Rosa Clemente on Third Parties in a Broken System

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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🗓️ 5 October 2016

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Hip-hop activist, journalist, and community organizer Rosa Clemente has a few good reasons why she doesn’t rock with the Dems. For one, they keep trying to kick her party – the Green Party – off of state ballots. And don’t get her started on Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy! In this episode of Politically Re-Active, the Green Party’s ’08 vice presidential nominee talks about the personal consequences of being on a political ticket, why the Green Party is forced to go after the presidency, and how the black and brown people of America are the biggest losers in the two-party system. To those who roll their eyes at “voting your conscience,” take a listen – Rosa might have you thinking way beyond this election...Find Rosa on the road as she travels the nation with her speaking tour, “Truth II Power”! Dates and info are at http://rosaclemente.net/.Want to meet your favorite hosts in person? Kamau and Hari are coming to a venue near you! Find their standup dates at http://www.wkamaubell.com/ and http://www.harikondabolu.com/. Find Hari’s new album Mainstream American Comic and Kamau’s album Semi Prominent Negro at www.killrockstars.com.Thanks for listening! Tweet us at #politicallyreactive or email us at politicallyreactive@firstlook.org.

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0:00.0	And then they come to us telling you got a vote for the less of two evils.
0:03.6	You still get evil when you vote the less of two evils, right?
0:06.5	Like I always tell people in New York, either we take in the six from the Bronx,
0:11.1	local media hell, or we're taking it express either way, I'm not trying to go to hell.
0:15.2	From first look media and panoply, this is politically reactive.
0:22.5	I'm Debbie Camelbell.
0:24.5	And I'm the winner of the 2016 Mr. South India America Queens division,
0:31.0	Hari Kundebolo.
0:32.5	There he is.
0:35.3	Big scandal?
0:36.5	I really live in Brooklyn.
0:38.2	Oh, for me you should have.
0:41.2	Thank you.
0:42.0	That Grafias, thank you and French.
0:44.4	Also, thank you.
0:48.1	The show where two comedians try to make sense of politics in America.
0:51.5	Or cry trying.
0:53.1	Our guest today is Rosa Clemente.
0:55.3	He's a journalist, community organizer, speaker, hip-hop activist,
0:59.4	and proud member of the Green Party.
1:01.9	In 2008, she ran on the Green Party ticket as their vice presidential nominee with Cynthia McKinney.
1:07.7	I'm really proud to bring forth particularly the voice of a hip-hop generation.
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