Gay Rights and Hugo Chavez | George Galloway | Oxford Union

George Galloway shows his stance on Gay Rights and Hugo Chavez in response to a student who refers to him as a 'homophobe'.
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ABOUT GEORGE GALLOWAY:
Few contemporary politicians have attracted as much controversy as George Galloway. A Labour MP from 1987 to 2003, he was an outspoken critic of the policies of Tony Blair and New Labour, in particular the decision to invade Iraq. Fiery comments such as "the best thing British troops can do is to refuse to obey illegal orders" saw Galloway expelled from the Labour Party. But Galloway returned to the political fray by founding the Respect Party and winning Bethnal Green and Bow in the 2005 General Election. Mr Galloway re-entered Parliament in this March as MP for Bradford West and has recently provoked controversy and criticism with his comments on the rape charges against Wikileaks' Julian Assange.
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[@samburns4566]

That kid knows nothing. I expect him to be head of news and current affairs at the bbc within 5 years.

[@leemsylazy9353]

He's very ignorant indeed. Dunno how he sneaked in

[@benjithegr8375]

😂😂🤣

[@peterrabin4374]

he sounds like a batty boy so he will definitely do well at the bbc

[@CaliforniaGirl-qk5kq]

I hope he was not accepted by Oxford as a student. Total lack of critical thinking and total lack of information and data.

[@felixthecat3n2]

Ha ha ha! Good one!

[@PrayerCentreChannel]

When he said “don’t shake your head, you’re talking nonsense” I pressed like.

[@ubuntuubuntu127]

And I pressed yours

[@mrteye5819]

@@ubuntuubuntu127 And I pressed yours!

[@friendlycreature6375]

@@mrteye5819 And i pressed mine :)

[@lukereilly9844]

Gigachad moment

[@bxjibaro73]

I laughed when he said that because they have no real response other than not liking his answer.

[@NoR3m0rs3]

The way he's holding that mic is the weirdest thing about this

[@YouOpaOpa]

I thought exactely the same thing

[@Longs81]

Yeah I was thinking that as well

[@Macaframa1]

he wants to blow it

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

+NoR3m0rs3 Hey couldn't resist blurting out his pun.

[@DSQueenie]

Yessss!

[@PhilosopherOfFafoism]

I will never tire of how Galloway trashes his critics

[@tajatajat]

Because the cia ousted Chavez genius

[@tonyatutorials6997]

When he knows the audience is his side, all patrolling each other, the Asian guy on the table all worried in demonstrate support and laugh from his ironies to humiliate the asker.... yeah it's easy trashing somebody . Oxford led the decadence

[@betkay1018]

And teaches them respect at the same time !!

[@joshme3659]

Ah yes because venaswalia is such a good democrasy

[@PhilosopherOfFafoism]

Just entertains me how you can stop listening for a few years, come back to him talking about something completely different, and it's like he never ended his last rant.

[@dorianwright6854]

Whether you agree or not, GG is the real deal. You cannot fake Passion and fire.

[@Brian-pr1dq]

Amen

[@patrickparker8417]

I certainly don't agree with him on anything , but I wish others had half the passion.

[@EscanV]

He spent many years underground with the ANC and the Apartheid resistance in my nation (South Africa)

[@SonGoku-io7sh]

I used to think so but I've resigned myself to thinking he is just another career politician. He moves from issue to issue, never really fixing anything though he is useful for drumming up some support.

[@enadine6405]

He's the man

[@paulhorner9950]

If I ever get nicked I want George as my lawyer.

[@heartfire124]

I want this man to give a speech at my funeral

[@reality8315]

Me 2 ... he’s the people people

[@MrUtah1]

@uiqbal11 well said, brother

[@carolburke9153]

@@heartfire124 we'll have to stand in line...i love george! 💓

[@ferguszade5594]

Hope you enjoy the prison food then.

[@billyjoeparker8054]

This is the most Scottish man I've ever seen

[@keithmahoney4390]

it's frightening to think that student studies at Oxford

[@daikucoffee5316]

It's frightening someone like Galloway is at Oxford.

[@JR-vc4gm]

@@daikucoffee5316 ha

[@ugenta]

I am almost certainly sure these students are just part of a smearing campaign that is being funded by swamp to undermine George Galloway for speaking up about the brutal honest truths among politics. Who ever speaks out the truth, they undermine with lies. Even at Oxford

[@stillsearching5816]

He doesn't even know how to hold a microphone.

