Dubai - Norman Finkelstein: On J S Mill's "On Liberty"
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Communist University 2016 was co-sponsored by the Communist Party of Great Britain (http://cpgb.org.uk) and Labour Party Marxists (http://www.labourpartymarxists.org.uk). CU 2016 took place from August 6-13 in London. The views in these videos do not necessarily represent the views of either organisation.
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this is awesome. I hope Prof. Finkelstein does many more lectures like this, filled with relevance and insight.
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sjws larping as communists. so sweet
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Does he think he sounds more compelling by shouting at the audience and not letting them to speak a full sentence? Argumentation by intimidation! Very disturbing indeed.
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There is a lot of truth in what he says, but I do not know it.
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Dr. Finkelstein as great as ever.
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Normans like Allen Iverson "we talkin' about one class"
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When someone is presenting an argument or a philosophical position, and they employ a hypothetical in the explication, it is both rude and juvenile to ignore the speaker's purpose and try, instead, to 'break' the hypothetical or quibble about details irrelevant to the larger point. That's the kind of behaviour I'd expect from high school students and pretentious stoners, not a roomful of educated adults. But then, they are communists.
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Typical university educated "proletariats'. reminds me of Christopher hitchens before his sea change.
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old man yells at communists. Love Norm sooo much.
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The more I'm listening to Norman, the more sorry I am that I wasn't able to come to this event. :-(
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Loved how people would want to prevent those professors from speaking, I guess communists these days are just hardcore liberals, and not real left wingers.
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Meeg_2005, you're quite wrong, actually. The Communist Party of Great Britain/Weekly Worker has been fighting for the right to free speech for decades. The problem that many in the room had was the fact that Norman didn't stick to the agreed format - ie, he didn't allow us to question him. Many were angry that he was arguing to "listen to the other person" - without actually listening to any of us ! Quite ironic. But quite a good meeting (though I think he's utterly wrong on quite a few things - there is no such thing as 'truth', it's how and by whom things interpreted, it's a social construct, not an abstract thing).
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finkelstein owned the class. they don't believe in free speech
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Kudos to CPGB-ML for uploading this amazing lecture. And great that they engage in active debate and discussion of alternate viewpoints.
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Can anyone give me the name of the professor that taught the "only memorable class", mentioned by Norman around 1:04:49
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BRILLIANT, JUST BRILLIANT. NORMAN FINKELSTEIN IS SUCH AN ELOQUENT LECTURER! HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT AND HE INSISTS THAT HIS AUDIENCE LISTEN AND THINK CRITICALLY OF WHAT'S BEING SAID. IT'S A TRAGEDY THAT HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH. WHOEVER MIGHT DISAGREE, PROVE ME WRONG!
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