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Posts published in July 2015

Nicholas Sarwark: Libertarian is our word

By on July 30, 2015 6:23 PM

Libertarian Party national chair Nicholas Sarwark via facebook:

Libertarian.

This is our word. This is a word that describes someone who believes in individual freedom to pursue happiness however one chooses as long as one doesn’t use force or fraud against another.…

Stein appears on Larry King’s RT America program

By PJO on July 30, 2015 5:06 PM

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein appeared on RT America’s Politicking with Larry King Wednesday evening.

During the 14-minute interview, Stein discussed Donald Trump’s surge in Republican primary polls, her own prospects in her second presidential run, climate change, her Green New Deal proposal, Sen.…

Marc Montoni: Gaza

By IPR Contributor on July 30, 2015 5:00 PM


Marc Montoni at Free Virginia (see embedded links at the original source):

Something that annoys me about Libertarians is that there are so many who think they know what is going on in the Middle East, but they’ve never been there.…

Sanders rules out third-party presidential run

By PJO on July 30, 2015 4:53 PM

During an appearance before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders ruled out a third-party or independent presidential run if he fails to win the Democratic nomination.…

Green Party elects two new national co-chairs, new national secretary

By PJO on July 30, 2015 4:39 PM

kremlThe Green Party announced Thursday that its new national co-chairs were elected at the party’s Annual National Meeting last weekend. The party Steering Committee consists of seven co-chairs, one secretary, and one treasurer elected to staggered two-year terms through Instant Runoff Voting.…

Fleckenstein: “A Vermont socialist’s guide to Bernie Sanders”

By Gene Berkman on July 30, 2015 4:18 PM

Published June 11, 2015 @ socialistworker.org, maintained by the International Socialist Organization:

AS I stood among the 5,000 people in Burlington, Vermont’s waterfront park while Bernie Sanders launched his Democratic presidential primary bid late last month, it was odd to hear the repeated claim that Sanders was responsible for rescuing this very parkland from rapacious developers while he was mayor of Burlington in the 1980s.…