Cornel West, Progressive Scholar, Announces Third-Party Bid for President

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ExpressLane

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Cornel West, the progressive activist and professor, announced a presidential campaign on Monday with the People’s Party, a third party led by a former campaign staff member for Senator Bernie Sanders.

“I enter in the quest for truth, I enter in the quest for justice, and the presidency is just one vehicle to pursue that truth and justice — what I’ve been trying to do all of my life,” Dr. West said in a campaign video posted on Twitter.

In the video, Dr. West said he had decided to run as a third-party candidate because “neither political party wants to tell the truth about Wall Street, about Ukraine, about the Pentagon, about Big Tech.” He called former President Donald J. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, a “neo-fascist,” and President Biden a “milquetoast neoliberal.”

Dr. West has taught at Yale, Princeton and Harvard and is currently a professor of philosophy at Union Theological Seminary. He is known for his progressive activism, including his sharp criticism of former President Barack Obama.


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/us/politics/cornel-west-2024-candidate-president.html
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If you are liberal and don't vote for West "you ain't black." :laugh:
 
" the September 11 attacks "gave white Americans a glimpse of what it means to be a black person in the United States", feeling "unsafe, unprotected, subject to random violence, and hatred for who they are"

Sounds like just another racist shit stain to me
 
zymurgy said:
" the September 11 attacks "gave white Americans a glimpse of what it means to be a black person in the United States", feeling "unsafe, unprotected, subject to random violence, and hatred for who they are"

Sounds like just another racist shit stain to me
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He should pick up Democrat votes then.
 
ExpressLane said:
Cornel West, the progressive activist and professor, announced a presidential campaign on Monday with the People’s Party, a third party led by a former campaign staff member for Senator Bernie Sanders.

“I enter in the quest for truth, I enter in the quest for justice, and the presidency is just one vehicle to pursue that truth and justice — what I’ve been trying to do all of my life,” Dr. West said in a campaign video posted on Twitter.

In the video, Dr. West said he had decided to run as a third-party candidate because “neither political party wants to tell the truth about Wall Street, about Ukraine, about the Pentagon, about Big Tech.” He called former President Donald J. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, a “neo-fascist,” and President Biden a “milquetoast neoliberal.”

Dr. West has taught at Yale, Princeton and Harvard and is currently a professor of philosophy at Union Theological Seminary. He is known for his progressive activism, including his sharp criticism of former President Barack Obama.


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/us/politics/cornel-west-2024-candidate-president.html
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If you are liberal and don't vote for West "you ain't black." :laugh:
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West has no chance.
 
Nordberg said:
that is not the point. He can take votes from the Dems. You can be sure there are very few Repubs who will back a very verbose black intelligent guy running for prez. It is what Nader did a few elections back.
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Disagree. West will barely be a blip on the radar.
 
West is obviously not going to win the Presidency but I see no issue with his running. He's progressive, so very different from me, but I still find him interesting because he doesn't fit into a single thought box in the positions he takes. And surprising for a progressive, he has spoken out on behalf of free speech on college campuses and has acknowledge the current environment at many Universities is not conducive to the exchange of ideas and debate.
 
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