An interesting article from DownEast.com: Neils has been making a name for himself all over Maine for going on two decades now. An early member (and eventual co-chair) of the nascent Green Party in the mid-90s, he soon tired of the glacial pace of conventional politics, turning instead to direct activism via Earth First!, which [...]

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Ballot Access News: On January 25, New Mexico Representative Andy Nunez changed his registration from “Democratic” to “independent.” He did so because he had been removed as chair of the Water and Natural Resources Committee. Nunez lost his chairmanship because he opposed Speaker Ben Lujan for another term as speaker. But Lujan was re-elected speaker [...]

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Ralph Nader at Nader.org: New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo will be judged harshly by history if he doesn’t reverse his position supporting limiting the legal rights of brain damaged babies. Imagine a life-time $250,000 cap on pain and suffering and families having to endure a burdensome and humiliating struggle to get medical bills paid [...]

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Staff at LP blog: Libertarian candidate Muir Boda, running for the Salisbury City Council in Maryland, placed fourth in the March 1 primary. He will advance to the general election on April 5. Boda is vice-chair of the Maryland LP. Visit Muir Boda’s campaign website.

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Staff at LP blog: The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is offering free summer seminars on liberty. IHS writes: This summer we have 12 seminars on both topical issues and careers, including two graduate student research seminars. Faculty this year includes philosopher David Schmidtz, Radley Balko of Reason, economist Steven Horwitz, and many others. More [...]

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From the Foothills Media Group: CANTON — Canton resident Ben Holden is seeking the Green Party nomination so that he can run for the Canton Board of Selectmen in November. Some of the items topping Holden’s platform include the building of two hydroelectric dams, an electric charging station, and issues with the current board of [...]

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Socialism.com: In the state Capitol buildings and streets of the Midwest, unionists, other workers, and students are heroically resisting the attempt by politicians and employers to resolve the economic crisis at a deadly cost to working people. Protesters lit the flame in Wisconsin, where they have continuously occupied the Capitol since February 14 in a [...]

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A statement by the Party for Socialism and Liberation FEBRUARY 28, 2011 In the last few hours, the Pentagon has repositioned naval and air forces directly off Libya’s coast in preparation for an escalated military intervention against the government there. In recent days, the United States, United Nations Security Council, Britain, and the European Union [...]

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For those of you who missed the live broadcast, Grotto Radio has an archive of Tuesday’s night’s show with Debra Dedmon of Libertarians for Saving Nevada Brothels (see facebook page) and Susan Lopez of Sex Workers Outreach Project. Among other things, they discussed Harry Reid’s call to ban brothels in Nevada’s rural counties as well [...]

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by Steve Kubby on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 8:37am The ink is barely dry on our preliminary draft of our initiative and we are already a serious subject of an editorial by the Orange County Register, a conservative newspaper based in the most conservative part of Southern California. We all understand that So Cal [...]

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Source: Al Jazeera The Peace and Freedom Party looks forward to the success of popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, and in Madison, Wisconsin. We urge participation in actions in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin and elsewhere. People of North Africa and the Middle East can and must create their own democratic [...]

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by Andrea Pason, Co-Chair Socialist Party USA and Kristin Schall, Chair NYC Local Access to high quality, affordable healthcare in the US continues to be an obstacle for many Americans. Amidst this, Planned Parenthood has been a haven for a diverse community of women seeking women’s health services. From birth control to prenatal care, Planned [...]

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Two updates regarding The Republican Wall of Shame ad project: First, from the LP blog: So far donors have contributed or pledged the amounts below toward our proposed "Republican Wall of Shame" ad. If we reach $5,000 by 11:59 p.m. on March 4, we plan to proceed with the ad project. Please note, the total [...]

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Wes Benedict at LP blog: The Institute for Humane Studies produced a two-minute video featuring Harvard Professor Jeffrey A. Miron. The video, "What it means to be a libertarian" does  an excellent job explaining the difference between libertarians, conservatives, and liberals. Jeffrey A. Miron is senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies in economics at [...]

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Via email and LP blog: Libertarian National Committee member Wayne Allyn Root has been honored by being named the host of the Welcome Event at the 2011 FreedomFest in Las Vegas. Here’s part of the press release from Root for America on this honor: “. . . . I wanted to invite my thousands of [...]

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March 6 marks the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo back in 1836. For more than 13 days, 186 brave and determined patriots withstood Santa Anna’s seasoned army of over 4,000 troops. To a man, the defenders of that mission fort knew they would never leave those ramparts alive. They had several opportunities to [...]

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Here is the other meeting Ricardo Davis refers to in the letter below: Date: April 9 Time: 9:00 am Location: The Pastime Grill Street: 208 Main Street City State Zip: Barnesville GA 30204 Informational Note: Lamar County is a fairly rural county about half-way between Atlanta and Macon.

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Here is one of the meetings Ricardo Davis mentions in the letter below: Date: Saturday March 12, 2011 Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am Location: Covenant Presbyterian Church Street: 1420 Rock Springs Rd City State Zip: Buford GA 30519 Informational Note: Gwinnett is a very populous Metropolitan Atlanta county. It has traditionally been a Republican stronghold [...]

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You won’t hear or see it in the mainstream media, but just check out the comments on many mainstream news websites. What are people saying? “There ain’t a dime’s bit of difference between the Republicans and the Democrats.” People everywhere are starting to figure out that no matter what party takes control of the White [...]

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From a Constitution Party of Georgia e-mail: Title: Chairman Davis will be speaking at The Founding Fathers Tea Party Patriots Date: Thursday March 3, 2011 Time: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Location: Golden Corral restaurant on Riverside Parkway in Lawrenceville, Georgia Street: 2155 Riverside Parkway City State Zip: Lawrenceville GA 30044 Notes: Riverside Parkway is [...]

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