Dear Friend of Liberty,
First, I’d like to wish you a happy Labor Day.
Second, I thought I’d share Plank 2.7 of the Libertarian Party Platform:
“Labor Markets
We support repeal of all laws which impede the ability of any person to find employment. We oppose government-fostered forced retirement. We support the right of free persons to associate or [...]

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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Monday, September 7, 2009
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org

WASHINGTON, DC — Calling organized labor’s support for Democrats an “investment that hasn’t paid off,” Green Party leaders appealed to unions and all working Americans, calling for support for the election of Green [...]

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MIKE BEITLER
Libertarian for U.S. Senate
Contact: Brian Irving
919.438.4548
brian@libertypoint.org
DR. MIKE BEITLER ANNOUNCES FOR U.S. SENATE
GREENSBORO (Sept. –Dr. Michael Beitler (pronounced Bite-ler) will announce his candidacy for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate September 17 at a press conference in the Piedmont-Triad International Airport Marriott Hotel at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Michael Munger, 2008 Libertarian gubernatorial [...]

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The Open Progressive Party of Minnesota is running a city council candidate in Minneapolis – and he just happens to be Michael Cavlan, a frequent commenter at IPR. According to Cavlan, he is qualified for the ballot and the party is in the first stages of associating with a national organization.

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Youngstown, Ohio, once one of the great steel towns in America, no longer holds a Labor Day Parade.
On Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 2009, the Mahoning Valley Greens held an unofficial parade by walking down the sidewalks and holding a brief ceremony and salute at one of the old entrances to the Steel Mills on the Center Street Bridge.

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The following review appeared in Liberty For All under the headline There is no Libertarian here: The Conscience of a Libertarian by Wayne Root. Other well known Libertarians who have reviewed Root’s Conscience of a Libertarian include Steve Kubby, John Hospers, Peter Orvetti, and Richard Winger.

a book review by George Phillies
Mr. Root has published a [...]

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Posted at pslweb.org:

By: Sunil Freeman

Opposition to war in United States reaches 57 percent
The U.S. invasion and teetering occupation of Afghanistan, soon entering its ninth year, is not going well according to U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In mid-August, he described the situation as “serious and deteriorating.”

NATO airstrike kills over 100 people, [...]

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