Parenti reveals the true face of US imperialism. He documents how it promotes unjust policies across the globe including expropriation of natural resources, privatisation, debt burdens and suppression of democratic movements. He then demonstrates how this feeds into deteriorating living standards in the US itself, leading to increased poverty, decaying infrastructure and impending ecological disaster. The Face of Imperialism redefines empire and imperialism and connects the crisis in the US with its military escapades across the world.

Studies the American political system and government from the viewpoint that our government represents the privileged few as a result of the distribution of sources of power within American society

Explores the true meaning of patriotism by examining how political leaders and the media use fear to win support for military interventions and inflated arms budgets at the expense of projects that serve the real needs of humanity.

Presents a history of the late republic in Rome from the viewpoint of the powerless slaves, plebs, and farmers to show that Caesar's death was the consummation of class conflict, economic inequality, and political corruption.

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Challenges media coverage of the war in Yugoslavia and the aerial attacks launched by the United States and NATO, and argues that Western leaders and NATO waged a disinformation campaign in pursuit of free-market reforms. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history’s victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and privilege...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Essays offer a critical look at American politics, the undue influence of wealth, income disparity, and manipulation of the media

Product Description: Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology—terms often bandied about but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti’s trademark...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This eye-opening and entertaining collection of essays investigates media and culture, conspiracy and state power, ideology and political consciousness. Parenti ranges over such crucial issues as free speech, the rise of neofascism, the relationship between wealth and poverty, the “terrorism” hype, the continuing mystifications about the Kennedy assassination, and the deceptions and injustices of U...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Arguing against the presumption that the U.S. has no dominant ideology, the author confronts the myths in American society that limit the perception of political reality and constrain progressive reform

Argues that the news media are subtly controlled by sponsors and the government, shows examples of press bias, and identifies the means by which the media misrepresent reality

Shows how America's media actually promote the ideals of the economic and political forces that control them and alter the way America views history, politics, race, gender, and class (view table of contents)

Product Description: ***UNREAD COPY***Eligible for FREE Super Saving Shipping! Fast Amazon shipping plus a hassle free return policy mean your satisfaction is guaranteed! Tracking number provided with every order. Very slight shelf wear/tiny crease to corner; otherwise item is in LIKE NEW UNREAD COPY conditio...read more