"The academic and political activist discusses what he sees as a moral collapse in the US and a leadership crisis in the Democratic Party. In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, American philosopher and activist Cornel West delivers a searing critique of the United States, describing what he sees as moral collapse, democratic decay and spiritual bankruptcy. Drawing on the Black freedom struggle and his own run in the 2024 presidential election,"
"West argues that both major parties serve entrenched power while inequality deepens at home and war crimes are enabled abroad. From Gaza to Harlem, he asks whether love, dignity and justice can still form the basis of meaningful political resistance."
The United States is experiencing moral collapse, democratic decay, and spiritual bankruptcy. Both major political parties function to protect entrenched power, allowing inequality to deepen domestically and enabling war crimes internationally. Connections to the Black freedom struggle show how racial justice, economic dignity, and democratic integrity have been undermined. A recent presidential candidacy highlights failures of mainstream leadership to offer meaningful protection for vulnerable communities. Political resistance grounded in love, dignity, and justice is proposed as the basis for renewed struggle across local and global sites of injustice, from Harlem to Gaza.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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