Riz Khan - Cornel West and the fight against injustice

[DimeRhoadsChuckSATAN]

23:11 The Blues man and Jazz man speech right to the end was so moving. What a brilliant thinker

[lazydeziner]

I wish I could understand all what he said. But i agreed what he say the parts I understand. Smart man indeed !

[Geraldfromheyarnold]

I like how he pronounces oligarchic as OILgarchic

[Bockatadi]

theres a reason this guy played HIMSELF in the matrix

[kinglbkiv]

I wish this man would run for president instead of useless corporate puppets like obama. Who will survive in America? Nobody! We are on the decline fast thanks to greed special interests, and the stupid public rather watch dancing with the stars than shit that really matters.

[wyoboy17]

@100silverpizza

who has been president for 4 years?

[d1nine1]

stacked deck it's bullshirt west meet d1

[dawala1000]

Cornel West is a very smart man and the things he says is full of truth and wisdom for all people to hear .

[scorpionJB]

@dawala1000 all truth

[illuminationclub]

If there was ever an intellectual spirit.....in the framework of our beloved martin luther King, it would be this great African American soul......Cornel West ...he would be characterized by My beloved grandmother as a very GOOD EGG...

[slapcompany]

Success for Managers is: Respect. To be paid to think, not just to comply. To be trusted.

[lumpagogo]

KKKorny West is in London now, stirring up trouble. That what KKKorny do--and get paid all those white dollar from Princeton.

[dharmaatdawn]

thank u Dr. West. It was dishonest of Obama to say only in America bla bla bla. Good point abbou (ex) t president of Brazil.what about president Morales too. it seems like Obama has no connection to ppl at all. Even his beautiful speeches now just hollow. I think wall street knew they could depend on him before he was propelled to the worldwide stage. I dont think he would be given a stage if he sided w working ppl, poor. I dont think he sold out, I think he believes in his policies 

[bradygate]

Preach it, Brother West!!

[rmed30]

@mespasticpunk : Ron Paul is a "close personal family friend and political colleague of yours". Ok buddy. And I'm the ghost of MJ. You are obviously batshit crazy. I hope for your sake decent insurance so you can get the medical care you require.

[rmed30]

@mespasticpunk : I wan't to know why you keep calling Ron Paul a shill. He is not in the pockets of the central bank/federal reserve, labor unions, the CFR, the military industrial complex, the prison profiteers, or any of the other special interests groups that are fist fucking this country into ashes. He is the voice of the educated masses. The reason he can't gain any real traction is bc the main stream media fed zombie imbecile apathy masses exceed rational minds by huge numbers

[rmed30]

@mespasticpunk : Maybe you should do some research before you start labeling people as frauds. The reason Ron Paul comments appear on videos like this is because the people have been electing as leaders for the last 40 years have been furthering the same global, imperialist, military agenda. And Obama was perhaps the biggest letdown of them all. But he was only a letdown to the people who bought the bullshit.

[rmed30]

@mespasticpunk : Why doesn't Obama go after what Dr. West calls the "Prison Industrial Complex" 70% of prison population is black. The crime? Petty drug offenders. An entire generation of young black people incarcerated under the guise of a fake "War on Drugs". The real reason is because prison is a private business that is BOOMING! When prison becomes as profitable as it is today, you better believe we will send more poor people in. Same thing can be said about any war.

[rmed30]

@mespasticpunk : Ron Paul is not a fraud. He's a medical doctor, a veteran, and a lifelong civil servant. He predicted the housing crisis, along with every other financial and foreign policy disaster of the last 30 years. Notice Dr. West's criticism of Obama in blunt terms is that he is a stooge for the elitists and the banking cartel. Institutions that contributed BILLIONS of dollars to prop Obama up and buy the 08 elections. Obama DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. Just that simple.

[seriela]

Amen!  PREACH, Brother West! Obama's silence during the Massacre in Gaza was infuriating to me.

