Blackshirts and Reds
Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
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Timothy Andrés Pabon
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Michael Parenti
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A bold and entertaining exploration of the epic struggles of yesterday and today.
Blackshirts and Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology. These terms are often bandied about but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti's trademark.
Parenti shows how "rational fascism" renders service to capitalism, how corporate power undermines democracy, and how revolutions are a mass empowerment against the forces of exploitative privilege. He also maps out the external and internal forces that destroyed communism, and the disastrous impact of the "free-market" victory on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He affirms the relevance of taboo ideologies like Marxism, demonstrating the importance of class analysis in understanding political realities and dealing with the ongoing collision between ecology and global corporatism.
Written with lucid and compelling style, this book goes beyond truncated modes of thought, inviting us to entertain iconoclastic views and to ask why things are as they are.
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- Baldwin's son
- 06-03-25
Illuminating
Loved the delivery and the actual material. Like so many great works has so many nuggets of important and insightful historical information
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- Marcus
- 27-02-24
Excellent, highly recommended
Excellent description of the different narratives between the left and the right and who ultimately benefits. If you have an interest in politics and economics this is an excellent read.
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- Mihaela
- 27-02-23
Very insightful and informative
Very nuanced history lesson, should probably be part of the school curriculum. Engaging and easy to follow narration
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-03-23
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excellent book describing the historical and current climate, advocating for class consciousness and solidarity
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- William Smith
- 09-02-25
Eye-opening
Fascinating, engaging, and truly thought- provoking. Feels as if it has a renewed relevance what with all this and that that is going on.
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- kerry duggan
- 07-04-22
Great Listen
If you have a small knowledge of class, economics and politics its a fantastic book to gain more of an understanding. Narration is really engaging
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- Anonymous User
- 05-01-23
Blackshirts and Reds
An excellent and academic insight into the different narratives between conflicting political ideologies and who ultimately benefits from the consensus held..
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- Mihaita Cojocaru
- 08-02-25
Marxist
He is praising communism (only the good bits) and hating fascism (I did not understand why), but criticizing capitalism, and blaming all the bad part of each society after comunism fell on the privatisation of the economy, meaning stealing the economy. The capitalists steal, he means.
And his point of view is unilateral - communistic
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