By Ralph Nader
Nader.org

George W. Bush is hitting the lecture circuit. Represented by the Washington Speakers Bureau, Mr. Bush for a fee of at least $150,000 flew up to Calgary, Canada and spoke to a conservative business audience amidst street protests.
He also has signed a book contract with Crown Publishers tentatively titled “Decision Points” about a [...]

[Read more →]

A new poll release today by premium-service polling agency PRA provides a clue as to the dramatic potential of fusion voting to swing a national election. While in the past certain presidential candidates have touted a union of two or more third parties as a sure-fire means of breaking the two party system, it [...]

[Read more →]

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com last week. Posted by Paulie after reminder by candidate in IPR comments earlier today.

(1) Yesterday, I addressed two consecutive classes at Wharton County Junior College. I was there as a representative of the LP, not as a gubernatorial candidate, but the professor mentioned the campaign.
The first class heard [...]

[Read more →]

Posted at On The Wilder Side:

Hello! I’m currently in London, invited by the Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War, to participate in a Forum for Palestine sponsored by the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event is taking place at the Marriott Grosvenor Hotel on March 31, 2009. This one-day Forum [...]

[Read more →]

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org blog. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

In his weekly column for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Congressman Bob Barr, the 2008 Libertarian presidential nominee, exposes how the Obama administration and Congress are violating the Second Amendmenr and quietly stripping Americans of their most basic of human rights.
You may read the entire [...]

[Read more →]

Posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

In a press release, the Green Party of the United States announced their participation March 30th in a world wide effort to bring attention to the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

The party endorses full human rights, democracy, equality under [...]

[Read more →]

As the few stragglers left on Mike Gravel’s website have noticed, he has taken a strange interest in South Korea lately.  For those of you who don’t know, he ran as both a Democrat and Libertarian for president in 2008, and was a Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981.  Gravel apparently believes that it [...]

[Read more →]

From an email sent by Bob Barr:
While I am rarely surprised, I am always angered when I find out a government agency has issued a suggestion that you and I may be part of a “militia movement” and that we may become terrorists.
Why are we the target of such suspicion?
Because of our independent thinking, liberty-minded [...]

[Read more →]

The election for mayor of St. Louis is set to be held April 7th, between a Democrat, a Green, and an independent. Rev. Elston K. McCowan, the Green candidate, was the most “agressive,” according to the St. Louis Beacon. Last night, his van was firebombed. Here’s an excerpt:
The election for mayor of [...]

[Read more →]

In a move that few, if any, people saw coming, former US President William J. Clinton is set to announce today that he is joining the Libertarian Party. Clinton first hinted at his new political direction back in 1997, but Libertarians didn’t believe him, and not long afterwards called for his impeachment.
“What really did [...]

[Read more →]

Libertarian candidate who was pulled from ballot, and also made and endorsement appears to be the margin in a close-outcome race between Democrat and Republican in NY 20th Congressional District Special Election. No winner declared. Media says it is another “Florida 2000″

[Read more →]

Attention Readers: It is my delight to announce that Dr. Ron Paul, Congressman from Texas, will be running for President in 2012. As a former Libertarian, and longtime support of open ballot access and general third party improvements, this is good news for the readers here at Independent Political Report. I have confirmed this with [...]

[Read more →]