[konbitkreyol]

Justice in a Democracy

[rednosepitd]

Spoken like a true prophet!

[3daysgracefan117]

PO has lost the respect of many black people (he doesn't seem to care), so he has lost a lot of possible votes(does he care?). Black people need to realize if your are to survive as a race you are pretty much on your own, NO ONE will come to rescue you. An endagered species on its way to extinction for fifty years now. I do not think the tide can be stopped unless you all individually make a concious decision not to believe lies of caring/help by those who abuse you time and again.

[MWJEFF1]

lmao he's a racist !  /sarcasm

[ingimotomovement]

Cornel West for President.

Im serious

[wudwudendabudd]

realest shit on youtube

[scampbell04]

"every flag is subordinate to the Cross" I'm using that one. Love Dr. West.

[muslimgiga]

This man speaks the truth

[ALTERED13TH]

Aside from his outdated, silly left wing collectivist rhetoric he made three good points in 26 minutes of nonsense. Corporate welfare is out of hand. GM bailout cost taxpayers $84 billion. He also made a good point about other countries providing opportunity and a good point about the US not supporting the ANC. Why was West surprised that Obama didn't say anything about the Palestinians? Obama did nothing about a true revolution in Iran. His equating Cairo and Madison, WI is a joke right?

[Blacquenhard]

Obama is the worst president ever! I'm speaking from a Black Nationalist/Pan-Africanist position. His candidacy exploited our people's desperation for change and his presidency has victimized our political weakness.

[ezekielthemack]

Cornel West is the smartest and most intellectual man in America period. It would do America a lot of good to listen to the ideologies of this man.

[Nubodir]

Interesting guy.

[archlordXd0]

It deeply depresses me to see this in youth. What can be done about this mindset?

[holygroove2]

No way that all the things set in motion since Reagan's time will be overturned in 4 to 8 years. Obama or no, I don't see how any one man in the Dem party can deal with all those things. Everyone is upset b/c he was an icon. Now, after he's been dealing with the reality, people are realising that it will take more than one person. I don't see how one person can deal with all the things corrupted in this country. It's good that the "star status" is dieing down. He's just one man.

[countrychristianboi]

@holygroove2 this is the best comment i have heard regarding Obama...I don't know or care if you support him or not, but the comment you made is very true. I respect Bro. West but he is imposing too much on Obama...Obama isn't God and he only can do what he can...He is trying to fix what some one else messed up..Obama isn't always right, but I feel he is trying. YOUR COMMENT IS OFFICIALLY LIKED.

[Nad1ya11]

Although I am also disappointed in Barak Obama... I still and would always believe he is the lesser of two evils.

This guy speaks my sentiments exactly, very smart.

[BaxFamilylife]

@jmjfanss A Vote for Paul Is a Vote for the Cult Followers of the Highjacked Tea Bagger party. No thank you he is only still "less evil" but still a VERY dangerous man by his associations and what he has already voted for!

[BaxFamilylife]

@jmjfanss Obama Is Bush the 3rd. The Next president won't be any better either don't kid yourself!

[BaxFamilylife]

@jmjfanss I take it your an Insane Tea Bagger Enough of you let me get a can of TrollBeGone.

[rmed30]

@BaxFamilylife : Another vague, ill informed comment. What the fuck are you talking about? What "associations" are you refering to? The framers of the constitution? What has he voted for? Liberty, personal privacy and property rights. Voted against the Iraq war. Fought the prison industrial complex and voted to end the phoney "War on drugs." Wants to end the Federal Reserve, government bailouts, and the IRS; all STRONG ARMED ROBBERY! You really need to get a clue.

[BaxFamilylife]

@Nad1ya11 Evil is still Evil and especially when it's a family member that TURNS on you!

[Nad1ya11]

@BaxFamilylife True! but i didn't mean evil in that sense more like neither of them are what I want but one does appeal more to me then the other.

