In the age of Obama: police terror, incarceration and mis-education—What future for our youth? Cornel West is one of America’s most provocative intellectuals and has been a champion for racial justice through his writing, speaking, and teaching. Carl Dix is a longtime revolutionary activist. In 1970 Carl Dix was one of the Fort Lewis 6, six G.I.s who refused orders to go to Vietnam. Venue: Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley