Cornel West – The Presidential Aspirations of Cornel West
Episode description
0:00 Why Cornel is running for president
10:45 How Cornel links American militarism abroad and inequality at home
15:15 Cornel’s pitch to skeptical right-of-center voters
20:30 Is there tension between Cornel’s commitment to stopping climate change and his commitment to helping the working class?
33:50 The moral potential and pitfalls of capitalism
37:34 Might Cornel inadvertently hand the election to the Republicans?
41:44 Cornel: Tim Scott and Clarence Thomas are wrong, but they’re sincere
46:06 Why Cornel thinks the US is partially culpable for the Ukraine War
52:04 Should Palestinians recognize the legitimacy of the State of Israel?
1:00:23 Cornel’s ideas about the US border
Recorded on June 16, 2023
Links and Readings
Cornel’s TGS appearance with Teodros Kiros
Glenn and Richard Wolff debate capitalism and socialism
Cornel and Robert George on PBS’s Firing Line
Ernesto Cortes’s TGS appearance
Benjamin Schwartz and Christopher Layne’s Harper’s essay, “Why Are We in Ukraine?”
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