Candidate West: ‘The Democratic Party is a Party of War’

In a social media post Monday, People’s Party presidential candidate Cornel West stated that “The Democratic Party is a party of war,” referring to U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war.

“Let us not be deceived: NATO is an expanding instrument of U.S. global power that provoked Russia into a criminal invasion and occupation of Ukraine,” wrote West, who formally jumped into the presidential race in June.

“This proxy war between the American Empire and the Russian Federation could lead to World War III. We must stop the war and war crimes (including cluster bombs used by all parties) and embark on diplomatic talks that should lead to a just peace,” West explained, quoting W.E.B. Du Bois.

“‘I seem to see outlined a third World War based on the suppression of Asia and the strangling of Russia,’” he quoted, asserting that “the Democratic Party is a party of war and Wall Street targeting Russia and China.”

“Let us save our democracy and world by dismantling U.S. militarism at home (as in Cop Cities) and abroad – as Martin Luther King Jr. painfully reminded us!” he added, using the hashtags #NATO and #ClusterBombs.

West’s anti-war position actually puts him in line with former President Trump. Politics makes strange bedfellows.