I bring up this tired old cliché because of its applicability to the Parentis, father and son. The father, Michael Parenti, is a hardcore Communist activist who wrote for the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) theoretical journal
Political Affairs among other CP publications. He is the author of 23 books (some used as college texts) and countless more articles. His specialized area of focus is on the structural class conflict of capitalist society and power. His communist affiliations were written up in the pioneering study book,
Covert Cadre” Inside the Institute for Policy Studies by S. Steve Powel, Green Hill Publishers Inc. The son, Christian, is a correspondent for