Famed far-left professor Cornell West, who endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic Primary, told Democracy Now! he does not believe the Democratic Party will reform itself after Hillary Clinton's crushing defeat this past election.  

Speaking with Amy Goodman, West felt that the Democratic Party will never go left enough for his tastes, unable to shake its "neoliberal orientation" and "allegiance to Wall Street." His prescribed cures for this disease were arguably laughable. Transcript below: 

CORNEL WEST: Well, I think there’s going to be a lot of different responses. I have a deep love and respect for brother Bernie Sanders. I always will. I don’t always agree with him. I’m not convinced that the Democratic Party can be reformed. I think it still has a kind of allegiance to a neoliberal orientation. It still has allegiance to Wall Street, the very victory of Nancy Pelosi is a sign that neoliberalism is still hegemonic in the party. I hope that Keith Ellison is able to present a challenge to it. But, my hunch is —

AMY GOODMAN: — as head of — if he makes it is head of the Democratic National Committee.

CORNEL WEST: If he’s head of the DNC. But my hunch is the Democratic Party has simply run out of gas. I mean, this is a party that couldn’t even publicly oppose TPP when we debated that in the Platform Committee. And that’s just one small example. Couldn’t stop — couldn’t vote to stop fracking, and so on. So, it’s still so tied to big money.

While its certainly refreshing for West to acknowledge the rampant hypocrisy in the Democratic Party, which claims to fight for the little guy while courting Wall Street and celebrity Hollywood, his prescriptions to cure the ills, such as the potential nomination of anti-Semite Keith Ellison as head of the DNC, will only further drive them into the hole. Just like burning down cities and killing cops in the name of "Black Lives Matter" got Trump elected.

In other words, please write your local Democratic congressman and beg them to "PLEASE!" listen to professor Cornel West, saying their future depends on it (wink, wink)