Calling the police actions both brutal and unprovoked, the Peace and Freedom Party has condemned the beating of Contra Costa, California Central Committee member Barry Burgess at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota:
“Barry Burgess was handing out literature for Peace and Freedom presidential candidate Ralph Nader (and) was the subject of an unprovoked attack by [...]
PFP condemns police violence against Committeeman/activist
September 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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Socialist Alexander hopes to convene national labor conference
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Socialist Party USA vice presidential nominee Stewart Alexander is calling for a national conference on labor, he writes at Indymedia. He says he “is hoping that plans for such a conference would begin with the Socialist Party USA and the Peace and Freedom Party; he has membership with the two socialist parties. Alexander would also [...]
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Socialist Action: ‘Vote Socialist’
August 28th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Socialist Action has told given its take on the 2008 elections in two articles, one entitled The 2008 Elections: The Socialist View and the other The 2008 Elections: Does it Pay to Back the ‘Lesser Evil’.
The Socialist View could apply to any given election, defining them in terms of class interests. It focuses [...]
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Nader’s PFP Acceptance Speech is Online
August 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Earlier this month, Ralph Nader was nominated by the Peace and Freedom Party of California. That is how he achieved ballot access in California, and Nader will be on the Peace and Freedom Party ballot there, instead of being listed as an independent. A video of his acceptance speech was posted by polidocproductions on YouTube. [...]
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It’s official: Cindy Sheehan is on the ballot to challenge Speaker Pelosi
August 12th, 2008 · 15 Comments
Ballot Access News reports that Cindy Sheehan got only a couple of hundred more valid signatures than required, placing her officially on the ballot.
The Sheehan campaign collected about 20,000 raw signatures, after a last minute push.
San Francisco election officials today certified Cindy Sheehan for the November ballot against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She had [...]
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Sheehan secures ballot access
August 8th, 2008 · 37 Comments
Independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan has secured her place on the ballot to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s 8th House district. A message sent to supporters minutes ago details the scope of the effort:
There has been an overwhelming and unprecedented show of support among San Francisco voters for the Sheehan campaign’s progressive [...]
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Nader submits signatures in Iowa as PFP candidate
August 7th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Ballot Access News informs us that independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader has petitioned for the ballot in Iowa using the Peace and Freedom label. Nader became the official nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party last weekend at the Californian state party’s convention in Sacramento.
The development bodes well for the PFP’s planned re-expansion adopted [...]
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Natural Law Party puts Ralph Nader on Michigan ballot
August 5th, 2008 · 11 Comments
Close on the heels of his victory in California, where the Peace and Freedom Party just put Nader on the ballot, the Natural Law Party of Michigan just did the same. Ballot Access News reports:
On July 30, 2008, the Michigan Natural Law Party nominated Ralph Nader for president, and submitted the needed paperwork. Nader is [...]
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Nader wins Peace and Freedom nomination
August 2nd, 2008 · 29 Comments
The Peace and Freedom Party has selected independent candidate Ralph Nader and his runningmate Matt Gonzalez as its 2008 presidential ticket. According to the PFP’s homepage, “Both nominees agree with the fundamentals of the P & F platform and bring with them a strong combination of experience, credibility, and legislative accomplishment.”
According to liveblogging on [...]
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Photos from Peace and Freedom Convention
August 2nd, 2008 · 8 Comments
“Alice” posted this link at Ballot Access News. She reports that it is an index of photographs from the Peace and Freedom Party convention underway this weekend in California.
Also covering the convention is Babbette Hogan of Polidoc Productions. She is filming and hopes to have video up at some point.
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