There is, however, an available arena where West could still provide useful pressure by laying out the left alternative to Bidenism: the Democratic primaries. On the debate stage, at campaign rallies, and in national media coverage, West, with his prophetic voice and moral clarity—like Sanders in 2016 and 2020—could accomplish a great deal.
D.D. Guttenplan is editor of The Nation.
Bhaskar Sunkara is the president of The Nation.
As if there will be debates, LOL
His rhetoric is pretty anti-AES at times. Likes to use the label "imperalism" to describe anything Russia and China do. Very much seems like he'd try to do a tailism to win over the racist elements of the white working class.
On the other hand, he's got name recognition and calls the USA an imperialist racist nation.
So maybe slightly left of Tulsi Gabbard