Ajamu Baraka
2028 Green Presidential nominee
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NOV 7, 2028
Primary Election
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Overview
Current rolePolitical activist
Political ideologyGreen
Age72 years old (Oct 25, 1953)
GenderMale
BackgroundPolitical activist
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Notable personal detailsAjamu Sibeko Baraka is an American political activist, writer, and human-rights advocate. He was the Green Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 2016 as Jill Stein’s running mate. He has held leadership roles in Amnesty International USA and served as founding executive director of the U.S. Human Rights Network. He is a national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports redistributive economic policies and critiques of capitalism, endorsing measures to address extreme wealth inequality and prioritize economic and racial justice. Advocates taxing corporate and concentrated wealth more fairly as part of a broader program of economic democracy and expanded public provisioning.
Healthcare
Supports universal access to health care and describes health care as a human right; aligns with Green Party positions emphasizing expanded access and health as a right. Public statements and campaign-era appearances link him to calls for ensuring health care for all.
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Immigration & Border
Supports immigrant rights, opposes mass deportations and detention, and calls for a welcoming path to citizenship and reforms to laws that expanded deportations and detention. Frames immigration policy as a human-rights issue and criticizes past legislation and major-party policies that led to increased removals and detention.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports a woman’s right to bodily autonomy and opposes criminalizing women for seeking abortions, endorsing reproductive self-determination.
Climate & Energy
Supports clean renewable energy and has participated in Green Party climate actions and global climate strikes calling for investment in renewables and jobs to address the climate crisis. Positions emphasize transitioning away from fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy as part of broader Green Party activism and policy priorities.
Public Safety & Guns
Ajamu Baraka has argued that race-motivated mass shootings and broader gun violence reflect deeper structural and social problems and are not primarily solved by conventional gun-control measures; he frames gun policy as tied to broader social crises rather than endorsing specific restrictive gun laws. Public statements emphasize addressing structural causes of violence rather than focusing solely on new gun regulations.
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