From People’s Weekly World, via CPUSA website BOULDER, Colorado -– Some may call it Conference-a-palooza. Film critic Roger Ebert calls it “The Conference on Everything Conceivable.” But its more conventional name is “The Conference on World Affairs” and it’s hosted by The University of Colorado. It’s a cherished tradition in this Rocky Mountain town. Some [...]

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The Department of Homeland Security has a new report called “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Environment Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” It contains the following definition of right-wing extremism: Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of [...]

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In a March 20 article at ChuckBaldwinLive.com, 2008 Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin writes, in part, It seems that most everyone focuses his or her attention on what is happening in Washington, D.C. People don’t seem to get excited about politics until a national election rolls around or unless the President makes some startling [...]

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Article by Bob Maschi at http://peaceandfreedom.org reposted to IPR by Paulie. A ‘conspiracy’ is a bad thing. It can be, depending on who is actually involved, seditious, evil, treasonous, fraudulent and, perhaps least of all, illegal. It implies a well-coordinated plot to manipulate circumstances for the betterment of an elite few while victimizing the innocent. [...]

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Posted at The Socialist Webzine. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Socialist Party USA members took part in two mobilizations on Wall Street to protest against the financial crisis and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands participated in these events as popular anger over capitalism’s endless cycles of economic crisis and war continues to [...]

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As of this writing, the fundraising ticker at LP.org shows $104,740 has been raised towards the 2009 goal of $200,900 from online donations. -paulie

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Ballot Access News reports: According to an article in the New York Daily News of April 11, Mayor Mike Bloomberg has now secured the support of the county chair of the Bronx Borough Republican Party. New York election laws permit an independent (or a member of another party) to run in a party primary for [...]

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By Ralph Nader Nader.org Where were the giant accounting firms, the CPAs, and the rest of the accounting profession while the Wall Street towers of fraud, deception and cover-ups were fracturing our economy, looting and draining trillions of dollars of other peoples’ money? This is the licensed profession that is paid to exercise independent judgment [...]

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Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The Obama administration, convinced that lightbulbs and other uses of energy are destroying the planet, is considering imposing $646 billion in new "light switch" taxes on Americans to drive up utility bills and force people to use less electricity.  The American Council for Capital [...]

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The Examiner published an op-ed piece by Jason Pye titled “So you want a third party?”. Pye addresses: Newt Gingrich’s recent prediction that a third party may arise; public opinion about third parties; and ballot hurdles that third parties face.

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