[@oj4574]

You don’t have to be smart to go to oxford. You have to be good at useless shite that you only use in an office to get into oxford. Being smart is having good common sense and knowing how to work with people

[@lionmcmc7489]

GG at his best. Public speaking genius. Speaks from the heart

[@paulgrech4210]

Energetic, well informed and eloquent. He has an enviable ability to recall the minutiae of a wealth of topics - pertinent, or otherwise, to the topic at hand - and apply them with intelligent relevance. Perhaps sometimes a little too animated whilst speaking publicly, but this, I think, is to be attributed to his tendency to be emotionally invested in so many of the issues on which he speaks/debates. In other words, he genuinely cares. He speaks clearly, honestly, with conviction and authority. Authority borne of knowledge

[@Amarrebhai]

He obliterated that guy I don't think he would ask anyone anything ever in his life😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theunknown5126]

Did he graduate? From oxford?

[@evangelostse2477]

Oh, he would. People like that are bold-faced liars to the end.

[@Akas1001]

Sky news and Fox news or CNN will give the young man a job anytime.

[@MilitantBlackGuy1]

Presumably you mean Sky News Australia not UK? How on earth are you gonna mention Sky News UK in the same breath as Fox News or CNN.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

@@MilitantBlackGuy1 they’re all atrocious news organisations

[@MilitantBlackGuy1]

@@JohnKobaRuddy UK broadcast news is held to a very high standard by law. You're crazy.

[@meeranfakih5808]

no not CNN

[@shero1987]

His glass of water was 75% saliva by the end of that speech.

[@tounsifiras7210]

haha yes he's so passionate

[@Sumtinrandom]

That's a witty joke XD . Here, please have my like!

[@ruff-rydahzyclon5535]

😂😂

[@troutstalker4744]

I thought the glass of water was gonna start boling, with all that fire and brimstone coming out of mr Galloway. Much respect to GG.

[@troutstalker4744]

Btw, an absolutely excellent comment 👏 👌 👍

[@ZachTheRantingGuy]

As an American watching this from afar, I can safely say that Galloway is the man. He absolutely destroyed that kid. That kid is so doped up on mainstream media rhetoric its unbelievable. I am embarrassed FOR him.

[@rafflesxyz4800]

Almost?

[@jesan733]

And you're doped on Russian propaganda?

[@Marxamillian]

@@jesan733 is this "Propaganda" in the room with you, right now?

[@jesan733]

@@Marxamillian every time I open a vid with Galloway.

[@swiftcee266]

These 'students' are gravely misinformed as regards the way of the world. Jesus H Christ. WOW. And George. You are a legend sir. Well schooled.

[@chrish2359]

Look at Venezuela now

[@swiftcee266]

@@chrish2359 ...yes? And? It's a mess and has a power struggle going on. Politics and oil buddy. Mean one thing ...corruption

[@DustGamezX]

@@swiftcee266 Hyperinflation? People starving and there is shortages of pretty much everything in grocery stores etc.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

@@chrish2359 yeah look at it. 72% private industry but because it has aspirations of socialism America blockades and sanctions and attempts to overthrow them and assassinate its leaders

[@DustGamezX]

@@swiftcee266 Socialism rewards corruption because there the government has all the control, when you centralize the economic resources and power, THAT leads to corruption. America isn't perfect and has corruption but the power of the state is not centralized at one place, and the economic resources is spread among the people where the people vote with capital to who gets the resources in a free market.

[@memberHD]

This video is surreal in a way. Such a well spoken man, giving a very passionate and educated response, in an amazing room. Feels like it's from 1912, not 2012.

[@ShaytownDown]

I had a similar feeling watching this. Felt like I could see through time witnessing this in this room.

[@Lozyder]

its not like they werent rude back the, just overly posh and openly racist, so that balances it out when comparing it to today i guess

[@ahmadguided5143]

LGBT always feel the same protest of any real talking, because they always, day and night live by fuck.

[@EpicCrust]

He sounds like a gypsy to me

[@laopang91362]

The person posted questions had no clue ... this is a huge problem these days...

[@connor-bj6ku]

I love that he was expecting a reasoned and calm response and instead got a response comparable to the bombing of Iraq

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

"...I have to imagine you wandered in here. Your'e not really a student at Oxford University. You cannot be...and say what you just said." Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying.

