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PSL completes Iowa petitioning effort

By Fred Church Ortiz on July 16, 2008 5:54 PM

The Party for Socialism and Liberation has completed its petitiong in Iowa, collecting over 1,900 signatures in a state that requires 1,500. According to the latest release on the matter, petitioners recieved generally positive response during their drive:

Members of the Chicago branch of the PSL made weekend trips to Iowa City, Des Moines, Waterloo and Davenport to collect signatures.

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Alexander takes feds to task on flood relief

By Fred Church Ortiz on June 23, 2008 2:30 PM

The Socialist Party USA‘s vice-presidential nominee Stewart Alexander has issued his assessment of the present flooding in the Midwest, placing the blame squarely on the federal government for failing to be pro-active in the wake of 2005’s hurricane season:

Much of the cost of flood damages, over the past few years, is a direct result of Congress failing to invest in the U.S.

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La Riva/Puryear campaign makes demands on behalf of Iowans

By Fred Church Ortiz on June 17, 2008 2:45 PM

In light of the recent flooding in Iowa, the Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear campaign has issued a statement calling for generous government financing for disaster relief and condemning DC’s current spending priorities:

When big investment banks were in trouble because of the housing crisis, the government gave them $200 billion literally overnight.

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