Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


Former EPA administrator Christopher J. Daggett will formally launch his independent gubernatorial campaign

April 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments

…At 1 p.m. on Monday in the Statehouse Annex, according to Max Pizarro at PolitickerNJ. Background at IPR. -Paulie

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Tags: Independents

California Libertarian Party Officer Addresses Newsletter

April 18th, 2009 · 37 Comments

Libertarian Party of California Executive Committee member (and IPR reporter) Brian Holtz has published the following reply to the editorials in the last three issues of the LPCA newsletter California Freedom.  The annual LPCA convention is April 24-26 in Visalia.

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Alan Keyes keynote at Pittsburgh TEA party

April 18th, 2009 · 26 Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Bonus track:

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Green-Rainbow Party Calls Dems on Budget Double Whammy

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted at GP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2009 Contacts: Jill Stein, 781-674-1377, 617-852-4727, jillstein1@gmail.com, GRP co-chair Nat Fortune, 413-774-1950, 413-665-6739, nat.fortune@comcast.net, former GRP co-chair & current Whately School Committee Member. Responding to the $1.8 billion cuts in the House budget, the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Libertarian Party Newsletter California Freedom: Peace and Glasnost

April 18th, 2009 · 26 Comments

Article published in California Freedom, the monthly newsletter of the Libertarian Party of California, by editor Thomas Sipos; found at his blog, Libertarian Peacenik. Posted to IPR by Paulie. My editorial, in the April 2009 issue of California Freedom: When Mikhail Gorbachev became Soviet dictator in 1985, he announced a policy of glasnost, which has [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Listen in to our first radio interview

April 18th, 2009 · 27 Comments

Today at 1 PM EST, I (Ross Levin) will be interviewing Reverend Billy, who is running for mayor of New York City as a green, on our brand new blogtalkradio channel.  Feel free to listen over your computer or by phone or right here!

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Tags: Uncategorized

Socialist Webzine: Rasmussen Poll Indicates American Shift Toward Socialism

April 18th, 2009 · 11 Comments

Posted at Socialist Webzine by Kristin Schall. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. by Kristin Schallfrom CommonDreams.orgIn an April 2009 poll conducted by Rasmussen, respondents were asked “which is a better system-capitalism or socialism?” Just 53% of adult Americans prefer capitalism, 20% of respondents favor socialism and 27% responded not sure. These figures suggest that Americans’ [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Pakistan Green Party leader to visit DC, Apr. 22-24: available for interview

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie. THE DC STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org For immediate release: Friday, April 17, 2009 Contact: Scott McLarty, DC Statehood Green Party Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Pakistan Green Party leader Liaquat Ali Shaikh to visit Washington, DC, April 22-24: available for interview • Mr. Ali Shaikh will [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Removal of Lee Wrights from Libertarian National Committee appealed to Judicial Committee

April 18th, 2009 · 81 Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie. See previous IPR coverage for background. To: LNC Subject: I have received an appeal to an action you have taken in your roles as Secretary and Chair of the Libertarian Party Chair Redpath and Secretary Sullentrup, In my capacity as Chief Justice of the Libertarian Party Judicial [...]

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Boston Tea Party at Kansas TEA Party

April 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Posted by Jim Davidson at http://www.bostontea.us/node/663. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. I attended the Tax Day Tea Party in Overland Park, Kansas on Wednesday. It was much fun. According to the local Fox Snooze affiliate, there were a thousand people there. I did see a helicopter overhead, probably from Channel 9, so someone might even [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Ralph Nader: Bailout Indignation

April 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments

By Ralph Nader Nader.org Reposted to IPR by Paulie How about a test of your injustice barometer? You might think that the reckless, avaricious, giant corporations, having shrunk the economy, cost millions of jobs and then demanded that taxpayers be dunned for years into the future for multi-trillion dollar bailouts, would show contrition, regret, or [...]

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Tags: Independents

Chuck Baldwin: DHS Report Says “Disgruntled Military Veterans” Might Be “Rightwing Extremists”

April 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Chuck Baldwin ChuckBaldwinLive.com Reposted to IPR by Paulie On the heels of the now infamous Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) report, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has just released an “assessment” report entitled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” With virtually no references, documentation, or annotations, [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party