[@ΓιάννηςΣΑΡΑΤΖΙΔΗΣ]

We have a special word in Hellenic Language "klafsigelos, which means "laugh and cry".

[@mrr4975]

That student is ignorant and obviously has very little knowledge. He got embarrassed and humiliated!

[@sidharthcs2110]

He can't even hold the mic

[@peterrabin4374]

@@sidharthcs2110 but i bet he can stick it up his arse

[@terrycreagh5003]

The student is totally arrogant and up himself.

[@ManuelGutierrez-zb5xm]

Why?

[@paintedhorse6880]

Galloway literally lied

[@Persiatic]

I feel sorry for you Mr Galloway that you have to be there among those idiots so called student.. Big Love to you Big man Mr Galloway❤

[@darthmetallus1977]

@Mickey Finn Did somebody hurt you, sunbeam? Bore off. 😆

[@heatherkelly2580]

YOU LOVE THIS M FR?? YOU ARE AN M FER YOUR SELF

[@cindyrolle6476]

Mr. Galloway, you are a blessing to the world. The truth is powerful and needed in this crazy world today. Thank you for speaking it, always.

[@dezmundo1251]

I've watched a lot of these videos now...and I cannot for the life of me work out why Oxford students find it so hard to just hold a microphone properly

[@j.boucher1412]

I suppose we should thank that student for making 7 mins. of entertainment possible. "Well done, sir."

[@gustavosilveira691]

Those comments on venezuela aged quite poorly…

[@paintedhorse6880]

For anyone wanting the actual facts, here was what Galloway actually said about the 19 year old Iranian being executed in an interview with Matthew Wright from PinkNewsUK. GG: “This is being used as part of the on-going propaganda against Iran...All the papers seem to imply that you get executed in Iran for being gay. That’s not true" MW: "His boyfriend was hung though, wasn’t he?" GG: "Yes, but not for being gay. For uh, committing sex crimes, uh, against young men." MW: "Right…" GG: "I mean, I’m against execution for any reason in any place, but it is important to avoid that propaganda" MW: "So you’re saying that his guy they want to deport should be deported because there is no risk of his sexuality, or he shouldn’t be deported because there is a risk?" GG: "He should not be deported not least because after all this Iranian propaganda he will be accused of being the source, or one of the sources. It would be ridiculous to deport him, and I don’t think he will be deported now." Now, mind you that what Galloway said here was 100% false. Mr Galloway’s claim that gay people are not executed in Iran is refuted by every reputable human rights body, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. When asked by gay civil rights groups to provide evidence for his claims, he provided none. So no he didnt say it was "Okay" but he did lie about the facts in an attempt to defend Iran's image.

[@Sarfarazzamani]

As an Iranian I never saw anything like "Executing 16 years old boy and broadcasting it on national TV". This boy knows nothing

[@AxmedBahjad]

Old Oxford is old Oxford. Look at Britain of the past and of today. Utterly mess. Little knowledge is dangerous.

[@hobbitfrdo]

Love it when he took on America in their back yard.

[@novalonestudios]

I literally applauded at the end of this video

[@jesan733]

It's very strange how so many comments from merely a year ago applauds a video where a man defended a nascent dictatorship that now so clearly has the people utterly subjugated, deprived, starving and fleeing the country.

[@novalonestudios]

@@jesan733 since this comment I support the government even more! Chavez vive!

[@jesan733]

@@novalonestudios I have no comeback to that, just sadness.

[@freudianslippers6567]

@@jesan733 Seppo detected.

[@jesan733]

@@freudianslippers6567 I'm a Swede.

[@ИгорьГорбунов-л3ы]

Mr Galloway, I can imagine how hard it is to talk to such Western neoliberal propaganda-soaked young people, but you are doing the right thing.... With respect from Russia

[@Robert-pi6vs]

George the great!

[@Filpiovano]

Where are all the people defending Chavez and Venezuela now, after the UN and the OAS (finally) denounced the regime for Crimes Against Humanity and the poverty rate is 95%?

[@PaolaBarreto]

That's what I wanna know. People outside Venezuela can not defend someone they don't even know, they didn't live What We had to.

