Contrary notions : the Michael Parenti reader.

Author/creator Parenti, Michael
Format Book
Publication InfoSan Francisco : City Lights Books, ©2007.
Descriptionxi, 403 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Media moments -- Liberal media yet to be found -- Methods of media manipulation -- Objectivity and the dominant paradigm -- Repression in academia -- The stolen presidential elections -- How the free market killed New Orleans -- Conservative judicial activism -- Why the corporate rich oppose environmentalism -- Autos and atoms -- What is to be done? -- Racist rule, then and now -- Custom against women -- Are heterosexuals worthy of marriage? -- That's Italian? Another ethnic stereotype -- La famiglia : an ethno-class experience -- Bread story : the blessings of private enterprise -- My strange values -- Technology and money : the myth of neutrality -- False consciousness -- Left, right, and the "extreme moderates" -- State vs. government -- Democracy vs. capitalism -- Socialism today? -- Capital and labor, an old story -- Wealth, addiction, and poverty -- Monopoly culture and social legitimacy -- The flight from class -- Imperialism for beginners -- The free market paradise liberates communist Europe -- The rational destruction of Yugoslavia -- To kill Iraq -- Good things happening in Venezuela -- A word about terrorists -- Dominant history -- Fascism, the real story -- The Cold War is an old war -- The people as "rabble" and "mob".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006101941
ISBN9780872864825
ISBN0872864820

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HN59.2 .P382 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold