Russell Brand on revolution: “We no longer have the luxury of tradition”
by Russell Brand
NewStatesman
October 24, 2013
But before we change the world, we need to change the way we think.
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Russell Brand on BBC’s Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman, October 24, 2013
Russell Brand, guest editor of the NewStatesman:
When I was asked to edit an issue of the New Statesman I said yes because it was a beautiful woman asking me. I chose the subject of revolution because the New Statesman is a political magazine and imagining the overthrow of the current political system is the only way I can be enthused about politics.
When people talk about politics within the existing Westminster framework I feel a dull thud in my stomach and my eyes involuntarily glaze. Like when I”™m conversing and the subject changes from me and moves on to another topic. I try to remain engaged but behind my eyes I am adrift in immediate nostalgia; “How happy I was earlier in this chat,” I instantly think.
I have never voted. Like most people I am utterly disenchanted by politics. Like most people I regard politicians as frauds and liars and the current political system as nothing more than a bureaucratic means for furthering the augmentation and advantages of economic elites. Billy Connolly said: “Don”™t vote, it encourages them,” and, “The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.”
I don”™t vote because to me it seems like a tacit act of compliance; Continue reading “Russell Brand Speaks on Truth and Change”