Eight members of the Libertarian Party of Georgia’s Executive Committee issued a statement denouncing the recent decision to enter the state party into a joint fundraising agreement between the Libertarian National Committee and the Robert F.…
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Libertarian Party of Georgia Becomes Latest Libertarian Party Affiliate to Join Kennedy Victory Fund
The Libertarian Party of Georgia is the latest state affiliate to join the Kennedy Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee established between the Libertarian National Committee and Team Kennedy.…
PSL Presidential Nominee Claudia De la Cruz Announces “Socialism in the South” Tour
Party for Socialism and Liberation presidential nominee Claudia De la Cruz announced on Tuesday that she will be traveling the American South as part of a “Socialism in the South” tour to connect with and engage voters on key issues.…
Green Party of the United States Gains New State Affiliate in Georgia
The National Committee (NC) of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS), described in bylaws as the party’s “final decision-making body,” has accredited the Unified Green Party of Georgia (UGPGA) as the GPUS affiliate in the Peach State.…
Chase Oliver Announces Plans to Explore the 2024 Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination
Chase Oliver, the Georgia Libertarian whose campaign for US Senate made national news last month, has announced his intention to explore the 2024 Libertarian Party nomination for president.…
Time Capsule: Civil Rights Leader Praises Lester Maddox in 1990 Comeback Bid
Civil rights leader Hosea L. Williams all but endorsed Lester G. Maddox’s ill-fated bid to return to the Georgia governor’s mansion in 1990.
The blunt-spoken Williams, a fearless and confrontational activist who worked closely with the Rev.…
Georgia Green Party deaccredited
I’m technically jumping the gun, as the vote runs through the end of today, July 25, but a peek at the vote numbers so far, running 10-1 in favor and well past a necessary quorum, indicate that I’m not jumping the gun in reality.…
Georgia Green Party closer to being deaccredited
The Green Party of the United States’ Accreditation Committee has finalized its vote on the Lavender Caucus’ request to deaccredit, or disaffiliate, the Georgia Party based on its 2020 platform, and specifically, the adoption of the Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights.…
Lavender Caucus complaint against Georgia Green Party OKed by Accreditation Committee for Nat’l Committee action
Reportedly, the Accreditation Committee of the Green Party of the United States has accepted the complaint filed by the Lavender Caucus against the Georgia Green Party over its 2020 platform and specifically, the platform’s containing the Declaration on Women’s Sex-Based Rights, on a 24-0 vote with three abstentions.…
Ante ups for Georgia Green Party
In my first post here, last week, I noted that, with the Rhode Island GP withdrawing from the national party rather than face a de-accreditation fight, and the Alaska GP losing such a fight, in both cases over lack of support for 2020 presidential nominee Howie Hawkins, a number of Greens wondered if these were dominoes specifically lined up to create momentum to boot the Georgia Green Party next, over entirely different issues, issues which defenders of the party argue aren’t even addressable by de-accreditation.…
Rand Paul Encourages GA Libertarians to Vote Republican in Senate Runoffs
Yesterday, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky appeared on Fox News and encouraged those who voted for Libertarian Party candidate Shane Hazel in one of the two US Senate races in Georgia earlier this month to vote for the Republican candidates in the two runoff elections on January 5. …
Ron Paul: Listening to the Coronavirus ‘Experts’ Has Led to Death and Despair
Former Congressman Ron Paul was the 1988 presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party. His two runs for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2012 brought notice to the libertarian movement. …