Dr. Michael Parenti 1986 Lecture “Yellow Parenti”

Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

But that expropriation of the Third World—has been going on for 400 years—brings us to another revelation—namely, that the Third World is not poor. You don’t go to poor countries to make money. There are very few poor countries in this world. Most countries are rich! The Philippines are rich! Brazil is rich! Mexico is rich! Chile is rich—only the people are poor. But there’s billions to be made there, to be carved out, and to be taken—there’s been billions for 400 years! The Capitalist European and North American powers have carved out and taken the timber, the flax, the hemp, the cocoa, the rum, the tin, the copper, the iron, the rubber, the bauxite, the slaves, and the cheap labour. They have taken out of these countries—these countries are not underdeveloped—they’re overexploited!

  • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    this video has been at the bane of my experience in my lazy efforts to learn theory from youtube and i LOVE seeing it meme’d here. lol

      • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 day ago

        how could it not? every time i searched for parenti using the youtube search, i got almost nothing but duplicates of this video. lol

          • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            23 hours ago

            i wish i could see it that way; it keeps triggering me since the 80’s were a particularly shitty time in my life. i have yet to watch the video because of it.

              • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                23 hours ago

                thanks, but don’t be; it’s well in the past and i think i learned from it. eventually, it’ll be water under the bridge like the 90’s & aughts are for me.

      • Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee
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        23 hours ago

        “One more thing, I almost forgot… My wife tells me my memory is so bad, she’s surprised I remember the route to work, I’ll tell you. But this one loose end just keeps bothering me–how exactly is the US defending democracy by interfering in free, open elections? Anyway I’ll leave you to it, have a lovely night.”

        • AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          20 hours ago

          And there’s just one other thing bothering me. Earlier you said that because the churches were empty the people were being repressed. But then the churches were full and you said they were rejecting the atheistic state…

  • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    22 hours ago

    This reminds me that I’ve wanted to ask you in particular, since you made that nice reading list, do you have a recommendation of documentaries or lectures that you could please recommend on any politically left subject that would be helpful in introducing people to radical politics or radicalizing them further?

    I just know ones like Pilger’s War on Democracy, Black Power Mixtape, and (I know, I know) Zizek’s Pervert’s Guide to Ideology.

    I have some best friends who aren’t really readers, unfortunately.