Via email: Dear Friend of Liberty, For reasons sadly unknown to me, the title of my regular column in the LP News is “Chairman’s Travelogue,” which is ironic, because I write the column at home and it usually doesn’t involve me going anywhere. But today, that title is not a misnomer. I am headed to [...]

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http://www.socialistwebzine.org/2010/04/unclassified-story-of-david-mcreynolds.html: by Anthony Giacchino from Vimeo On October 25, 2009, my friend David McReynolds – long-time pacifist, War Resister & Socialist Party member – turned 80. I’d like to introduce him to you by way of a 15-minute piece I did for his birthday celebration. Since it would have been too hard to sum up [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Dear Friends, I am writing to invite you to the Freedom Socialist Party’s upcoming National Convention, which will take place July 9-12 at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. The FSP Convention is an opportunity to strategize on how to reach the goal of a system that cherishes life, knowledge, solidarity, [...]

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Posted at http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ From the Charleston City Paper blog: James Island resident Eugene Platt announced his third-party candidacy for the state House District 115 months ago. But the Green Party will have more names on the ballot. Tom Clements will run for U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint’s seat. Former football player and business owner Morgan Reeves [...]

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Email from the Green Party to contact.ipr@gmail.com: CONTACT Jennifer Sullivan, 352-683-3151, greencat9@juno.com The People’s Lobby: Forum on the influence of corporate special interest money on public policy and the erosion of US democracy, Tuesday, April 13 at the Natioanal Press Club in Washington, DC WHEN: Tuesday, April 13, at 7 pm WHERE: 529 14th Street [...]

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http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/ohio-primary-voters-can-vote-libertarian-for-the-first-time rom the April 7 Cincinnati Enquirer: Voters in the May 4 Primary Election have plenty of candidates to choose from on the Republican and Democratic ballots. But this year for the first time they’ll also see a contested race on a third party ballot. Libertarians Jared Croxton and Jim Berns both want to run [...]

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Garry Reed writes in the Libertarian Examiner (notes for IPR: John Jay Myers is also running for LNC chair; there are also moves underway to organize new, separate Tea Party political parties in several states.): News from the Liberterrain… "We are trying to motivate Libertarians and anti-war Republicans who participate in the Tea Parties to [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Robert Bird, 2008 US Senate nominee of the Alaskan Independence Party: I have a Leftist friend who for years denounced “corporatism” and the Republican Party. He hated our undeclared wars, called American overseas adventures “imperialism” and the corporatist profits that were being reaped in the wake of Endless Wars that were [...]

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Posted at http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ From the Capital Hometown Annapolis: Only 42 percent of those polled view the GOP favorably, compared to 41 percent for the Democrats – in essence, a tie . . . With this kind of widespread dissatisfaction, is it any surprise that voters are shunning party politics? Independents have increased from 28 percent [...]

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Posted at http://politeaparty.blogspot.com/ and http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ In the Colorado Statesman, Anthony Bowe has filed a report on the many third party and independent candidates for office in Colorado in an article entitled, “Third party candidates take root.” The piece provides an overview, by name and affiliation, of twenty-four Libertarian Party, Unity Party, Green Party, Constitution Party [...]

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By George Phillies Our Party faces great opportunities, and even greater challenges. Opportunities? The American people are exhausted by bailouts, crushing Federal deficits, pointless foreign wars, the absurd war on marijuana, Uncle Sam poking through your bedroom, and every other Republican and Democratic idiocy. Republicans moved to the authoritarian quadrant of the Nolan Chart, and [...]

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Election activist and Libertarian candidate for Secretary of State in California Christina Tobin has had an anti-Proposition 14 (for top two primaries) piece run in the Sacramento Bee: Kresky misstates Nader’s position since many independents and minor parties are rightfully against Proposition 14. Among the many reasons to oppose Proposition 14: • The limited historical [...]

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Posted at http://kristindavis2010.com/press_release DAVIS HAILS CALIFORNIA MARIJUANA REFERENDUM SAYS NEW YORK MUST BE NEXT NEW YORK – Libertarian candidate for Governor Kristin Davis today hailed the California ballot measure making marijuana legal in that state as an important milestone for legalization in New York State. “Californian’s have figured out what New Yorker’s need to figure [...]

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Via email from Eric Sundwall: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/04/odds-and-ends-675.html Warren Redlich’s bid for governor might be a longshot, but at least he’s got a sense of humor. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/04/odds-and-ends-675.html#ixzz0kFmljkn8

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Posted at http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ From the Snitker Campaign for Senate, via PRLog: Libertarian Alexander Snitker is urging his political rivals for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat to join him in signing the 10th Amendment Pledge. But, so far, Snitker is the only active candidate to sign the pledge. The pledge, created by the Tenth Amendment Center, includes [...]

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Posted at http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ From a letter to the editor of the St. Petersburg Times: The Libertarian Party was the original “tea party” founded in 1971. We have always stood for constitutionally limited government, fiscal responsibility and personal/social freedom. The fact that the tea parties are up and running is encouraging because people are finally realizing [...]

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Articles at http://libertarianblue.blogspot.com/ Carl Paladino: Just another opportunist Well another wolf in sheep’s clothing has been exposed. Tea Party Candidate for New York Governor Carl Paladino isn’t the a savior he and his supporters are painting him out to be. Buffalo News had shed some light on his donations in New York elections in recent [...]

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Via http://www.ernesthancock.org The renaissance of libertarian philosophy has produced the hoped for revolution in the minds of America’s youth, and libertarianism has reentered American politics. In the past, the LPUS served as a ‘Liberty Nexus’ for those that chose to embrace the principled libertarian philosophy that advocated for individual rights, peace, freedom and tolerance. However, [...]

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Posted at http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ From a letter to the editor of the Socialist Webzine: I’m a new kid on the block, just joined the Party the other day. But I’ve been thinking about socialism as an alternative to whatever you wish to call the present American system of politics and government and at the risk of [...]

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Posted at http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ From the Philly IMC, on Stewart Alexander, Socialist and PFP candidate for governor: The official summary of Proposition 14 to appear on the California ballot was prepared by California Attorney General Jerry Brown, the proposition was sponsored by California Lieutenant Governor Able Maldonado and co-sponsored by two Democratic senators, Lou Correa of [...]

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