On August 6, Kshama Sawant polled 36.6% of the vote in the Seattle non-partisan city council election, in district three. She is running for a third term. She is a leader of Socialist Alternative. Six candidates were on the ballot … Continue reading
The San Jose Mercury News, the daily newspaper for northern California’s largest city, recently carried this editorial against the new California law that keeps presidential candidates off primary ballots unless they release their income tax returns. … Continue reading
For several months, Florida prison officials have banned The Militant from being delivered to prisoners who subscribe. Recently the Florida Press Association asked the prison officials to relent. See this story in The Militant. The Socialist Workers Party is the … Continue reading
California State Senator Scott Wiener has a bill, SB 288, to allow the Democratic Party to allow non-citizens to serve on its committees. The Peace & Freedom Party has asked that the bill be amended to include PFP as well, … Continue reading
On August 9, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, a Republican, vetoed HB 706. It would have set up an independent redistricting commission. There would be ten members of the party with the most seats in the legislature, ten members of … Continue reading
