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Marxist Theorist Michael Parenti Passes Away at 92

2/4/2026

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Michael Parenti, a Marxist political theorist, died on January 24 in Amherst, Massachusetts, at age 92.
His death was confirmed by his son at an assisted living facility.
Parenti published more than 20 books and was a prominent leftist thinker, with the textbook Democracy for the Few among his influential works.
He became politically active in the 1960s, opposed the Vietnam War, and was convicted for striking a state trooper during an antiwar protest.
In 1974, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Vermont on a socialist ticket with Bernie Sanders.

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Michael Parenti, a Marxist political theorist, died on January 24 in Amherst, Massachusetts, at age 92.
His death was confirmed by his son at an assisted living facility.
Parenti published more than 20 books and was a prominent leftist thinker, with the textbook Democracy for the Few among his influential works.
He became politically active in the 1960s, opposed the Vietnam War, and was convicted for striking a state trooper during an antiwar protest.
In 1974, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Vermont on a socialist ticket with Bernie Sanders.