Michael's Open Road
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Michael Parenti Highlight (0:57)
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Interview (3:52)
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Do Things Rather Than Have Things (0:48)
Interview Excerpt -
When You Got A Lemon, You Make Lemonade (2:29)
Interview Excerpt
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INTERVIEWED BY:
Team Crossroads
MICHAEL PARENTI
Activist
“Be true to yourself. It gets very alienating pretending to be someone you're not.”
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THEMES DISCUSSED:
Values Struggle Individualism Money & Financial Security Perseverance Risk
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BIOGRAPHY:
- Received a master's degree from Brown University and a doctorate in political science from Yale University.
- While he was in school, the Vietnam War started; he says he got swept up in the debate.
- At the time, that debate was, "Can we win this war, or will we lose this war?"
- He believed neither of these arguments were relevant because there was something wrong with the institution of war.
- Started getting active and participating in demonstrations all over the country.
- After multiple run-ins with the police, including one violent altercation, he decided to concentrate on his writing and public speaking.
- Says that there are people that have things, and people that do things.
- At 73 years old, he's still in the population who concentrates on what he should do next, rather than what he should buy next.