By Estevan Hernandez:
In capitalist America poor children face detention
People across the country are outraged by the cruel detainment of refugee children by the U.S.…
Posts published in July 2014
From Ballot Access News:
On July 24, the “binder check” process started for the Illinois Green Party. Because the party’s petition for statewide office is being challenged, the party must supply twelve individuals who will spend all day, during weekdays, sitting in a State Elections Board office and poring over each signature that has been challenged.…
Excerpt from an article by Jill Harkins at PoliticsPA:
Nick Troiano, 25-year-old independent candidate for PA’s 10th congressional district, announced via press release today that he has collected more than the 3,600 signatures needed to be placed on the ballot in November.…
By Ralph Nader at blog.nader.org:
Most candidates run for the presidency, Governor Jerry Brown of California, however, is standing for President in 2016. Already having run unsuccessfully for President in three primaries – 1976 and 1980 when Jimmy Carter won and in 1992 when Bill Clinton won – the always interesting Brown has no intention of slogging it through the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries on this go-around.…
The Green Party of the United States is holding its Annual National Meeting at Macalester College, Friday through Sunday. From the convention website:
2014 will be the 30th anniversary of the first national get-together of Greens which was held in St.…
The Justice Party of America vehemently opposes the recent bombing and ground invasion of Gaza by the Israeli military. We support an immediate withdrawal of Israel’s ground forces from Gaza and a ceasefire by both Hamas and Israel, and we call on both governments to seek diplomatic solutions to the ongoing conflict whose primary victims have been — and will undoubtedly continue to be — unarmed citizens, mostly Palestinians.…
By David Yee
We like to believe that money isn’t everything when it comes to match-ups in the general election, but in reality it can be a pretty good indicator of who will be the last ones standing come November 4.…