AMY GOODMAN: So that is Russell Brand testifying before the Parliament. And we're going to go to break --
RUSSELL BRAND: Why?
AMY GOODMAN: -- to a music break for a minute. But you said something right as we were going into this.
RUSSELL BRAND: Yeah.
AMY GOODMAN: When I said, "Let's go to Russell Brand in Parliament," you said, "Get used to it"?
RUSSELL BRAND: "Get used to saying that." I was being silly.
AMY GOODMAN: No, but are you?
RUSSELL BRAND: What do you mean? Go to Parliament?
AMY GOODMAN: Would you consider running as a member of Parliament? Would you consider running?
RUSSELL BRAND: No, I want to help the ordinary people of America and Britain dismantle their corrupt political structures and replace them with directly responsible, directly democratic organizations. I don't want to help them lot continue to tyrannize people.
AMY GOODMAN: Do you think you could ever do that within the system, or do you think it's much more effective to be outside?
RUSSELL BRAND: Well, I would take the advice of people that know a lot more than me -- Lawrence Lessig and Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky. Most of those people say that change within the system is prevented, impossible, futile, that we need significant systemic change.
AMY GOODMAN: We're talking to Russell Brand. We're going to go to break, and then we're back right here in London, as we sit in front of Big Ben and MI5. Stay with us.
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AMY GOODMAN: Our guest for the hour is Russell Brand, who is the well-known British comedian, actor and now really leading member of the British left. Last year --
RUSSELL BRAND: Am I?
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