Russell Brand's Revolution | msnbc

What does a revolution look like? Russell Brand has an idea and he’s ready to talk about it with Lawrence O’Donnell.

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[Papermate]

Damn it always amazes me how this guy is able to so eloquently and effectively communicate his ideas to these interviewers. God's speed Russell Brand!

[jacksonfrazier]

I would pay good fucking money to see Russell Brand debate with Bill O'Reilly with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as commentators and with Jon Oliver as timekeeper.

[betteroffshook]

Lawrence O'Donnell take a bow my friend, first american hosted show where Russell hasten been put on a pedestal and his message has fairly been discussed and made clear. Really impressed.

[fillphat]

great interview...much better than fox or cnn...
well constructed questions, no hidden agendas and no stupidity....
russell was good as ever....
ppl should be listening to him....

[alexquinn]

First American media personality that I have come across that seems to have a fully functional brain

[rosejohnsonTao]

I absolutely unequivocally LOVE this man! he is so intelligent and eloquent,   I cannot wait to read Revolution! 

[nameyourchannel]

You're a good man Russel. There are many of us in New Zealand who feel the same way. The world has deteriorated and now people fighting this global cause has hit mainstream. You are not alone

[Cybraxas]

12:55 "Socialism is just the politics of Christianity, the politics of common decency." - this is a fundamental truth, and Russell Brand is the first prominent person to speak it out.

[BasharA]

Russell is the man, he speaks the people's hearts !

[EcoCurious]

Russell makes a fantastic point about how women's rights and homosexual rights etc should be considered humanitarian rights. BUT sadly, I think he forgets that in order for people globally to create a revolution, they need to at least be on the same page when it comes to issues such as these. Sadly, a vast, _vast_ number of people, both in Britain and the US, still believe that homosexuality is a sin and that women should not have abortions.

When O'Donnell was talking about America's elected representatives standing on just a single vote's difference, I think he was trying to explain how many Americans have voted for a representative that _does not_ back gay rights or women's rights, because much of America is not what we would call 'left wing'. How can we create a Revolution if so many people (almost a majority) still have this conservative mindset? You cannot undo generations of ignorance and intolerance when these ideas are so ingrained in peoples' minds. While the more liberal may jump on a Revolutionary bandwagon, first you need to educate and inform the uneducated and ill-informed. And if a Revolution occurs without this happening, all it will do is drive a wedge between conservative-minded people and liberal-minded people.

[elitedonk]

13:01 ''I'm sure that, after the

He truly believes in this revolution and I am with him all the way.

[LifenPlay]

Russel is more and more composed in his views and the way he conveys them and I was thrilled to see him dominate this conversation with strong and well placed arguments. Cant wait to read the book.

[GubraLagima]

As a straight male, I can safely say that I love Russell Brand.

[StephanieKlotzMorningCleanse]

I'm with what Russell Brand says at the very end when he is talking about why read his book.  It's time for us to take our power BACK!

[JStock]

8 years later and Russell has ow found the light.

[pegmanofthenight]

Equal rights for everyone shouldn't be an issue, he is spot on there. Equal rights should just be there already, we shouldn't have to vote them in. We should be focusing on the system as a whole, but we are kept preoccupied quarreling over smaller things. As George Carlin said They don't want a nation of people capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers.

[alexanderjbf]

This is the first mainstream media interview I've seen with Brand where the interviewer is not antagonistic toward him

[jonathanrice]

He just said "In this country, there is NO place to cast a vote to express everything you just express. BUT, there is a vote to something that will not make a difference to the world wide problem we're having." Which is, people work together. People run the world. People make choices. "Crumbs from the table" THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING Russell....Sadly, not enough people get it

[paulatix]

Awww, Rus. I'm so proud of you!

[maylightbewithyou]

thank you for having him on your show, for asking him great questions, and for letting him speak.

brilliant!