‘There is no alternative’: Cornel West, the US Green party presidential hopeful, is not backing down

The 70-year-old progressive scholar says he's not seeking to steal Joe Biden votes, but instead trying to woo alienated non-voters

If Cornel West is worried about being a spoiler whose candidacy might let Donald Trump back into the White House by stealing votes from President Joe Biden, he isn't showing it.

The 70-year-old former Harvard and Princeton professor is running as the US Green party's candidate in next year's presidential election with a message more likely, on the face of it, to appeal to disillusioned Democrats than anti-Trump Republicans.