Friday, December 12, 2008

Post-election interview with Brian Moore by Tulane University student

12 December 2008

"What were the main objectives of the SPUSA and Brian Moore in the 2008 campaign? Do you feel that the 2008 campaign was successful?

To promote the Socialist principles and platform; to encourage the populace not to be afraid of our political party that has a rich heritage in our country and which makes up the social fabric of our society today (i.e. child labor laws, women's suffrage, collective bargaining, 40-hour work weeks, workers compensation, social security, unemployment insurance, etc.). Also, to encourage membership in our party and to encourage others to run for political office on our party's behalf.

Other objectives were to raise issues and positions not addressed out of fear by the two major party candidates (end the Iraq war immediately, promote a socialized health system for all citizens and residents as an economic right, nationalize all for-profit corporations and the banks and institutions; object to the federal bailout; advocate full employment, housing and education; oppose nuclear power, militarily and commercially; reduce the defense budget in half; impeach Bush and Cheney, etc.; eliminate all intelligence agencies; promote a radical systemic economic system change)!

A final objective is to offer all Americans an alternative choice of candidates to provide them a vehicle to adequately express their protest of the system and support for new and radical ideas and for real deep change, not a superficial tinkering of reforming a broken economic and political system..."


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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Post-election interview with Brian Moore by The Modern Left

26 November 2008

"Why Socialism? Can you explain for those who aren't familiar with the platform you ran on?

Brian Moore: Because we want to achieve a radical systemic change of economic systems that will better serve the common good, and bring a more egalitarian and quality life than under capitalism. Under capitalism, only a small elite of owners, senior company officers and investors reap the rewards and profits, and they do it on the backs of the common every day worker. They do not share the benefits with those who have worked the most..."

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Socialists Expecting Business-as-Usual from President-Elect Obama

A Statement by Stewart Alexander, 2008 Socialist Party Candidate for Vice President of the United States

18 November 2008


It has been two weeks since a majority of Americans went to the polls to cast their votes electing Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States. However, socialists nationwide are not joining the celebrations; socialists believe Obama's victory is only a win for the capitalist ruling class and a setback for working class people.

Beyond the tidal wave of liberal Obama fanfare that has engulf much of the nation, Obama's election only represents a changing of the guard to usher in a new administrator for the capitalist ruling elite. As a result of his election Barack Obama is now beholden to big business and the corporate contributors that paid his way to victory...

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Brian to be Interviewed Live on Sacramento Public Radio Station KVMR, 89.5 FM, Tonight, 7:30 PM PST

13 November 2008

Brian will be interviewed on the public community radio station in the Sacramento greater regional area with 40,000 listeners nightly.

Brian Bahouth, the Radio News Director, will conduct the 20 to 30 minute interview covering the recent presidential election, the struggles of third parties, and the use of "socialism" by the two major party candidates and how it impacted upon the Socialist Party's presidential candidate, Brian Moore.

The interview will be posted on the station's website.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

How Obama survived the smears

12 November 2008

By Philippe Gohier
Maclean's


"A week before Americans cast their votes, Brian Moore, the Socialist Party's nominee for the White House, was on the Colbert Report discussing Obama's candidacy. "He's a [capitalist]," Moore complained of his Democratic rival. "His party is a capitalist party and he's propping up the capitalist system with the bailout." Communists, socialists and the rest of the normally splintered far left all seemed to agree: Obama is not one us..."


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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Thank You from Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander

A Statement by Stewart A. Alexander, Socialist Party Vice-Presidential Candidate

11 November 2008

Hello Comrades,

Again, I want to congratulate Brain Moore for the tremendous effort that he put into the Moore/Alexander campaign; it was truly an historic event. I also want to thank all the members within the Socialist Party USA for their faith, determination and contributions that made our efforts so historic...


