A spectacular candidate’s choice of party raises questions.
Dr. Cornel West has announced his 2024 candidacy for president.
He’s already discussing issues of empire and class that get vanishingly little attention from Democrats or Republicans.
However, his decision to run with the People’s Party is raising questions. The party’s various dysfunctions have kept it from achieving ballot access, which means that West will likely have to run as an independent. In an interview with Democracy Now!, West demurred when asked to address allegations against the party’s chair, mentioning accountability while saying that he hadn’t kept up with their ins and outs.
I volunteered with the People’s Party for a year and a half. I left around the time that Black Voters for a People’s Party was disbanding for the second time.
Maybe Dr. West can fix the organization’s problems. We’ll see.
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