Happy New Year!
As part of our mission to promote awareness and mature discussions of third parties and independent candidates, Independent Political Report hosts a monthly open thread.…
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Former President Donald Trump has piqued interest after sharing an article last week exploring the possibility of a third party presidential bid in 2024. The write-up, titled “The Coming Split” and produced by Dan Gelernter of American Greatness, was shared by Trump on his Truth Social account with no comment.…
The first Black woman to be nominated as a Presidential candidate has died.
Charlene Mitchell, 92, died on December 14 in Manhattan. Mitchell was the 1968 Presidential candidate of the Communist Party, receiving just over 1,000 votes and finishing 11th among nominated candidates.…
The People’s Party and the Libertarian Party will organize a collaborative anti-war rally outside the Lincoln Memorial early in the new year. The event, announced by organizers as Rage Against the War Machine, is scheduled for February and focuses on several issues related to civil liberties, American foreign policy, and the ongoing war in Ukraine.…
Last week for ReasonTV, Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle sat down with Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller to discuss the midterm elections and successes and failures in the Libertarian Party since the Reno convention.…
Yes this was a fine idea, so we are doing it. With thanks to Ryan for suggesting it!…
Readers only aware of 1984 and The Road to Wigan Pier may be unaware that Orwell wrote very extensively on a range of topics. Our starting point here is taken from Bernard Bailyn’s The Ideological Origins of the America Revolution, footnote 3 on page 2:
‘Orwell’s spirited introduction in Orwell and Reynolds British Pamphleteers was sparked by his belief that in twentieth-century society the press does not adequately represent all shades of opinion. …
Readers will recall that the LP of New Mexico had previously disaffiliated itself from the Libertarian National Committee.
Harlos: Amend agenda to take New Mexico motion now. …
New York voters may see only two candidates for governor on their election ballot for the first time in nearly 75 years. Still, the excluded Green and Libertarian Party candidates are pushing to have their voices heard.…