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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Thank you from Dwain Reynolds for Michigan State Board of Education

A statement by Dwain Reynolds, Socialist Party Candidate for State Board of Education (Michigan)

05 November 2008


We didn't win, however, as most of you know I didn't get in this to win. I decided to run to get my (our) message across. We ran a campaign with $600.00 and received 94,696 votes, I would say we did a great job. So I would like to say thank you to everyone keep fighting for what you think is right. That is how Michigan and America will get better. Its not politics that change the world its people that care enough to fight against what they think is wrong. 94,696 voters think what we do and that isn't to bad and should be enough to give us hope...


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Monday, November 3, 2008

Brian Moore, the Socialist candidate for president, is more popular than ever

3 November 2008

By James Rainey
Los Angeles Times


"Campaign 2008 has been a fierce fame-making machine, albeit for notoriety that can be most fleeting.

Yet Brian Moore, the Socialist candidate for president of the United States of America and the latest to bask in the media glow, has seen his 15 minutes stretch on for a couple of weeks. And he's hoping for quite a bit more..."


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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Brian Moore Names Prospective Cabinet Members

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
02 November 2008


Jeremiah Wright Tapped for UN Ambassador

Spring Hill, Florida -- Responding to recent speculation regarding potential Cabinet members in an Obama Administration, Brian P. Moore, the Socialist Party's candidate for President, announced his own "Shadow Cabinet" in a statement released early Sunday. Among other individuals that Moore said he would approach about serving in his administration in the unlikely event that he is swept into office on Tuesday, the little-known Socialist nominee said he would ask the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Democratic candidate Barack Obama's former minister and mentor, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations...

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Socialist Ticket Certified in 29 States; Competing for 328 Electoral Votes on Tuesday

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
01 November 2008


Socialist Ticket Competing for 328 Electoral Votes on Tuesday; Party's Presidential Aspirant Refuses to Concede

Ann Arbor, Michigan -- The Socialist Party USA's presidential ticket is actively competing for votes in twenty-nine states, representing a total of 328 electoral votes, in Tuesday's election. According to Matt Erard, ballot-access coordinator for the Socialist Party's presidential campaign, the Socialist Party is one of seven parties with a mathematical chance of winning in the Electoral College...

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Friday, October 31, 2008

C-SPAN, CNN, Radio, Conference Interviews Fill Socialist's Friday

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
31 October 2008


Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Brian Moore on C-Span Friday To Counter Misrepresentations of Socialism By Obama and McCain

C-Span, Texas Radio and Conference Call to Senior Citizen Class of 250 at Florida Atlanta University in Palm Beach-- Friday Morning

CNN Interview Expected to Air Friday/Weekend Also


Tampa, Florida: Socialist Presidential candidate Brian Moore will appear on nationwide television for the third time this week. He will be hosted on the Washington Journal of C-Span, from 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM out of the WEDU television studios in Tampa, Florida...

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C-SPAN interview with Brian Moore online

31 October 2008


On Friday, 31 October, C-SPAN held a thirty-minute interview with Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Brian Moore. The interview is now online and can be found here.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

United Socialist States of America

29 October 2008

United Socialist States of America
By Christopher Hayes
The Nation


"Last night Stephen Colbert quite cleverly invited the actual Socialist candidate for President onto his show, to give him the opportunity to state the blindingly obvious: Obama's no Socialist. (Added bonus was hearing a real, actual socialist explain his philosophy on national television. That doesn't happen very often)..."


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Socialist Party fights to maintain identity

29 October 2008

By Laura Olson
Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau


"There is a Socialist candidate on the ballot in eight states, and it's not Barack Obama.

His name is Brian Moore, resident of Spring Hill, Fla., whose resume includes training at a Franciscan seminary, a stint in the Peace Corps and work in health-care consulting..."

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Sarah and the Socialist



22 October 2008
Sarah and the Socialist
By John Nichols
The Nation


"Obama's no socialist, says Brian Moore, the nominee of America's honorable old Socialist Party.

Obama's 'bought and sold' by Wall Street, says the Florida peace activist who is carrying the banner this year of the party of Eugene Victor Debs and Norman Thomas"...


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Spring Hill's Presidential Candidate Hits Comedy Central Tonight

28 October 2008

By Tony Marrero
Tampa Tribune, Hernando Today edition (link)


"BROOKSVILLE -- Brian Moore, the presidential candidate from Spring Hill out to prove that socialism isn't a dirty word, is slated today to face what could prove to be his toughest interviewer yet: Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.

Moore will appear on The Colbert Report tonight to talk about his candidacy at the top of the Socialist Party ticket. The show airs at 11:30 p.m. and the episode will air again Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m..."

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Brian Moore on the Colbert Report

28 October 2008



Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Brian Moore appeared on Comedy Central's Colbert Report on Tuesday, 28 October, to discuss socialism and his campaign. You can watch the interview online here.

State Rep. Candidate Takes WJR's Frank Beckmann to Task on the Question 'Socialism'

Matt Erard
Socialist Party candidate for State Representative
(Michigan, district 53)
21 October 2008


DETROIT -- Dually-nominated Socialist/Green State Representative candidate Matt Erard (53rd District -- Ann Arbor) was invited to be a live, in-studio guest yesterday on the program of WJR-760AM's mid-morning radio personality Frank Beckmann. During his portion of the show, Erard answered attempted challenges on air from WJR callers, in addition to those from the host. Beckmann's two other guests on yesterday's program, following Erard, were Mitt Romney and 'Joe the plumber' Wurzelbacher...

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BRIAN MOORE WILL BE ON COLBERT TONIGHT!

28 October 2008

Brian will appear tonight on the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report, which begins at 11:30 pm EST. Brian was flown out to New York by Comedy Central for today's taping and airing of the show.

While in New York for tonight's Colbert Report episode, Brian will also be doing an hour long interview by telephone on the "Fight Back with Dr. Bob Fitrakis" radio show on WVKO 1580AM -- Ohio's Progressive Talk, beginning at 5 pm.

Getting creative with education

26 October 2008

By Bryan Kolk
The Michigan Daily


"The only Board of Education candidate not playing back this mantra is Dwain Reynolds III, a 22 year old from the Socialist/Green party, who also advocates the abolition of all charter programs and tuition for higher education...."

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Un-American Activity

A statement by Todd Vachon, Socialist Party candidate for United States Congress (Connecticut District 2)

October 27, 2008


If you enjoy your freedom, thank a protester; thank a dissident, because dissent protects democracy. Be it a stingy two-party democracy, it is still better than a really stingy one party totalitarian state. False patriotism, flag waiving and unquestioningly supporting your government is not defending freedom, it's opening doors for fascist minded folks to eliminate our freedoms right from under our collective nose.

The extreme right has been drumming up all sorts of McCarthy era attacks in the past weeks including cries of "unAmerican activity" and "anti-American" and "socialist"...


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Saturday, October 25, 2008

The fourth party candidates

25 October 2008

By Igor Derysh
The Examiner


"It is almost ironic that when journalists and columnists, and I must admit I too am guilty of this, mention the lack of coverage that third party candidates like Independent Ralph Nader and Libertarian Bob Barr receive while in the same breath forgetting to mention the other third party candidates that are out there. Here are the other candidates that are likely to appear on your state's ballot on November 4 and what they bring to the table. Because are are just too many to discuss, this list will feature candidates who appear on the ballot in ten or more states in order of how many states they appear, including write-in options..."


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Obama is a Socialist? Another "Known-Unknown"

25 October 2008

By William Wharton
Dissident Voice


"Ever desperate, John McCain has lately taken up an attempt to re-brand Barack Obama from blue to red. Obama, it seems, is a stealth "socialist." Or, so says Sarah Palin, or Joe the Plumber, or John McCain, or was that Bill O'Reilly? Remember now we are talking about a political crowd dedicated to "preemptive war" - they know something when they do not see it. Or, as Don Rumsfeld so eloquently termed it, Barack Obama being a socialist is a "known unknown."

