The California Secretary of State’s office published a list of “Generally Recognized Presidential Candidates” this past Friday. These candidates are slated to appear on the March 5, 2024, presidential primary ballot and stem from a total of six different political parties: the Republican, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and American Independent Parties.…
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Two members of the Working Families Party have won seats on the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City Council following Tuesday night’s city elections. They are Kendra Brooks, who initially won in 2019 and was up for reelection, and Nicolas O’Rourke.…
Over the weekend, thousands of individuals from various political organizations gathered outside Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. The primary objective of the protest was to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war and to advocate for an end to United States foreign aid to Israel.…
The Philadelphia Democratic City Committee has recently expelled its first committeeperson for endorsing candidates affiliated with the Working Families Party in the upcoming Philadelphia City Council elections.…
The American Solidarity Party will meet in Plano, Texas, later this week for the party’s first in-person convention, where delegates are expected to discuss party business and hear from the organization’s newly selected presidential ticket.…
The Democratic Socialists of America, a caucus of self-identified socialists whose members operate primarily within the Democratic, Libertarian, and Socialist Parties, will meet later this year at an intentionally undisclosed location in Chicago for their national convention.…
Having proposed the “What Should We Do?” column, I have put the first such column up on our sister site ThirdPartyWatch.com. The column “Toward a New National Organizing Committee” proposes that it is time to advance toward a national organizing committee for a new classical liberal party.…
Late Friday afternoon, the Liberty Union Party, a self-proclaimed “non-violent socialist party” operating in Vermont, began changing its social media presence to reflect an evolution in party branding—a new name.…
Long-time civil rights activist and Boston-based community organizer Melvin H. King passed away on Tuesday evening. King was 94 years old. GBH News, a Boston local news outlet, confirmed King’s passing with his son on Tuesday evening.…