June 13, 2026
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By Bob Bird, via [email protected]
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.…
Bill Bonk, a former Hawaii Democratic official who helped found the state’s Green Party, died this week, West Hawaii Today reports. Bonk “was changed by his World War II combat experiences in the Philippines and New Guinea, plus an extended stay in Japan during the American occupation” and became a peace activist and progressive leader in the state.…
Virginia’s Laurel Hill Connection reports former state Independent Green Party chairman Carey Campbell will run for chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. A special election is likely to take place in February; incumbent Democrat Gerry Connolly was elected to the U.S.…
Responding to Jim Davidson’s Why two libertarian parties are better than one, Brian Holtz writes at Libertarian Intelligence:
Another freedom party makes sense only if your goal is A) to displace the LP or B) to start an explicitly anarchist party.
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We have previously reported on independent Cathy Church’s bid for prosecutor in Marquette County, Michigan. Thanks to Greg Peterson of Gather.com for putting these stories together.…
The following is reposted from OpEd News. It was written by former independent candidate for Congress and prominent anti-war protestor Cindy Sheehan:
While Secretary of the Treasury from 1999-2001, Larry Summers worked with the Clinton administration and Congress to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act so that Citicorp could become Citigroup.…
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Green-Rainbow website
The Green-Rainbow Party stands with Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner, who has been a tireless servant in the broad struggle for justice, and who has a distinguished history fighting on behalf of the people of Boston and beyond.
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According to the party’s blog, Commoner: A Party of Commons journal. Progress, Tradition, Ecology “We have become the 4th most popular party in Washington state, based on the number of votes in recent elections.…
Full article here.
Additional IPR coverage here.
Pat LaMarche, Green Party candidate for vice president in 2004 and for governor of Maine in 2006 and author of “Left Out In America: The State of Homelessness in the United States,” writes in the Bangor News: “I’m staying just a few blocks from Jefferson Davis Parkway.
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