Richard Carroll is a Green Party state representative from Little Rock, Arkansas.  He is currently the highest elected Green in the nation and their only state legislator.  The following are some news items on the man: From Ballot Access News:  Bill expanding petitioning period for independents and third party candidates passes the Senate.  It had [...]

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Posted at the Green Change Network, this is a story from the Ukiah Daily Journal.  Ukiah is located in Northern California.  It is the county seat and the largest city of the county it’s located in, with a population of over 15,000.  The article: Former 1st Congressional District representative Dan Hamburg has officially announced his [...]

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Awhile back we reported that Ron Paul was considering a run for President in 2012. As a former Libertarian Presidential candidate, a friend of the ballot-access reform movement, and a speaker at Libertarian Party and Constitution Party functions–this news is very relevant to third party activists. Young American Revolution, the magazine of Young Americans for [...]

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http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s48indpolrep At the time of this writing, over 1.5 million page views from over 524,000 unique visitors since May 20, 2008. Although the pace is only half of what it was in November, this was anticipated, since that was the height of the four-year political cycle, and this is the bottom. -Paulie

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Article in the Winter 2009 Green Pages reposted to IPR by Paulie. by Wendy Thompson, Detroit Green Party, UAW convention delegate and former president In December, an auto caravan traveled from Detroit to the White House to speak out for declining conditions for union autoworkers. Then in January, more than 150 autoworkers and community supporters, [...]

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted by Paulie. Libertarian Party of Marion County Press Release Libertarian Party Questions Need for Smoking Ban LPMC Contact: Sean Shepard, 317.513.2406 or by email at sshepard94@gmail.com LPMC Website: http://www.indylp.org Indianapolis, IN – (February 12, 2009) — Pending legislation in the Statehouse, as well as anticipated legislation in Marion County’s City County [...]

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Ten years after Diallo: Ten years after Diallo Tuesday, February 10, 2009 By: Kerbie Joseph Struggle against racist police brutality still strong Feb. 4 marked the 10th anniversary of the New York City Police Department shooting of Amadou Diallo. The senseless killing of Amadou Diallo triggered mass outrage at the racist NYPD. Diallo’s death continues [...]

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Via facebook: Mark W. Rutherford sent a message to the members of Atlas!Liberty PAC. Subject: Michael Munger, 2008 Scholarship Recipient, On Rush Limbaugh’s Show “2008 Atlas!Liberty campaign training scholarship recipient Michael Munger was a guest on the February 10, 2009 Rush Limbaugh show. He talked about the government bailout program. It was mentioned that he [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/LIBERTARIANYOU Mark Selzer describes it as “Good to educate people inside the party as to what a Libertarian is and those without. New videos up each week or even everyday.” Mark Selzer produces the Libertarian Alternative in Hollywood, California. You have permission to spread, link and embed these shows. The show is based on the [...]

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By Ralph Nader Nader.org Reposted to IPR by Paulie Can Congress “walk and chew gum at the same time?” This phrase used by President Lyndon Johnson for one of his political opponents comes to mind at a time early in the first 100 days of the Obama Administration when supposedly many long-overdue changes and rollbacks [...]

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Brian Mann writes, A couple of posters have begun zinging me pretty hard about NCPR’s lack of coverage of the Libertarian candidate in the 20th CD race. Here’s John Warren’s take on my decision to not include Eric Sundwall in my opening piece about the special election. That’s a disgrace, it’s un-American and anti-Democratic. The [...]

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Ballot Access News: California holds a special election for the vacant 51st district State Senate in Los Angeles County on March 24. Six Democrats, one Peace & Freedom Party member, and one Republican are running. Since two of the Democrats are incumbent Assemblymembers, it is extremely likely that no one will get 50% of the [...]

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Via email from George Phillies. Posted to IPR by Paulie. The Liberty for America web site http://libertyforamerica.com/lfamagazine.htm has up the two latest issues of Liberty for America, the Journal of the Libertarian Political movement. Articles in the latest issue of Liberty for America include Our Future Is Bright; Where Your Money Went — LNC December [...]

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Posted in the Socialist Webzine. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Note from the Editor: Reports confirm that Socialist Party USA members in Oklahoma City have filed an application to be recognized as a Local organization. This inspiring event follows the recent chartering of two locals in Kansas and one in South Dakota. Though still small [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson on Feb 13, 2009 at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. With California is skidding through a state budget crisis and careening into a head-on collision with bankruptcy, taxpayers are angrier than ever at their free-spending Republican governor, Democrat Assembly and local governments. This isn’t going to help. “Artist Scott Donahue [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The Racine Post in Wisconsin states that Todd Price is the true progressive voice in the race for Wisconsin State Superintendent of Schools: The Kenosha native and resident, one of five candidates for state superintendent of schools, actually believes public education can [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson on Feb 13, 2009 at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. CNN reports that the ‘stimulus’ did in fact already pass; however, I’m posting the LP blog post in its original form. Since a government program is the closest you can get to eternal life, Congressman Paul Ryan asked the Congressional [...]

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The newspaper Extra – a Spanish and English newspaper – has printed an interview with Green Party candidate Deb Gordils.  Gordils is one of four Green candidates participating in a special primary on March 3rd.  The April election will decide who will fill White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s vacant congressional seat.  Gordils is [...]

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Christopher Thrasher. Posted by Paulie. Free & Equal Starts Meet-up Tour, Expands Board of Directors, Prepares Legislative Action Here’s a look at what’s happening with Free & Equal: It has been a busy three weeks for the Free and Equal Elections Foundation since the announcement of a major campaign to place [...]

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