‘A whole new way of being struggles with being born, and for that we need a political container – one that sets humanitarian values for amoralist economic positions, and frees us from a 20th century political paradigm that undermines our democracy no longer serves or even our survival on the planet, ”Williamson said in a statement. “‘A new birth of freedom’ is struggling to be born, rising from the hearts and minds of millions of people who are no longer ready to go along with systems that destroy our life on earth rather than our life on develop the earth. “
Yet Williamson, like other progressives who put their dissatisfaction with Biden on the sidelines to defeat Trump, tweeted this week, “We have to choose @JoeBiden because there’s a fascist in the White House.”
The Movement for a People’s Party, whose 2016 national coordinator is Sanders employee Nick Brana, organizes the virtual convention on August 30th. “Regardless of who wins the White House and Congress, we and millions of Americans have no expectation that any of the parties will rule in the interest of the people,” Brana said. “We plan to challenge both in 2024. That’s a promise.”
The group said two Sanders delegates, Cheng-Sim Lim and Hanieh Jodat, will also speak at the event. Chris Smalls, the former Amazon worker who led a strike because of one of the company’s warehouses over conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, will also speak.
“It has become clear that neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party really cares about the working class,” Smalls said. “Both party platforms think that our demands like Medicare for All, raising the minimum wage to $ 30 / hour, a wealth tax, and the right to unite without fear of retaliation, are radical ideas.”
The announcement of the additional speakers comes in the middle of the Democratic National Convention. The Movement for a People’s Party said participants in its event this month “will vote on forming a major new political party free of corporate money and influence.”