Unfortunately for the McCain campaign, a large chunk of the American electorate, despite eight years of presidential idiocy, has managed to retain some amount of rational reasoning. By any reasonable measure Obama is far from a socialist. Let's look at three..."

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Spring Hill man runs for president

24 October 2008

By Kathryn Bursch
10 Connects News


"Spring Hill, Florida - In the maze of political signs you see along the roadways these days, one you're unlikely to find is "Brian Moore for President." They are few and far between.

The cluttered office of Moore's Spring Hill home is headquarters for his presidential run. The long-time civic activist is the candidate for the Socialist Party USA. "We can offer a viable alternative," says Moore..."



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The New Republic Q&A: Brian Moore

24 October 2008

By Katherine Marsh
The New Republic


"Barack Obama and John McCain have been called socialists for their support of the bailout. But Moore, the Socialist Party USA's presidential nominee, really is one, and his feelings are hurt.

With all the accusations of socialism flying around, it seemed like a good time to check in with Brian Moore, the Socialist Party USA presidential nominee. As Moore himself observed, socialism has been in the news more in the past few weeks "than anytime since 1932." Over the course of two recent afternoons, I conducted a hard-hitting phone interview with the 65-year-old candidate who spoke to me from his home in Tampa, Florida, and from the Fox News green room, where he was preparing to tape one of his recent Neil Cavuto interviews. What follows is a condensed version of our conversations..."


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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Brian Moore on Fox News show "Your World with Neil Cavuto"

23 October 2008

Socialist Party USA presidential candidate Brian Moore was again a guest on the Fox News Channel show "Your World with Neil Cavuto." In his third appearance on the network in the past month, Moore was interviewed for ten minutes. The video has not yet been posted online...

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True Socialist says Obama isn't one

23 October 2008

Top of Socialist Party ticket says Obama's not a believer
By John Frank
St. Petersburg Times


"Spring Hill -- Brian Moore said Barack Obama is not a socialist.

And Moore should know. He's the Socialist Party USA candidate for president..."


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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Honoring veterans of the campaign for peace: Montclair officials commend local activists for their perseverance

21 October 2008

By Philip Read
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)


"But the Democratic presidential nominee apparently doesn't have the backing of Kaniecki, who at one point repeated 'Moore, Moore,' for Brian Moore, the Socialist Party USA candidate for president.

'He's not really for peace,' Kaniecki said of Barack Obama. 'He's really for shifting the focus of the war (to Afghanistan) instead of ending the war.'"


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Monday, October 20, 2008

Inside Socialist Party Headquarters

20 October 2008

By Alan Feuer
The New York Times


"The Manhattan office of the Socialist Party USA, where a constant stream of printed material is produced. "If there's anything normal around here, it's folding papers and stuffing envelopes," said Zelig Stern, secretary of the New York chapter..."


(Click on the image for a full-room interactive view.)


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Matt Erard interviewed on WJR News Talk 760, Detroit

20 October 2008

Matt Erard, Socialist/Green candidate Michigan State Representative in the 53rd District (Ann Arbor), was interviewed on WJR News Talk 760 in Detroit on Monday, 20 October 2008. Erard appearead on the right-wing Frank Beckman morning show, which is #1 in Detroit radio aribtron ratings during the time it airs. In addition to debating with Beckman, he also took calls from a few WJR listeners.

WJR has the largest broadcast range in Michigan, with strong reception in all of Southeastern Michigan and northern Ohio. Mitt Romney followed Erard as Beckman's next guest.

You can listen to the interview online here. Erard's 2008 campaign Web site is at www.Erard2008.org.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Don't like McCain or Obama? They're not your only choices

19 October 2008

Don't like McCain or Obama? They're not your only choices
By Brad Dicken
The Chronicle-Telegram (OH)


"Under a Moore presidency, he said, there would be a massive redistribution of wealth and nationalization of key industries such as energy and the airlines. No worker would earn more than 10 times what another worker makes, Moore said.

Socialism, he said, has a history of fighting for things that the mainstream used to oppose, such as child labor laws, women's suffrage and a 40-hour work week..."

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

MOORE CALLS FOR NATIONALIZATION OF BANKING SYSTEM; GOVERNMENTAL TAKEOVER OF CORPORATIONS

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
18 October 2008

SOCIALIST TICKET REACHES 270 ELECTORAL VOTES THRESHOLD

SWEDISH POLITICAL LEADER ENDORSES MOORE ON NATIONAL TV


Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party USA presidential nominee Brian Moore urged President Bush and the U.S. Congress to "nationalize" the United States banking system and called for a "full governmental takeover of all for-profit industries in the country"...


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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Brian Moore's Pre-Election Message to Voters

A statement by Brian Moore, Socialist Party Candidate for President of the United States

16 October 2008


I urge all of our Socialist Party members to get out and vote, early, if possible, to avoid any problems on election day.

Voting on principle, instead of for power, is our all-important obligation, and that principle is for a radical systemic change in our economic system.

Send a message, loud and clear, that you are not happy with the status quo, nor with our present destructive capitalistic economic system, and that the two mainstream political parties are not offering any choices for the American people.

Your voice is important, especially in showing that alternative radical ideas and the socialistic economic system, which favor workers and average citizens, and promotes real democracy, have to take precedence now more than ever...

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Stewart Alexander's Pre-Election Message to Voters

A statement by Stewart Alexander, Socialist Party Candidate for Vice President of the United States

16 October 2008

The 2008 General Election is only days away and millions of voters will have two choices to make: capitalism or socialism, and the voters' choice for leadership will determine the destiny of the U.S. and world economy well beyond the next term of the U.S. president.

The capitalists have two candidates with one agenda: to protect the profits and the wealth of the super rich. To the contrary, Socialist Party USA and Brian Moore stand for a fundamental transformation of the U.S. and world economy, focusing on production for need not profit. Brian Moore's campaign is not about reforming the process, "the Moore campaign is about changing the process"...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

2008 Presidential Candidate Brian Moore talks about Wall Street

14 October 2008

The Scooter McGee Show
NEWSTALK 1310 KFKA


Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Brian Moore talks with Scooter McGee about his FoxNews appearance on Neil Cavuto. Why is FoxNews talking now about Socialism? How is a Socialist Candidate treated by the "Lame Stream Media?" Why was Brian interrupted repeatedly? Learn the answers to these questions and more about Socialism tonight starting at 9pm MT!

You can for the first time Watch the Show by clicking the link..."

Monday, October 13, 2008

Video of SP State House Candidate Debate with Democratic Incumbent

13 October 2008

A video of the locally televised two-candidate debate between Socialist Party State House candidate Matt Erard (53rd district - Michigan) and Democratic Party incumbent candidate Rebekah Warren is available online. The video can be viewed at this link.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Bremer County races heat up, says auditor

09 October 2009

By Janelle Penny
Waverly Democrat (Iowa)


"Other challengers running for the nation's highest office include Chuck Baldwin, Constitution Party; Cynthia McKinney, Green Party; Bob Barr, Libertarian; Gloria La Riva, Party for Socialism and Liberation; Ralph Nader, Peace and Freedom; Brian Moore, Socialist Party USA; and James Harris, Socialist Workers Party"...


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Brian Moore Participates in National Internet Radio Presidential Debate

09 October 2008


Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Brian Moore participated in a national internet radio presidential debate hosted by Revolution Broadcasting Radio on 9 October. The debate available online in three parts...


