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John Thompson Parker is an American activist, writer, and coordinator of the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice. He was the candidate of the Workers World Party, a U.S. communist political party, for President of the United States in 2004. Parker has been a union organizer, public school teacher, and is a coordinator of the International Action Center. He is a writer for Struggle for Socialism - La Lucha por Socialismo.[1]
Early political activities
editParker organized his first union election at a steel plant in New Jersey when he was 18.[2]
Electoral history
editParker was the candidate of the Workers World Party, a U.S. communist political party, for President of the United States in 2004. Parker and his running mate was Teresa Gutierrez received 1,330 votes.[3] The ticket was endorsed by the Liberty Union Party of Vermont. Parker also ran for U.S. Senate in California on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket in 2016, 2018 and 2022. In 2024 he is running on the Peace and Freedom Party Ticket in California's 37th congressional district.
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