Cornel West invokes socratic and prophetic traditions in discussing the arrested development of democracy in America. He argues that to become a steward of democratization around the world, the U.S. must first wake up to the long history of imperialist co
Recorded by Sean Maytum and Cheryll Roberts. Produced by the L.A. Sound Posse.
The event was sponsored by Skylight Books (http://www.skylightbooks.com/) in association with the City of L.A. Cultural Affairs Department (http://www.culturela.org/).
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The Q&A is particularly worthwhile and interesting.
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NOTE: at 27:18 a member of the audience shouts an obscenity. It is not clearly audible, but if you air it, you may want to beep it out.