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Our Deepest Condolences to the Parenti Family

1/25/26

Michael Parenti was a towering figure of the American left and a hero to many in our chapter. Through his lectures and books like Blackshirts & Reds, he challenged us to question the world as it’s been handed to us and to fight to change it. We profiled Michael Parenti in our Fall issue. 

"But for decades in between, you would have been hard-pressed to find anything resembling effective socialist theory or praxis in the United States… except for Michael Parenti. He towered over the bleakest landscape we’ve ever set eyes upon, and he did it as one of us. Never highfalutin, never forgetting his East Harlem working-class roots. Speaking always with poise and power, his directness reflects someone who lived through the sufferings of class society and empowered his peers to recognize the true nature of the enemy."

So again, Michael Parenti, from this generation of your theoretical progeny: thank you for giving us the eyes to see the political struggle for what it is. For decades, you held up the sky almost alone; today, thousands of us share that weight. The struggle continues, and this time, Atlas is not alone.

His legacy lives on in every act of solidarity and struggle for liberation. Rest in power, comrade

Michael Parenti passed away on January 24th, 2026