Malik Rahim has been widely report on by IPR, but his congressional district is not the only one whose election has been delayed to December 6th.…
Posts published in December 2008
Socialist Workers Party mayoral candidates kickoff campaigns in NYC, LA
By Fred Church Ortiz on December 3, 2008 7:34 PM
Two Socialist Workers Party members are launching mayoral campaigns in major cities in preparation for looming 2009 municipal elections:
NEW YORK—The Socialist Workers Party here has nominated Dan Fein, a sewing machine operator, as its candidate in the 2009 mayoral race.
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Green Tony Palmeri running for reelection in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
By paulie on December 3, 2008 4:32 PM
Posted at Talk To Tony
If the voters bring me back, I would be honored to serve another term on the Oshkosh Common Council. If there are enough candidates, a primary will be held on February 17, 2009.
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On The Wilder Side: ‘Tell everyone to Vote Malik Rahim on Dec 6!’
By paulie on December 3, 2008 4:06 PM
Published at On The Wilder Side:
ELECTION WEEK What you can do to help
The campaign is shifting to high gear. We have placed 800 lawn signs, 260 t-shirts, expanded our radio ads, and the campaign is featured on three digital billboards.
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LBJ-era Attorney General headlines PSL’s National Conference on Socialism
By Fred Church Ortiz on December 3, 2008 4:00 PM
The Party for Socialism and Liberation will be holding a “Fight Back” conference at the University of California Los Angeles this weekend, apparently as both a primer for newcomers and an organizational session for stalwarts eager to move forward past the campaign season:
Food and gas prices are skyrocketing worldwide, the environment is being destroyed, and the sharp economic recession has thrown millions of workers out of their jobs and onto the streets.
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Boston Tea Party: ‘Do we live in a police state?’ Part II
By paulie on December 3, 2008 3:51 PM
Video by Todd Andrew Barnett. Part one is here.…
On The Wilder Side: Will Malik Rahim’s election to Congress on 12/6/08 spark a revolution?
By paulie on December 3, 2008 3:12 PM
The Wilders quote an article in the Huffington Post:
Shahid Buttar: Defending Liberty: How to Shift the Center
Elect Malik Rahim to Congress on December 6 (or Donate to His Campaign)
The greatest near-term opportunity for progressives around the country is the December 6 congressional election in New Orleans.
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Saxby Chambliss wins with support from some libertarians, but not all
By paulie on December 3, 2008 2:53 PM
David Nalle reports at Blog Critics Magazine:
Chambliss ended up in a runoff largely because of Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley who drew 3.41 percent of the vote, more than enough to push Chambliss from 49.75 percent to well over 50 percent and victory.
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Ralph Nader: We need a global carbon tax
By paulie on December 3, 2008 2:04 PM
Posted in the Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal
By RALPH NADER and TOBY HEAPS
If President Barack Obama wants to stop the descent toward dangerous global climate change, and avoid the trade anarchy that current approaches to this problem will invite, he should take Al Gore’s proposal for a carbon tax and make it global.
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