By Mark Wachtler
December 13, 2015. (ONN). In the ongoing effort to break through the US news media blackout of independent and alternative party candidates, Opposition News has launched a Candidates Page for 2016.…
Posts published in December 2015
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein appeared on Tuesday evening‘s edition of RT’s “Watching the Hawks” to discuss how women are scrutinized and objectified in American politics.…
By Ralph Nader at blog.nader.org:
It is not often that Democratic and Republican insurgent candidates for President achieve such prominence and maintain staying power against the establishment “pols” of the two party duopoly that manages elections for the plutocracy that finances campaigns.…
Chuck Baldwin posted this to his Facebook page today. Mr. Baldwin was the Presidential nominee for the Constitution Party in 2008, and the nominee for vice-president for that party in 2004.…
From Libertarian Party email blast:
Thinking about running for office in 2016?
Deadlines coming soon in some states!
Texas: December 14 (Today!)
North Carolina: December 21
Mississippi: January 8
Maryland: February 3
Alabama: March 1
Nebraska: March 1
If you plan to run in one of these states, contact your state party ASAP!…
From the Socialist Alternative website:
“Everybody that stood with Mayor Hodges is not part of the solution, they’re part of the problem.” – NAACP President, Nekima Levy-Pounds
Solidarity statement from Socialist Alternative Minnesota
UPDATE, 12/3/15: Around 4:00 AM this morning, police forcibly evicted the protest encampment around the 4th Precinct, tearing apart what had become a symbolic center of community and resistance for the previous 18 days since Jamar Clark was killed on November 15th.…
From Jill Stein via email blast:
I wanted to report back to you after an intense week in Paris, where the global community was gathered for the COP21 UN Climate Summit.…
The Mississippi Secretary of State has approved the Prohibition Party’s request to be a qualified party in that state. The 2016 election will be the first election since 1896 in which the Prohibition Party’s presidential candidate has appeared on the Mississippi ballot.
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The American Independent Party, which is on the ballot in California but no other state, will let independent voters vote in its presidential primary in 2016.…