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Tom Knapp for President campaign update

By on April 18, 2009 10:03 AM

Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.


It should have been obvious to me that using KN@PPSTER as a presidential campaign site wasn’t going to work, even from the start.…

Wayne Root to keynote Georgia Libertarian Party convention

By Trent Hill on April 17, 2009 4:04 PM

From a recent press release:

Las Vegas, NV-April 16, 2009– 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root will keynote the Georgia LP State Convention on Saturday April 18th in Atlanta.

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Socialists make the NY Post – story and photo

By Kimberly Wilder on April 17, 2009 2:09 PM

Received this tip from David McReynolds, who has run for office as a Socialist and a Green. The NYC Local of the Socialist Party landed mainstream media coverage: a story and a photo in The NY Post.…

Canadian Green Party leader Elizabeth May launches new political book

By Kimberly Wilder on April 17, 2009 10:58 AM

(excerpt from) The Star

May’s book calls Harper ‘a cheater’
Green leader says PM had cheat sheet for debate, accuses Layton of sabotaging climate-change talks
Joanna Smith / Apr 14, 2009 04:30 AM

…[Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth] May paints a bleak picture in Losing Confidence: Power, Politics and the Crisis in Canadian Democracy, published yesterday, which contains little of the insider gossip often found in books written by politicians, but reads like a primer on the big political stories of the past few years.

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Green Party of PA not happy with environmental nomination

By Kimberly Wilder on April 17, 2009 10:27 AM

Green Party Of Pennsylvania calls for action to prevent nomination of John Hanger as Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection
The Green Party of Pennsylvania and the national Green Party distributed this release

Earlier this month the Pennsylvania Senate Environmental & Energy Committee approved John Hanger’s nomination to serve as the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.

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Nader, Begley Jr. Talk Environment at Valley Forward

By Morgan Brykein on April 17, 2009 2:27 AM

Ralph Nader and Ed Begley Jr. appeared at Livability Summit Thursday, hosted by Valley Forward. They delivered a message of optimism and struggle, in the tough times we face today.…