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Cornel West, a civil rights activist and professor emeritus at Princeton University, said at a lecture celebrating Black History Month that one of the greatest lessons learned from the black freedom struggle of the 1960s is the courage to…

Feb 21, 2014

Civil rights activist: U.S. system is based on dehumanization and exploitation of the poor

Veteran civil rights activist Rev. James Lawson said in an interview that the United States has a long tradition of dehumanizing and exploiting groups of people for labor and profit. He told Laura Flanders of Grit TV that that the U.S. economic system is modeled on what he calls "plantation capitalism."

Sep 10, 2013

Van Jones: October to be turning point for progressives

Civil rights activist and attorney Van Jones said Thursday night on MSNBC that he planned to build a "progressive counterbalance" to the tea party movement.

Sep 30, 2011