Cornel West and Tavis Smiley discuss whether Barack Obama is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
Cornel West and Tavis Smiley discuss whether Barack Obama is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
"If we do not organize the great grassroots, we are doomed to be under the total control of corporate America. We have regressed to the days of the robber barons in the early last century -- but this time, these corporate thieves own and control the mass media. We need to organize to prevent an invasion of Iran and to extract ourselves from Iraq and Afghanistan. And we must begin to take care of our citizens." - Former U.S. Senator Jim Abourezk, early endorser of RootsAction.org