[Bulldog22031]

I disagree with West fairly often because he is Socialist, and I completely disagree with that movement. However, he makes some fantastic points in this video. Really, quite refreshing to hear such a clear and focused analysis of Obama's progress.

[JuiceJapan]

Cornel West is a great one. No doubt.

[wize1]

LOL - how does he NOT regret campaigning for OBAMA? He was so fooled, why cant he just admit he was wrong?! So many other intellectuals warned people not to fall into the illusion but some like himself ignored it! OMG. The system stays the same, the face just changes!!

[Russellrks]

@wize1 He said in so many words that he doesn't regret it because although he is disappointed with Obama as president, he still believes Obama was the best choice given the alternative.

[DirtyTheProducer]

If obama had the help of the american people like in the beggining and didnt have the finacial problems to deal with which he did not make but inherited if u focus on the poor people right now everything will crash in my opinion maybe if he had more money he cud help the poor but that wud be a investment that isnt gonna help right now.

[pobaldy66]

@DirtyTheProducer prosperity has been wasted before fighting wars and central planning. in a sense, money's not the issue. it's gov't policy and civilians not accepting the official story imo. people overwhelmingly did not support the bailouts either. different priorities. west is right cept his lack of regret.

[pobaldy66]

@pobaldy66 and the part about public unions is of no value to me.

[ForcedAgenda]

@peymaania I think it's Korn-Hole.

[kshaq22]

@ForcedAgenda

Looks like somebody took a beating in his Ass-Hole.

[allenamerica]

one of america's prophets

[jawa8181]

haha...West thought Obama was going to be his hommie....!! Obama is a puppet of the coorporations..

[nourights]

I love Cornel West. He is really smart, he speaks the truth, and he doesn't blindly follow Obama just because he is African American.

[tom11zz884]

@nourights Yes...he isn't like most whites that blindly follow white Presidents because they are white...so true.

[daveblume57]

Those of us who have followed Cornell West over the years know that is anything but a "race huckster." He is, as the host described him, one of America's most provocative intellectuals, and is consistent in his often radical commentary. I saw him speak in person a few weeks ago, and it is obvious, as it was in this video clip, that he is frankly disappointed in Obama, for the same reasons many of us are-- that is, Obama's now-clearly demonstrated tendency to act far too moderately.

[thatbloodygirl]

"It begins on the Chocolate side."  Golden!!

[tenorismo]

@Kooshkoff If I come to Baveria. #1 Sono Italiano I know who I am and where I come from. # 2 the States are fillded with race hucksters like this guy. Hes a phoney baloney. I hope your not ashamed of your heritage and cluture

[EllyMcCormack]

He is a great man, the journalist I mean :P (KIDDING)

[ForcedAgenda]

Inspired by Malcolm X? Fail...

[rencrow]

@ForcedAgenda

Your comment is a fail.

[ForcedAgenda]

@rencrow Diggin' this guy is subjective bro...don't let it bum you out. :P

[spadedz]

It is not enough to just have a "brother" in the White House, we need a leader who stands for truth and justice, someone that represents ordinary people, not corporate interests!

I for one am not surprised at the behavior of Obama, but nevertheless disappointed.

[aspiringbodhisattva]

God, he's great. I love his speaking truth to power, particularly an emphasis on truth as defined by listening to the stories of suffering. Those who agree with his analysis, let's push ourselves to organize, challenge... consumer activism is not enough.

[demarcos69]

We all have been had by Obama

[joymora]

Wow! That's Cornel West at his finest!

[annata12]

@Kooshkoff Yes of course i was talking purely about the difference in their moral philosophies. Those people who are still clinging to these myths are pretty much out of the discussion, pertaining today's social problems, which will only be solved though reason, science and empathy.

[annata12]

@Kooshkoff Germany is a democracy, that means change is achievable through peaceful means, though it may be slow and gradual. I think we are on the right way. Human Rights is the best and most fair invention humanity has ever come up with! We are certainly not perfect, but show me an alternative. There isn't one. Secular democracies is the only form of government that is founded on equal rights for all individuals and for certain ideologies.

