Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: From Green Prophet: The newly formed Green Party of Lebanon (GPL) is planning its debut with the May 2010 municipal elections. The Daily Star reports that the GPL is a secular, environmental, human-rights oriented party bent on slashing corruption and recovering burnt forests. GPL President Philippe Skaff [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side: As the Copenhagen COP enters its second week, the Global Greens today called for an honest climate agreement, based on science not tricky accounting. The Global Greens are concerned that rich nations are building loopholes into the agreement to give the appearance of strong targets without the reality. Land-use [...]

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The 2010 Libertarian Party Platform Committee met in Las Vegas on Dec. 12-13 and adopted a relatively modest set of 24 recommendations to the current “greatest hits” platform that the LP assembled in 2008 from language chosen from nine previous LP platforms.  That complete overhaul in 2008 came on the heels of a revolt by [...]

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Posted at Kn@ppster: Via the Associated Press: “You will be forced to buy insurance. If you don’t, you’ll pay a fine,” said [former Democratic National Committee chair Howard] Dean, a physician. “It’s an insurance company bailout.” That’s the long and short of it. While I think that either the “public option” or the “Medicare buy-in” [...]

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By Eric Sundwall Examiner.com The Boston Globe has written an abominable editorial regarding the issue of whether libertarian Joe Kennedy should be included in the upcoming debate for the special election for US Senate in Massachusets this January. Democratic candidate Martha Coakley has stated that all three ballot qualified candidates should be included. The Globe’s [...]

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Posted at http://joekennedyforsenate.com/: The Free Competition in Currency Act introduced by Ron Paul would stabilize our currency and end the persistent effects of inflation on the population. I have spent the majority of my career in banking, finance and insurance and fully understand the workings of our financial structure. HR.4248 along with increases in collateral [...]

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As reported at Libertarian Intelligence, the Libertarian Party national platform committee met this past weekend in Las Vegas. As a general question for our readers: If you are an LP member or supporter, what planks would you most like to see added, deleted, or changed? What changes would you make if you were on the [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Ray Hackett of the Norwich Bulletin recently wrote a article featuring Scott Deshefy, the 2008 and 2010 Green candidate for US House CT-2, entitled “This could be the year for impact of third party”. Is this the year when a third party can make significant inroads in [...]

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The mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, Oscar Goodman, has declared his independence from the two-party system and changed his affiliation to “non-partisan.”  Goodman’s wife, Carolyn Goodman, has done the same.  The change has provoked speculation as to whether the mayor will seek the office of governor in 2010. 

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The Milwaukee Green Party will hold a press conference on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 to announce their opposition to Mayoral control–as opposed to elected and accountable school board management–of the public school system in Milwaukee.

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The Boston Globe has an editorial taking sides on the following issue: Should the candidates in the race for Massachusetts Senate demand a three-way, all-candidate debate, or settle for a major party debate that excludes the third party candidate? The Boston Globe editorial is implying it is wrong and/or misguided to demand a three-way debate.

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Compiled posts from The Whig blog. See also previous IPR coverage: Modern Whig Parties in Indiana, Texas profiled on The Whig blog; Modern Whig Party National Council Meeting Recap. “Florida Whig Party” Breaks With Modern Whig Party According to the “Florida Whig Party” site, they have decided to no longer associate with the Modern Whig [...]

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During the most recent LNC meeting earlier this month in Nashville, Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict asked that party members and supporters should send ready-to-go versions of suggested LP News articles, brochures and press releases to the national office. He explained that the dropoff in press releases and the continued lack of new brochures [...]

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Posted at Poli-Tea: In the race leading up to the special election for US Senate in Massachusetts, the structure of the contest’s upcoming debates has become a point of contention between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown. The Boston Globe reports: Coakley, the state’s attorney general, said she is reluctant to participate in any [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: I wanted to introduce myself, I am Dean Moore, I am running for Missouri’s 7th District seat in 2010. I am not a politician, I an a former youth pastor, and teacher. I believe that Americans can overcome the current mess, and return to a Constitutional government. I am a Constitutionalist seeking [...]

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Posted at Roanoake.com By Dan Casey: One of the best shows in town these days is the federal criminal trial of a racist crank who is charged with threatening various people all over the North American continent. The defendant is one of Roanoke’s low-rent landlords, William A. White. He’s also the narcissistic costume-Nazi “commander” of [...]

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Posted at Poli-Tea: In early November, I noted that Florida tea party activists had officially “declared their independence” from the farce that is Democratic-Republican politics, by registering their group as an official minor party. The group’s website is now up and running. Its front page features a declaration of independence from the Democratic and Republican [...]

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GREEN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA http://www.gpofpa.org Attention: News Editor For Immediate Release Contact: Hillary Kane, 267-971-3559 I.K. Samways, 412-215-9161 Eight other states already ban juvenile life sentences without parole Pennsylvania has highest number of juveniles serving life sentences without parole in nation Last night, the Steering Committee of the Green Party of Pennsylvania votes to endorse [...]

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Posted at peaceandfreedom.org: By Bob Maschi Reverend Billy’s voice carries like a wing in the wind, dipping and swirling as it echoes off invisible stained glass walls. His hair is set high, like a silver grill in front if a muscle car from the 50s. He looks and sounds the preacher, yet he does not [...]

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By: Corazon Esguerra pslweb.org Racist and discriminatory toys for children requirement dropped On Dec. 3, the Houston, Texas, branch of the Salvation Army announced they would stop their discriminatory policy of asking parents to provide a Social Security number or some other form of legal documentation to receive Christmas toys for their children. If documentation [...]

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