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BRIAN MOORE, SOCIALIST, INVITES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO DEBATE Several weeks ago the Moore / Alexander '08 campaign extended written invitations to other presidential candidates (Ralph Nader (Independent), Cynthia McKinney (Green Party), and Dr. Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party Nominee) to participate in several planned community television debates in Florida, as well as to organize a tour of debates together in select regions of the country. We have heard from the McKinney and Baldwin campaigns, but so far nothing from the Nader campaign. Ironically, Mr. Nader reported on his website yesterday (May 13) of his own expected debate with Barack Obama based on the Democrat's response to Tim Russert's question in a May 4th interview, stating that he was willing to debate with "any of my opponents about what this country means, what makes it great... in order to further the country's interest." Thus, we are assuming that Mr. Nader will feel the same way about our earlier invitation for alternative presidential candidates to debate each other; or, better yet, to participate with Mr. Nader in his expected invite to debate Mr. Obama. SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OFFERS TO ACT AS INTERMEDIARY FOR BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT IN AUTONOMY CRISIS Socialist, who lived and worked for 2 years in Rebel Province of Santa Cruz, Sends Communications to Bolivian President Saying He Knows Businessmen There Well. Moore Blames Some Leftist Groups for Undermining Bolivian President Evo Morales... read more. TAMPA COMMUNITY RADIO WMNF TO INTERVIEW SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, ROB LOREI PROGRAM STARTING AT 1:05 PM Brian Moore to address how Socialism is Ready to Transition Faltering US Economy; Socialist to speak of Bolivian autonomy crisis where he lived and worked for 2 years... read more. Socialist Dwain Reynolds for Michigan State Board of Education Middleville, MI -- Socialist Dwain Reynolds III announced his candidacy today to run for Michigan's State Board of Education. Reynolds has spent the last few months traveling throughout Michigan in preparation for his campaign. "I have talked to countless residents of our "forgotten state" and have learned many things. Most of all I have learned that the residents of Michigan (students, parents, employers, employees, etc...) are ready for a progressive change. Ready for new ideas; geared up for their children to finally have what they deserve from their government. Continuously I see students and young adults who have lost hope and are now prepared to believe that things can progress for the better. They know that they are not represented in current mainstream politics (as well as the rest of the working class, middle class, working poor) and are ready to have someone who cares about their welfare standing up for them as well as their parents, teachers, and friends. People are no longer saying "I hope things will get better" instead they have replaced it with "things will be better and we're going to make sure of it before it's too late". These people are the reason I am running; the reason I have hope for a better tomorrow"... read more. SOCIALIST MATT ERARD TO RE-CHALLENGE WARREN FOR MICHIGAN'S 53rd DISTRICT STATE HOUSE SEAT ANN ARBOR, MI -- Socialist Matt Erard announced his candidacy today to run for a second time against Democratic incumbent Rebekah Warren for the 53rd District seat in the Michigan House of Representatives. Erard ran as a Socialist for the same office for the first time in the previous election in 2006. Due to the Socialist Party's lack of ballot access in Michigan, Erard was forced to appear on the 2006 ballot as a candidate with "No Party Affiliation" and was the first candidate for that office to qualify for the general election ballot by petition since 1984. Although not victorious in the last election, Erard received eight-hundred and forty-seven votes from Ann Arbor voters... read more. CONSERVATIVE RADIO MAKE UP MAJORITY OF INTERVIEW INVITATIONS FOR SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Progressive Talk Shows Fear Hurting Democrats, Shy Away From Minor Party Leftists Spring Hill, Florida: Brian Moore, Socialist Party USA presidential nominee, was interviewed Thursday morning on conservative nationwide internet radio's WTPN.com, "We The People Radio Network-- Restoring Our Constitutional Republic"... read more. SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE REPORTS RECORD FUNDRAISING Spring Hill, Florida: Brian Moore, Socialist Party USA presidential nominee, today filed, via surface mail, the campaign's first financial report, postmarked on time, with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), for the period ending March 31, 2008... read more. SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CHALLENGED HIS CHURCH AND PASTORS EARLY AND OFTEN ON ISSUES Contrasts His Judgment and Antiwar Credentials, To Democratic Candidate Barack Obama Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore compared his track record on speaking up to his church pastors "in stark contrast" to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's explanation for not confronting his minister, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, of Trinity United Church of Christ, for the minister's controversial comments... read more. 170 FLORIDA SOLDIERS' DEATH REMEMBERED BY ANTIWAR GROUP LED BY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AT NATIONAL CEMETERY AS WAR APPROACHES 4,000 AMERICAN DEAD Bushnell, Florida: The NatureCoast Coalition for Peace and Justice, led by Socialist president candidate Brian Moore, remembered the 5th year anniversary of the Iraq War by holding a quiet commemoration Saturday of the 170 Florida war dead at The Florida National Veterans Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida... read more. SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BLASTS ESTABLISHMENT'S HYPOCRISY IN GOVERNOR SPITZER SCANDAL Candidate Calls War Crimes in America More Egregious Than Prostitution Says Prostitution, Poverty and Crime are Result of Economic Slavery Under Capitalism Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore lambasted the nation's political leaders and the press and media for its frenzied hypocrisy over the Governor Eliot Spitzer scandal in New York while they remain scandalously silent on the federal government's illegal war in Iraq and Afghanistan and growing violations of U.S. citizens' constitutional rights and freedoms at home... read more. SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HELPS PEACE GROUP RAISE MONEY FOR ABUSED WOMAN'S SHELTER AND PROTEST OF $500 BILLION WAR 5th Anniversary of War Commemorations Planned for March 19th Congressional Visits and March 22nd Bushnell Veteran's National Cemetery Vigil Weeki Wachee, Florida: Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore helped organize 13 members of The NatureCoast Coalition for Peace and Justice Saturday, in west central Florida, to demonstrate against the $500 Billion Iraq War. Simultaneously, In honor of International