From Mark Wachtler at Opposition News:
As more Americans slowly move from the political center to one of the two extremes, the groups and people on the far left and right gain strength, supporters and power.…
Posts published in January 2015
From Alice Slater at the Green Shadow Cabinet website:
Global Momentum is building for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons! While the world has banned chemical and biological weapons, there is no explicit legal prohibition of nuclear weapons, although the International Court of Justice ruled unanimously that there is an obligation to bring to a conclusion negotiations for their total elimination.…
Portland Oregon: In the attached 126 page “RESPONDENT / CROSS-APPELLANT LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF OREGON’S ANSWERING BRIEF, SUPPLEMENTAL EXCERPT OF RECORD, AND CROSSOPENING BRIEF” filed yesterday, 31 December 2014, in the Clackamas County Oregon Circuit Court in response to the “Appeal from the General Judgment of Dismissal” entered on October 25, 2013, and the “Supplemental Judgment” entered on May 30, 2014, by Oregon Political Action Committee 16869 (which is also doing business as “The Libertarian Party of Oregon”), Defendants (Wes Wagner, Harry Joe Taylor, Mark Vetanen, Bruce Knight, Richard Skyba, Jeff Weston, the Libertarian Party of Oregon), among other things, through their attorneys, quote President Thomas Jefferson and petition the Court to reconsider its prior denial of their request for reimbursement of attorney fees.…
From the Freedom Socialist Party national office:
Dear Friend,
We wish you a happy and revolutionary new year!
It looks like stormy weather ahead in 2015.…
From the American Freedom Party website:
As we approach the New Year, our nation’s youth face challenges from every possible direction. Immigration is at an all time high, lowering the number of jobs available in the labor market.…
From Walter Smolarek at Liberation News, newspaper of the PSL:
Taking a break from his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, President Obama gave a speech at a Marine base claiming that “Next week, we will be ending our combat mission in Afghanistan.”…
Our monthly open thread. Post news tips about alt parties and independent candidates, discuss any story that should be posted here but has not yet been posted, or even delve into completely off-topic stuff….just…