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Green Party of Nepal calls for halt to ‘dictatorship’

November 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The website Mediaforfreedom.com reports on a press conference of the Green Nepal Party. In a press conference organized on 23 November, GNP said grabbing power with a call of ‘New Nepal,’ the Maoists are trying to take the country towards one party dictatorship. Trying to thrust a polity discarded by the world would be nothing [...]

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Book Review: Rejected by Michael L. Soha

November 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Michael L. Soha’s thesis that “fringe” candidates do not get treated fairly in the media will not come as a surprise to many readers here. In fact, much of the book Rejected: How the Media Excluded Alternative Candidates in the 2008 Primary will not be a surprise to our regular readers, especially the ardent Ron [...]

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UK Libertarian Party holds first Annual General Meeting

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted at LPUK.org. I haven’t found anything on the results of the meeting yet. If anyone knows anything, please post in the comments. The 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Libertarian Party will be held in York on 29 November, 2008. All non-suspended Party Members are welcome to attend, as are any accredited members of [...]

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LNC attorney Bill Hall is tired of in-fighting and second guessing of his opinions

November 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Sent by email from “leaky sieve” bill-hall-lnc

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Chuck Turner blasts media, City Council

November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Posted by Jeremy Jacobs at PolitickerMA. Excerpt: BOSTON – In an emotionally charged press conference, embattled City Councilor Chuck Turner said Monday that he is innocent and stridently criticized the press and his fellow city councilors for presuming his guilt before he has had an opportunity to defend himself in court. Turner’s remarks came at [...]

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Malik Rahim: New Orleans, from the 1800s to today

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted at On The Wilder Side Green Party congressional candidate Malik Rahim, one of the founders of Common Ground, talks a little about his home Algiers, in New Orleans. Video by Ed Mays of Seattle, Washington. Watch footage from Malik Rahim’s NW Tour on Pirate TV — viewable on channel 29/77 in King County, or [...]

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LNC financial package 2008

November 30th, 2008 · 17 Comments

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EcoAction Committee Greens oppose push for nuclear

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted by Mato Ska at Green Party Watch The Green Party of the United States’ (GPUS) Eco-Action Committee rejects President-elect Barack Obama’s reckless support for new nuclear power plants, as such an agenda poses unacceptable health and environmental risks and would be fiscally irresponsible in the extreme. All of the processes associated with nuclear power [...]

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Draft EcoAction Committee proposal for Green Party statement on water

November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Posted by Mato Ska at Green Party Watch The EcoAction Committee considers the importance of the water resource a critical priority in this election year and every year after. The Green Party advocates for the future well-being of generations to come by actively working to implement the necessary legislation, electing the committed candidates and establishing [...]

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Alaska Independent Bob Bird calls Globaloney

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

By Bob Bird, via contact.ipr@gmail.com Vaclav Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic, has been a controversial and outspoken critic of Global Warming. He is about to step into the EU presidency, as per the regular rotation, and the world press, eager to ridicule and denounce him, is beginning to swarm. In the midst of [...]

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