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Entries from April 2009

Libertarian Party national HQ now on Twitter

April 19th, 2009 · 25 Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP blog. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The Libertarian Party is now on Twitter!  Just go to http://twitter.com/lpnational to sign up and stay up to date with America’s only mainstream political party, The Party of Principle. Don’t forget to also check us out on Facebook and other sites. …And don’t [...]

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Freedom Socialist Party: Budget-cutting Democrats in Washington State side with corporate elite against workers and the poor

April 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Posted at socialism.com by Fred Hyde; reposted to IPR by Paulie. Labor’s so-called friends are proving once again to be a treacherous, two-faced crowd. After helping themselves to hefty union campaign contributions, Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire and the majority Democratic leadership of the House and Senate are proposing drastic public service budget cuts, pay freezes, [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Libertarians call out Obama for fake gun stats

April 19th, 2009 · 16 Comments

Press release posted at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. “Obama is ‘bitterly clinging’ to falsified numbers” in bid to push anti-gun treaty WASHINGTON — Libertarians are taking President Barack Obama to task for once again intentionally spreading false information about the source of guns used by Mexican drug cartels and blaming the United States [...]

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Party for Socialism and Liberation: Who are the real ‘pirates’ in Africa?

April 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Posted at PSLweb.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. By: Matt Murray Capitalists demonize Somalis, hide their own blood-soaked history Recent news coverage has been dominated by sensationalized stories of Somali pirates hijacking ships and taking hostages in order to secure large ransoms.  The Somali “pirates” have killed zero sailors.Somali groups like the Central Regional Coast Guard patrol [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Alternative Party and Independent Candidates for 2009 Gubernatorial Elections

April 19th, 2009 · 28 Comments

Posted at Ballot Access News. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Two states elect Governors in November 2009, Virginia and New Jersey. In Virginia, the only known minor party or independent candidate currently petitioning is Glenda Gail Parker of the Independent Green Party. The party had tried to persuade Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals [...]

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Tags: Independents · Third parties, general

One more prominent figure speculates on the possibility of more powerful third parties

April 19th, 2009 · 11 Comments

A front page blogger at the powerful Democratic blog Daily Kos has posted a Sunday post – often the most widely read – about the possibility of a new third party movement, and his opinion on that possibility.  This is significant because Daily Kos usually has strict rules against speaking about third parties and it [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

Obama’s First 100 days from a Green Party Perspective

April 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Posted at On The Wilder Side. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. On Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 7pm, the Babylon Green Party Gathering will feature former Green Party of New York State Co-Chair Ian Wilder who will review Obama’s First 100 days from a Green Party Perspective www.BabylonGreens.org Wilder’s speech is part of the Babylon [...]

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Modern Whigs to hold physical meetings

April 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Emailed by Fred Ralston to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie. The Modern Whig Party: A Party for the Rest of Us To the members of the Modern Whig Party, During the run of the historic Whigs, luminaries such as Abraham Lincoln organized “mass meetings” to build the party from the ground up and gain [...]

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