Our last hope is to generate a democratic awakening among our fellow citizens. This means raising our voices, very loud and strong, bearing witness, individually and collectively. Tavis [Smiley] and I have talked about ways of civil disobedience, beginning with ways for both of us to get arrested…”

– Dr. Cornel West

God help us if Cornel West and Tavis Smiley getting arrested is our last chance at a democratic awakening.”

As West derides the President’s economic policies he remains silent on his friend Tavis Smiley’s relationship with Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo, and McDonald’s—all corporations whose invasive and predatory actions in poor and black communities have been the target of progressive organizing for decades. I have never heard him take Tavis Smiley to task for helping convince black Americans to enter into predatory mortgages. I’ve never heard him ask whether Tavis’ decision to publish R. Kelly’s memoirs might be a less than progressive decision. He doesn’t hold Tavis accountable because Tavis is his friend and he is loyal.

From – Cornel West V. Barack Obama

The Nation magazine goes hard at Dr. West with not-so-thinly veiled shots at Smiley in creating a narrative that the criticism of President Obama in 2011 is linked to personal animus dating back to a perceived inauguration snub in 2009 and historical close association with chief critic Tavis Smiley.

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