In an article published today on Indybay, Socialist Party Vice-Presidential nominee Stewart Alexander has called for a common currency and basic income for the United States and Mexico:
To accomplish his goal, Stewart Alexander says it will be necessary to restructure the entire banking industry; all banking and financial institutions would be socially owned, and operated [...]

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The Militant, the newsletter of the Socialist Workers Party, has published an article on Cynthia McKinney’s nomination by the Green Party. In a style likely to be considered critical, McKinney’s present platform is contrasted with her votes in Congress:
McKinney is running what she calls a “power to the people” campaign. Clemente says they will [...]

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Ballot Access New reports that
According to the West Virginia Secretary of State, petitions for Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr fell short. He turned in 13,036 of the 15,118 required by state law.
IPR first reported about this on August 1, when I wrote
According to a field report by one of the Libertarian petitioners on [...]

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Agence France Presse makes the rather odd assertion today that, in addition to John McCain and Barack Obama, there are “11 other candidates running for president.” Where AFP got that number is unclear — at most, only Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, Libertarian Bob Barr, Green Cynthia McKinney, and independent Ralph Nader stand a [...]

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