Scholar and social activist Cornel West on Monday announced that he is running for president under the banner of the People’s Party, casting his minor-party bid as part of a quest for truth and justice.
“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 all!” West said in a Twitter post in which he also included an announcement video.
West, 70, has a lengthy list of academic affiliations, which have included Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth. He was a supporter of the Democratic presidential bids of Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016 and 2020, appearing as a surrogate on the campaign trail.bills itself as “a major new independent party that will guarantee health care, housing, quality education and peace to all.”
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