Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0872863298 ISBN13: 9780872863293 Release Date: June 1997 Publisher: City Lights Books Length: 165 Pages Weight: 0.70 lbs. Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.0" A bold and entertaining exploration of the epic struggles of yesterday and today.Blackshirts & 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,