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Cornel West on capitalism, Ukraine, and his presidential run |
The Chris Hedges Report
DIR By: 2ThaSun
Date: June 16, 2023, 2:06 pm
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Cornel West on capitalism, Ukraine, and his presidential run |
The Chris Hedges Report
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> Dr. Cornel West is running for president. In a wide-ranging
conversation on The Chris Hedges Report, West lays out a
political vision centering "the least of these." Rejecting the
corporate duopoly and its two wings—a neofascist Republican
party, and the neoliberal Democrats—West calls for a multiracial
alliance of poor and working people against militarism,
corporatism, racism, and all other forms of bigotry and
oppression.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CedmrfofTi4
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Re: Cornel West on capitalism, Ukraine, and his presidential run
| The Chris Hedges Report
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 9, 2023, 2:57 am
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-194720415.html
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> Former Obama advisor David Axelrod says Cornel West's
presidential candidacy could swing the 2024 election to Trump
> ...
> Neither Biden and Trump have wrapped up their respective party
nominations, but if both men compete against each other in a
rematch of the 2020 election, Axelrod — who worked under former
President Barack Obama — fears that West could sap critical
support from Biden in what might be another close contest.
>
> "In 2016, the Green Party played an outsized role in tipping
the election to Donald Trump," Axelrod tweeted, pointing to Jill
Stein's candidacy in the contest featuring Trump and former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "Now, with Cornel West as
their likely nominee, they could easily do it again. Risky
business."
>
> Many Democrats have accused Stein of costing Clinton key
support in Wisconsin and Michigan in 2016; Trump won both states
narrowly that year, disrupting decades of Democratic dominance
at the presidential level.
>
> Biden flipped both states back into the Democratic column in
2020, and holding those states will be critical for the party's
chances of retaining the White House in 2024.
>
> West is running a progressive campaign seeking the Green Party
nomination. His platform is centered on economic justice and
could realistically cut into Biden's support among the youth
vote and Black voters.
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The best move would be for Biden to ask West to be his running
mate instead, with a deal to adopt parts of West's platform. If
West turns down the offer, he discredits himself.
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