*Last month, the Cornel West for President campaign announced that they submitted more than twice the required number of signatures to the Michigan Secretary of State. This guarantees that Dr. Cornel West will appear on the state ballot for the November election.
As Black Star News reports, Michigan, a crucial swing state with a narrow margin between Biden and Trump, marks a strategic win for Dr. West, who is running as an independent.
“We are confident that the support we’ve garnered, especially from communities that feel unheard, will translate into substantial voter turnout,” said Dr. West. “Our campaign is bringing the voices of the forgotten directly into the heart of American politics.”
Dr. Melina Abdullah, a Professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, noted, “We are both humbled and honored by the enthusiasm with which Michiganians have embraced our campaign. The overwhelming number of people who share our vision for Truth, Justice and Love is indicative of the urgent need for transformation.”
West, a retired Harvard professor, announced last summer that he entered the 2024 presidential race, running with the People’s Party.
“I have decided to run for truth and justice, which takes the form of running for president of the United States as a candidate for the People’s Party,” West said in a video posted to X/Twitter. “I enter for the quest for truth. I enter for the quest of justice. And the presidency is just one vehicle we pursue that truth and justice.”
The political activist said he is “Fighting to end poverty, mass incarceration,” as well as “wars and ecological collapse” and providing “housing, health care, education and living wages for all!”
Watch his video announcement below.
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… pic.twitter.com/u3NYGUbG1S
— Cornel West (@CornelWest) June 5, 2023
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