Remembering Michael Parenti, outstanding critic of capitalism and imperialism

Carlos Martinez | 1 May 2026 A true working-class intellectual, Parenti never watered down his analysis for the sake of respectability, popularity or a well-paid job. Michael Parenti showed that the choice facing humanity is not between capitalism and some imaginary perfect socialism, but between the actually-existing struggle for a better world and the barbarism associated with a dying…