We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property. – Cornel West
Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, thats being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. – Cornel West
Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the country, and the permanent government of the country is Wall Street oligarchs and corporate plutocrats and the questions becomes what is the relationship between that president and Wall Street. – Cornel West
A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks whats best for all. – Cornel West