On its website, the New Orleans Times-Picayune has brief profiles of Libertarian Gregory Kahn and Green Malik Rahim, both running in Saturday’s Louisiana Second District U.S. House race. The piece notes that Kahn “received less than half of 1 percent of the vote when he ran for the congressional seat two years ago” and Rahim [...]

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Have a listen at The Secret Frequency. H/T On The Wilder Side.

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Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy: Pete Karas of Racine, Wisconsin went down to New Orleans last week to volunteer for the Malik Rahim campaign. He called today from New Orleans and sent a few pictures. (Below: Pete Karas with Malik Rahim) Pete said that he has been going out daily with other [...]

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If you have not heard already, Green Party candidate for Congress in Louisiana’s second district Malik Rahim‘s campaign has launched a project to allow people all over the country – and even people outside of the US – to volunteer for it. It is a phone-banking project, but not in the traditional sense. A script, [...]

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Video Part 1 and Part 2 from WDSU (includes commercials). IPR has already extensively profiled Green Party candidate Malik Rahim, but this is our first look at Libertarian Gregory Kahn. Also participating in the debate is Republican Joseph Cao, who would like to be the first Vietnamese-American Congressman. Incumbent William Jefferson, under indictment on federal [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side Green Party congressional candidate Malik Rahim, one of the founders of Common Ground, talks a little about his home Algiers, in New Orleans. Video by Ed Mays of Seattle, Washington. Watch footage from Malik Rahim’s NW Tour on Pirate TV — viewable on channel 29/77 in King County, or [...]

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Full article here. Additional IPR coverage here. Pat LaMarche, Green Party candidate for vice president in 2004 and for governor of Maine in 2006 and author of “Left Out In America: The State of Homelessness in the United States,” writes in the Bangor News: “I’m staying just a few blocks from Jefferson Davis Parkway. His [...]

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H/T Green Ferret in Green Party Watch comments

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Posted at Black Agenda Report by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon More of IPR’s coverage of Malik Rahim here. The December 6 New Orleans congressional election isn’t just a local choice between a privatizing “minority” Republican, a notoriously corrupt Democrat and a caring, competent community organizer running on the Green Party ticket. In these times [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch Have you been wondering what you can do for the Malik Rahim Campaign? Phone Bank! Join over 50 others making calls to New Orleans area Greens and other voters to educate them about the Rahim campaign and the Dec. 6 election. It is GOTV time. How to [...]

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Posted at Malik Rahim’s website Vote on December 6th! After Gustav, the Secretary of State pushed back the election dates. There is a second closed primary on November 4th for Democrats. Following that, Dec. 6th is the general election for District 2 Congress. Here are the details from the Secretary of State’s website. Louisiana statutes [...]

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From GreenChange.org by way of Green Party Watch http://network.greenchange.org/assets/2170/Malik_Rahim_for_Congress_60_second_commercial.mp3

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Posted at On The Wilder Side Ian and I had a vision. And, the vision was much more brilliant that the video that became of it. Still, our video is mildy informative, and possibly inspirational. While Ian and I were all for Cynthia McKinney for President, we have always admired Ralph Nader. Some of the [...]

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California Greening writes: In my most recent posts, I have focused on the fact that the Democratic Party seems hell bent on returning William Jefferson to Congress from the 2nd Congressional District in Louisiana. This at a time when these same Democrats are cheering over their defeat of Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens. Both Jefferson and [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side Malik Rahim is running for Congress, with a focus on environmental peace and justice. What does this have to do with you, you say? Well, first of all, the unique election date of December 6th, gives all of us who believe in progressive values and alternative parties a genuine [...]

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Found at Op Ed News While most of the US celebrates the victory of liberalism in the November election, progressives, labor activists and radicals still have a few fights on their agenda. Among the most important is the congressional election in the Second District of Louisiana, where the election cycle was delayed by Hurricane Gustav. [...]

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From Green Party Watch comments Dear campaign supporters, Because of your help the campaign has raised almost $10,000 in ten days! I want to especially thank Green Party members from around the country. Your money has allowed us to purchase 10,000 pushcards, signs, stickers, t-shirts and a modest radio package on WBOK AM that will [...]

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From the New Pittsburgh Courier. Article by Rebecca Nuttall, forwarded to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Kimberly Wilder. Excerpt: With every wave of applause, activist Malik Rahim raised his hand to silence the crowd at the Thomas Merton Awards Dinner held Nov. 12 in the IBEW Hall on the South Side. When he did accept applause, it was [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch From Malik Rahim: Dear friends in the struggle, As you may be aware, I am seeking election to the United States House of Representatives on December 6. I apologize in advance for the impersonal nature of this letter. I wish I would have had time to call [...]

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Writing in response to the previous post, Pat LaMarche: Malik Rahim campaign needs money more than it needs volunteers right now, Les evenchick says: As a volunteer for Malik Rahim in New Orleans, I don’t understand Pat’s comment. She does not hold an official position in the campaign as far as I know. The campaign [...]

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