Posted by Marc Montoni at Free Virginia. Montoni is a Libertarian Party activist in Virginia, former national staffer, and one of the leaders of the LP Radical Caucus. I had to shake my head in sadness and anger at the front-page headline and article, “Police Chase Tragedy”. Of course Darryl Harris bears primary responsibility for [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: WASHINGTON, DC — Leaders of the Green Party of the United States are urging the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) not to accept Israel’s application for membership until Israel observes international law and alters its human rights policies in its treatment of Palestianians. “Israel continues [...]

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By Loretta Nall by way of Free Patriot Press. Nall was endorsed for Governor by the Libertarian Party of Alabama in 2006. She ran as a write-in. by: Loretta Nall Or so says Dennis Knizley, attorney for Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine. According to the Press-Register Knizley had this to say after being asked by [...]

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Ballot Access News: California Libertarians have set up a phone bank to ask voters to vote “No” on Proposition 14, the top-two ballot measure that is on the June 8 ballot. The volunteers have already made 2,000 phone calls, according to Libertarian office manager Beau Cain. It is not clear if that means 2,000 numbers [...]

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From the Libertarian Party: H/T Michael Seebeck in comments on a previous post.Produced by Adrian Galysh. As far as we know, it has not been used in broadcast media, at least yet. Ballot Access News reports that the Green and Peace and Freedom Parties parties put these on cable channels CNN, Headline News, and MSNBC. [...]

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From The Liberator Online published by the Advocates for Self-Government: Adrian Galysh, says classicrockrevisited.com, “is a West Coast guitar player who is making a name for himself in ‘guitar god’ circles…” The 35-year-old Galysh (pronounced GAWL-ish) unquestionably is earning a reputation as a stellar guitarist. Check out some of the musicians he’s performed and/or recorded [...]

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Disclaimer: The basis of this story is the envelope which arrived today in my mail box. I do not know who received it, but my reasonable speculation is that it was sent to known or likely delegates to the 2010 Libertarian National Convention, as opposed to me personally (it was sent on a “presorted” mail [...]

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Press release from LPTX sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Also at TPID and The Examiner. AUSTIN, TEXAS – May 19, 2010 — State Board of Education candidate Amie Parsons was assaulted by a Texas State Trooper during a campaign appearance at the Travis State Office Building on Congress St. “He grabbed my arm, and shoved me,” Amie [...]

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From a letter to the editor of the Wyoming Trib by way of TPID: After decades of switching back and forth between a proclaimed “big government” party and a proclaimed “small government” party, where are we? Corporate bailouts by both parties, Patriot Act destruction of rights, constant government growth, and federally run health care. The [...]

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From the blog, Moderate Third Party: Common Sense by way of Septimus at The Whig I title this post “Common Sense” based on my initial classification of this blog. It is also the Title of a great writing by Thomas Paine, which he wrote anonymously and boldly calling for a declaration of independence. We now [...]

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Posted at Socialist Webzine: Socialist Party USA members took part in May Day protests all across the United States. All major US cities saw protest, many of which centered around demands for justice for immigrant workers. Below are some photos from SP-USA participants who kept the tradition of socialist organizing on May Day alive! The [...]

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From the Socialist Party UK by way of TPID: More than 140 people came to discuss socialist ideas for changing the world at the socialism conference, organised by the CWI-affiliated organisation Socialist Alternative and held at Seattle University, which marked a big step forward for socialists in Washington State. The discussion “Where is the change [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: The Maui Weekly reports: The annual State Convention of the Green Party of Hawai‘i (GPHI) will be held on Saturday, May 29, in Honolulu at University Square, 2615 South King Street, Suite 106A, at 10 a.m. The meeting will convene to elect state party officers, two delegates [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: An article at Belief.net describing the Dalai Lama’s press conference at the start of his recent visit to New York reports that the Tibetan spiritual leader is still interested in joining the Green Party: He was quite energized about ecology; he said humanity seemed to be growing [...]

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“Political Parties exist to put their political philosophy into practice by electing their members to public office. To do that, the Party needs members, money, and activists. By his numerous appearances on cable television and nationally syndicated radio shows, Wayne Root has shown that he can get the Libertarian Party far more publicity than any [...]

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Via email from John Jay Myers to contact.ipr@gmail.com: I hereby endorse John Jay Myers for LNC chair. I feel John is completely familiar with the tenets of Liberty based on the Constitution and would be the best representative for the Libertarian National Committee Chair. Richard W. Forsythe Candidate for Texas State Rep District 61 I’ve [...]

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Posted at JasonPye.com: Over the last few years, I’ve watched the longstanding internal disputes that have plagued our party prohibit us from moving forward. It’s in our nature to point fingers, lay blame while we continue to function more like a social club than a political party. I don’t want a social club, an advocacy [...]

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Posted by Brian Holtz at Libertarian Intelligence. Any implied opinions are Brian’s, and should not be taken as an IPR endorsement or counter-endorsement of any LNC candidate. Ernest Hancock said recently on his radio show that he’s considering sending to each Libertarian NatCon delegate a copy of the conspiracy-theory video Invisible Empire.  One of the [...]

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Originally posted at Gold America Group: Of course, last minute attack letters are the stuff of politics. You learn to live with them. And now I have received mine. (Actually, I did not receive mine. I have not received a copy.) Remember, there will always be reasons for not surfacing the attack until the last [...]

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Email from LNC Region 7 Rep Rachel Hawkridge to contact.ipr@gmail.com: In the Spring of 2009, I became aware that there were inconsistencies between the the FEC filings of the Barr campaign and the LNC. The Barr campaign had reported a $10,000 contribution from the LNC, and the LNC had not reported it. I asked my [...]

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