The moral philosopher Cornel West, if Barack Obama’s ascent to power was a morality play, would be the voice of conscience. Rahm Emanuel, a cynical product of the Chicago political machine, would be Satan. Emanuel in the first scene of the play would dangle power, privilege, fame and money before Obama. [...]

I will eventually gather my thoughts and write a critique on the Left Forum, from which I just came. But for now, here are two videos from the opening of the conference.  

Source: Al Jazeera English March 11, 2010 He was the first African-American to get a PhD in philosophy at Princeton. He went on to write more than 20 books, receive more than 20 honourary degrees, to teach at Harvard and Yale, and hold classes at universities from Paris to Addis Abeba. With his latest hip hop CD he was [...]

Fuente: La Jornada En un foro, el filósofo, activista, teólogo y rapero lanza torrente de críticas hacia EU por David Brooks 14 de diciembre, 2009 Washington, 13 de diciembre. “Soy un hombre de blues, un hombre de jazz en el mundo de las ideas”, afirma Cornel West, filósofo, activista, teólogo, rapero y una de las figuras más reconocidas en [...]