Danny Glover on Obama as the Lesser of Two Evils The Real Network go to original
Glover: There is nothing inconsistent about simultaneously voting for and criticizing a candidate.
Danny Glover has been very critical of the policy stances that Barack Obama has taken in his campaign for President. Despite this, Danny is about to go campaign on his behalf in swing state Nevada. Paul asks Danny how he reconciles this state of imbalance. Danny also discusses the importance of third party candidates, even while not voting for them, of getting their ideas out there. He provides the example of the significance of Ralph Nader's rejection of the bailout. Danny is voting for Obama because he sees a visible, qualitative difference between him and McCain over who will be more sensitive to issues of poverty and access in such an unequal society. However, like many voices have been saying, Danny clarifies that Obama will not do this willingly, he will need to be pushed by a strong social movement. That social movement will need to include a resurgence in worker organization that transcends advocacy of better wages and benefits, and puts in its cross-hairs larger targets, such as the free trade deals that have depressed the value of labor. Furthermore, Danny believes that an increase in the purchasing power of US workers is a necessary condition for solving the current economic crisis. Danny Glover: While attending San Francisco State University, Glover was a member of the Black Students Union who along with the Third World Liberation Front led the five month strike for Ethnic Studies. Not only did this help to create the first school of Ethnic Studies in the U.S., but it was also the longest student strike in the history of the United States. During the strike, he protested alongside Hari Dillon who is now the president of the Vanguard Public Foundation, of which Glover sits on the advisory board. Glover serves as a board member to numerous national and international organizations. He is presently chair of the TransAfrica Forum, "a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the general public — particularly African-Americans — on the economic, political and moral ramifications of U.S. foreign policy as it affects Africa and the Diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America" and a board member of Cheryl Byron's Something Positive Dance Group. In March 1998, he was appointed ambassador to the United Nations Development Programme.
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