From Michael Kwiatkowski at FireDogLake via TPID: I’m going to be attending a meeting of the Northeast Ohio Green Party on the 18th of January. We’ll be discussing strategies for future elections in Ohio, particularly Northeast Ohio. This is especially important in light of the GOP’s efforts to remove two of Ohio’s Democrats from Congress [...]

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TPID: Former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, Richard Mack, will be a featured speaker at the Spring 2011 Constitution Party national meeting in Pennsylvania.  In a statement by Mack reproduced at the Constitution Party discussion forum, Mack argues that “the greatest threat we face today is not terrorists; it is our own federal government.”  From [...]

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Via TPID: Wes Benedict, Executive Director of the Libertarian National Committee, recently gave a speech at a conference entitled “The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures.” The Libertarian Party blog has republished Benedict’s comments in full. Given at “The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures” January 6, [...]

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Liberty Point: The NC Libertarian Party has issued a statement condemning the Sept. 24, 2010 raids by FBI agents on the homes of 14 anti-war activists in Minneapolis and other cities. They also called the issuance of grand jury subpoenas in the investigations a “fishing expedition” designed to justify prosecution of anti-war activism. “It is [...]

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TPID: A press release published at the Mabinogogiblog: For a month, the Tunisian people, young and old have been attacked by their police force (led by General Boudrigua) and commanded by the President of the Republic in person, across the country. A bloody confrontation leaving 65 dead, hundreds injured and over 3,000 arrested. Today, during [...]

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On The Wilder Side: Distributed by the Green Party of the United States. Press release by Georgia Green Party http://www.georgiagreenparty.org. Saturday, January 8th, 2011 For further information, contact: Bruce Dixon / bdixon AT GeorgiaGreenParty DOT org Press Secretary, Georgia Green Party Coalition Claims Retaliatory Violence by Georgia Prison Staff, Seeks Continued Access to Prisons to [...]

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Cindy Sheehan at Al Jazeera by way of Dandelion Salad and On The Wilder Side: My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency [...]

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From Another Green World via On The Wilder Side: The London Guantánamo Campaign will hold a silent vigil to mark the 9th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo Bay on Tuesday, 11 January 2011, from 1-2pm, at the top of Trafalgar Square (opposite the National Gallery). All London MPs and MEPs have been invited. Green [...]

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By Ralph Nader at Nader.org: Dear President Obama: The sentiments expressed in this letter may have more meaning more for you now that the results of the mid-term elections are clear. You have seen what can happen when a number of your supporters lose their enthusiasm and stay home or do not actively participate as [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: 2010 was a roller coaster year for the Green Party. Mid-term elections proved voter dissatisfaction with the Democrats in power, but the media-darling Tea Party Movement drove voters to reactionary candidates, not helping Greens at the polls. International Greens saw successes in the United Kingdom, Australia, and [...]

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Chuck Baldwin resumes live streaming his Sunday messages THIS Sunday, January 16, 2011, at approximately 2:25pm MDT. To view the live stream from Liberty Fellowship in Kalispell, Montana, this Sunday (and every Sunday at approximately 2:25pm MDT),click here: http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?page_id=17

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  Amid the current political malaise, many have been speculating that a viable third party will rear its head in 2012. According to Ralph Nader, this “dark horse” might not be a new party at all but a coalition of existing lawmakers. What he foresees is a new dynamic in American politics, one where libertarian-conservatives [...]

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Ballot Access News reports: The Pennsylvania Green Party, and the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party, both had legislative candidates in 2010 who set new records for each of those parties in legislative campaigns in that state. The Green Party nominee for State House, 194th district, Hugh Giordano, received 18.50% of the vote in a race that also [...]

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By reader request, I’m putting up a new open thread for readers to post news tips (you can also send them to contact.ipr@gmail.com and CC iprtwo at googlegroups.com). I’ll just copy and past the text from the previous thread explaining what this is about: The moderators here at IPR have noticed an influx of links [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com Senator Joshua Miller (D – Cranston) and Rep. John G. Edwards (D – Portsmouth, Tiverton), plan on introducing legislation that would replace the current criminal penalty for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana with a simple civil fine. “This would end the current practice of wasting OUR R.I.tax dollars on [...]

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Originally posted at Green Party Watch: From the GPMI Newsletter, upcoming State & Local Party meetings and events: Detroit Greens are teaming up with Greens in the tri-county area for Metro Detroit Greens Meetings. These meetings give us an opportunity to build on the networking, connections and solidarity we developed in the 2010 elections. WHAT: [...]

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The full thing is posted at OpEdNews.com: These are the issues I wish to address first.  Fix the intake processes.  Fix the system so that valuable new members are treated with the respect and care they deserve.  This is job one (a decade late, but hey, I have no standing to start tinkering with someone else’s [...]

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From the Stamford Daily: If you live in state Senate District 27, you might get a visitor this weekend asking for your help. Stamford resident Rolf Maurer wants to fill the seatvacated by Andrew McDonald, and he plans to canvass the community this weekend. Not only will he distribute leaflets, he’ll also seek signatures for [...]

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From the Times-Tribune: Spring Brook Twp. Supervisor Harry Blumer, 70, died Thursday while visiting the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, longtime friend and fellow township Supervisor Jack Flyte confirmed Friday afternoon. The two, who had known each other since childhood, went to the Farm Show to attend the governor’s annual luncheon, said Mr. Flyte. Afterward, [...]

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Potential 2012 Presidential candidate (see below) and one time potential Reform Party candidate, Donald Trump, was recently on Morning Joe. (This seems to be from late November, but I was only recently alerted to it.) He touches on many issues including trials for terrorists, China, North Korea, our defense of South Korea, and the Korea [...]

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