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November 7, 2012 The “democracy gap” in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the ‘least worst’ every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the ‘least worst’ gets worse. People need to be “Expert Voters” and “Expert…
Watch the Third-Party Presidential debate moderated by Ralph Nader. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Libertarian Gary Johnson (former New Mexico governor), the Justice Party’s Rocky Anderson (former mayor of Salt Lake City) and Virgil Goode, the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned Constitution Party.
The full debate is available here. Please read some of the coverage from last night: USA Today New York Times Washington Post DCist CBS 6 On the Wilder Side blog KPCC News Observer Reason Magazine American Journalism Review The Individualist Feminist The New Republic
By Ralph Nader One day before Election Day 2012 and the incredible has come true. Obama is neck and neck with Romney when, even with his disappointing record, Obama should be landsliding Romney and his Party of Big Business. For all his billions plus campaign dollars, President Obama has missed out on repeatedly emphasizing the…
By Ralph Nader Will the Congressional Democrats recover the House of Representatives from the clutches of the cruelest, most corporately monetized, anti-people Republican Party since 1858? (see the House Democratic Caucus report) Amazingly, the answer, less than a week before the election, is no, according to veteran House Democrats, pollsters and the Washington D.C. punditry.…
For Immediate Release What: Third Party Presidential Debate When: Sunday, November 4, 2012 Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m. EVENT IS FULL. PLEASE CHECK BACK ON SUNDAY FOR STREAMING INFORMATION. Check back here for more details. (Washington, D.C.) – The candidates* from four political parties – Gary Johnson (Libertarian), Jill Stein (Green), Virgil Goode (Constitution) and Rocky Anderson…
By Ralph Nader Has there ever been a more crazed, cruel, anti-people, corporate-indentured, militaristic and monetized Republican Party in its 154-year history? An about-to-be-released list of some of the actual brutish votes by the House Republicans, led by Speaker John Boehner and Rep. Eric Cantor, will soon be available to you from the House Democratic…
With two weeks left before election day, will any of the above raise the question to the presidential and congressional candidates or write about why none of them are campaigning on the need to raise the minimum wage to that of 1968, inflation adjusted, when the economy and worker productivity were half what they were…
George McGovern never stopped learning and giving to the world. After fighting in World War II he learned to wage peace. From seeing poverty he championed nutrition and and food programs for the impoverished hungry. He was regularly ahead of the times in correctly challenging momentous injustices. For this a majority of voters land-slided Watergate-afflicted…
There’s an old saying “in humor there is truth.” Until the 18th century, British monarchs, surrounded by sycophantic entourages, retained court Jesters to tell them the truth in the garb of satire and motley costumes with donkey ears, red-flannel coxcomb and bells. Of course, the Jester also played the fool, made famous in Shakespeare’s plays,…