Dr. Cornel West Speaks at Sac State Sept.29

Honorary Co Chair. Democratic Socialists of America

Cornel West in Baltimore

Start at 16 minutes.

Someone took down the prior post of Michelle Obama.  I do not know who. 

Cornel West, others, arrested today in Ferguson

Report from Ferguson

By Femi Agbabiaka

This weekend, I, along with several other students from the University of Missouri-Columbia, traveled to Saint Louis to stand in solidarity with the protestors in Ferguson. What I saw and experienced there was astonishing and enraging. Every night there are strong, young, and radical voices engaging in nonviolent, but militant, civil disobedience. They’ve organized in groups such as Lost Voices, who have slept out on the streets and protested nightly since Mike Brown was murdered. They’re critiquing not just the police state, but also patriarchy and white supremacy in an attempt to take back their community for themselves.

Friday night, we arrived in Saint Louis around 9 p.m. and immediately started marching to the Ferguson police station, following a candlelight vigil. The march was loud, focused, angry, but not violent. We were stopped momentarily by a few police checkpoints, but kept marching through. Once we reached the police station, we were greeted by a group of about 400 other protesters, and together we marched to the police barricade shouting chants such as, “No justice! No peace!” and “Mike Brown means we’ve got to fight back!” I stood together with others, arms locked, as we provided a barrier between the police and the peaceful protest. When we were finished there, we marched back to West Florissant Street, chanting all along the way, as police in helicopters beamed down on us.

Keeping Ferguson Alive - Cornel West

Here is a video from Wed. night at Union Theological Seminary in New York City  about Ferguson.

All the speakers are good.  It gets very interesting at about 31 minutes in.  Cornel is about 45 minutes in.

There was a great meeting at Union Theological last night in NY featuring Cornel West and others including student who went to Ferguson. 

Here is a link to the video.  http://bit.ly/FL10214
It is 2 hours but is a good program to share with other activists. All of the DSA'ers that were there thought it was excellent.

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DSA Chair Cornel West and others speak out strongly against poverty. Cornel at his best.  http://www.c-span.org/Events/Tavis-Smiley-Hosts-Symposium-Vision-for-a-New-America/10737437312-2/

Call to Action: National Student Debt Week of Action Feburary 27th-March 2nd | The Activist

Call to Action: National Student Debt Week of Action Feburary 27th-March 2nd | The Activist
Dr. Cornel West invites you to be a part of the Week of Action.  http://vimeo.com/37209329

Cornel West at CSU East Bay Strike

Cornel talks about his support for Occupy Oakland, Seattle, Amsterdam, and more.
Cornel West is an Honorary Chair of Democratic Socialists of America.

Cornel West Arrested

By James Oliphant Los Angeles times.

October 16, 2011, 7:07 p.m.

Liberal professor Cornel West was one of 19 people arrested on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Sunday, according to the Associated Press, as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

West, a former Harvard University professor now teaching at Princeton University, took part Sunday in the dedication of the monument to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., an event that was delayed from August because of Hurricane Irene. He then, according to media reports, moved on to a protest at the home of the high court.

A well-known commentator on civil rights issues, West recently got into a TV spat with presidential candidate Herman Cain, telling Cain to "get off the symbolic crack pipe."

In Washington, the anti-corporate protest movement is known as Occupy D.C.

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Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on PRI.

Tavis Smiley & Cornel West Join Forces for New Public Radio Program, Smiley & West, Set to Premiere October 1, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of America's most influential and provocative public figures, broadcaster Tavis Smiley and Princeton professor Cornel West have joined forces to co-host a new radio program – Smiley & West – this fall.  Building on Tavis' current popular radio show The Tavis Smiley Show, Smiley & West will integrate their professional and personal relationship to explore contemporary, cutting-edge issues. The program was announced during the 23rd annual Public Radio Programming Conference in Denver, Colorado, Sunday, September 26.

"Dr. West is a long-time friend and I am honored that he has agreed to go on this journey with me," says Smiley.  "This new venture, Smiley & West, will not only set the pace for tomorrow's news but will be a conduit for the insightful conversation that America is thirsting for.  I'm excited that alongside one of America's greatest thinkers, we will encourage, enlighten and empower the listeners together."

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