[@TheYoungKilljoy]

@@PaolaBarreto Thank you! I'm so sick of foreign people speaking over Venezuelans. If our democratic and "socialist" government was so amazing... Would people cross the Darién to escape from it? I don't think so. Would most Venezuelan families be scattered around the work? I don't think so. Many of Chávez supporters during the 90s and early 2000s regret their decision of voting for him and many of them migrated to Colombia. This is why it is so important to have diversity in university campuses, so you actually know the history from the perspective of people who lived through it, or in this case, survived it. I'm just a humble Venezuelan girl with my family divided, but Oxford University seems like a perfect ecosystem for elitists who cannot understand the extent of the damage their ideas can cause.

[@bunnypong64]

How embarrassing for this 'alleged' Oxford Student

[@andrewmcculloch8137]

What I love is almost a year has gone past and George is still right, 8/5/2020

[@heatherkelly2580]

I HAVE LOST ALL RESPECT FOR OXFORD NOW

[@sambradley7393]

George Galloway destroying stuck-up Oxford students is my new kink

[@cindyrolle6476]

I love George. Truth written all over his soul.

[@paintedhorse6880]

Well, he did literally lie about the teen being executed in Iran.

[@jesan733]

Very funny. He is part of the Kremlin's "firehose of lies" propaganda machinery.

[@dritong9727]

I just discovered this guy, I still dont know him but damn hes good at this... subscribing!

[@milesbetrov]

If i was given a chance to debate with GG or fight Mike Tyson in the ring I would easily take on Tyson even it was when he was 21 years old

[@TheYoungKilljoy]

3:13 As a Venezuelan, this man has no idea

[@marinaisananrada3236]

I wish you spared yourself Sir , we need you! Don’t get so emotional about what those spineless silly people say...

[@DBCOOPER982]

Well said George Galloway I wish you were the priminister

[@JohnCollins]

I can make any assumption I like because I have experienced this all of my life when I was in the corporate world. So brainwashed are these people who come through the university system, so good at memorising facts and formulae and so self interested, that they lose sight of the here and now and wisdom, anything other than short term personal gain is completely lost to them. And it's MY generation that are today's city whizz kids...

[@jayfranciserfe2147]

I cannot believe how ignorant and misinformed these students were. Oxford must be ashamed of these students.

[@alfonsoangel9763]

i love it speaking from his heart that's why his a champion in the hole world keep us informed george galloway

[@jmartin4204]

it is WHOLE with a W , hole world what a hilarity . So with you be saying there is a WHOLE in my shirt

[@Travis1365]

Hilarious, the poor gay lad regrets opening his mouth there I’d say 😂.

[@jackthelad15]

Not at all bet he opens it regularly for nocturnal exercise

[@mywotzone]

If your idea of democracy is America , where 1% owns 42% of the wealth then yes Hugo Chavez crushed democracy....

[@SonGoku-io7sh]

"More Capriles than Capriles" 😂😂 douche got owned.

[@moretune9759]

Why did that “creature” talks like a drowning cat?

[@voicevoice2053]

George rules any ignorant attack. He didn't need to appear as ranting to win this argument to show the ignorance of one mere student...even though to some it may appear entertaining

[@fredmiami]

George Galloway is a decent politician, may Allah bless him.

[@MrRichard3991]

98% of Venezuelans don't eat 3 meals a day now George. In fact they don't eat any meals.

[@PubliusUSA]

GG is a master of critical thinking.

[@whitedust696]

Who remembers when Oxford university meant something ?.

[@betkay1018]

Another passionate and truth reality delivery ...teach them to get it right the first time George and they will be wary of slandering other great politicians and their remarkable achievements.for all time. You are the teacher ... teach them to teach themselves !!!

[@alexallen6761]

I love George Galloway, I've watched this twice in a row. It's as if that other guy was intentionally trolling. I knew he was gonna explode way before he did. This may be funnier than the time George Galloway gave his speech about Margaret Thatcher in parliament, when they were debating whether or not to temporarily postpone current debates so that MPs could attend her funeral XD.

[@pioamillos9001]

so disappointed about the quality of some oxford students.

[@ProgressiveLiberty]

what's that outfit he's wearing? He looks like Chairman Mao.

[@imperialleather4799]

Such passion.

[@lukereilly9844]

I don't think I've ever seen a verbal beatdown like this

[@BarriosGroupie]

This is the type of lawyer Andrew Tate needs now, although I doubt George would support him; given his moral compass.

