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A Shared History of Struggle Should Unite India’s Dalits and African Americans in the Fight for Equality
For more than 4,000 years, the Dalits of India were called “the untouchables,” the lowest of the low. The Dalits are at the bottom of the Indian caste hierarchy and are currently the oldest surviving oppressed group in the world. They suffer the worst of human miseries and were once deemed impure and polluted human…
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Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America
In a video recorded at the 10th Annual Fighting Bob Fest in Madison, Wis., and posted as part of a series at the Nation, Princeton professor Cornel West discusses the democratic awakening the country is currently experiencing. He says it may grow bolder as people become more and more weary of being drubbed by economic…
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Cornel to Obama: Where Was the Call?
In a revealing interview in the New York Times Magazine, Cornel West unloads some of his angst and anger about President Obama. He was interviewed for the magazine by Andrew Goldman. So let me ask you: in 2007, you introduced Barack Obama as your “brother, companion and comrade.” But in May, you referred to him…
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