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{{Infobox politician|name=Cornel West|image_size=200|birth_date=June 2, 1953|birth_place=Tulsa, [[Oklahoma]], [[United States of America|United States]]|nationality=New Afrikan|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]] | {{Infobox politician|name=Cornel West|image_size=200|birth_date=June 2, 1953|birth_place=Tulsa, [[Oklahoma]], [[United States of America|United States]]|nationality=New Afrikan|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]|political_party=[[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]]|image=Cornel West.png}} | ||
'''Cornel Ronald West''' (born June 2, 1953) is a | '''Cornel Ronald West''' (born June 2, 1953) is a Statesian activist and intellectual posing as a progressive, who ran for [[President of the United States|President]] in 2024 on the [[Green Party (United States)|U.S Green Party]] ticket before abandoning them to run as an independent.<ref>{{Web citation|author=STEVE PEOPLES|newspaper=Associated Press|title=Progressive activist Cornel West leaves the Green Party and will run for president as an independent|date=2023-10-05|url=https://apnews.com/article/cornel-west-president-independent-green-party-2024-57dd7dbc0bccc10ea866005663398823|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119063942/https://apnews.com/article/cornel-west-president-independent-green-party-2024-57dd7dbc0bccc10ea866005663398823}}</ref> His campaign is purportedly based on three goals: anti-imperialism, [[democracy]], and [[environmentalism]]. His platform includes providing [[Universal healthcare|free healthcare]] and education and demilitarizing the [[police]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Alan MacLeod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Shaking Up the Two-Party System: Cornel West's 2024 Presidential Bid, with Jill Stein|date=2023-08-04|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/shaking-two-party-system-cornel-wests-bid-2024-jill-stein/285443/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806140034/https://www.mintpressnews.com/shaking-two-party-system-cornel-wests-bid-2024-jill-stein/285443/|archive-date=2023-08-06}}</ref> He endorsed the [[Party for Socialism and Liberation|PSL]]'s book ''Socialist Reconstruction''.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=NEW BOOK: Socialist Reconstruction, A Better Future for the United States|date=2022-09-28|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/new-book-socialist-reconstruction-a-better-future-for-the-united-states/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424115236/https://www.liberationnews.org/new-book-socialist-reconstruction-a-better-future-for-the-united-states/|archive-date=2023-04-24}}</ref> | ||
== Controversies == | |||
Cornel West equated the [[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazi]] [[Alexei Navalny]] to victims of the Statesian Empire such as [[Leonard Peltier]] and others,<ref>{{Web citation|author=Cornel West|newspaper=Twitter|title=My prayers are with the precious family of the courageous Russian political prisoner the late Alexei Navalny|date=2024-02-16|url=https://twitter.com/CornelWest/status/1758665760870678710|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219051002/https://twitter.com/CornelWest/status/1758665760870678710|archive-date=2024-02-18|retrieved=2024-02-16|quote=}}</ref> voiced support for the [[Ronald Reagan]] against the USSR,<ref>{{Web citation|author=Cornel West|newspaper=Twitter|date=2021-01-08|url=https://twitter.com/cornelwest/status/23848928873021440|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502210654/https://twitter.com/cornelwest/status/23848928873021440|archive-date=2021-05-02|retrieved=2024-02-17}}</ref> equated the Civil Rights leader [[Martin Luther King|MLK]] to the [[Fascism|fascist]] [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn|Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] in an article<ref>{{Web citation|author=Cornel West|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|title=DeSantis’s Revolutionary Defense of the Classics|date=2023-5-12|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/desantiss-revolutionary-defense-of-the-classics-florida-western-canon-galileo-caesar-great-books-275268d9|archive-url=https://archive.ph/UhpsG|retrieved=2024-02-17|quote=Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn and civil-rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. were imprisoned for their views}}</ref> providing support for [[Ron DeSantis|Ron Desantis]]'s reactionary changes to [[State of Florida|Florida]] education curriculum which included replacing Afro-American studies<ref>{{Web citation|author=Ana Ceballos|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|title=Florida rejects new AP high school course on African American studies|date=2023-01-19|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/01/19/florida-rejects-new-ap-high-school-course-african-american-studies/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119155258/https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/01/19/florida-rejects-new-ap-high-school-course-african-american-studies/|archive-date=2023-06-01|retrieved=2024-02-17}}</ref> with Classical Learning Tests (CLT), a standardized testing initiative dedicated to restoring "rich intellectual inheritance of [[Europe|Western civilization]]" to American civilization.