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Remembering the Aftermath of 9/11
Zogby responds to Paul Krugman’s claim that there was not a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence immediately following 9/11.
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Meet the Reformer: Ben Jealous, Who's Back to Lead a Second Premier Voting Rights Group
Few advocacy leaders can say they have led two of the more storied progressive organizations fighting for civil rights and voting rights. Ben Jealous now counts himself a member of that select cohort. In this Q & A, Jealous answers some serious and not so serious questions.
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Cornel West on Protest, Politics and More
On radio WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, Cornell talks about the latest news surround the protests against racisim and police brutality.
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Solidarity Means Dismantling the System Everywhere
Varoufakis joins Noam Chomsky, Aruna Roy, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, Ece Temelkuan, and Renata Avila among others in writing this piece on the infrastructure of racist policing for Open Democracy.
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Cornel West: Nationwide Uprisings Herald America's Moment of Reckoning
As thousands across the country and around the world took to the streets this weekend to protest the state-sanctioned killing of Black community members, West says it signals the implosion of the U.S. empire, "its foundations being shaken with uprising from below."
This episode originally aired on June 1, 2020
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A Boot is Crushing the Neck of American Democracy
Here we go again. Another black person killed by the US police. Another wave of multiracial resistance. Another cycle of race talk on the corporate media. Another display of diversity with neoliberal leaders, and another white backlash soon to come. Yet this time might be a turning point.
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'Economic Viruses Were Already at Work Before Coronavirus': A Conversation with Dr. Cornel West
In this episode of The Takeaway, West discusses Covid-19 and argues that ‘this crisis is just revealing the problems in our world, that have been simmering under the surface for years.’
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