GPSCC Withdraws its Endorsement of Dr. Cornel West for GP Presidential Nomination
October 26, 2023 – the membership of the Green Party of Santa Clara County made the decision to reverse their endorsement of Dr. Cornel West for the Green Party’s Presidential Nomination. The decision was a result of Dr. West announcing that he is no longer seeking the Green Party nomination for President of the United States and has decided to run as an independent candidate. By forgoing the Green Party’s nation wide Ballot Access infrastructure, Dr. West’s campaign has significantly diminished its potential impact on electoral politics in the 2024 election.
We wish Dr. West well and believe that his much-needed voice on the struggles of everyday people adds to the global movement of communities rising against oppression.
Previously published GPSCC Endorses Dr. Cornel West for the Green Party’s Presidential Nomination
August 1, 2023 – The Green Party of Santa Clara County has proudly endorsed Dr. Cornel West for the Green Party’s Presidential Nomination by unanimous consensus at our July General membership meeting.
Dr. Cornel West has been a political activist for over five decades and was the first Black person to earn a PhD in philosophy from Princeton University. He has held professorships at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Union Theological Seminary, and has received more than 20 honorary degrees and an American Book Award.
Dr. West has written 20 books and edited many more, and is best known for his classics, Race Matters and Democracy Matters. He has also produced three music albums, has collaborated and appeared on other albums, and has made appearances in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions movies.
His political views align quite naturally with the Green Party’s values: abolishing poverty, meeting the material needs of people, ending the climate catastrophe, dismantling the empire, and unleashing democracy here and abroad.
Dr. West is a champion of poor and working class people, compassionate to those of other beliefs, and intent on uniting politically-diverse people through dialogue, understanding, and solidarity.
His campaign centered on truth, justice, and peace will fight the bipartisan corporate-fueled stranglehold on our democracy, strive to abolish systemic inequities that divide our communities, and reintroduce our country to the best of itself – the dignity, courage, and creativity of its precious everyday people.
We sincerely believe Dr. West’s candidacy with the Green Party will be a pivotal moment in the political landscape of our country, and we are honored to support his campaign for the Green Party’s presidential nomination.
Please contact us if you are interested in joining our efforts in supporting Dr. West.