Anderson Cooper’s blog at CNN is carrying an article asking, “What would it take to become a three-party nation?” The article is written by David Gewirtz, Director of the US Strategic Perspective Institute. American politics hasn’t always been dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties. The Democratic Party didn’t arrive on the scene until 1828 [...]

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This article was posted at the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s website. It is an article in which a member of the party, in Chicago, explains why she joined. Through time I eventually learned how terrible this capitalistic government truly is. Through reading, viewing documentaries, witnessing and learning from my grandmother and my boyfriend, I [...]

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From the New York Daily News comes a report that the Working Families Party is considering asking actor Alec Baldwin to run for Governor of New York on their ballot line. The Working Families Party is so panicked a federal probe might keep Andrew Cuomo from accepting its ballot line in November, leaders are quietly [...]

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Rand Paul has been involved in a controversy lately because of statements, made in several interviews, concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Paul took issue with the portion of the act which disallows discrimination on private property. Now Alan Keyes, an African-American conservative is wading into the controversy to offer his opinion. Thanks to [...]

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Sent in by Eric Dondero: QUINCY — James Sheets, the former six-term mayor of Quincy, said this afternoon he is considering running for Congress as an independent. Sheets, 74, said he will decide in the “next few days” whether to run for the 10th Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, D-Quincy, who [...]

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Posted at LP blog: At the Libertarian National Convention in St. Louis this weekend, delegates will elect a new national chairman for the party. Five candidates have declared for this office: Ernest Hancock http://ernesthancock.org/ Mark Hinkle http://mark4chair.com/ John Jay Myers http://www.johnjaymyers.com/lnc George Phillies http://philliesforlncchair.robpower.com/ Wayne Allyn Root http://www.rootforamerica.com/ Note from Paulie: Not exactly news to [...]

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Starting Tuesday, June 1st, the Ken Block for Governor campaign will be up on television with our first commercial. As someone who has been supportive of the ideas of Moderate Party and Ken Block, we’re giving you the opportunity to view the commercial before everyone else. We know that Rhode Island’s problems are largely self [...]

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by William Redpath Reprinted from the May 2010 issue of LP News at LP.org I don’t know how he did it. Mickey Spillane supposedly squirreled himself away for a short period of time, and BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM—he would write a book. He wrote “I, the Jury” in only nineteen days, according to his Wikipedia page. Ayn Rand [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com yesterday: The Boston Tea Party National Convention opened tonight at 7PM ET and will conclude one week from that time. You can monitor all convention activity at http://bostontea.us/node/831 Douglass Gaking Chair, Boston Tea Party National Committee According to wikipedia: The Boston Tea Party is an American political party, named after the original [...]

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Former IPR editor Austin Cassidy at Uncovered Politics: [Traficant] served as Sheriff of Mahoning County from 1981 to 1985 and in 1983, was charged with racketeering for accepting bribes. Traficant, who represented himself in the criminal trial, argued that he accepted the bribes only as part of an “undercover investigation” into corruption. Amazingly, he was [...]

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Andover – Kevin L. Scott, Independent candidate for Governor, qualified for the November 2nd general election. Over 4500 certified nomination signatures were handed in at Augusta on May 21st. Kevin and his team spoke with voters from Presque Isle to Portland and heard a common message: voters are struggling and [...]

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Mitch Moxley writes in Time Magazine: In the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator, “Shoot the Chinese” is spray-painted on a brick wall near a movie theater. A pair of swastikas and the words “Killer Boys …! Danger!” can be read on a fence in an outlying neighborhood of yurt dwellings. Graffiti like this, which can be [...]

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In 2008 Chuck Baldwin and Alan Keyes were the main two contenders for the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination. Baldwin won with a 2-1 majority and afterward Keyes refused to endorse Baldwin. Keyes later formed his own party. Now Baldwin and Keyes are slated to appear, and speak, at the same convention. They are listed as [...]

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Douglas Sligting is the Constitution Party candidate for US Congress in Utah’s 3rd District. His main fundraiser, though, appears to be his 11 year old son. Harrison Sligting, the young son, is going to bike 100 miles for his father’s campaign. Harrison plans to begin the fundraising ride at 7 a.m. June 19 from Payson [...]

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Jim Gilchrist is the founder of the Minuteman Project and a committed anti-illegal immigration activist. He first made headlines when his Minuteman Project group decided to patrol the Mexican border for illegal immigrants. Over the years Gilchrist’s endorsement has become an important way to signal to conservative activists that a candidate is serious about stopping [...]

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2008 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate (and 2010 national convention keynote speaker) Bob Barr writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Thousands of census workers, including many temporary employees, are fanning out across America to gather information on the citizenry. This is a process that takes place not only every decade in order to complete the constitutionally-mandated census; [...]

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Passed by the SPUSA International Commission May 25, 2010 The Socialist Party USA resolutely supports the workers and students protesting against the IMF/European Union imposed austerity package. Greek trade unions and socialist organizations have acted swiftly and correctly by using one of the most powerful tools available to workers, the general strike, to combat this [...]

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Posted at http://peaceandfreedom.org: Demonstrate against British Petroleum (BP) and their destruction of the Gulf of Mexico and rally for complete reimbursement of damages caused by the oil spill! * Restoration of the damaged Gulf environment, now and for the next 20 years * Compensation for workers and businesses * Complete retesting of all offshore oil [...]

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No, this is not a preview of this weekend’s Libertarian Party national convention. Well, not unless you’re going to be in our room, anyway: By way of Jesse Walker at Reason Hit and Run, it’s a German Anarchist Pogo Party TV Ad that “the German public broadcasting network ARD was apparently required by law to [...]

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Posted by Darryl Perry at Free Patriot Press: As a service to the Delegates to the LP Convention in St. Louis this coming weekend, I sent a candidate questionnaire to the 5 declared candidates for Chair of the Libertarian Party. The candidates full answers are below, a slightly condensed version will be available in hard [...]

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