Reported in Ballot Access News:
Because Ohio has no valid law in place on how a group becomes a qualified party, and because no bill to create a valid law is close to passing, the Ohio Secretary of State will leave the Constitution, Green, Libertarian, and Socialist Parties on the ballot for the 2010 election. Those [...]
Ohio Will Keep Four Alternative Parties on 2010 Ballot
December 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Libertarian Party · Socialist/left parties
Arkansas Independent for Senate in 2010
December 3rd, 2009 · 13 Comments
Two recent public opinion polls from Arkansas ahead of the US Senate election in 2010 indicate a tight race between incumbent Democrat Blanche Lincoln and her potential Republican rivals (see Rasmussen and Daily Kos). However, Arkansas’s independents may choose to support Trevor Drown, a former Green Beret who formed an exploratory committee and announced his [...]
Tags: Independents
Baltimore City Green Party Responds to the Conviction of Mayor Sheila Dixon
December 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Posted at Baltimore City Green Party:
The Baltimore City Green Party thanks the jury for their service in Mayor Sheila Dixon’s trial and hopes that despite Tuesday’s embezzlement conviction the people and government of the city of Baltimore can move forward and work to build a truly sustainable, ethical, and economically-just city for all its residents.
The [...]
Tags: Green Party
Wayne Root: ‘Mr. President- END THIS WAR’
December 3rd, 2009 · 38 Comments
The Obama War Plan: A Recipe for Disaster!
How Obama Uses the War in Afghanistan as Just Another “Opportunity” to Expand Government and Destroy Capitalism.
A Libertarian-Conservative View of the War in Afghanistan That May Surprise You.
By Wayne Allyn Root, Author
The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts
I describe [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
Cynthia McKinney, Sen. Mike Gravel, others to speak at anti-war escalation rally December 12 in DC
December 3rd, 2009 · 19 Comments
Forwarded by the DC Statehood Green Party. End US Wars is a nonpartisan coalition.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
End US Wars
http://www.enduswars.org
“No You Can’t!” Rally at the White House on December 12
Unity among Peace Movement Groups against Obama War Escalation — Warning of Reprisals to Troop Surge
WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 12, 11 am to 4 pm
WHERE: Lafayette Park in Washington, [...]
Tags: Green Party · Libertarian Party
Libertarian John Famularo passes away in Philadelphia
December 3rd, 2009 · 15 Comments
As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Famularo, 70, a Libertarian force
By Sally A. Downey
Inquirer Staff Writer
John D. Famularo, 70, of Center City, a computer consultant and leader in the Libertarian Party, died of complications from multiple myeloma Monday at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Mr. Famularo was secretary of the National Libertarian Party and former treasurer of [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
Ralph Nader: ‘The Afghan Quagmire’
December 3rd, 2009 · 13 Comments
By Ralph Nader
Nader.org
Misusing professional cadets at West Point as a political prop, President Barack Obama delivered his speech on the Afghanistan war forcefully but with fearful undertones. He chose to escalate this undeclared war with at least 30,000 more soldiers plus an even larger number of corporate contractors.
He chose the path the military-industrial complex wanted. [...]
Tags: Independents
Cynthia McKinney’s response to President Obama’s speech
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Cynthia McKinney writes, “…there is deep disquiet today within the ranks of the President’s own base in the Democratic Party, with independents, and with middle-of-the-roaders called “swing” voters. In unprecedented numbers, voters in the United States of all previous political persuasions went to the polls and invested their dreams and, most importantly, their votes in the “hope” and “change” promised by the Obama campaign…War-weary voters in this country are committed to peace.”
Tags: Green Party
