This is just a passing comment and is off-topic, so it is not intended to start a discussion, but the subject of Michael Parenti does cause me to reflect a bit. Michael Parenti is also a long-time contributor to Political Affairs. That is the theoretical journal of the Communist Party, USA. He claims to not be a CP member. Okay, I suppose the CP can allow non-party members to contribute to their magazine if they want to. However, it would be a bit difficult for someone to be published there if he is not at least a sympathizer, but I have never known Parenti to admit to that. I have not read him for some time, so I could be missing something, but if he has not said something definitive since I last did read him Parenti is missing something too.
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