The Michael Parenti Collection https://tankie.tube/c/parenti_collection/videos Professor Michael Parenti dedicated his life to teaching us the history and nature of this system we have all been born into. This is a collection of his lectures and interviews. On January 24th, 2026, Michael Parenti went to the Great Lecture Hall in the Sky. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:19:11 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube The Michael Parenti Collection https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/27f539d0-935f-4392-9815-15f6754eea4a.png https://tankie.tube/c/parenti_collection/videos All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://tankie.tube/feeds/podcast/videos.xml?videoChannelId=5098 <![CDATA[Michael Parenti on Bernie Sanders]]> https://tankie.tube/w/veeSHtG3tBV5npB6h2v1Gi https://tankie.tube/w/veeSHtG3tBV5npB6h2v1Gi Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:00:42 GMT Excerpt from a Q&A session about Dr. Parenti's thoughts on Bernie Sanders

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection nonadult Michael Parenti on Bernie Sanders Excerpt from a Q&A session about Dr. Parenti's thoughts on Bernie Sanders <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Real History, Part 3: The Functions of Fascism]]> https://tankie.tube/w/cfJswkaaaM892TcszD8WdW https://tankie.tube/w/cfJswkaaaM892TcszD8WdW Tue, 10 Jun 2025 04:42:39 GMT Parenti says that fascism is a new order and consciousness that served
the same old power structure and promised to solve the ills of the many
while protecting the interests of the few. He answers in detail who
financed the fascist parties and what services the fascists rendered in
return.

From a TUC Radio broadcast in 2011. Source

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Real History, Part 3: The Functions of Fascism Parenti says that fascism is a new order and consciousness that served the same old power structure and promised to solve the ills of the many while protecting the interests of the few. He answers in detail who financed the fascist parties and ... <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Psycho-History]]> https://tankie.tube/w/9t28x6Pdah8dsvV55WwtYF https://tankie.tube/w/9t28x6Pdah8dsvV55WwtYF Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:03:51 GMT An Extension of the popular REAL HISTORY Project
A considerable number of historians, political scientists and psychologists have begun to rely on psychology to explain political phenomena. They treat individuals as driven by covert, personal emotions, distorting our understanding of political life. Using the examples of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and US President Herbert Hoover Parenti proves what is wrong with that analysis.

From a TUC Radio broadcast in 2011. Source

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Psycho-History An Extension of the popular REAL HISTORY Project A considerable number of historians, political scientists and psychologists have begun to rely on psychology to explain political phenomena. They treat individuals as driven by covert, personal emo... <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Real History, Part 2: The Spanish American War and the Rise of US Imperialism]]> https://tankie.tube/w/3QLNXywATC3Gj5oE9sqf4u https://tankie.tube/w/3QLNXywATC3Gj5oE9sqf4u Mon, 09 Jun 2025 01:51:16 GMT Why did the US give verbal support to the Cuban liberation movements against Spain while selling weapons to Spain to fight the poplar movement? The Spanish American War was an important turning point in the transition of the US to an imperial power and many of the forces at work are eerily contemporary.

From a TUC radio broadcast in 2011. Source

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Real History, Part 2: The Spanish American War and the Rise of US Imperialism Why did the US give verbal support to the Cuban liberation movements against Spain while selling weapons to Spain to fight the poplar movement? The Spanish American War was an important turning point in the transition of the US to an imperial powe... <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Real History, Part 1: The Myth of the Founding Fathers]]> https://tankie.tube/w/cR67kkLHi6PHGE3rsjwNcm https://tankie.tube/w/cR67kkLHi6PHGE3rsjwNcm Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:50:03 GMT As the US government claims to spread democracy around the world and is ghost writing constitutions for other countries, the spotlight falls back on this country. Is the current US system a democracy? Has it ever been one? In The Myth of the Founding Fathers Parenti takes us back to the early days of the republic. Who were the founding fathers, what were their goals in writing the US constitution? Who did they exclude and who did they favor? How many of them actually wanted to create a monarchy? And who, in the end, ratified the constitution after it was written?

From A TUC Radio broadcast in 2011. Source

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Real History, Part 1: The Myth of the Founding Fathers As the US government claims to spread democracy around the world and is ghost writing constitutions for other countries, the spotlight falls back on this country. Is the current US system a democracy? Has it ever been one? In The Myth of the Found... <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - The 1% Pathology and the Myth of Capitalism (2012-10-19)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/jpw8WvB4eg1H9ndMYyPQJQ https://tankie.tube/w/jpw8WvB4eg1H9ndMYyPQJQ Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:14:03 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti gave this keynote speech about economics, neoliberalism, globalization and the history of capitalism, for the 4th Annual People's Movement Assembly at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington on October 19th, 2012.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - The 1% Pathology and the Myth of Capitalism (2012-10-19) Dr. Michael Parenti gave this keynote speech about economics, neoliberalism, globalization and the history of capitalism, for the 4th Annual People's Movement Assembly at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington on October 19th, 2012. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Real History, Part 4: The Real Causes of World War Two]]> https://tankie.tube/w/etfie9r66jt9MYJkpK4m4n https://tankie.tube/w/etfie9r66jt9MYJkpK4m4n Sun, 08 Jun 2025 16:59:14 GMT Who inside Germany was resisting the rise of Hitler and why were they not supported by Britain and France? Why did the Western Allies allow Hitler to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia? Why did Britain and France refuse to enter an anti fascist alliance with the Soviet Union?

From A TUC Radio Presentation in 2011

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Real History, Part 4: The Real Causes of World War Two Who inside Germany was resisting the rise of Hitler and why were they not supported by Britain and France? Why did the Western Allies allow Hitler to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia? Why did Britain and France refuse to enter an anti fascist ... <![CDATA[Michael Parenti debates Christopher Hitchens: Iraq and the future of US foreign policy (2005-04-18)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/obRrAHD2qdLfUYTpruoEoS https://tankie.tube/w/obRrAHD2qdLfUYTpruoEoS Sun, 08 Jun 2025 16:22:35 GMT Michael Parenti debates Christopher Hitchens on the criminality of the illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq, at Wesleyan University, April 18th, 2005.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection News & Politics nonadult Michael Parenti debates Christopher Hitchens: Iraq and the future of US foreign policy (2005-04-18) Michael Parenti debates Christopher Hitchens on the criminality of the illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq, at Wesleyan University, April 18th, 2005. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Contrary Notions (San Francisco, 2008-01-22)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/fUdjVJMEmPPEKRmec7BAtR https://tankie.tube/w/fUdjVJMEmPPEKRmec7BAtR Sun, 08 Jun 2025 11:55:53 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses his latest book, "Contrary Notions". City Lights bookstore, San Francisco, Jan 22, 2008

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Contrary Notions (San Francisco, 2008-01-22) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses his latest book, "Contrary Notions". City Lights bookstore, San Francisco, Jan 22, 2008 <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - The JFK Assassination: The Gangster Nature of the State]]> https://tankie.tube/w/kLVqSTXSEMG3c9j4zJZpvP https://tankie.tube/w/kLVqSTXSEMG3c9j4zJZpvP Sun, 08 Jun 2025 11:41:01 GMT TUC Radio re-broadcast of Dr. Michael Parenti's famous 1993 lecture on the JFK assassination.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - The JFK Assassination: The Gangster Nature of the State TUC Radio re-broadcast of Dr. Michael Parenti's famous 1993 lecture on the JFK assassination. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR (15 April 1986 at University of Colorado, Boulder)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/rfiTuh6zPy15WHshP4Jcqi https://tankie.tube/w/rfiTuh6zPy15WHshP4Jcqi Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:00:17 GMT Color-corrected with improved audio

