News Beat's Exclusive Interview With Dr. Cornel West

Unf*cking The Republic

UNFTR Media

Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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"If our democracy is to survive, the empire must be dismantled.” That’s what Dr. Cornel West told our friends at News Beat in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in which he talked about dismantling systems of oppression, uplifting the poor and working class, ending America’s military industrial complex, and abolishing poverty, homelessness, and prisons. West, who is vying for the Green Party nomination for U.S. President, said his third-party bid is also about putting an end to the corporate duopoly and dismissed claims that a candidate outside of the two-party system can’t win. He also said he’s entering the race not just to introduce new ideas but to fight for marginalized people, vowing to take on anyone who is hostile to the struggle of working people and those on the front-line of disastrous conflicts.

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0:00.0	I am brother Cornel West.
0:02.6	This is Chris Hedges.
0:03.6	I'm Rosa Clemente.
0:04.6	Hey, what's up?
0:05.2	This is Chuck D.
0:06.2	Public Enemy, Proffat to Rage.
0:07.6	And this is Newsbeat.
0:13.6	Peace and love, everyone.
0:14.8	This is Mani Faces, co-producer, audio editor, and host of the multiple award-winning newsbeat podcast, where we remix journalism,
0:23.1	mixing together high-level social justice reporting and music, often with original
0:27.5	lyrical contributions from our hip-hop artist-journalist friends. I'm also the audio editor behind
0:33.1	the highly acclaimed unfitting the Republic podcast, aka UNFTR, a brilliant and funny progressive
0:39.5	political podcast examining our nation's socioeconomic landscape, how we got here, and how we can
0:45.2	hopefully help unfuck it all. I'm also the creator and host of Hip Hop Can Save America,
0:52.0	a show which examines the innovative, inspiring, and sometimes surprising use of hip-hop can save America, a show which examines the innovative, inspiring, and sometimes
0:55.3	surprising use of hip-hop music, culture, and spirit to help improve society and uplift humanity.
1:02.1	Today, I want to welcome all audiences to this very special episode of Newsbeat, as we speak
1:08.0	at length with the inimitable Dr. Cornell West, who has recently added to his
1:12.4	already formidable CV by declaring his bid for President of the United States, running for the
1:18.2	Green Party nomination. This is the second time we interviewed Dr. West. The first was as a voice in our
1:23.6	award-winning episode Why We Riot, Institutionalized Inequality, Racism, and Oppression,
1:28.8	where we examine the history of civil unrest and rebellion in our country's history.
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