Michael Parenti - The Struggle for History

This excellent lecture by political scientist, historian, and media critic Michael Parenti explains the study of history as a political act. He examines how the manufacturing and marketing of history to indoctrinate, rather than educate, is the result of a systematic control of history by ruling elites. The classification and destruction of documents, the effects of racism, sexism and class interest, the dominance of ideological homogenization and background assumptions all have an impact on our perception of history. Parenti illuminates the truth of George Orwell's quote: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
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