Incredible Boston Review and its lead ed editors. All of us have been proud contributors to the rich intellectual tradition curated by Boston Review, and i just think its really important to say in this moment before our countrys more famous publications were willing to run pieces on police and prison abolition, racial capitalism, black radical thought and the ethics of resistance, the boston the review really provided one of the major forums for these ideas to be debated with seriousness and subtlety, and it still does. There are not many publications who can match Boston Reviews commitment to publishing black thinkers, giving space to black liberation across the political spectrum or the bolder questions with of justice, democracy and citizenship. So its a real honor to be here at a panel cohosted by Boston Review. And just as a reminder, as serena said, the contributions from this evenings event which i hope you continue to contribute all go to three important organizations. Critica
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The u. K. Or ireland though its splitting stay with us. Im ashleigh returns and youre watching another lockdown edition of going underground a very special edition were joined by one of the great philosophers of our time professor cornell west he joins me now from princeton in new jersey cornell thanks so much for coming on last time i spoke to earlier in the week there was a hurricane shades of Climate Change then we had the catastrophe in beirut i mean what what 1st of all you. Know 1st i just was. There. Always thoughts when you heard about what happened in the middle east in beirut where normally. Youve often spoken about war crimes this its open to question what happened but what if what if you thought about the terrible images well a meaningless leak once again you trigger but just suffering place in the middle east people not really wanting to tell the truth about the reasons of power and empire in the middle east and were going to find out i hope you know whos responsible but i
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