Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


Peace and Freedom Party Calls For Resignation of SF Pride President

May 13th, 2013 · No Comments

Posted on May 9, 2013 by the Communications Committee Introduction Peace and Freedom has long supported Bradley Manning and all other whistleblowers and political prisoners. They’s why we were pleased to learn of of the SF Pride Electoral College’s selection of Army Private First Class Bradley Manning  be a grand marshal of the 2013 San [...]

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Rocky Anderson Comments on Peace and Freedom Party Convention

August 13th, 2012 · 18 Comments

In an e-mail, Justice Party presidential nominee, former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson had this to say about his decision to skip the Peace and Freedom Party convention last week, despite having won its primary in June: It was apparent to me that the trip to California and attendance at the convention would be [...]

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Peace & Freedom Party Nominates Roseanne Barr-Cindy Sheehan Presidential Ticket

August 5th, 2012 · 32 Comments

As reported on Ballot Access News, the socialist Peace & Freedom Party has nominated comedienne Roseanne Barr for president and selected anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan as her running mate at the party’s August 4 convention. The presidential nomination was completed after two ballots since Barr did not receive a majority in the first round of voting. In [...]

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California Presidential Third Party Primary Results – Ongoing

June 5th, 2012 · 20 Comments

With 11.1% reporting in the California presidential primaries, here are the results so far. In the American Independent Party primary, Laurie Roth is leading the pack with 38.8%. Edward Noonan is right behind her with 38.6%. Mad Max Riekse is third with 22.6%. Over 13,500 votes have been counted thus far. This primary is non-binding [...]

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Presidential Candidates Seeking Peace & Freedom Party Nomination Answer Questionnaires

April 24th, 2012 · 8 Comments

The Peace and Freedom Party of California has a presidential primary coming up in which four candidates are competing. Those candidates recently filled out and turned in questionnaires  to the Los Angeles County Central Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party. Stephen Durham of New York, the Presidential candidate of the Freedom Socialist Party, offers [...]

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Third Party Voter Registration Statistics in NV, CA, AK, and NY

December 12th, 2011 · 12 Comments

Nevada’s most recent voter registration statistics were posted in October of 2011. Green Party: 3,033 (0.27%) Independent American Party: 51,535 (4.55%) Libertarian Party: 7,111 (0.63%) Non-Partisan: 181,960 (16.05%) Other: 3,945 (0.35%)   California’s most recent voter registration statistics are from February 2011. American Independent Party: 417,567 (2.43%) Green Party: 113,118 (0.66%) Libertarian Party: 92,246 (0.54%) [...]

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Peace and Freedom Party National Organizing Committee Meets This Weekend

December 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Peace and Freedom Party has been a ballot-qualified third party in California since 1968 (with a brief exception from 1999-2003). The party has, for a few decades, existed almost solely within the borders of California. However, when the party first began it was national in scope, though never more powerful anywhere else than in [...]

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Party for Socialism and Liberation Announces Presidential Ticket

December 2nd, 2011 · 4 Comments

Richard Winger reports over at Ballot Access News that the Party for Socialism and Liberation has announced their Presidential ticket. Last month, the Party for Socialism and Liberation announced that it will run Peta Lindsay for President, and Yari Osorio for Vice-President. This will be the party’s second presidential campaign. In 2008, it ran Gloria [...]

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Peace and Freedom Party: Occupy Wall Street!

October 2nd, 2011 · 50 Comments

The Peace and Freedom Party issued the following statement on September 24, 2011. To download this statement as a flyer to print and distribute click here. Peace and Freedom Party of California, the only working class, feminist-socialist party on the ballot in California, expresses our solidarity with the activists participating in the Occupation of Wall [...]

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Kathy Labriola: ‘Confessions of a War Tax Resister: Trying not to Pay for War’

March 8th, 2011 · 14 Comments

Posted on the Peace and Freedom Party homepage By Kathy Labriola Published on April 15, 2005 in The Partisan Number 20 I am proud to be a Peace and Freedom Party member since 1975. I joined because of the word “peace.” I have been a war tax resister since 1978. I have tried to obstruct [...]

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Peace and Freedom Party: Statement on Popular Uprisings

March 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment

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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Peace and Freedom Party: Solidarity with Wisconsin’s Workers and Students

February 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Posted on February 22, 2011 by the State Executive Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party: The Peace and Freedom Party stands in solidarity with Wisconsin’s worker and student demonstrations. We demand: * The Wisconsin Legislature kill the bill that would deny collective bargaining to state workers * Governor Walker refrain from calling in the [...]

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