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Michael Parenti passed away, RIP. (x.com)
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Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92

He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family

“Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected

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[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Very sad ): I happened to be reading through his blackshirts and reds at the time. It is a very intresting books. It sheds a lot of light into the many good things the ussr did that isn't mentioned by western media or schools.