Michael Parenti is awesome, I love his stuff. Also, he stayed at my family's home once! My mom organized a local anti-war group during the gulf war, and she set up a few lectures with various speakers. Well, one of those speakers was Michael Parenti. He took the bus up to our neck of the woods and spent the night at our house. It was a couple years before I was born, but I still think it's really cool. My mom says he was really cool, super humble and very sweet. My older brother was like 2 or 3 years old at the time and apparently Michael pushed him on the swing and played some games with him, having a wonderful time.

I actually only learned about this less than a year ago, I mentioned Parenti in passing and my mom said "oh did I ever tell you that he once spent the night at our house?"

Anyway, just thought I would share that story :)

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PS: if anyone's interested, you can find the entirety of Blackshirts And Reds on youtube.

Also, you can just read it on Parenti's website.