There is, however, an available arena where West could still provide useful pressure by laying out the left alternative to Bidenism: the Democratic primaries. On the debate stage, at campaign rallies, and in national media coverage, West, with his prophetic voice and moral clarity—like Sanders in 2016 and 2020—could accomplish a great deal.
D.D. Guttenplan is editor of The Nation.
Bhaskar Sunkara is the president of The Nation.
As if there will be debates, LOL
Biden will win the Dem primaries for the same reason he won last time. All the Dem talking heads will go out to the public and shame voters, who absolutely think biden is dogshit, into voting for him because “its just too risky because of Trump”.
Bhaskar Sunkara is the president of The Nation
Well it worked well enough for him last time
There is, however, an available arena where West could still provide useful pressure by laying out the left alternative to Bidenism: the Democratic primaries. On the debate stage, at campaign rallies, and in national media coverage, West, with his prophetic voice and moral clarity—like Sanders in 2016 and 2020—could accomplish a great deal.
D.D. Guttenplan is editor of The Nation.
Man I could be editor of a magazine too then huh?
What’s the Hexbear opinion on Cornel West’s candidacy? I have no illusions that he is anything other than a social democrat … but no other candidate with any chance of success is talking about disbanding NATO, public healthcare, in short, Bernie-style policies. If he were elected over Biden (unlikely in 2024 but sometimes it takes a cycle for the public to get used to the idea of a new politician) it would be a forward step I think. Not everything but something.
His rhetoric is pretty anti-AES at times. Likes to use the label “imperalism” to describe anything Russia and China do. Very much seems like he’d try to do a tailism to win over the racist elements of the white working class.
On the other hand, he’s got name recognition and calls the USA an imperialist racist nation.
So maybe slightly left of Tulsi Gabbard
He was pro Reagan. In 2011.
He co-authored a pro-desantis op-ed in the last year because Desanctimonius passed some law benefiting some ghoulish education NGO West co-founded with a Hertiage guy.
Bro makes Bernie look like Stalin.
Lmao I just read about West’s tweet about Reagan being a freedom fighter. The fuck?
I thank my dear brother Russell Brand for providing the stage for my presidential announcement! He is a progressive gem!
https://twitter.com/CornelWest/status/1666114005877010432?lang=en
your soc dem candidate will indeed tweet rumble clips with Russel Brand and they will seem entirely reasonable when you compare them next to RFK jr
