Press release from the Libertarian Party of Louisiana:
The Libertarian Party of Louisiana applauds the announced plans to renew diplomatic relations and discuss lifting the trade embargo between the United States and Cuba.…
Posts published in December 2014
Ballot Access News reports that the 11th Circuit Court has refused to invalidate Alabama’s March petition deadline for newly qualifying parties, and another article at Ballot Access News mentions that Alabama is among several Southern states with efforts underway to make primaries even earlier, which in Alabama would mean earlier party petition deadlines.…
Matt Funiciello
On November 4, 2014, Green Party nominee Matt Funiciello polled 11.02% for U.S. House, New York district 21. The race had a close contest between a Democrat and a Republican.…
From Jack Rasmus at the Green Shadow Cabinet website:
A new wild card has just been introduced into an already increasingly unstable global economy: a growing world glut of oil and consequent oil price deflation.…
PSL Statement posted to Liberation News:
The Party for Socialism and Liberation joins with the Cuban people and people throughout the world in expressing our jubilation over the release of the last three remaining members of the Cuban Five.…
From Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch:
Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor, Michigan is a long-time community organizer who has led resistance in this predominantly African-American community to a government subservient to the Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool corporation.…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
On December 8, Texas Representative Drew Springer (R-Muenster) introduced HB 464, which would require candidates nominated by minor party convention to pay the same filing fees that major party candidates must pay to get on a primary ballot.…
From Gina Petry in the Freedom Socialist newspaper:
Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) is pushing a proposal called “Stepping Forward” that could kick many low-income tenants out of their homes.…
By Ralph Nader at blog.nader.org:
At a recent American Antitrust Institute (AAI) symposium in Washington, D.C., I asked the presenters about the ability of cash and checks to compete with the credit card industry and its strict controls on merchants.…