Dr. Michael Parenti 1986 Lecture "Yellow Parenti"
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
But that expropriation of the Third World—has been going on for 400 years—brings us to another revelation—namely, that the Third World is not poor. You don't go to poor countries to make money. There are very few poor countries in this world. Most countries are rich! The Philippines are rich! Brazil is rich! Mexico is rich! Chile is rich—only the people are poor. But there's billions to be made there, to be carved out, and to be taken—there's been billions for 400 years! The Capitalist European and North American powers have carved out and taken the timber, the flax, the hemp, the cocoa, the rum, the tin, the copper, the iron, the rubber, the bauxite, the slaves, and the cheap labour. They have taken out of these countries—these countries are not underdeveloped—they're overexploited!
I’m currently reading Blackshirts & Reds and will also read others from your reading list. It’s an amazing book and it’s helping deprogram the US propaganda that I’ve been taught all my life and teaching me new things/ideas. I’m new to socialism/communism, even though I’ve been adjacent to it the last several years so I appreciate you making the list!
Thank you so much! I made that list exactly for people like you, based on what I would have wanted when I was first starting out, so hearing that people are using and enjoying my list really does make me happy. Blackshirts and Reds in particular would have fast-forwarded my radicalization process far earlier had I been exposed to it, and not taken the many years it has. Let me know if you have any questions!