From Democracy Now!, by way of On The Wilder Side
DAVE ZIRIN: I was speaking to [former Green Party Congressional candidate] Malik Rahim, who I know you’ve had on your show before, a former Black Panther Party member, someone who has been a community activist in New Orleans for thirty years. And I asked him about [...]

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From the Bayou Buzz (h/t to Daily Kos):
Congressman Joseph “Anh”Cao, a Republican, who defeated William “Bill” Jefferson [and Malik Rahim - Ross] is facing a recall petition because of his vote on the Barack Obama stimulus package. The recall has been initiated by a group of ministers.

Cao had indicated that he would [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Babette Hogan. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Originally published at polidoc by Babette Hogan.

This year, we have seen at least two unlikely political newcomers attempt to enter their respective Black Caucuses. One is a newly elected “pro-environmental” “Republican” person of Vietnamese descent in New Orleans, Louisiana, Joseph Cao. The other is [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side. Previous IPR coverage of Malik Rahim.

Dear Supporters of Malik,
We greatly appreciate all the hard work that everyone did for the campaign. However, just when we thought things were over, we discovered that due to an accounting error, the campaign owes $3,700 in unpaid debts to printers and a [...]

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Posted to IPR by Paulie

Video found on the front page of the Green Party national webpage (Gp.org) and at Green Party Watch.

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Video thanks to deesigns at Green Party Watch.

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Posted at On The Wider Side
Dear Supporters of Malik Rahim for Congress:
Thank you for your hard work, monetary contributions, and dedication to Malik’s Green Party Congressional campaign. As Malik Rahim’s campaign manager, I really cannot thank you enough! As you have probably heard, Malik did not win in the 2nd Louisiana Congressional District election held [...]

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The Secretary of State’s website shows updated vote totals.
In Congressional District 2, the votes received by Green Malik Rahim and Libertarian Gregory Kahn made up more than the margin of difference between indicted Democratic incumbent “Dollar” Bill Jefferson and congressman-elect Joseph Cao.
Of course, this does not mean that the election would have turned [...]

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Several alternative candidates were on the ballot in two Saturday U.S. House races in Louisiana.
In the Second District race, won by Republican Anh Cao, Green Malik Rahim received 1,880 votes (2.8%) and Libertarian Gregory Kahn 548 votes (0.8%).
In the Fourth District, where Republican John Fleming seems to have won by a plurality of 356 votes, [...]

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See here and here.
Highlight:
Good news in just the title of the latest AP story. There are pages of google news articles from media outlets that published the AP headline: “Indicted Louisiana congressman tries to get re-elected” (That refers to Malik’s opponent, the Democrat incumbent who is facing corruption charges, partly for having $90,000 [...]

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Malik Rahim is running as a Green for Congress in Louisiana’s 2nd district, which encompasses much of New Orleans. He was previously a Black Panther and founded Common Ground in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It was the first organization after the hurricane to help people get back on their feet, and eventually [...]

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According to the Louisiana Secretary of State,

Voting Hours Are From 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Louisiana’s elections laws provide for voting on election day at designated polling places from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
A Reminder to Voters – Take Picture ID to Polls
When you go to the polls to cast your vote in an election, [...]

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By Jason Neville in The Indypendent
In the years following the collapse of the federal levees after Hurricane Katrina, activist Malik Rahim was busy organizing one of the most influential recovery organizations in the Gulf South. The organization he founded and currently leads, Common Ground Collective, was gutting houses and providing medical and legal services [...]

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Posted at New Orleans IndyMedia by “VoteMalik”. IPR does not know whether the author is officially connected to the Rahim campaign or speaks on its behalf at this time.
Bias and Media Distortion in the Times-Picayune
All of the Times-Picayune articles on the December 6 race attempt to margninalize the Malik Rahim campaign. “Candidates offer alternative [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side

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