People's Party (United States, 2017)

This article is about 2017 party. For the 1892 left-wing "populist" party, see People's Party (United States).
People's Party
LeaderNick Brana
FoundedNovember 9, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-11-09)[1]
Preceded byDraft Bernie for a People's Party
Student wingStudents for a People's Party[2]
IdeologyPopulism[A]
Non-interventionism[3]
Historical:
Progressivism
Political positionSyncretic[11]
Website
peoplesparty.org
^ A: Party has variously been described as both left-wing populist[12][13] and right-wing populist[4].

The People's Party (formerly the Movement for a People's Party, MPP) is a syncretic political organization in the United States aimed at "forming a major new political party free of corporate money and influence."[14]

Initially a progressive[a] political organization, Nick Brana formed the party after the 2016 presidential election as a successor to the "Draft Bernie for a People's Party" group. Bernie Sanders declined to be the People's Party's figurehead, instead seeking the presidential nomination in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. In the 2024 United States presidential election, the party will have ballot access in Florida.

  1. ^ Ehrle, Carol (November 9, 2017). "Draft Bernie Launches 'Movement for a People's Party' Amid Explosive DNC Rigging Revelations and Record Support for a Major New Party". Draft Bernie For a People's Party (Press release). Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Students for a People's Party". Movement for a People's Party. August 15, 2020. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Our Platform". Movement for a People's Party. August 14, 2020. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Jenkins, Colin (June 10, 2023). "Cornel West, the Pitfalls of Bourgeois Politics, and Forging a New Future Among the Rubble". Hampton Institute. Retrieved July 27, 2023. There are also questions regarding the new People's Party itself, which has faced criticisms about its ineffective organizing and willingness to include right-wing populists in a big-tent effort to focus on common struggles.
  5. ^ a b Schwartz, Rafi (June 19, 2023). "What is The People's Party that launched Cornel West's presidential campaign?". The Week. Retrieved July 27, 2023. "Cornel West linked up with a political group known for anti-vaccine members and extreme right-wing associates[.] [....] Cooper also drew attention to the group's "Rage Against The War Machine" event in Washington DC this past February. The event, co-sponsored with the Libertarian Party, billed itself as a "rally against US funding for the Ukraine war," and featured a host of fringe political figures including conservative media figure Jackson Hinkle and Helga Zepp-LaRouche, widow of — and torchbearer — for Lyndon LaRouche's "cultlike" extremist right-wing movement.
  6. ^ Crosse, Jacob; Kishore, Joseph (February 20, 2023). "The "Rage Against the War Machine" rally: A reactionary political freak show". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved August 31, 2023. The rally, which was moderated by Angela McArdle of the Libertarian Party and Nick Brana of the "People's Party," was sold as an opportunity by the organizers and the speakers to "bring together" the "left and the right" to oppose war. In fact, there was no left-wing perspective; the political direction was provided entirely by the right.
  7. ^ a b La Botz, Dan (June 12, 2023). "Cornel West for President? What Does the Left Think? Part 1". New Politics. Retrieved July 27, 2023. The People's Party maintains its progressive program, but it has taken some stands and suffered some internal conflicts that call its ideals into question. The PP recently made a move to the right... This is what is sometimes called a "red-brown" alliance, nominally leftist parties joining with rightist parties....
  8. ^ Scott, Cam (February 22, 2023). "Broad front or false front?". Canadian Dimension. Retrieved August 31, 2023. The latter, properly known as the Movement for a People's Party, originates from a failed petition for Bernie Sanders to break with the Democratic Party, and promises to build a major populist movement, neither left nor right, in the United States. ... Both the People's Party and CPI propose versions of MAGA-with-Medicare.
  9. ^ a b Douglas, Artemis (February 2, 2021). "The 3rd Party Resurgence". Real Progressives. Retrieved August 31, 2023. The MPP has used Twitter to admit, several times, they do not want to be a left party, they want to conform to red-state voters, and they plan to use (unprincipled) populism to win elections.
  10. ^ a b Heer, Jeet (June 12, 2023). "Cornel West Is the Right Man in the Wrong Party". The Nation. Retrieved August 31, 2023. He responded, "The People's Party has had some issues with regard to leadership that are definitely antithetical to progressivism." Aside from the scandal with Brana, Higgins called attention to the MPP's ties to the podcaster Jimmy Dore, who has a history of controversial views such as whitewashing the far-right Boogaloo Boys and promoting vaccine skepticism.
  11. ^ [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
  12. ^ "The Case For A New Major People's Party In America". Movement for a People's Party. Archived from the original on May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  13. ^ Chrobak, John (March 6, 2023). "The Anti-War Coalition Visits Washington". Illiberalism Studies Program. George Washington University. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  14. ^ "The People's Party | Free Of Corporate Money". August 24, 2020. Archived from the original on August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2022.


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