The president and his cheerleaders refused to engage deeply with systemic problems facing our country. That came back to haunt America last week. By Cornel West The Guardian Thursday 14 July 2016 11.12 EDT. Last modified on Friday 15 July 2016 03.07 EDT ‘The American empire is in deep spiritual decline and decay.’ Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images Police More
West: And here's the best of the response. Black church, prophetic, antiterrorist institutions, black music, prophetic, antiterrorist, anti-trauma. How do you straighten your back up? How do you tell the truth? How do you bear witness? How do you organize? How do you mobilize? How do you generate forms of resistance and resiliency in the face of some very, very ugly forms of terror and trauma and stigma?
We call on everyone to join us, both in resisting these raids and in manifesting resistance in October that is powerful enough to change the way millions of people see the way the criminal justice system mistreats so many people. Cornel West. (photo: Vice News) By Cornel West and Carl Dix, Cornel West's Blog readersupportednews.org July More
Hedges: There is a word for what is bubbling up from below—revolution. It can’t begin soon enough.
“It’s a beautiful thing to see people on fire for justice, but I didn’t come here to give a speech,” he said at Sunday’s event. “I came here to go to jail.” RT.com Published: October 13, 2014 20:13 Edited: October 14, 2014 01:07 To view the video, click the Download video link below. (It More
Paine knew that the British monarchy, which wielded the global imperial power that America wields today, was blinded by its hubris and military prowess. It had lost the ability to listen and as a result had lost the ability to make rational choices. By Chris Hedges truthdig.com May 25, 2014 Portrait of Thomas Paine by Auguste Millière (1880). More
Dr. Cornel West and Q and A with Medea and Dr. West [youtube=http://youtu.be/dmncGg6wyC8] Cornel West was a featured speaker at a summit on drones, “Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance.” He talked about the relationship between the military and Wall Street. codepinkaction Published on Nov 25, 2013 View Full Event (3 Programs) Subscribe or “Follow” us More
Dr. Cornel West and Q and A with Medea and Dr. West [youtube=http://youtu.be/dmncGg6wyC8] Cornel West was a featured speaker at a summit on drones, “Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance.” He talked about the relationship between the military and Wall Street. codepinkaction Published on Nov 25, 2013 View Full Event (3 Programs) Subscribe or “Follow” us More
M.I.T. professor emeritus Noam Chomsky reflects on eight decades of struggle. Progressive changes are going to come. People with power are not going to say thank you, I'll give it up and hand it over to you. They're going to struggle to retain their right, their power and domination. The effort to undermine that, which More
“Obama used [Martin Luther] King’s Bible during his inauguration, but under the National Defense Authorization Act King would be detained without due process. By Chris Hedges Posted on Sep 9, 2013 truthdig.com Princeton University professor Cornel West, left, hugs a protester while marching with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. AP/Bebeto Matthews More
“Obama used [Martin Luther] King’s Bible during his inauguration, but under the National Defense Authorization Act King would be detained without due process. By Chris Hedges Posted on Sep 9, 2013 truthdig.com Princeton University professor Cornel West, left, hugs a protester while marching with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. AP/Bebeto Matthews More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/zCO4BxUMpD0] democracynow Published on Jul 22, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - For a response to President Obama's comments on the acquittal of George Zimmerman and racism in the United States, we're joined by Dr. Cornel West, professor at Union Theological Seminary and author of numerous books. On Obama's remarks comparing himself to Trayvon Martin, West says: "Will that identification More
