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Michael Parenti: VOTING in the USA
How the vote was won and lost. If the right to vote is taken as a measure of a vibrant democracy, the United States came off to a bad start. Dr. Michael Parenti says that the most interesting list from the period of 1787 is the rather long one of people who were not allowed to vote – and he names all of them. He then discusses the ways in which – most recently – votes get rigged and elections stolen. See his article on the stolen Presidential Elections here.
This archival recording is a primer on the history of voting and the day to day efforts to make democracy come alive that shows Parenti at his best as historian and engaged political thinker.
Parenti is one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts. This is part one of his one hour lecture. He was introduced by the President of the University of Hartford, Walter Harrison.
After receiving his Ph.D. in political science from Yale Parenti has taught at colleges and universities, in the United States and abroad.
Parenti grew up in a conservative, catholic, working class Italian community in New York city. He is a prolific author and an engaging speaker. He serves on the board of judges for Project Censored and is the author of 22 books, among them: Democracy for the Few, Superpatriotism, History as Mystery, and – most recently – God and His Demons. From A TUC Radio Production.
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