At Labour Heartlands, we believe in giving voice to those who challenge the comfortable lies of power. Today, we feature a sharp, essential lecture: The Myth of Capitalism by Michael Parenti. Born in 1933, Michael Parenti is an American political scientist, historian, and cultural critic whose work spans the scholarly and the accessible. A former university lecturer and political candidate, Parenti has spent decades exposing the brutal realities hidden beneath the myths of Western democracy and