LPWV to protest G20 summit in Pittsburgh: September 24th and 25th, the G20 will be meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. This meeting will be chaired by President Obama. The Libertarian Party of West Virginia, in conjunction with the Libertarian Party Anarchist Caucus will be hosting protests at this event. Libertarians should be out on the front-lines [...]

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Posted at Green Party Watch by Gregg Jocoy Carl Romanelli was charged over $80,000 for daring to run for US Senate in Pennsylvania. That cost was a result of Democrat Bob Casey Jr.’s successful effort to keep Romanelli off the ballot. By scrutinizing every ballot access signature, Casey was able to throw Romanelli off the [...]

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Review: The Conscience of a Libertarian by Steve Kubby The Libertarian Party has always struck me as analogous to the infamous Mos Eisley bar featured in Star Wars. That’s because Libertarianism is an oasis of liberty, attracting a wide range of life forms, ranging from old hippies to suits to gays and, of course, recovering [...]

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Ballot Access expert Richard Winger writes about an upcoming vote in California about instituting a “Top-Two” system for primaries. Winger notes that a Top-Two system, “…in practice, results in a complete absence of minor party and independent candidates from the November ballot.” Winger lists five better ways to achieve the positive goals some Top-Two proponents are seeking.

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A Ralph Nader supporter has sent around an e-mail announcing the dates of Nader’s upcoming book tour. The book is fiction, and is titled, “Only The Super Rich Can Save Us.” Tour dates listed start on September 11th and run through October 19th. The launch week will be September 22-29th, 2009. The actual book launch event will be in New York City on September 23rd.

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Several individuals associated with the “Independent Greens of Virginia” have been banned from posting comments on Green Party Watch following accusations that they have been “posing” as political candidates in comments without those candidates knowledge. The Independent Greens of Virginia are NOT affiliated with the Green Party [...]

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Ballot Access News reports: The Independent Party of Hawaii is launching a drive to qualify for the ballot in 2010. The party also appeared on the Hawaii ballot in 2008, and was the vehicle for getting Ralph Nader on the ballot that year. For more information, contact Shaun Stenshol, 808-283-6878, or nadermoore@yahoo.com. The party needs [...]

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Posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch: In a lengthy article, J.E. Robertson discusses what s/he sees as a coming rift in the Republican Party between “big tent” Republicans who want the party to be a majority party and “intolerant” Republicans who want a pure party. As s/he develops the argument, s/he turns eventually [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster: Wayne Allyn Root and I actually have a lot in common. We also disagree on some things. And sometimes, we disagree on what we have in common. For example, Wayne likes to use the word “only” about himself, as in: I am the first and only small businessman to [...]

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Van Jones is in the news because he was appointed by the President as “Green Czar.” Van Jones has recently been critiqued based on his support of the 9/11 Truth movement. An Op Ed News story gives the 9/11Truth.org response to the criticism and lists other 9/11 Truth supporters, among them, the National Green Party.

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In light of reports that AFSCME union workers’ jobs hang in the balance under Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s plan to cut state spending, the Illinois Green Party offers this suggestion to those who get laid off: If and when that pink slip comes, don’t despair — consider a run for public office.

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by Bob Barr as published in The Washington Times Strange as it might seem, the Supreme Court of the United States has never directly and explicitly held that it is unconstitutional for a state to execute a person about whom substantial evidence of innocence has been presented. However, in a rare exercise of the high [...]

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By Ralph Nader Nader.org Ever wonder what’s happening to words once they fall into the hands of corporate and government propagandists? Too often reporters and editors don’t wonder enough. They ditto the words even when the result is deception or doubletalk. Here are some examples. Day in and day out we read about “detainees” imprisoned [...]

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Public Education Brainwashing: Obama Indoctrination Day on Tuesday The Only Home-school Dad on a Modern-Day Presidential Ticket Lambasts Obama For Policies That Condemn Minority Students to Failing Public Schools. Root Calls Public School System “a Public Embarassment.” Studies Prove That Home-schooled Students are Almost TWICE As Smart as Public School Students. Will Teachers Unions Allow [...]

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Robert Burck, “the so-called Naked Cowboy of Times Square,” is ending his run for mayor of New York, the New York Times reports in Saturday’s edition. Burck said that after dealing with the city’s campaign bureaucracy and myriad disclosure forms, “I’m absolutely dropping out.” He had already been denied ballot access “because of deficiencies in [...]

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Independence Party of America Chairman Frank MacKay announced Friday that he will publish his first book later this month. According to the author, “The Network Interviews” is a “compilation of interviews Frank MacKay and his brother Gordon did in the late 80′s when they ran a New York City/Long Island area music newspaper they started [...]

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Rich Whitney is the Green Party candidate for governor in Illinois. In 2006 he ran and got over 10% of the vote. He is now accusing the Democratic state comptroller – who is eying the governor’s seat – of unethical fundraising practices.

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The Green Party of Pennsylvania is organizing to protest in Pittsburgh with other groups against the supposedly secretive and corrupt G-20, “an organization that represents
the finance ministers and central bankers of the world’s twenty largest
economies.” Also in Pittsburgh in the same week, the party will be participating in the “Three Rivers Climate Conference.” Prominent Greens Jesse Johnson and Malik Rahim will be attending. Other Pennsylvania Green Party events also listed below the fold.

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Rev. Billy Talen, the Green Party candidate for mayor of New York City, recently made this statement for WNBC’s video voter guide (click title of post to watch):

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John Hospers was Chair of the philosophy department at USC when in 1972 the Libertarian Party chose him to be its first presidential nominee.  He has added to his site’s collection of articles a review of The Conscience of a Libertarian, the new book by 2008 LP vice-presidential nominee Wayne Root.  Excerpts:

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