Michael Parenti Books

"Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies" by Michael Parenti is a thought-provoking investigation into the class power at the core of our political and economic systems. Parenti unveils the exploitative economic forces that have shaped American history, while also examining how big-moneyed interests tilt the game in their favor. He argues that unrestrained capitalism ultimately endangers itself, and calls for a solution based on democratic diversity and public ownership. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of power, politics, and economics.

Waiting for Yesterday is a captivating Literary Nonfiction Memoir that provides readers with a revealing picture of Michael Parenti's early years as a youth in New York's East Harlem. The book offers delightful vignettes about growing up in a three-generation, working-class, Italian family, along with amusing predicaments of a street kid's life. It challenges many stereotypes faced by Italian Americans and offers both vivid imagery and sharp political observation against a backdrop of impoverished tenements, stoops, punitive classrooms, and a neighborhood church with its ornate celestial offerings. This delightful and sometimes touching story is the human comedy at its best.