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR (15 April 1986 at University of Colorado, Boulder) Color-corrected with improved audio <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Lecture on "The Empire Under Attack: From Latin America to Occupy Wall Street" (Columbus, Ohio)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/53pryP8Bf4wcikU68dptKw https://tankie.tube/w/53pryP8Bf4wcikU68dptKw Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:33:52 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses The Empire Under Attack: From Latin America to Occupy Wall Street at The Ohio State University Center For Latin-American Studies in Columbus, Ohio.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Lecture on "The Empire Under Attack: From Latin America to Occupy Wall Street" (Columbus, Ohio) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses The Empire Under Attack: From Latin America to Occupy Wall Street at The Ohio State University Center For Latin-American Studies in Columbus, Ohio. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti, Savvina Chowdhury, Sarah Regan - Lecture Panel on "State of the Struggle" (2012-10-20)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/rgNMBsAWSCLDYAPpnWsYAE https://tankie.tube/w/rgNMBsAWSCLDYAPpnWsYAE Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:10:47 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti, Savvina Chowdhury, Sarah Regan lecture panel on State of the Struggle at the Peoples' Movement Assembly
in Olympia, Washington on Oct 20th, 2012.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti, Savvina Chowdhury, Sarah Regan - Lecture Panel on "State of the Struggle" (2012-10-20) Dr. Michael Parenti, Savvina Chowdhury, Sarah Regan lecture panel on State of the Struggle at the Peoples' Movement Assembly in Olympia, Washington on Oct 20th, 2012. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Lecture on "The Culture Struggle" (San Diego, California, 2006)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/vsuvSuPmegybHidHEzhxJT https://tankie.tube/w/vsuvSuPmegybHidHEzhxJT Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:16:12 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses "The Culture Struggle" in San Diego, California on September 30th, 2006.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Lecture on "The Culture Struggle" (San Diego, California, 2006) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses "The Culture Struggle" in San Diego, California on September 30th, 2006. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Lecture on "The Darker Myths of Empire: Heart of Darkness Series" (Chicago, Illinois, 2005-11-16)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/gYgGpa5NAB3ajWEbLu4VbT https://tankie.tube/w/gYgGpa5NAB3ajWEbLu4VbT Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:10:54 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses The Darker Myths of Empire at the College of DuPage in Chicago, Illinois on November 16th, 2005.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Lecture on "The Darker Myths of Empire: Heart of Darkness Series" (Chicago, Illinois, 2005-11-16) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses The Darker Myths of Empire at the College of DuPage in Chicago, Illinois on November 16th, 2005. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Lecture on "Creating a Sustainable Economy" (Long Beach, California, 2004-06-24)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/brx1tqmwFTqpTkMfXB8mT6 https://tankie.tube/w/brx1tqmwFTqpTkMfXB8mT6 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:10:23 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses Creating a Sustainable Economy at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Long Beach, California on June 24th, 2004.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Lecture on "Creating a Sustainable Economy" (Long Beach, California, 2004-06-24) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses Creating a Sustainable Economy at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Long Beach, California on June 24th, 2004. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Lecture on "Human Nature and Politics" (Los Angeles, California, 1990-05-??)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/kdRgMWLjj1PtpSSAkaC22L https://tankie.tube/w/kdRgMWLjj1PtpSSAkaC22L Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:10:09 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses *Human Nature and Politics: A Critique of Conservative Concepts of Human Nature in Los Angeles, California in May, 1990.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Lecture on "Human Nature and Politics" (Los Angeles, California, 1990-05-??) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses *Human Nature and Politics: A Critique of Conservative Concepts of Human Nature in Los Angeles, California in May, 1990. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Lecture on "Super Patriotism vs Real Patriotism" (1988)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/1TbLnBHpb7fR2Uv8DwNssB https://tankie.tube/w/1TbLnBHpb7fR2Uv8DwNssB Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:54:31 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses Super Patriotism vs Real Patriotism in 1988.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Lecture on "Super Patriotism vs Real Patriotism" (1988) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses Super Patriotism vs Real Patriotism in 1988. <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Lecture on "US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR" (Boulder, Colorado, 1986-04-15)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/xdWcnFcQYjmkkVZPvBNwep https://tankie.tube/w/xdWcnFcQYjmkkVZPvBNwep Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:22:25 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado on April 15, 1986.

AKA The legendary "Yellow Parenti"

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Lecture on "US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR" (Boulder, Colorado, 1986-04-15) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado on April 15, 1986. AKA The legendary "Yellow Parenti" <![CDATA[Michael Parenti - Lecture on "Lies, War and Empire" (Seattle, Washington, 2007-05-12)]]> https://tankie.tube/w/1ATUADkTL9mLJsaJaYPwdL https://tankie.tube/w/1ATUADkTL9mLJsaJaYPwdL Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:21:39 GMT Dr. Michael Parenti discusses Lies, War and Empire at The Center for Creative Change, Antioch University in Seattle, WA on Mar 12th 2007.

]]> The Michael Parenti Collection Education nonadult Michael Parenti - Lecture on "Lies, War and Empire" (Seattle, Washington, 2007-05-12) Dr. Michael Parenti discusses Lies, War and Empire at The Center for Creative Change, Antioch University in Seattle, WA on Mar 12th 2007.