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Posts published in December 2013

Riley Hood: Welcome To “Pottersville”

Riley Hood

 

I would normally refrain from posting any writings of Mr. Hood’s as I find it to be offensive and unfit for publication here on IPR; however, I felt this piece needed to be viewed as Mr.

Pat Dixon Responds to Richard Whittaker in Austin Chronicle: Libertarians Are Not ‘Far Right’

Following a 20 December 2013 article by Mr. Whittaker titled “Third-Party Candidates Lining Up Again: It’s still busy at the bottom of the ticket”

available HERE

Libertarian Party of Texas State Chair Pat Dixon responded with a letter titled “Libertarians Are Not ‘Far right’

Pat writes, in part:

“Anyone who labels the Libertarian Party as “far-right” hasn’t seen the Nolan Chart or our platform.…

More Discussion of Gains for the Libertarian Movement

This site exists for the discussion of third parties, which includes the Libertarian Party, the Green Party, Independent American Party, and many others. However, there are more and more discussions popping up in the alternative media and sometimes the mainstream media that the libertarian movement, or “era”, is getting more attention.…

Australia: How a faulty fax machine threatens the micro-party alliance

While many Americans decry the disadvantages that the winner-take-all plurality voting system creates for alternative parties and independents, this article posted at sexparty.org.au talks about the issues faced by alternative parties under Australia’s ranked choice party alliance system:

Article by JACKSON STILES

The micro-party alliance enjoyed success at the September federal election, but it now faces threats from electoral reform and a bitter spat that erupted over a dodgy fax machine.…