San Francisco, CA City Lights Books 1997 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 165 p.

ISBN10: 0872863298, ISBN13: 9780872863293, [publisher: City Lights Books, Monroe, OR] Softcover Paperback. Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology terms 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. It is a bold and entertaining exploration of the epic struggles of yesterday and today. "A penetrating and persuasive writer with an astonishing array of documentation to implement his attacks." The Catholic Journalist "Blackshirts & Reds discusses the great combat between fascism and socialism that is ...
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City Lights Books 1997 Softcover New Notations edition. 165 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.50 inches.

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0872863298, ISBN13: 9780872863293, [publisher: City Lights Publishers] Softcover
[Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

City Lights Publishers, Date: 1997-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1997. City Lights Publishers ISBN 0872863298 9780872863293 [US]