2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders is going to have to speak on more issues affecting black people. [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)Barber is an activist who would not compromise his integrity by endorsing a politician.
He is also a huge supporter of fusion politics, which is a black-led Christian social justice movement that seeks to unify people of different faiths and colors to bring about a true progressive revolution. His top goals in NC have always been ballot access issues and campaign finance reform. And the finance reform legislation that I worked on with the group is Clinton-esque, very incremental and policy oriented.
He IS on record as saying that he thinks Barack Obama is the personification of fusion politics. So I make a guess that he is not much interested in politicians who seek to diminish that legacy.
He wrote a book recently about the Fusion Party movement. If you are interested in his work, I highly recommend checking it out.