[@Yoututu]

YOU JUST WONDERED INTO UNIVERSITY HE ACTED AS A FOOL

[@hilariosantos5658]

This young man just comes out from Oxford kindergarten

[@humberabdulah4733]

today year 2020 venezuela government almost collapse and couldt fulfill their citizen needs

[@abella3053]

the recent history of venezuela has proven that George Galloway was so bloody WRONG about chavez en comunisme in venezuela ,,,,,,,,he ows an excuse to this young boys who challenged him ,,,,,,,,,,,,i hope Galloway will help now the 6 million of venezuelans who left the country by walking to others countries to escape from the dictactorship ,,,,

[@whitefang6930]

People need to stop confusing opposition to gay marriage with homophobia. You can be in support of gay rights and opposed to gay marriage. They are 2 completely separate entities.

[@alexallen6761]

White Fang, I know. There is a difference between homophobia in the culture & supporting systematic homophobia. But these 2 differences also have a similarities too, they both cause inequality between the sexual orientations therefor both fall under the definition of homophobia. It's like saying green is a completely separate entity to blue, when half of green is made out of blue. People can break any meaning down into finer components but it's un-factual to say they are completely detached entities in a universe where everything is linked by relativity. But I understand what you were trying to say, we should judge someone's moral intentions their motives, not necessarily what they support. Some people may oppose gay marriage but don't have any intentions to cause inequality or division, because the human mind doesn't have to think logically.

[@alexallen6761]

@ali bazzi Homophobia doesn't literally mean a phobia of gay people. Homophobia is just an illiterate word that really means anti-gay. That what I believe White Fang's context was, but I can't mind-read, so I can only guess his context by using probability with no evidence on this. Anyway, You say they are less people who have gender dysphoria than people who describe themselves as gay. The statistics may be like that because gender dysphoria is classed as a different thing to homosexuality (even if there is a link), so the math doesn't have to be balanced. Also, I doubt that there are more straight people who pretend to be gay, than gay people being in the closet pretending to be straight. If it's true that a proportion of people pretend to be gay, then the gay people in the closet must compensate and counter-balance the maths on this.

[@diabeticalien3584]

This has to be the stupidest defense of anything I've ever heard. How can you care SO MUCH about what someone's choice to marry who they want, and how can you agree that a government has the right to force people not to marry who they want, and yet claim that believing in such a thing isn't against gay people?

[@johnhughes536]

George what a great man you are , and to think these young people may one day lead the country, John Australia.

[@gregforse2563]

Well his position on Chavismo aged well...

[@omittednarratives1953]

George Galloway is one of a kind

[@ChristopherVFleming]

And btw, I studied at Oxfor, and my father is NOT a millionaire, nor a politician.

[@JohnCollins]

Rich kids win by default. Those pitching questions here are the ELITE of tomorrow. They have already succeeded and will win by default. I put it to anyone that if Galloway was addressing kids who had strived to get to that stage against all odds, ie working class kids, he'd find that they were much better informed than those rich kids. It's suits their purpose to be ignorant. The status quo guarantees them a future in spite of their abject idiocy.

[@riva2003]

i expected more from oxford, apparently i was wrong. too simple, sometimes naive!

[@bobbymidha3901]

yeah we think that these students are superior but no way

[@donalain69]

And i really thought Oxford is an University! never would have guessed it’s a lunatic asylum.

[@LosOne12]

Does he really believe the nonsense he’s saying about Chavez?

[@robertfmorton]

You've got to be well informed before you take on Galloway.

[@Rorschach1974]

"Hugo Chavez wasn’t a dictator, but he crushed democracy" - Doug Saunders. "The government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, "See if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk". - Harry Browne.

[@robsonbarstow6297]

I’ve not heard of that Harry Browne but he got that quote from Malatesta.

[@robsonbarstow6297]

“It is always the old question of the bound man who having managed to live in spite of his bonds thinks he lives because of them. We are used to living under a government which takes over all that energy, intelligence and will which it can direct for its own ends; and it hinders, paralyses and suppresses those who do not serve its purpose or are hostile - and we think that everything that is done in society is carried out thanks to the government, and that without the government there would no longer be any energy, intelligence or goodwill left in society.” - Errico Malatesta

[@nkvd1606]

Why do all of George's opponents hold the mic in such a slimy creepy way?

[@ineedscissors6176]

Gee, I wonder why

[@BidenHasAids]

this aged well

[@debrageorgetti3981]

Don't mistake being an intemperate rabble-rouser and a bully for being a great public speaker.