[annata12]

@Kooshkoff

The 3 monotheisms Christianity, Judaism, Islam are nothing like Buddhism. Buddhism has a rational morality that does not rely on revelation, but is concerned with human well being and not doing harm to one another,! Christians,Jews, Moslems are concerned with pleasing an invisible being, who laid down morals that are almost indistinguishably from guideline a male patriarch from a bronze age tribe would invent.

Probably because that is the source, because there is no god.

[annata12]

@Kooshkoff So that non german speakers can follow the argument and pitch in if they want to! It's not fair to create a german bubble. Don't you think?

[annata12]

@Kooshkoff Of course humans can do bad without religion, but religions are the perpetuation of very bad archaic ideas, from which we would be already free, if not for their tenacity to be passed on to our children! We have better guidelines now, like humanism democray, etc but religion lives on, infecting our children with bronze age morals and superstition, stifling reason and empathy.l

[OutlawSouljah89]

He looks like saddam

[annata12]

@Kooshkoff you asked me if i'm rich or just pissed of, and i said i'm neither. I was pleasently surprissed by how much sense he made. What made judge? I made myself judge, since as human beings it's in our nature to judge and compare.

[annata12]

@Kooshkoff Neither! I said i like his thoughts, i was just presupposed by his teaching of religion. since i think religion is not the hallmark of a rational mind.

[cuf53]

dont march, occupy.

[corcaighrebel]

Good application of intelligence to the social, economic and moral problems of our day. Glad he finally saw the light on the Obama presidency.

[gootmang]

I agree with every single word Prof. West said. Incredible epidsode. Glad he was the only guest also, so much better without fools interrupting. Preach!

[luc649]

Al Jazeera screwed up , I think they wanted Kanye on the show and got Cornel instead...oops ! sorry Obama !

[tenorismo]

Hes talking about the poor in america ? Muzzies !!! whats worse than a handfull of lentil beans ,a koran ,and a coal oil lamp. ? Another afro centric huckster. Blacks are disapointed because he didn't give them every thing for free.. De professor speaks like Kingfish.

[waybec102]

Never heard of him before. Ain't into man-made religion. But he made some good ethical and moral points. Most people now are just fed up of being stuck in the middle. Caught between cowboy and lobbyist neo-con corporate greed on the one side. And radical ideologies and theocracy's that only serve dictators on the other. TRUE PROPER DEMOCRACIES without cosying up despots for cheap goods and influece on resources must be the THIRD WAY in order to save the human race on this planet!

[Cadywax]

I'm always curious as to why these so-called liberal/progressives express disappointment in Obama. Haven't these people realized by now that nobody gets into the White House without being very carefully vetted by the Powers That Be to insure that they are committed to the agenda of business as usual? At least Dr. West admits that Obama is the same old-same old, as opposed to the ones who are in denial that Obama is a puppet and defend him relentlessly.

[HenryDavidT]

Speaking of & about the truth won't do most people any good. West's thoughts are the thoughts of the masses of Americans, of most people around the world. But it doesn't matter. It is only the powerful --- who run Kraft foods, GE, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Goldman Sachs, Wal-Mart, IBM, Monsanto, Halliburton, etc. --- & what they want, in America & anywhere in the world, when it comes to policies governing banking, oil & energy, raw material & land rights, etc. that matter.

[ajames95]

Brother West is calling him out!!! It will be an intresting election season for the presidency.

[nanothequex]

@ajames95 I would add him and Jimmy McMillian of the "Rent is to Damn High Party" into the battle royal just for the kicks and giggles.

[nuumskee]

Best interview EVER!



[annata12]

Like his thoughts, didn't expect much when they said he taught religion.

[GWOSAPAT]

Brother West speaking the truth

[nhcrank]

First?

[Jesusability]

@nhcrank Yes. Congratulations.