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RSD Reports (Free subscription) | 05/23/2009
By Ralph Nader MEMORANDUM GM DEAL REQUIRES CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW BEFORE BANKRUPTCY FILING TO: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader John Boehner, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Lamar S. Smith, Rep. William Delahunt FROM: Ralph Nader, Sidney Wolfe, Acting President, Public Citizen, Clarence Ditlow, Executive Director, Center for Auto Safety, Robert Weissman,...
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AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
Ralph Nader has a question for the Federal government regarding the GM bankruptcy. Actually, the perennial presidential candidate and long-time consumer advocate has a lot of questions for Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, two Congressmen on the Senate and House banking committees, respectively. In a letter sent yesterday, Nader asked some broad and wide ranging questions about the...
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THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
Ralph Nader sent a letter to Tweedledee and Tweedledum (aka Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank) urging the Senate and House banking committees to hold hearings to protect taxpayers' investments on GM (aka Government Motors.) Aren't Dodd and Franks the two guys who were supposed to be watching the banking industry too? Nader Calls on Congress to Review GM Bankruptcy Plan
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ScrappleFace (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
(2009-03-30) — President Barack Obama today tapped consumer advocate and career presidential candidate Ralph Nader to replace fired General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner. Mr. Nader immediately announced he would join the United Autoworkers Union (UAW). “The federal government has no intention of running a car company,” Mr. Obama said. “That’s why I’m bringing in Ralph...
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Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 01/31/2009
Some Independent Party legislative candidates, and some Working Families Party legislative candidates, received public funding in 2008. This article in the AmericanRepublican newspaper details how the candidates used their public funds.
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The BNP Chronicle (Free subscription) | 01/30/2009
The BNP polled an impressive 20.2 per cent of the vote in a Canvey Island, Essex, by-election held on the 22nd. The election, as expected, was won by a Canvey Island Independent Party candidate with 425 votes (37.5 percent). The BNP candidate polled 229 votes (20.2 percent) to the Tory’s 328 votes (28.9 percent) and Labour’s 151 votes (13.3 percent). “It was the first time the BNP...
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The Hankster (Free subscription) | 01/26/2009
From The Post-Election Independent Movement January Conference, NYC January 25, 2009 Sponsored by the Committee for a Unified Independent Party IndependentVoting.org
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The Hankster (Free subscription) | 01/26/2009
Principles Intact * Paradigms in Transision * Obama in the White House Sponsored by the Committee for a Unified Independent Party IndependentVoting.org
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ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 01/14/2009
The Personhood Imperative The Personhood Imperative is a project of America’s Independent Party and CAN-DO-USA. Below is a portion of the text of this clear and fundamental statement in defense of life and liberty. Read it and if you agree sign the petition at the website cited at the end of this post. Abortion is first [...]
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A Good Choice . . . for Ohio et al. (Free subscription) | 01/14/2009
The Personhood Imperative is a project of America's Independent Party and CAN-DO-USA. Below is a portion of the text of this clear and fundamental statement in defense of life and liberty. Read it and if you agree sign the petition at the website cited at the end of this post. Abortion is first and foremost a moral issue. It transcends politics. Abortion is an insult to humanity, to our American Christian...
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Chris Clark's Web Site (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, or HR 4040, a retroactive rule mandating that all items sold for use by children under 12 must be tested by an independent party for lead and phthalates, which are chemicals used to make plastics more pliable. All untested items, regardless of lead content, are to [...]
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Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
Havana, Dec 22, (RHC).- The story of the Independent Party of Color (PIC) in Cuba, from its founding in1908 to the massacre in 1912 of more than 3,000 of its black and mulatto members and supporters, is a chapter of history largely unknown within Cuba and abroad. Knowledge of the PIC and the 1912 massacre was buried by the various capitalist regimes in Cuba between then and 1958. Even after the triumph...
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The Rag Blog (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
Members of the Party: the Independents of Color. Photo: © Gloria Rolando, 2001. Cuba marks centennial of Independent Party of Color By Mike Taber / December 29, 2008 Two presentations on little-known history of party that championed black rights in Cuba in early 1900s The story of the Independent Party of Color (PIC) in Cuba, from its founding in 1908 to the massacre in 1912 of more than 3,000...
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Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
Here is the decision of the California Superior Court in King v Bowen, handed down tentatively on December 19. The case concerns the identity of the true officers of the American Independent Party of California. Judge Michael Kenny still finds procedural problems in the case, and says the issue of which party officers [...]
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Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
Lynne Williams, an attorney who has championed numerous environmental and human rights causes in Maine, has announced that she intends to run for governor in 2010. She is state chairman of the Maine Green Independent Party and serves on the planning board in Bar Harbor. The Bangor Daily News covers her entry into the [...]
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klhrevolution | 09/10/2008
by: Al Benson Jr. In writing about Sarah Palin's association with the Alaskan Independent Party, columnist Steve Benen made a statement that showed his ignorance in regard to real American history. Mr. Benen is a tragic example of the historically challenged in our midst today. In what seemed to be a subtle attack on Sarah Palin and her former associations Benen said: "Advocating secession is, practically
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This was a great conference - CSPAN will be broadcasting soon - check for listings or check back at www.independentvoting.org
gwen - (not a member) - 01/27/2009