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Alabama is almost certain to be the only state with no independent or minor party candidates on the ballot this year, for any federal or state office other than president.…
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Ten Presidential Nominating Conventions Coming in August and September
By paulie on July 29, 2008 12:11 AM
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At least ten presidential nominating conventions will be held in August and September:
1. The Peace and Freedom Party meets in Sacramento, California, on August 2-3.
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Pollina runs as an independent, Vermont Progressives react
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 28, 2008 8:14 PM
Presumptive Vermont Progressive Party gubernatorial nominee Anthony Pollina announced last week that he would seek election not as the candidate of his party, but rather as an independent.…
Liberal Party picks new state chair, plots resurgence
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 28, 2008 5:41 PM
The Liberal Party of New York, which lost its 58-year ballot access streak in 2002 when Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo dropped out of the race and endorsed the Democratic Nominee, has a new State Chairman.…
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on SPUSA annual picnic
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 28, 2008 3:58 PM
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel comes an article on this past weekend’s Socialist Party USA annual picnic:
The picnic, now in its 111th year, drew about 50 people to Kern Park, where the food, of course, was potluck and the entertainment was the two-person band Eric Blowtorch and the Welders.
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Charles Jay, Frank McEnulty, Brian Moore debate
By paulie on July 25, 2008 10:21 PM
Candidates in this debate are: Brian Moore of the Socialist Party USA, Frank McEnulty of the New American Independent Party and Charles Jay of the Boston Tea Party.…
Ann Arbor Socialist is Michigan’s first ballot-qualified Green this year
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 24, 2008 5:47 PM
From a press release issued by his campaign comes news that Socialist Party of Michigan chairman Matt Erard has received the nomination of the Green Party of Michigan for the 53rd State House district.…
Communists: Don’t ‘politicize, disrupt or boycott the Beijing Olympics’
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 23, 2008 4:08 PM
The Communist Party USA has issued a statement concerning the fast approaching 2008 Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing, China. In reference to outcry from some quarters concerning China’s human rights record, often specifically focused on Tibet, the CPUSA has echoed the line of IOC President Jacques Rogge for preserving the Olympics’ tradition of political neutrality:
It is no secret that there are many who would like to do whatever is possible to undermine China’s status as a peacefully rising power.
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Socialist Party VP Stewart Alexander dismisses economic plans of Obama and McCain
By paulie on July 18, 2008 5:06 PM
It would come as little surprise that the candidate of an openly socialist party would find the economic plans of the leading candidates to be lacking.…