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United by shared values like opposition to war for empire, a commitment to Black liberation, and determination to build an alternative outside of the two-party system, the two progressive third-party campaigns announced that they would be urging their supporters to vote for each other’s tickets in selected states where one has ballot status but the other does not.

The Justice for All presidential campaign of Cornel West and Melina Abdullah, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s ticket of Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia, have announced an agreement to cooperate in a number of states. The Claudia/Karina campaign is calling on its supporters to vote for West and Abdullah in Alaska, which is in turn calling on its supporters to vote for Claudia and Karina in Florida, Hawai’i, New Mexico, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

In Alaska the West/Abdullah campaign has ballot status but De la Cruz and Garcia do not, and the opposite is true in the states where West/Abdullah is calling for a Claudia/Karina vote. Because of the undemocratic obstacles third party candidates are subjected to that Democrats and Republicans are not, both campaigns have had to carry out massive petition-gathering efforts and then defend their ballot status in extensive court battles amid challenges brought by Democratic Party-affiliated lawyers. This agreement aims to maximize the ability of voters to send a clear message that they reject the twin parties of war, racism and Wall Street.

Party for Socialism and Liberation presidential candidate Claudia De la Cruz said, “The country has two ruling parties equally devoted to Empire and Wall Street — that is who we have been running against, not other progressives. We call on all people of conscience to only cast votes for campaigns that have taken a clear stand to end the dictatorship of the ultra-rich, to stop the war on Black America, and who pursue a foreign policy based on peace and solidarity. The Vote Socialist campaign wants to unite with all those who share these goals in order to build a lasting movement to transform this country.”