[@devillonesome8648]

how much do i pay to get in oxford? just wondering

[@gloriakadar3288]

George my hero.

[@eg4081]

George is the man ..exposes the ignorance of these pathetic Oxford students!!!

[@shiasofbarasageer1635]

Hugo Chavez,imam khomani,Nelson Mandela,Milcom X,Shaik Ibrahim zakzaki,George Galloway are all the voice of the voice less...respect all these personalies and it's our duty

[@squizzy86]

Mandela was a terrorist

[@walesdoesntsuck6635]

@Billy McCarthy He wasn't

[@annhilator55]

@@squizzy86 who gives a shit pussy it was the only time he was a Chad. He wimped out at the end

[@annhilator55]

@ Saddam killed Marsh Arabs and was an American puppet at first. He may have been a victim of the US imperialist machine but he was not an innocent one.

[@manassardar100]

It's unbelievable that Oxford University standards has come down to such low level. What a pity really ! Manas Sardar

[@davidgray2]

I'm starting to honestly think they should have cast Galloway as Shrek

[@rafaelhidalgo-aponte5299]

Hi Edward. As a Venezuelan I agree with you. It is so frustrating to hear people talk about things they don't know at all. And when you confront them with the facts and figures, then they will say you are manipulated by "the international media". Incidentally, Galloway is not an Oxford Professor. Far from it. He was just invited by the Oxford Student Union to participate in a debate.

[@edbenti5007]

We will never know how they did it, but the US and possibly Israel murdered Chavez.

[@michaelwestthorp8144]

Holy shit. It's no wonder he gets away with everything. Brilliant speaker

[@eddie7123]

Viva Chavez until the end of days

[@jassimmohammed5732]

And again ladies and gentlemen, another sample of what Oxford produces nowadays

[@MohammedAli-sl3ln]

These students of Oxford call themselves as highly genius though they have very very little knowledge about the facts, well said by George G MP

[@mikewilliams258]

Mohammed Ali One uninformed student made an ass of himself. What justifies the use of "these" and "themselves"?

[@majestic262]

smart ass CRASHED!!! AMAZING GEORGE GALLOWAY AS ALWAYS !!! the “ student” THOUGHT HE IS SMART....😂😂😂😂😂

[@tazisayshi]

-In 2021, 65.2% of the country's inhabitants lived in poverty according to the study, produced by the social investigations unit of the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (UCAB). When measured solely by income levels, 94.5% of the population lives in poverty. -Venezuela a population of 28 million has recorded 7 million people fleeing the country. -The richest 10% in the country make an average of $553.20 a month, the poorest live on $8 a month. Chavez and Maduro have eviscerated the nation, the only people in Venezuela who truly support him are the uneducated masses who still believe in the socialist dream. Guess who get's to live a life of luxury? Chavez's kids. You cannot suggest it's the US's fault for Venezuela woes, it's the corruption, and the blind following of the PSUV that has destroyed the nation.

[@vasconcelossentimento]

is it not the US' fault for, AT LEAST, some of damage in Venezuela today? A crippling embargo and international isolation, just like with Cuba, a coup attempt just last year and constant political pressure of undemocratic movements like Guaidó to snatch power away from someone who was ellected? Yes, Venezuela is in a terrible state, yes the socialist leaders have made several mistakes and had corruption in the govt., but Chavez' government succeeded in reducing inequality and fighting power concentration and kicking out american interests. Just think, why would the US try blatant undemocratic and violent coups against Chavez and then still try those TO THIS VERY DAY? Its textbook american interest interventionism in the third world.

[@josephine190]

malcom x once said that liberals and conservatives were like foxes and wolves referring to the affairs of african americans. it is the same even today judging by that kid.

[@kobra6335]

His comments about Hugo Chavez haven't aged well.

[@EOTA564]

Galloway is a character and has the gift of the gab. His oratory style is almost entirely rhetorical though which makes ‘debating’ him pointless. Only way you can ‘beat’ someone like this in debate is to deploy your own rhetoric as skilfully or aggressively. Good luck with that. C Hitchens, a skilled rhetorician himself, was just about capable of putting Galloway on the back foot.

[@Antipodean33]

Oh Lord I bet that 'student' melted off his chair after that hurricane, that landslide of truths

[@ribsaw795]

I would love to have a coffee with George... I'm an ex uk cop, very opinionated.... but wow this Bloke has minerals.... LEGEND

[@RoxiRusher]

K.O!