Harvard professor and progressive activist Cornel West says he's now running for president in 2024 as an independent, not as a member of the Green Party.

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/1017989

Video on subject, The Hill:

Cornel West DEFECTS From Green Party, Goes INDEPENDENT; Americans DESPERATE For 3rd Party: Poll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHaebD64izY

Sabby Sabs will be talking with Jill Stein (Staff of Dr. Cornel West 2024) in an hour on the update:

JILL STEIN JOINS w/WEST NEWS, KEVIN MCCARTHY OUSTED, NINA TURNER NEW GIG, KAISER STRIKE WI WINS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5SH4uYk0hY

“I’m running as an Independent candidate for President of the United States to end the iron grip of the ruling class and ensure true democracy!” West wrote on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

West may not be the only independent or third-party candidate positioned to influence the 2024 presidential contest. Current Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is widely expected to launch an independent or third-party bid next week. And the centrist group No Labels is actively securing ballot access for a yet-to-be-named candidate.

  • jaymacke@beehaw.org
    12·
    1 year ago

    There’s no way he’ll be able to make the ballot in enough states to mount any kind of successful run. As a Green candidate, he would have had automatic ballot access in many states, but as an independent not so much. This is a net positive for Biden, and still allows West the pedestal to try and push the political dialogue to the left–where it should be-- without giving Republicans an easy way to wedge voters away from the Democrats.