9:00 a.m. Convene/ Credentials Report/
Adopt Program
9:05 a.m. Officers and Working Committee Reports: Chair , Northern Vice Chair, Southern California Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Committees
10:15 a.m.…
Posts published in April 2011
LPCA Convention Opens Today!
By Bruce Cohen on April 8, 2011 10:58 AM
From the LPCA Website:
Friday
Afternoon
| NOTE: Times below are approximate, depending on delegates’ decisions to amend the agenda. | ||
| Time | Event | Other Info |
| Noon | Platform Committee Meeting | Tahoe C and D |
| After Platform Committee Meeting | Bylaws Committee Meeting | Tahoe C and D |
Evening
| Time | Event | Other Info |
| 5:00 p.m. |
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Research on Obama’s election, Democrats, third parties, and the anti-war movement
By Kimberly Wilder on April 8, 2011 10:13 AM
Pull quote: “For members of third parties, holding radical political attitudes had a significant, positive effect on the likelihood that they would attend antiwar rallies. They also had a more negative view of Obama’s handling of Iraq, compared to Democrats, nonparty members and even Republicans.”…
Green Party joins April 9th rally against the wars
By Kimberly Wilder on April 8, 2011 6:39 AM
posted at the Green Party of New York State website:
Rally Against the Wars, April 9th, NYC – Join the Green Party
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
March & Rally Union Square
14 St & Broadway, NY City
April 9, 2011, Noon
[A project of]
The United National AntiWar Committee
The Green contingent will meet at 11:30 AM in front of “Babies-R-Us” on the east side of Union Square.…
Green Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and progressive city council coalition defeat casino proposal
By Ross Levin on April 7, 2011 5:43 PM
An email from Gayle McLaughlin, the Green mayor with the largest constituency in the US, from Richmond, California:
Dear Friends,
At 12:30 a.m. this morning (after a long City Council meeting that started at 6:30 pm last night), we approved a resolution to discontinue consideration of a casino use for Point Molate.…
Sundwall:”Who’s Paul Ventura?”
By Gene Berkman on April 7, 2011 2:56 PM
Eric Sundwall writes at The Examiner about the possibility of Ron Paul & Jesse Ventura as the LP ticket in 2012:
It’s been a few days since the idea of the Ron Paul – Jesse Ventura ticket was floated by none other than the flamboyant ex-Minnesota Governor himself.…
LP Blog:Libertarian Andrew Gray elected to Topeka City Council
By Gene Berkman on April 7, 2011 2:40 PM
The Libertarian Party blog reports:
Andrew Gray was elected to the city council of Topeka, Kansas on April 5. Gray is the State Chair of the Libertarian Party of Kansas.…
John Jay Myers: An Open Letter to Democrats
By Jill Pyeatt on April 7, 2011 11:26 AM
So you are feeling a little let down? You probably voted for Democrats because you were tired of the endless wars, Gitmo, torture, the Patriot Act and the bad name the Republicans were giving the United States.…
LP Candidate Collett: Drug War Death Counter
By Marc Montoni on April 7, 2011 10:15 AM
For immediate release
Steve Collett <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:02 PM
Death Counter Reports Consequences in Mexico of United States’ War on Drugs
A most horrifying result of the U.S.…