Join us in the Vertigo lounge on October 2nd for an educational on Michael Parenti’s Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism & the Overthrow of Communism. All are welcome and small snacks will be provided! Though it’s not required to read the book to attend, it is encouraged and will make for a stronger learning experience. Find a copy at your local bookstore or check out the links below for a PDF or audiobook. We hope to see you there and don’t forget to RSVP! :)
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About the book and author:
Michael Parenti is an internationally known award-winning author and lecturer. He is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts. His highly informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad.
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.
Parenti shows how fascism renders service to capitalism, how corporate power undermines democracy, and how revolutions are a mass empowerment against the forces of exploitative privilege. He also maps out the external and internal forces that destroyed communism, and the disastrous impact of the “free-market” victory on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He affirms the relevance of taboo ideologies like Marxism, demonstrating the importance of class analysis in understanding political realities and dealing with the ongoing collision between ecology and global corporatism.
Written with lucid and compelling style, this book goes beyond truncated modes of thought, inviting us to entertain iconoclastic views, and to ask why things are the way they are. It is a bold and engaging exploration of the epic struggles of yesterday and today.
Sourced from The Michael Parenti Political Archive https://www.michael-parenti.org/