This Thursday, May 7, 7pm - Join us at Revolution Books
for a videotaped roundtable followed by discussion of
In Defense of Cornel West: Is Barack Obama
Right, or Has Michael Eric Dyson Lost His Mind?
 An
article
about Dr. Cornel West was recently
published in
The New Republic
by author and
political commentator Michael Eric Dyson. We are gathering at Revolution
Books to watch a video from Revolution Books NYC of Carl Dix, Andy Zee,
and Nkosi Anderson discussing that article and
"In Defense of Cornel West: Is Barack Obama Right, or Has Michael Eric Dyson Lost His Mind?"
Then we'll get into a discussion ourselves about the method of the attack, why it happened now, and why it matters.
From the Revolution article:
"This Sunday,
The New Republic
posted a vicious
attack on Cornel West, 'The Ghost of Cornel West,' by Michael Eric
Dyson. This attack is not an academic dispute; it is a hit job against a
deeply principled intellectual who refused to put away his critical
faculties when Obama took office, who has increasingly stepped out into
the struggle against murders by police and mass incarceration, and who
has done so in a way that condemns and exposes the crimes -- and yes,
they are crimes -- of the Obama Administration. All the sound and fury
of Dyson's long rant cannot hide that essential, and shameful, fact..."
Read Cornel West's response on his Facebook page to Michael Eric Dyson.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015
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