Woman's Day, the peace group then followed up its protest by sponsoring a breakfast that raised $250 for The Dawn Center, an abused women's program in Hernando County, Florida... read more. Socialist Presidential Candidate Files Lawsuit Against State of Ohio Today to Be On Presidential Ballot in November Attempts to Declare State Law Unconstitutional For Prohibiting Out-of-state and Unregistered Voters From Petitioning for Candidate to Be in November Election Submits Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Force State to Refrain from Blocking Any Petitioners for Brian Moore, or for any other candidate for President Spring Hill, Florida/Columbus, Ohio -- Attorney Mark Brown, a Professor of Law at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and a practicing private attorney, filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio's Eastern Division on behalf of Socialist Party USA Presidential Nominee Brian Moore, who seeks to run for President as an Independent candidate in Ohio in 2008... read more. A True Peace Candidate for Congress Socialist Party congressional candidate Todd Vachon (CT Second District) has been gaining some recognition from online peace activists. He was recently selected by PeaceCandidates.com as a "true peace candidate for congress", and has also been highlighted on Emcees4Peace.org as a hip-hop activist and candidate for peace. Since the Democrats have done little to nothing to bring an end to the illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan the minor party candidates are really gaining traction on this issue. Could this be the year of a critical mass? If enough people vote for what they really want and not just the "less of two evils" we might see some actual progress. Freedom Socialist Party Endorses SP-USA Candidates in PFP Primary In an open letter to their supporters on 26 January, the Los Angeles branch of the Freedom Socialist Party endorsed both Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander for the Peace and Freedom presidential primary on 5 Feburary, and called on people to register and vote Peace and Freedom in order to keep "a socialist alternative at the polls". The FSP argues for a vote for either Brian Moore or Stewart Alexander on the basis that they "support an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, full amnesty for undocumented immigrants, a $15 per hour minimum wage, healthcare for all, abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and steps toward a socialist economy". Specifically, the letter highlights voting for Alexander, though votes for either Brian or Stewart will help get the ticket on the ballot in California. The Freedom Socialist Party is a Trotskyist and socialist-feminist political party based out of Seattle. In the past they have run their own candidates, as well as endorsing candidates of other socialist parties that they feel are most in line with their principles and goals. In addition to Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander, the FSP have also recommended voting for Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in the PFP primary. Socialist Presidential Ticket on Ballot in Vermont The Socialist Party presidential ticket of Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander gained ballot access in its first state on Monday, 21 January, when campaign volunteers in Vermont submitted more than 1,100 signatures to get Moore in the Liberty Union Party's presidential primary. Moore will be the only candidate competing for the Liberty Union Party's nomination. Since the primary election is binding, this guarantees that he and Alexander will appear as the Liberty Union ticket in the November general election. The Liberty Union Party is a nonviolent socialist party in Vermont, which shares a number of members with the Socialist Party, and nominated the SP presidential tickets in 1980, 1988, 1996 and 2000. Although Vermont is the first state where socialist ballot access has been officially confirmed, ballot access efforts are underway in several other states. The Moore/Alexander campaign hopes to gain ballot access in approximately twenty states where barriers are not too steep. Contact the campaign at or the Socialist Party's Campaign Clearinghouse at for more information about ballot access in your area. VERMONT POLICE TRY TO ARREST SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- STATE ATTORNEY BACKS HIM AND SAVES DAY Democratic Process Not So Easy For Minor Party Candidate Moore -- Several Miles from New Hampshire Border Where Major Party Candidates Campaign Effortlessly Spring Hill, Florida -- Socialist Party USA Presidential Nominee Brian Moore was threatened with arrest Sunday afternoon by Brattleboro (Vermont) Police officers for petitioning in a supermarket parking lot to qualify on the presidential primary ballot of the Liberty Union Party of Vermont. The primary is scheduled for March 5th. The manager of Hannaford Supermarkets in Brattleboro repeatedly ordered Moore, in a hostile voice, to leave the large mall parking lot because it was private property and owned by the store. Moore and his three colleagues stood their ground and refused to leave claiming they had a constitutional right to participate in a democratic process in a public area so that he could be a qualified presidential candidate in Vermont... read more. STATEMENT ON BENAZIR BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION MADE BY SOCIALIST PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE Nuclear Proliferation Threat Can Only Be Resolved by U.S. De-Nuclearization, Outlawing of WMD's and End to Weapon Sales -- Not Bombing of Country's Facilities Spring Hill, Florida -- Socialist Party USA Presidential Nominee Brian Moore released the first statement of his U.S. presidential campaign today, commenting on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan on Thursday, December 27, 2007. Moore is the only official political party presidential nominee in the nation, as of this date. The Socialist Party candidate said Ms. Bhutto's death called attention to the "issue of the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons" and whether the world can be reassured that such materials and technology will "remain in safe hands during any transition of power"... read more. SOCIALIST PARTY NOMINATES MOORE FOR PRESIDENT Antiwar Activist Nominated on Third Ballot at Party's National Convention in St. Louis ST. LOUIS -- Antiwar activist Brian P. Moore of Spring Hill, Florida, was nominated for President of the United States at the Socialist Party USA national convention in St. Louis late Saturday afternoon. The 64-year-old Moore, a former independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, defeated longtime party activist and author Eric Chester of Massachusetts, a retired economics professor, on the convention's third ballot to win the party's nomination. Stewart A. Alexander, a longtime civil rights activist from Murietta, California, was tapped as Moore's vice-presidential running mate. Alexander was the Peace and Freedom Party's candidate for lieutenant governor of California in 2006... read more. |
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