Archive for July, 2012

Time Capsule:  People’s Party Picks Dr. Spock for President

Time Capsule: People’s Party Picks Dr. Spock for President

Dr. Benjamin Spock, the famous pediatrician and antiwar activist, was formally nominated for the presidency by the People’s Party forty years ago this weekend. Organized around opposition to the Vietnam War and originally co-chaired by novelist Gore Vidal and Spock himself, the People’s Party was […]

by · July 28, 2012 · 5 comments ·
Time Capsule: Barry Commoner Qualifies for Oregon Ballot

Time Capsule: Barry Commoner Qualifies for Oregon Ballot

Barry Commoner, a pioneer in the ecology movement and Citizens Party candidate for president, earned a spot on the Oregon ballot on this day in 1980 with a speech before an enthusiastic crowd of 1,100 cheering supporters in Portland’s Memorial Coliseum. The crowd, which included […]

by · July 27, 2012 · 0 comments ·
Wisconsin State Senator Flirting with Independence

Wisconsin State Senator Flirting with Independence

Wisconsin State Senator Tim Cullen has announced that he is breaking ties with the Democratic caucus, effectively making him an independent Democrat for the moment. Cullen believes he was treated with disrespect by Majority Leader Mark Miller, who failed to award Cullen a significant committee […]

by · July 26, 2012 · 0 comments ·
Time Capsule: Farmer-Labor Party’s Norma Lundeen Seeks Late Husband’s Seat in U.S. Senate

Time Capsule: Farmer-Labor Party’s Norma Lundeen Seeks Late Husband’s Seat in U.S. Senate

Minnesota’s Norma Lundeen, widow of the Farmer-Labor Party’s Ernest Lundeen, an isolationist who was later accused of being a Nazi sympathizer, unexpectedly entered the race for her late husband’s U.S. Senate seat on this day in 1942. Lundeen’s husband, who had been tragically killed in […]

by · July 25, 2012 · 0 comments ·
Rob Sherman

Four Presidential Candidates Booted From Illinois Ballot

Yesterday, Illinois election officials determined that the names of four presidential candidates will be removed from that state’s ballot due to a failure of the parties to collect sufficient petition signatures. The state requires minor party and independent candidates to file 25,000 valid petitions. Under […]

by · July 24, 2012 · 0 comments ·
WATCH: Rocky Anderson Talks Olympics and Politics on MSNBC

WATCH: Rocky Anderson Talks Olympics and Politics on MSNBC

Former Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson, the Justice Party’s founder and presidential nominee, was a guest on Up with Chris Hayes on Saturday. Up, for anyone not familiar, is MSNBC’s weekend morning program. The motivation for Anderson’s invite seemed, primarily, to get someone on […]

by · July 24, 2012 · 0 comments ·
ROSEANNE-ARCHY: Roseanne Barr’s Bitter Concession Speech to Green Convention

ROSEANNE-ARCHY: Roseanne Barr’s Bitter Concession Speech to Green Convention

Failing to secure enough delegates to capture the Green Party’s presidential nomination last weekend at the Green national convention in Baltimore, actress and activist Roseanne Barr decided not to make an appearance at the event. Instead, following the state-by-state balloting that lead to the nomination […]

by · July 20, 2012 · 0 comments ·
Time Capsule: John Dewey’s Liberal Group Endorses Socialist Ticket in ‘32

Time Capsule: John Dewey’s Liberal Group Endorses Socialist Ticket in ‘32

Gathering in Cleveland for its third annual convention, the League for Independent Political Action (LIPA) adopted a comprehensive platform and endorsed the Socialist Party’s Norman M. Thomas for the presidency on this week in 1932. Led by the brilliant but rumpled left-wing philosopher John Dewey […]

by · July 19, 2012 · 0 comments ·
Johnson to Campaign with Howe in North Carolina on Saturday

Johnson to Campaign with Howe in North Carolina on Saturday

Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson will make a campaign swing through North Carolina over the weekend, scheduling a day of events in conjunction with the LP’s gubernatorial candidate Barbara Howe.  The pair will participate in a “Liberty 5K Fun Run” in the morning, then […]

by · July 19, 2012 · 0 comments ·
WATCH: Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala on Democracy Now

WATCH: Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala on Democracy Now

Last week, on the eve of their nominations, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala appeared on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman.

by · July 19, 2012 · 1 comment ·