Every single electoral popular front has had a uniting figurehead. France's uniting figurehead is Melon man.
The US has only one "left" figurehead and it's Bernie. It does not have another figurehead with which to construct a popular front around.
Why is a figurehead necessary? Because the vast majority of people that you want to support this electoral third party need a figurehead they trust to say "yes, let's do this". They aren't party members who will go along with what the parties all do. It doesn't matter how many orgs you get together for a coalition, the problem still lies in how to make that coalition POPULAR. A popular front requires a popular figurehead.
This is also why the US historically murders everyone that might look like they could become a popular leftist figurehead in america. Popular figureheads are shortcut in organising. They allow you to rally large quantities of people together without those people being org members that have been painstakingly brought together over years and years of organising. Without a figurehead, you have to do the slow years and years of organising and building and on and on and on.
Problematically as well is that the US believes that competing liberal popular figureheads are "left" as well. The same people that you want in your left popular front will listen to AOC when she says not to support it.
Maybe Shawn Fain could do? He's still a lib but he's one of the better libs AFAIK. And that's the only person I can think of that already has some national reputation that could be expanded on while showing some willingness to go against the Democratic party, especially on Palestine. And he's already the head of an organization.
Every single electoral popular front has had a uniting figurehead. France's uniting figurehead is Melon man.
The US has only one "left" figurehead and it's Bernie. It does not have another figurehead with which to construct a popular front around.
Why is a figurehead necessary? Because the vast majority of people that you want to support this electoral third party need a figurehead they trust to say "yes, let's do this". They aren't party members who will go along with what the parties all do. It doesn't matter how many orgs you get together for a coalition, the problem still lies in how to make that coalition POPULAR. A popular front requires a popular figurehead.
This is also why the US historically murders everyone that might look like they could become a popular leftist figurehead in america. Popular figureheads are shortcut in organising. They allow you to rally large quantities of people together without those people being org members that have been painstakingly brought together over years and years of organising. Without a figurehead, you have to do the slow years and years of organising and building and on and on and on.
Problematically as well is that the US believes that competing liberal popular figureheads are "left" as well. The same people that you want in your left popular front will listen to AOC when she says not to support it.
Maybe Shawn Fain could do? He's still a lib but he's one of the better libs AFAIK. And that's the only person I can think of that already has some national reputation that could be expanded on while showing some willingness to go against the Democratic party, especially on Palestine. And he's already the head of an organization.
Plus his name should lock in the Irish vote. /s
Shawn Fain is still too liberal but is a good starting point