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Cornel West: ‘They say I’m un-American’
The American academic and firebrand campaigner talks to Hugh Muir about Britain’s deep trouble, fighting white supremacy and where Obama is going wrong Cornel West, the firebrand of American academia for almost 30 years, is causing his hosts some problems. They are on a schedule but such things barely move…
Cornel West: Obama very much part of a system that has failed the poor
Princeton professor Cornel West said Thursday that President Barack Obama had not done enough to help the poor, but he was still a better choice than Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “I mean, we would say that the mendacity and mediocrity of Romney is such that it’s fairly clear that…
Colbert accuses Tavis Smiley and Cornel West of class warfare
Thursday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report” featured guests Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, who were promoting their book, The Rich and the Rest of Us. Conservative firebrand Colbert took exception right away with the title of the book, accusing the authors of stoking the fires of class warfare. West…
Financial strategist: The 1 percent ‘gave’ workers weekends, child labor laws
In perhaps a preview of a debate to come, Princeton professor Cornel West faced off with financial strategist and radio host Peter Schiff on CNN Thursday afternoon, butting heads over some of the key differences between what could be described as the tea party’s ideology versus the main thrust of…
Watch: Bill O’Reilly tells Tavis Smiley to ‘knock it off with the black business’
In a tense conversation on Tuesday’s “O’Reilly Factor,” Fox News opinion host Bill O’Reilly squared off with Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, two of the nation’s foremost black intellectuals, and told them to “knock it off with the black business, will ya.” “We treat everybody the same here,” he insisted.…
Cain: ‘I left the Democrat plantation a long time ago’
Herman Cain is refusing to back down from Cornel West and Harry Belafonte’s stinging critique of his comments. The GOP candidate candidate for president appeared on Hannity Monday evening, hitting back at both of the prominent black, liberal figures’ tough opinions on him earlier in the day. “That’s the difference…
Cornel West at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest: The elite will tremble
Public intellectual and Princeton professor Cornel West appeared at the “Occupy Wall Street” protest on Tuesday, the eleventh straight day of the demonstration. He gave a speech during the General Assembly in Liberty Park applauding the “sweet spirit in this place” and denouncing “the greed of Wall Street oligarchs and…
Cornel West: Cold-hearted Republican Party tied to oligarchs
Public intellectual and Princeton professor Cornel West said Tuesday on MSNBC that the Republican Party was “mean, coldhearted and tied to oligarchs,” but Democrats were “spineless” and unwilling to fight them. “Looks like Barack Obama is going to have some spine, but it could be a two-step,” he said. “It…
Nader pushes Dems to challenge Obama in 2012 primary
Ralph Nader, the perennial candidate and outspoken political voice, released a letter insisting that a Democrat should challenge sitting President Barack Obama in a primary election. The letter was co-signed by Princeton scholar Cornel West and writer Gore Vidal. West especially has been a critic of Obama’s, calling him “another…
Bill Maher cast doubts on Obama’s Christian identity
The liberal host of a popular cable television talk show recently cast doubts on President Barack Obama’s espoused Christianity during a discussion on the president’s current political leanings. “I think he’s a centrist the way he’s a Christian,” Bill Maher of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher said to a…
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