Dan Cantor

[7] In 1984, Cantor joined the National Labor Committee in Support of Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador and mobilized opposition to AFL-CIO's policy in Latin America.

[2][1] While Cantor was honeymooning in 1989 in Europe, there was a surge in support and electoral success for green politics across the continent, leading his wife to ask why there was no viable third party in the United States.

[2] The WFP focused on grassroots campaigning and canvasing to impact the Democratic establishment, while simultaneously building their own base of community activists and union stewards.

[2] In the 2001 New York City mayoral election the party backed Mark Green, who made Lipton his field director in Queens.

Our view is that government will be as good as we make it, by electing people who stand for a certain set of values we all share about decency and equality and opportunity.

Soares, who is Black in a 95% white district, worked with the WFP to run a grassroots, door-knocking based campaign that saw him win the election with more than 26%.

[2] During this election, the New York Post ran several articles attacking Cantor and the WFP as part of a larger anti-Socialist culture war.

"[11] In 2013 with an interview with Bill Moyers, Cantor argued for extensive political finance reform to effectively overturn Citizens United v. FEC at a local level.

Cantor argued that local, grassroots donations should be the sole metric of if a campaign is viable so that the politician is held responsible to their constituents instead of their donors.

The protests took place in 21 different states and specifically targeted Mitch McConnell, Jeff Flake, Marco Rubio, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, and John Boozman.

"[12] Cantor stepped down as the head of the WFP after nearly 20 years leaving the party in 2018, being succeeded by Maurice Mitchell, a well-known social strategist and organizer in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Cantor closed the op-ed criticizing Andrew Cuomo's attempt to ban fusion voting practice in New York, and calling for it to be adopted nationally.

[14] Cantor has outlined his personal political belief that government can help mitigate some the inequalities of a market system, and this his answer to "is to win massive investment in public goods, so you don't have to be rich to have a decent life.