dr. dyson good to have you with us.gh day at the office and it will be a tough one tomorrow. i don't think that there is any compromise in sight. and i think we need to talk about how long this shutdown could actually last. it looks to me like boehner is going to have no deal in sight. your thoughts on what's unfolded this afternoon. >> i think there's no end in sight unfortunately. at times like this the president looks so reasonable. he looks like a man who's doing his job. in the support of the american people and supposedly the congress is charged with the same thing. he begins his statement, president obama, by speaking about what they're supposed to do. one of the things they're supposed to do is to pay the bil bills. we're not talking about what's coming down the line. we're talking about what we've already done. and this kind of opportunistic terrorism on the part of the right wing, i think, will backfire on them. i don't believe that president obama will look like the person at risk here because 10% -- i mean,

dyson. [applause] tabernacle missionary baptist church at 6125 each would. dr. frederick george sampson the pastor of congressman conyers and myself. we are here today because of the devastation visited upon this city. we know that detroit is vulnerable to certain economic forces. we know that the marketplace has levied a tremendous tax if you will and a burden on the city. we know that this city of extraordinary vitality, 1.8 million people, lived in our city in the 1950s. we hemorrhaged over 1 million people from that time until now. in fact from 2000 to 2010 we lost nearly 700,000 people so the population of detroit along with the economic devastation visited upon the unique and curious circumstance between city and suburb, where as my former colleague at the university of pennsylvania suggested, the exodus, mass exodus of white citizens to suburbia devastated and depleted the internal resources of a city that continue to be economically exploited while not being replenished by a corollary investment in the city. in other words folk was ripping us off taking

dr. michael eric dyson, sociology professor of georgetown university.ent or a movement? >> i hope it's a moment. i hope it will ignite a greater degree of offense of the many injustices of the great nation at this time. whether it's voter i.d., racial profiling and sometimes unfair police tactics and all across the board. we are up against a right-wing resurgence in this nation and we have to recognize that there's an element there that wants to repeal the 20th century and turn the nation back to the 1890s and we've got a duty and responsibility to educate, inspire and motivate people to push back and resist this yesterday vision of america, and i think we have to replace it with a future vision. >> we understand the genius of the civil rights movement was not just marching in protests and sitting at lunch counters. we want these laws repealed and we want there to be a greater sense of justice in our community and the second step of voter registration is voter education. i sort of get that, but the first two points you talk about are not just about us,

dr. michael eric dyson. people don't know your story. my colleague here, contributor to msnbc.e. tell them your story. you wasn't always the socrates of our time. >> you're very kind, reverend sharpton. yeah, i grew up in the ghetto of detroit. my father was an automobile factory worker. my mother worked in the public schools. we struggled. we hustled. i began to speak in public at the age of 10. as a result of that, i got released from some of that struggle. joined a gang later on. me and my brother. after that, went out to a prestigious secondary school. got kicked out, came back and went to night school. became a teen father. hustled on the street for three years. lived on welfare. then went to college at 21. and as a result of that, you know, i saw my brother suffer as well. my brother who's been in prison now for 24 years. >> your brother. >> my brother. that's right. accused of murder. we believe he's innocent. but the reality is he was enthralled by the vicarious pleasures of street pharmaceuticals. so he was engaged in -- he slung drugs. he slung crack and he sold marij

going off the rails of the crazy train ♪ >> joining me now is msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson. drhe hate merchants, now they want to do a march. your thoughts on the things that have been written by larry clayman. i'll say he wants the true patriots to occupy washington in order to cleanse the nation of half muslim anti white socialist fraud in the white house. he continues on in writing, put the quran down, get up off your knees and come out with your hands up. this is at a level i didn't expect. >> yeah the phobia is disturbing. the racism is explicit. the anti-american sentiment is atrocious. and i say anti-american, because anybody who denies the legitimacy and the right of a variety of americans from whatever path or walk they choose to come, to be part of this great nation, to deny them that opportunity is to essentially undermine the integrity of the nation and what it means, e. plushis unum out of many one. this is a man who is truly not a patriot. a patriot understands the collection of various nationalnalities, ethnicities, races and regions to make this great nation of

dr. michael eric dyson. people don't know your story. my colleague here, contributor to msnbc.rker. my mother worked inned public schools. we struggled. we hustled. i began to speak in public at the age of 10. as a result of that, i got released from some of that struggle. joined a gang later on. me and my brother. after that, went out to a prestigious secondary school. got kicked out, came back and went to night school. became a teen father. hustled on the street for three years. lived on welfare. then went to college at 21. and as a result of that, you know, i saw my brother suffer as well. my brother who's been in prison now for 24 years. >> your brother. >> my brother. that's right. accu accused of murder. we believe he's innocent. the reality was he was enthralled by the vicarious pleasures of street pharmaceuticals. so he was engaged in -- he slung drugs. as a result of that, we went two different ways. as a kid i was called professor and as a kid he was seen as somebody who might not live up to his potential, so one became a professor, one became a prisoner, but we come

it's good to see you all and thank you dr. dyson for the work you are during here tonight. let me also thank a giant in our community whose impact will be felt far long after he has served his days congressman john conyers and thank you reverend anthony for having us here tonight. [applause] it's good to see this room packed with individuals and i'm not going to repeat anything that has already been said but i want to put some color on this for you. for 30 months i've had a front row seat to what has become the nation's number one showdown city and state with respect to take over.eater and sewage depat education system libraries and 36th district court. we need to be very clear about what right to work was. it wasn't just about the youth. it was not just about the unions. right to work was also about getting rid of and obliterating the last, the nation's first foremost politically led black driven labor led city in the country. [applause] and there are people today, there are people today that don't understand all that is at stake. we are right now in the midst of an electi