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Press release: Washington State’s Third Party Leaders Issue Anti-Proposition 14 Statement

June 1st, 2010 · 23 Comments

Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Free and Equal: Leaders from Washington State’s Third Party Coalition released a statement today urging California voters to vote no on Proposition 14. The coalition is comprised of the American Heritage Party, Constitution Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Progressive Party. Here is the full text of the statement: The Top [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Libertarian Party · Proposition 14 · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

‘Anarcho-surrealist’ comic party wins big in Reykjavik election

June 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

An interesting election result in Iceland, thanks to an email from Tom Knapp: Running on a platform described as “anarcho-surrealism,” Iceland’s Best Party (Besti Flokkurinn) is no longer just a big joke. The six-month-old party led by one of the nation’s best-known comedians, Jón Gnarr, won a stunning victory in the capital city of Reykjavik’s [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

St. Louis Beacon: Libertarian Party Votes to Stay True To Its Past

June 1st, 2010 · 114 Comments

The St. Louis Beacon, one of the area newspapers for St. Louis, Missouri, reports on the Libertarian Party National Convention in this article as a battle between the traditions of the past and possible future directions. Sunday afternoon, more than 500 delegates from around the country selected a new party chairman in a battle that [...]

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Judge Jim Gray on Illegal Immigration

June 1st, 2010 · 27 Comments

Judge Jim Gray, who was elected to the National Libertarian Party’s Judicial Committee yesterday, published an article concerning illegal immigration today. OK, let’s calm down and see these recent developments in Arizona and even the city of Costa Mesa for what they really are. They have little or nothing to do with racism and everything [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party