#LetsRunWest

In the wake of the Sanders campaign suspension, many are left wondering what to do next. Because Bernie supporters and the Green Party are naturally aligned on key issues, we propose to strategically maximize this alliance by requesting that the Green Party offer the nomination to Dr. Cornel West.

After the 2016 primary, Bernie Sanders was offered the Green Party nomination, which he declined. In the 2020 primary season, Bernie Sanders is committed to gaining delegates in the DNC race, while the benefits of a candidate with name recognition remain the same. In light of these circumstances we ask for the Green Party to extend the nomination to Dr. Cornel West, and for Dr. West to accept.

We, the Left and the Left Behind, request a partnership between Dr. Cornel West and the Green Party US in the pursuit of Medicare for All and a Green New Deal.

Millions of under-represented voters united to demand change through electoral politics. We broke records with small dollar fundraising. We had massive rallies. We had tireless volunteers. We won the popular vote in the first three states, which no candidate of either party had ever done before.

Then we lost.

Now it has been made painfully clear; the DNC will not change for us. One thing that is changing is the Covid-19 pandemic. As a deadly virus takes its toll, the need for Medicare for All only increases. As the unemployment rate skyrockets, the need for a Green New Deal only increases.

They want us to compromise and we’re waiting in bread lines.

They want us to compromise and we’re live streaming funerals.

They want us to compromise and the future has never been more uncertain.

For those of us who cannot afford to yield, we need a voice. We need name recognition that we have no time to build. We need ballot access that we have no time to build. What we have built is a movement of people who believe that healthcare is a human right and that our planet deserves a future.

Dr. Cornel West, be our voice and we will fight beside you.

The Green Party US, be our infrastructure and we will fight beside you.



Regardless we’ll still be fighting for someone we don’t know.



In Solidarity,

The After Bern