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Posts published in December 2015

Jill Stein issues final statement from COP21

“The United Nations climate summit (COP21) has failed to take the action necessary to prevent global climate catastrophe,” said Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as she prepared to depart Paris, where she had participated in several COP-related events.…

Amanda Swafford Becomes an Independent

H/T Peach Pundit:

Amanda Swafford, former Flowery Branch, GA city councilwoman and 2014 Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Amanda Swafford has left the Libertarian Party to become an independent.…

The Militant: Celebrate the Political Life of Frank Forrestal

From The Militant:

Frank Forrestal, 61, a member of the Socialist Workers Party National Committee, died of cancer Dec. 1 in Minneapolis.

Over four decades, Forrestal, above left during 2014 reporting trip to Turkey, shouldered many leadership responsibilities in the party printshop, on the Militant staff, in defense of the Cuban Revolution and in trade union activity.…