MICHAEL PARENTI needs little introduction to (genuine) left audiences. Via scores of excellent books (Democracy for the Few, Inventing Reality, etc.), numerous brilliant lectures here and abroad, and the lifetime example of a revolutionary intellectual, he has given people seriously committed to social change rich tools with which to wage their struggles. The featured lecture, The Assassination of Julius Caesar, delves deeply into the politics of the age of Caesar, and delivers a badly needed rectification in connection with his role and eventual place in history.  The true story of Julius Caesar’s character and the policies that led to his murder are as absorbing as they are relevant to the struggles of our own time. The talk is based on his book, The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People’s History of Ancient Rome.

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by Stephen Lendman

Compared to a rogue’s gallery of Republican aspirants, supporters claim Paul looks good by comparison. Look again and think carefully about America in his hands.

True enough, he wants the Federal Reserve abolished. He calls it “dishonest, immoral, unconstitutional,” and America’s “great(est) threat to….security and prosperity.”

“Out-of-control (and) secretive, (it) pumps money into the economy whenever it chooses and makes secret deals with Wall Street executives, foreign central banks, and other politically-connected insiders without any significant oversight from Congress.” Read more…