Progressive intellectual and activist Cornel West announced that he will run as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential elections. West, who is running for the People's Party, said his priorities will be to create a "true democracy," fight for an end to poverty, end wars, revitalize the economy, expand civil liberties, medicare for all and protect the environment.
I am running for truth and justice as a presidential candidate for the People’s Party to reintroduce America to the best of itself - fighting to end poverty, mass incarceration, ending wars and ecological collapse, guaranteeing housing, health care, education and living wages for… pic.twitter.com/u3NYGUbG1S
— Cornel West (@CornelWest) June 5, 2023
Universal access to housing, dissolving the NATO...
In a post and video uploaded to his twitter account, the veteran scholar insists on the need to "reintroduce America to the best of itself." To this end, in addition to the main lines of its program, it is necessary to guarantee universal access to housing and living wages for all citizens. For the end of the conflicts he announced his intention to disband NATO.
In these dark times, I have decided to run for truth and justice, which takes the form of running for President of the United States as the candidate of the People's Party. 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.
Trump, "neo-fascist"; Biden, "milquetoast neoliberal"
In the video presentation of his proposal, West also says that he has taken the step of participating outside of the two major political formations because "no political party wants to tell the truth about Wall Street, about Ukraine, about the Pentagon, about Big Tech." He also took the opportunity to lash out at the last two presidents, saying that Donald Trump is a "neo-fascist" and Joe Biden, "a milquetoast neoliberal."
West is known as a radical left-wing activist. His criticism of former President Barack Obama, whom he called a "war criminal" caused a stir. In 2016 and 2020 he supported Senator Bernie Sanders, a Democratic Socialist, in his presidential bids. He has taught at Harvard and Princeton Universities, but is currently Professor of Philosophy at Union Theological Seminary.
The People's Party was created by Nick Brana, a staff member who worked on Sanders' campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2016 primaries.
