Cornel West: The End of Reagan Era Politics

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/09/Brother_West_Living_and_Loving_Out_Loud

Cornel West condemns what he calls Ronald Reagan's "indifference to poor people" and claims the former president ushered in a new set of "vicious policies" towards minorities and the underprivileged. "The whole Republican Party would reshape itself by that kind of...white supremacist deployment."

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In this intimate exploration, one of America's most gifted and provocative public intellectuals peels back the layers of a remarkable life. - Los Angeles Public Library

Cornel West is a philosopher, author, critic, and civil rights activist. His works include The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought, Race Matters, and The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Century.

Tavis Smiley is a broadcaster, author, advocate and philanthropist. TIME Magazine honored Smiley in 2009 as one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People." He is currently the host of the late night television talk show, "Tavis Smiley" on PBS and "The Tavis Smiley Show" distributed by Public Radio International (PRI).

In addition to his radio and television work, Smiley has authored fourteen books. His memoir, What I Know For Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America, was a New York Times bestseller.

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[s4njuro]

Tell it brother! 

[09geauxtigers]

"We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice."- Friedrich Hayek

[hapz3000]

@TimeWarp66 pure bullshit peter schiff did not own his ass he just kept running his mouth and the video you watched is probably the one that got cut off watch the whole thing

[RPenta]

@Mr40acresandamule You should stop drinking the Obama Kool-Aid; the man and his administration is nothing but a cover for the continuing expansion of the military-industrial-intelligen­ce-financial complex. Maybe he is being condemned by so many people because he is screwing the nation over.

[DeweyZinnChomskyFisk]

@TimeWarp66 schiff did not "own his ass," he just repeated right-wing propaganda over and over again...

[TimeWarp66]

What a marxist prick.

Peter Schiff owned his ass.

[Mr40acresandamule]

My parents told me how awful Ronald Reagan's policies were. Obama is being condemened because he didn't clean Reagan-Bush jr's crap fast enough or good enough. He is being condemned the most by the white working class, conservative, libertarian, independent, and soft Democrats. Obama is too far ahead of his time. This country is still majority white, majority Christian, majority center-right, and majority racist.

[BLS101287]

@mlcollins10 Calling all men brothers is elitist and exclusionary? Please explain yourself. He calls all men brothers. 

[mlcollins10]

I find the "brother" talk disturbing. It smacks of elitism, and exclusion. Oh, to be a brother to Corny West! Still, overall I think he makes a lot of sense. He is affected, but so are many public people. It's the hoots and crap that follow much of his comments that is troublesome.

[ricardofuego]

@halflifeproductionz History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

[Modernart8]

@TheTaha108 I total aggree with you!, Also destroys the Spirit.

[toverkleet]

@AlexShrugged Yes, but not everything is production...