Cornel West & Robert Jay Lifton: History of the Past 50 Years - Part 9 (1995)

May 1, 1995 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww....

Watch the full program: http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/2010/08/history-of-past-50-years-1995.html

West appears in both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. He plays Councilor West, who serves on the council of Zion. West's character advises that "comprehension is not a requisite of cooperation." In addition, West provides philosophical commentary on all three Matrix films in The Ultimate Matrix Collection, along with integral theorist Ken Wilber.

West makes frequent appearances on the popular political show Real Time with Bill Maher.

West was featured on Starbucks Coffee Cups with The Way I See It #284 quoted, "You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people."

In Anna Deavere Smith's work Twilight: Los Angeles, she briefly delivers a speech in the style and words of West.

In the 2008 film Examined Life, a documentary featuring several noted academics discussing philosophy in real-world contexts, Cornel, "driving through Manhattan, . . . compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be."

West appeared in the rock-umentary Call + Response, a video aiming to raise awareness about human trafficking.

Rapper Lupe Fiasco mentions West in his song 'Just Might Be OK' from his album Food & Liquor with the line 'I ain't Cornel West, I am Cornel Westside, Chi-town Guevara."

West has recorded a recitation of John Mellencamp's song "Jim Crow" for inclusion on the singer's upcoming box set On the Rural Route 7609.

West has recently completed recording with the Cornel West Theory, a Hip Hop band endorsed by West which also bears his name. He has also released two hip-hop/soul/spoken word albums, one under "Cornel West" (entitled Street Knowledge), the other under "Cornel West & B.M.W.M.B." (entitled Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations). Both works are musical expressions of West's personal politics and beliefs which he has annunciated in his previous written works.

He also was also seen having a conversation with Bill Withers in the Bill Withers documentary, "Still Bill."

Robert Jay Lifton http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.... (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.

In 2006, Lifton appeared in a documentary on cults on the History Channel: "Decoding the Past," along with fellow psychiatrist Peter A. Olsson.

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[itchytoke]

I watched these videos to see what Christopher Hitchens had to say, but Molly Ivins and Cornel West stole the show imo

[MusicConveyor]

wow!!! incredible speech by Dr West! I watched this speech three times in a row!!!! So inspiring!

[bfoaliali]

wow I love Spike lee. He sure sounds like Cornel West.

[fouwat]

@kevcas73 I agree. If he were talking about much of nothing then he would have millions of hits. The truth isn't very facinating.

[kevcas73]

195 views.......sad really.