Posted at progressiveparty.org: Join us for our annual Convention on Saturday, November 20th, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. We will be meeting at Burlington High School at 52 Institute Road in Burlington. Help celebrate our victories, and chart the course ahead for the next two years. At our meeting, we will: * Discuss the [...]

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Via PSLweb.org. Text here and here. Opening PlenaryBuilding the struggle against capitalism across the United States Special International Solidarity and Awards SessionFighters for justice, champions of freedom Keynote PlenaryTasks and perspectives of the socialist movement

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IPR reader “Gains” comments regarding the LP of Florida’s motion to boot Wayne Root from the LNC and LNCC: WHEREAS, we are not able to produce peace enough in our party to act as friends and allies, and WHEREAS, our petty jealousies, repressed fears, and incapacity for social interaction render us unable to allow charismatic [...]

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Karl Dickey at The Examiner and Liberty for All: During a regular meeting of the Libertarian Party of Florida’s Executive Committee last night, they created a resolution (found below) to repudiate recent comments made by Libertarian National Congressional Committee chairman Wayne Allyn Root and suggested his removal from any leadership position within the Libertarian Party. [...]

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constitutionparty.com by Darrell Castle Constitution Party Vice-Chairman Legend holds that during one of the famines that swept across France during the reign of Louis XVI, his Queen, Marie Antoinette, upon being told that the peasants had no bread, replied, “Let them eat cake.” That phrase has acquired symbolic importance over the years when used to [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com and posted at TPID: Matt Reichel, two-time Green Party nominee for Congress in Illinois’s 5th District, has announced to supporters that he will try to unseat 9-term alderman Gene Schulter in the upcoming municipal elections. Reichel won about 1,000 votes in the 47th ward part of the 5th district in last week’s [...]

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LP.org: Dear Friend of Liberty, We are still compiling and analyzing the election results from November 2 so that we can compare them in detail to previous years. We’ve received comments from candidates around the U.S. They range from "I won re-election" to "I thought I would win" to "I thought I would do better." [...]

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LP blog: [Note, check back frequently for updates at above link.] Libertarian National Committee Chair’s Proposed Agenda November 20-21, 2010 – New Orleans, LA Opening Ceremony Call to Order 9:00 am Moment of Reflection 1 minute Opportunity for Public Comment 10 minutes Credentials Report and Paperwork Check 2 minutes Adoption of Agenda 10 minutes Report [...]

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From Counterpunch: The Federal Bureau of Investigation pays a black man (Ronald Wilburn) $30,000 to offer a bribe of $1,000 to a black Boston City Councilor (Chuck Turner).  What’s wrong with this picture? US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz does not think anything is wrong with this picture.  After Chuck Turner’s October 29 conviction in his [...]

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Via LP blog: The following is the November 14, 2010 issue of Austin Liberator, the weekly email newsletter of the Travis County (Texas) Libertarian Party. 1. Looking back at a remarkable decade for the Travis County LP December 4, 2010 marks the tenth anniversary of the Austin Liberator (that is,this newsletter) starting publication on Yahoo!Groups. [...]

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From the Huffington Post: The 422 acres of spectacular bay-facing green space, wildlife habitat and submerged eel grass meadows known as Point Molate is the site of an historic wine port and village that later became part of a Navy fuel oil depot before the Navy sold it to the city in 2003 for one [...]

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Adapted from Third Party and Independent Daily: With government officials pushing back against the growing revolt against the Transportation Security Administration’s newest “security” measures, it is worth noting that there is broad political opposition to the false choice between strip search and sexual assault.  Full body scanners are notably opposed by Ralph Nader and Matt [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Boston Tea Party national chair Darryl Perry: I have been “fan” of Tom Woods since I first read The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. Since reading that book a few years ago, I’ve read more of Tom’s books; Who Killed the Constitution and Meltdown. I’ve had the chance to meet [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Boston Tea Party national chair Darryl Perry: In a story that sounds like it may have come from The Onion just a few years ago, Breitbart is reporting “the United State Supreme Court will soon issue a landmark decision (possibly by the end of the year) on the validity of the [...]

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Via Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: This list was put together by Brent McMillan, consisting of Green Party campaigns for State House (or Assembly) seats. It includes all of the races that finished with over 15% of the vote in 2010: Mark Miller for State Representative 3rd Berkshire District, MA 4,459 votes 45.0% Jeremy [...]

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From MonstersandCritics.com: Les Verts (the Greens) and the Europe Ecologie (EE) parties meet Saturday in Lyon for a congress to approve the merger and agree on a new name for the future party. Les Verts were established in 1984 in a fusion of an environmentalist party and various groups, and in 1997 they gained seven [...]

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PSLweb.org: By: Abel Macias Say no to detentions and deportations! On Nov. 5, as workers were coming home from work, they came across a rally of over 150 students, youth and workers who were demanding an end to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in their community. The Party for Socialism and Liberation had called [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: The Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party of Georgia met Monday, November 8th, and appointed two new committee members. Greta Langhenry, of Athens, was appointed to the position of Communications Director, and David Ziebell, of Cobb County, was elected as an At-Large Representative. Greta Langhenry is a second-generation member of the Libertarian [...]

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An interesting column from Dennis Mikolay (the full thing can be read here): Anderson received six percent of the vote, and while he didn’t get to move into the White House, he did mobilize thousands of student activists and encouraged a disillusioned nation to vote its conscience. Some thirty years later, the American political climate [...]

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Under California law, a party needs to poll at least 2% for one of its candidates for statewide Constitutional office to retain ballot status. In 1998 the Peace & Freedom Party lost ballot status when it failed to poll 2% for any of its nominees. A voter registration drive restored the Peace & Freedom Party [...]

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