{"code":200,"data":{"id":"gmncy7wa9w","slug":"10-prominent-leftists-who-supported-joe-biden-in-2020","appearance":"norm","language":"en","rtl":false,"created":"2024-01-19T17:24:24Z","updated":"2024-11-04T20:38:17Z","title":"10 Prominent Leftists Who Supported Joe Biden in 2020","body":"Genocide Joe has been a self-identified zionist \u0026 enthusiastic supporter of israeli colonialism for his entire political career, which has lasted over 50 years. Despite this, many prominent critics of the current u.s.-israeli war on the Palestinian population (\u0026 its allies in Yemen \u0026 Lebanon) not only voted for him in 2020, but publicly advocated for others do the same. With 2024 u.s. elections approaching, this article draws attention to 10 of these left liberals. (Doesn't feel fair? Look for updates on their 2024 positions as the year progresses.)\n\n## 1. Noam Chomsky\n\nChomsky, one of the most famous left-wing public figures in the u.s empire \u0026 a [self-identified \"libertarian socialist\"](https://archive.org/details/languagepolitics00noam/page/138/mode/1up?q=%22myself+as+a+libertarian+socialist%22), made his pro-Biden stance clear in an [April 2020 interview with Mehdi Hasan](https://twiiit.com/mehdirhasan/status/1251259137830379522), followed by his co-authorship of a [September 2020 open letter](https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/09/23/open-letter-dump-trump-then-battle-biden) insisting that leftists who don't want to vote for Biden shut up \u0026 obey. This is consistent with the recent past; he [supported Hillary Clinton](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/noam-chomsky-supports-hillary-clinton-218192) in 2016 \u0026 [Barack Obama](https://www.alternet.org/2012/09/noam-chomsky-how-progressives-should-approach-election-2012) in 2012.\n\n## 2. Medea Benjamin\n\nWell known for her \"getting arrested on purpose\" stunts with CODEPINK \u0026 recently pivoting to fake anti-imperialism, Benjamin signed the September 2020 letter mentioned in Noam Chomsky's entry above. Her organization actually [congratulated Biden](https://www.codepink.org/will_the_biden_team_be_warmongers_or_peacemakers) on his election victory before proceeding to politely suggest the u.s. State Department \u0026 Pentagon stop doing what they were made to do.  \n**2024 update:** Apparently finally having had enough, in September she [tweeted her support](https://twiiit.com/medeabenjamin/status/1835144919150707186#m) for Jill Stein's presidential campaign.\n\n## 3. Joshua Potash\n\nPotash, who flipped viral tweets about protests or whatever into a Substack with over 14,000 followers, [repeatedly](https://twiiit.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1289442440030687232) made his [commitment](https://twiiit.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1263953993618853897) to the [u.s. political system](https://twiiit.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1249733350442426369) clear with straightforward arguments in favor of Genocide Joe.\n\n## 4. Angela Davis\n\nThe 2023 article \"[Angela Davis is a radlib](https://paper.wf/downas/angela-davis-is-a-radlib)\" covers her frequent alignment with Democrats over recent decades, including the 2020 election.  \n**2024 update:** at a [French \"Communist\" Party festival in France](https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/angela-davis-electing-harris-will-open-space-for-more-radical-struggles/), Davis encouraged her listeners to vote for Kamala Harris.\n\n## 5. Aaron Maté\n\nWhile Maté, as a host for *The Grayzone*, offers more cover for \"multipolar\" imperialists than some other names on this list, his [argument](https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=MCoFlU_xoqY\u0026t=2232s) that Genocide Joe is better for \"the world's most vulnerable people\", when in fact many of them were killed because the two-party system's genocidal attacks on such people cannot be stopped at the ballot box, is equally uninspiring.\n\n## 6. Naomi Klein\n\nAfter campaigning for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries, the wealthy author \u0026 tenured professor (in klanada, it's worth noting!) nevertheless [promoted](https://twiiit.com/NaomiAKlein/status/1306261816029319171) an autumn 2020 [campaign](https://web.archive.org/web/20200930074902/https://www.nothimus.org/) to bring pro-Bernie \"revolutionaries\" into Biden's camp.\n\n## 7. Kelly M. Hayes\n\nHayes, an activist author \u0026 microcelebrity based in Chicago, [published an August 2020 op-ed in *Teen Vogue*](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/2020-election-voting-joe-biden-fascism-donald-trump) encouraging its audience to line up behind empire, even when it hurts.\n\n## 8. adrienne maree brown\n\nbrown's [Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Maree_Brown#Activism_in_Detroit_and_onwards) documents her long-running support for Democrats, which does not seem to conflict with her rather lucrative radical brand.\n\n## 9. Cory Doctorow\n\nDoctorow is best known as a science fiction author \u0026 internet commentator with leftist leanings. Like Naomi Klein, he didn't let his lack of a vote prevent him from [telling other people they should vote Biden](https://twiiit.com/doctorow/status/1311296824364339201).\n\n## 10. Marc Lamont Hill\n\nDespite 2 decades of public support for the Green Party \u0026 having lost his job for saying \"from the river to the sea\", Hill cast his [first vote for the Democratic presidential candidate](https://thegrio.com/2020/10/23/marc-lamont-hill-to-vote-democrat-for-first-time/) in 2020, insisting that the situation was really that critical.","tags":[],"paid":false,"views":677}}