That does not mean we give up or abandon hope. There is a true warrior for the oppressed that is in the running for president, though you wouldn’t know it from the major media. This is someone who has stood for justice for young people, Black and Brown people, poor and working poor, unions and prisoners her entire political career. She is not bought and paid for by the Israeli lobby. She stands for real change around the world. I am, of course, talking of Cynthia McKinney.
She is a woman who stood up to a racist Congressional security guard who personally attacked her and she is a woman who would stand up for all that she believes in.
She knows she will not win the election, but if she gains 5 percent of the vote, she advances the Green Party, making it eligible for matching funds and making it easier to be put on the ballots for the next election. It is a move to validate a third party, which everyone talks of wanting, until Election Day.
