Original post by IPR: The Prohibition Party will be holding its 2011 National Convention on June 21, 22, 23, 2011 in Cullman, Alabama.  Individuals interested in helping to develop the Party Platform for 2012 are asked to make arrangements now to attend. Speakers include: Atty James Moore, “Governor Catts” Richard Winger, Ballot Access News Steve [...]

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From an article published Wednesday, June 8, 2011 on the Progressive Labor Party web site BROOKLYN, NY May 26 — More than one hundred students, teachers, and parents held a militant rally outside Clara Barton High School to fight an attack against two communist teachers. The protest was sparked by the principal launching an investigation [...]

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From an article by William D. Johnson posted June 3, 2011 on the blog of the American Third Position Party: Change in a society is not measured in years but in scores of years. The 1960s constituted the last noteworthy change in our country. Today, we are on the cusp of change again, dramatic, epochal [...]

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John Hospers, the first Libertarian Party presidential nominee, has passed away at the age of 93. May he RIP. Jesse Walker at Reason has the story. John Hospers, the Libertarian Party’s first presidential candidate, has died at age 93. He was both the least and most successful of the party’s nominees: His 1972 campaign received fewer popular [...]

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A new poll by Rasmussen Reports reveals nearly a third of voters dissatisfied with the current shape of the major party presidential field, and are willing to look elsewhere: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 30% of Likely U.S. Voters, given a choice between President Obama and one of the potential Republican [...]

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From an article published June 11th, 2011, on BallotAccess.org: Straight-ticket devices have been repealed, or are likely to be eliminated, in three states this year. On May 25, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed AB 7, an omnibus election law bill that eliminates the device. On June 8, the North Carolina Senate passed SB 411 by [...]

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From an article published June 12th, 2011, on BallotAccess.org: The June 6 issue of The Militant, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party, has this editorial criticizing President Obama’s new executive order that requires government contractors to reveal extension information about their political donations and other political activity. For forty years, the Socialist Workers Party [...]

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From an article published June 12th, 2011, on BallotAccess.org: Mississippi elects all of its state legislators in the odd years before presidential elections. All legislators have 4-year terms. In the 2011 election, the Libertarian, Reform, and Constitution Parties have candidates for the legislature. The Libertarians are: Harold M. Taylor, Sean Holmes, Jan “Jay” Butler, and [...]

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From an article in the Evansville Courier-Press: INDIANAPOLIS — Though the Indiana Libertarian Party has not landed a candidate for the 2012 governor’s campaign, it has identified an opening to influence the race. On social issues, the major parties’ leading candidates Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Pence and Democratic former Indiana House Speaker John Gregg take [...]

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From an article on www.SHTFPlan.com: A great interview with Jessie Ventura covering a host of issues, namely corruption within the halls of government. The only way to do it is what I advocate for now. I don’t support the third party movement anymore. I support the abolishment of all these political parties. The world is [...]

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From the Berkshire Eagle: PITTSFIELD — Mark C. Miller, the Green-Rainbow party candidate who challenged state Rep. Christopher N. Speranzo last November, formally announced he’s a contender for the seat Speranzo has to give up if he’s confirmed for the Central Berkshire District Court clerk-magistrate job. In an announcement to supporters Thursday, Miller said he [...]

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“If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one – if he had the power – would be justified in silencing mankind.” – John Stuart Mill By R. Lee Wrights BURNET, Texas (June 12) – It is popular and expedient in politics to [...]

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From an article posted on June 9, 201, on BallotAccess.org: On May 30, the Nevada legislature passed AB 81. It injures major political parties, new political parties, and independent voters. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 11-10, with all Democrats voting “yes” and all Republicans voting “no.” Governor Brian Sandoval is a [...]

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From an article posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog, June 8, 2011, by Bob Barr: The definition of “overreaching” in the next edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary could be a single sentence — “Over•reaching: see June 3, 2011 indictment of former presidential candidate and United States Senator John Edwards for alleged campaign finance violations.” Every [...]

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From an article by Linda Moss published in The Montclair Times (and on NorthJersey.com), Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Most of the 21 Montclair officials who were reported to the state for failing to file Financial Disclosure Statements have now handed in those documents, according to the Township Clerk’s Office. The Libertarian Party and John Paff, [...]

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View this message at LP.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2011 Contact: Wes Benedict, Executive Director E-mail: wes.benedict@lp.org Phone: 202-333-0008 ext. 222 Libertarians say marriage equality only one step toward ending legal discrimination WASHINGTON – While supporting steps taken over the past several years to end the unequal treatment of gays in the area of [...]

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The Obama Administration has withdrawn from the third, World Conference Against Racism, an event sponsored by the United Nations. Green Party leaders have attended past events, support this third conference, and urge President Obama to reverse his decision.

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John Jay Myers posted a Facebook message suggesting Tom Woods as a possible candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination. The post generated some interesting replies including from Tom Woods himself. Interestingly, Woods did not reject the idea out of hand. He suggested that his four young children were a barrier to a run but said [...]

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Robert Stark of the Citizens Party posted this article about drafting Frosty Wooldridge for US Congress in Colorado in 2012. Wooldridge is an anti-immigration activist who comes at it from an environmentalist perspective. The article contains Frosty’s platform.

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