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Cornel West on the future of the Left [VIDEO]

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 12:00 AM on March 21, 2007.


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Professor, culture critic, and social justice advocate Cornel West addressed a panel at the 2007 Left Forum in New York last weekend. West is a professor of religion and African-American studies at Princeton University and has been described as one of America's most vital and eloquent public intellectuals. He has written and co-authored numerous books on philosophy, race and sociology. His most recent book is "Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism."

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Tagged as: activism, speeches, progressives, cornel west

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.


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Why only Cornel?
Posted by: brad on Mar 21, 2007 9:01 AM   
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Why is the Cornel West speech the only one being widely circulated? I was at this conference and Cornel's speech while good, was not even the best on this panel. You should show more from the left forum.

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What the fuck is he talking about
Posted by: Mojoe on Mar 21, 2007 9:41 AM   
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He has a completely annoying voice and manner of speaking. I wish he'd stop talking.

He sounds like an elitist knowitall.

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» RE: What the fuck is he talking about Posted by: bloggeddowninMKE
» Annoying Voice? Posted by: MarcGarvey
» RE: Annoying Voice? Posted by: Mojoe
More speakers
Posted by: Evan Derkacz on Mar 21, 2007 9:47 AM   
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We would love to feature more speakers... unfortunately, the Left Forum doesn't, so far as I can see, have any video of other speakers or, if it does, it's not accessible from the website...

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