<ref>{{Web citation|author=CLT|newspaper=CLT|title=About CLT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131211739/http://www.cltexam.com/index.php/clt/about|archive-date=2016-01-31|retrieved=2024-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Ana Ceballos|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|title=Florida is considering a ‘classical and Christian’ alternative to the SAT|date=2023-02-17|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/04/25/sat-act-classic-learning-test-christian-alternative-desantis/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319021557/https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/02/17/desantis-classical-learning-test-college-board-ap-sat/|archive-date=2023-03-19|retrieved=2024-02-17|quote=The founder of the company, Jeremy Tate, said the test is meant to be an alternative to the College Board-administered SAT exam, which he says has become “increasingly ideological” in part because it has “censored the entire Christian-Catholic intellectual tradition” and other “thinkers in the history of Western thought.”}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Chad Pecknold|newspaper=Twitter|date=2023-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219184209/https://twitter.com/ccpecknold/status/1623827947558694913|archive-date=2023-02-18|retrieved=2024-02-17|quote=Proposal: We need an alternative to the College Board that orients people to the perennial truths of the great classical and Christian tradition. | |||
Reality: The @CLT_Exam | Reality: The @CLT_Exam | ||
already exists, and every serious homeschool, high school, and college should be using it!}}</ref> | already exists, and every serious homeschool, high school, and college should be using it!}}</ref> West has been a sitting board member of CLT since 2022.<ref>{{Web citation|author=CLT|newspaper=CLT|title=CLT Leadership|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302202734/https://www.cltexam.com/about/leadership/|archive-date=2022-03-02|retrieved=2024-02-17}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| Born | June 2, 1953 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Nationality | New Afrikan |
| Political orientation | Democratic socialism |
| Political party | Green Party |
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is a Statesian activist and intellectual posing as a progressive, who ran for President in 2024 on the U.S Green Party ticket before abandoning them to run as an independent.[1] His campaign is purportedly based on three goals: anti-imperialism, democracy, and environmentalism. His platform includes providing free healthcare and education and demilitarizing the police.[2] He endorsed the PSL's book Socialist Reconstruction.[3]
Controversies[edit | edit source]
Cornel West equated the Neo-Nazi Alexei Navalny to victims of the Statesian Empire such as Leonard Peltier and others,[4] voiced support for the Ronald Reagan against the USSR,[5] equated the Civil Rights leader MLK to the fascist Alexander Solzhenitsyn in an article[6] providing support for Ron Desantis's reactionary changes to Florida education curriculum which included replacing Afro-American studies[7] with Classical Learning Tests (CLT), a standardized testing initiative dedicated to restoring "rich intellectual inheritance of Western civilization" to American civilization.[8][9][10] West has been a sitting board member of CLT since 2022.[11]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ STEVE PEOPLES (2023-10-05). "Progressive activist Cornel West leaves the Green Party and will run for president as an independent" Associated Press. Archived from the original.
- ↑ Alan MacLeod (2023-08-04). "Shaking Up the Two-Party System: Cornel West's 2024 Presidential Bid, with Jill Stein" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2023-08-06.
- ↑ "NEW BOOK: Socialist Reconstruction, A Better Future for the United States" (2022-09-28). Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2023-04-24.
- ↑ Cornel West (2024-02-16). "My prayers are with the precious family of the courageous Russian political prisoner the late Alexei Navalny" Twitter. Archived from the original on 2024-02-18. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ↑ Cornel West (2021-01-08). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ↑ “Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn and civil-rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. were imprisoned for their views”
Cornel West (2023-5-12). "DeSantis’s Revolutionary Defense of the Classics" Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original. Retrieved 2024-02-17. - ↑ Ana Ceballos (2023-01-19). "Florida rejects new AP high school course on African American studies" Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ↑ CLT. About CLT CLT. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ↑ “The founder of the company, Jeremy Tate, said the test is meant to be an alternative to the College Board-administered SAT exam, which he says has become “increasingly ideological” in part because it has “censored the entire Christian-Catholic intellectual tradition” and other “thinkers in the history of Western thought.””
Ana Ceballos (2023-02-17). "Florida is considering a ‘classical and Christian’ alternative to the SAT" Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2024-02-17. - ↑ “Proposal: We need an alternative to the College Board that orients people to the perennial truths of the great classical and Christian tradition.
Reality: The @CLT_Exam
already exists, and every serious homeschool, high school, and college should be using it!”
Chad Pecknold (2023-02-09). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2024-02-17. - ↑ CLT. CLT Leadership CLT. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2024-02-17.