Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Paul McKain (FWP) Florida Whig Party’s Second Congressional Candidate Launches Series Of Town Hall Meetings Florida’s Second US House of Representatives candidate Paul C. McKain kicks off a 14 county town hall tour this week. Tallahassee, Florida (Monday September 07, 2009) – Second Congressional district candidate, Paul C. McKain, announced a 14 [...]

[Read more →]

Posted at http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2009/09/fake-libertarians-propose-alliance-with.html: The con man from Vegas is still lurking around the shell of the Libertarian Party trying to promote a conservative agenda for the LP. Wayne Allen Root, a conservative, keeps promoting himself as the leading LP contender in the next election. The only evidence for that, to date, is his own fertile [...]

[Read more →]

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Contact: Michael Darden 917-868-8780 mdarden@perfectpitch-media.com Drilling Fluids Engineer Mike Nelson Declares as Unity Party Candidate for Colorado 4th Evans, Colo. — Drilling Fluids Engineer Mike Nelson is running as the first Unity Party of America candidate for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, against incumbent Betsy Markey. “I feel that the only way for [...]

[Read more →]

Former New York LP Chair Eric Sundwall emailed me to let me know that he is reviewing Wayne Root’s Conscience of a Libertarian chapter by chapter on his blog. As of this writing, he is up to Chapter Twelve. Previews reviews of the book covered by IPR: George Phillies, Steve Kubby, John Hospers, Peter Orvetti, [...]

[Read more →]

Posted at PSLweb.org: By: Richard Becker U.S. ignores Iraq court ruling in case of imprisoned Iraqi journalist On Sept. 2, 2008, Ibrahim Jassam, a journalist working for the Reuters international news service, was dragged from his home in Mahmudiya, Iraq, in the middle of the night by U.S. and Iraqi soldiers. His family members, including [...]

[Read more →]

By way of the national LP blog: From the Libertarian Party of Texas: Texas Libertarians Tour Stateto Rally 2010 Candidates and Support County Affiliates AUSTIN, TEXAS – September 2, 2009  -   Libertarian Party of Texas (LPT) officials are planning a three-month, 24-city tour through Texas to recruit local candidates and support their county parties in [...]

[Read more →]

From GOOD by way of GP.org: Reverend Billy Tallen bursts onstage wearing a white tuxedo and a black priest’s habit, his platinum hair sprayed into an Elvis bouffant. A 35-member gospel choir breaks into a soulful hum and within seconds, the packed New York City auditorium erupts in shouts of “Amen” and “Hallelujah.” “I know [...]

[Read more →]

Email from Scott Lieberman to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Wayne Allyn Root national media appearances for this week… Sept 9 (Wed) 8:15 AM ET Fox & Friends Fox News Channel Sept 10 (Thur) 3pm ET Lou Dobbs http://streamingradioguide.com/radio-show.php?showid=5438 Sept 10 (Thur) 10 PM ET Jim Bohannon Show (radio) streaming links at http://streamingradioguide.com/radio-show.php?showid=254

[Read more →]

After a Democratic committee person challenged the petitions of all of the county-wide Libertarian candidates in Suffolk County, and the Democrat and Republican controlled Board of Elections ruled all those candidates off the ballot, Libertarian candidate for District Attorney Chris Garvey notes, “We will have a Soviet-style ballot in Suffolk.”

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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. [...]

[Read more →]

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.

[Read more →]

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.

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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.” [...]

[Read more →]

Statement of principles of the Libertarian Party of Canada, by way of Libertarian Intelligence: 1. Each individual has the right to his or her own life, and this right is the source of all other rights. 2. Property rights are essential to the maintenance of those rights. 3. In order that these rights be respected, [...]

[Read more →]

Posted at peaceandfreedom.org: Announcing its intention to challenge the Democrats and Republicans in 2010, a national organizing effort to build a new electoral party of the left has announced its interim leadership and basic unity statement. Debra Reiger of Sacramento, who also serves as North State Organizer of the Peace and Freedom Party, is the [...]

[Read more →]

Posted at Gold America Group: Gold America Group has learned that political independent and National Libertarian Party member Joe Kennedy is vigorously exploring a run for U.S. Senate in the Massachusetts Special Election this January. Financial, Legal, petitioning, and web page development steps are said to be under way. The web page http://JoeKennedyForSenate.com is appearing [...]

[Read more →]

So far this month, GPW has had more than the usual share of stories about non-US Green Parties: Greens to play “Kingmaker” in Germany? Posted by Gregg Jocoy According to this Spiegel article: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,645953,00.html the Greens are in a good position to negotiate a place in government in both state elections that were just held, [...]

[Read more →]