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Posts published in July 2015

Kailyn Nicholson: Big Business Funding Opposition to Sawant

From Kailyn Nicholson at the Socialist Alternative website:

From the spreading of the 15 Now campaign across the country to being featured in The Nation and Democracy Now as well as receiving endorsements from national figures like Chris Hedges and Jill Stein, it’s clear that Kshama Sawant’s brand of uncompromisingly pro-worker, independent leadership is inspiring to people across the country.…

Virginia Special Legislative Election Results

lambert15From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:

On July 21, Virginia held a special election for Delegate, 74th district, in the Richmond area. The vote: Democrat Lamont Bagby 2,192 votes; independent candidate David Lambert 398 votes.…

Libertarian Party Poll: What Religion are Libertarians?

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From a Libertarian Party email blast:

The First Amendment to the Constitution says “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.…

Sad News: Leroy Pletten

2004 and 2008 Prohibition Party vice presidential candidate Leroy John Pletten passed away on April 23, 2015. He was 68.

The National Prohibitionist reports that Pletten was born on November 29, 1946 to parents Einard and Velora Pletten in Tyler, MN.…

Stein to address rally at Ferguson Police Department Saturday

360px-Jill_Stein_OWS_S17Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will address a rally outside the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department Saturday afternoon.

In a statement, Stein said, “We are inspired by, and are learning from, the words and deeds of the young activists leading the Black Lives Matter movement.…

Elected Libertarian blocks blight ordinance

LP.org blog:

Joshua KatzAt the July meeting of the Planning Commission in Westbrook, Connecticut, to which Libertarian Joshua Katz was elected in 2013, the Commission received a referral from the Selectman, asking it to approve a proposed Blight Ordinance to proceed to a town meeting.…