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Socialist Women Election Statement

Socialist Party Women's Commission
Socialist Women Editors
09 October 2008


The editors of Socialist Women, the national publication of the Women's Commission of the Socialist Party USA, urge all those convinced of the need for fundamental social change to vote for Brian Moore for U.S. President and Stewart Alexander for U.S. Vice President, the candidates of the Socialist Party USA, the national spokespeople for a radical alternative to the policies and practices of global capitalism...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Other 2008 Presidential Candidates

08 October 2008

WLWT TV (Ohio)


"Brian Moore, Socialist Party USA: Moore waged several unsuccessful bids for mayor and city council in Washington, D.C., and twice ran for the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's Fifth Congressional District.... The party's principles and platform call for the elimination of the power of big business through public ownership and workers' control, production for use instead of profit, and the establishment of a classless society. The party is also strongly committed to internationalism and the struggle against racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism and homophobia. The party calls for the abolition of the death penalty and for the replacement of the prison system with restorative justice..."

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Erard Campaign Calls for Immediate Passage of the Michigan Moratorium Act

Matt Erard
Socialist Party candidate for State Representative
(Michigan, district 53)
08 October 2008


In the wake of the U.S. Congress' recent maneuver to shift responsibility for the banking industry's bad-faith lending practices to working U.S. tax payers, Matt Erard, Socialist/Green candidate for 53rd District State Representative, renewed his call upon the Michigan State Legislature to immediately pass the Michigan Moratorium Act, which would impose an emergency moratorium on all home foreclosures throughout the state of Michigan...

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Monday, October 6, 2008

Brian Moore Participates in Alternative Presidential Candidates Debate at Vanderbilt University

06 October 2008

The Coalition for October Debate Alternatives (CODA) hosted a debate on Monday, 6 October, open to all third party candidates for president as well as the major party nominees.

The candidates who attended include Brad Lyttle of the U.S. Pacifist Party, Charles Jay of the Boston Tea Party, Gloria LaRiva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Frank McEnulty of the New American Independent Party, Darrell Castle of the Constitution Party and Brian Moore of the Socialist Party. Bruce Barry, professor of sociology and professor of management at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt, was the moderator.

A recording of the debate is now online and can be watched here.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

National Journal: socialism is still creeping

20 September 2008

Workers Paradise USA
By Randy Barrett
The National Journal


It turns out that socialism is still creeping. This week, American taxpayers purchased an 80 percent stake in insurance giant American International Group for $85 billion while still digesting the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the March bailout of Bear Stearns.

Bad news, right? Not for Brian Moore, Socialist Party USA candidate for president. "I think this certainly helps the cause," he said. Moore, who is on the ballot in eight states, is devising a master schedule for the nationalization of American industry. "We're really working on a practical, specific program to show what would be entailed in ushering in a new economic system"...

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Third Parties offer November alternative

13 September 2008

By Barry Smith
Burlington Times News (North Carolina)


"RALEIGH, North Carolina -- So, you're not happy with the choices that the two major parties are offering this year?

You have some alternatives, but not many...Three other candidates who won't be on the ballot qualified as write-in presidential candidates: independent Ralph Nader, Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney, and Socialist Party candidate Brian Moore"...


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Socialist Candidates to File Lawsuit for Inclusion on Louisiana Ballot

Moore-Alexander Presidential Campaign
Saturday, 13 September 2008


Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Brian P. Moore of Florida and Stewart A. Alexander of California, the Socialist Party USA candidates for President and Vice President, respectively, have initiated lawsuits against the states of Louisiana and Mississippi for denying the Socialist Party's presidential ticket a place on the ballot in the November general election. Both lawsuits are expected to be filed early next week...

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Socialist Party USA 2008 Moore-Alexander Presidential Ticket Qualified for Official Write-in Status in Michigan

Socialist Ticket Among the only two Presidential Campaigns with the State Recognition Required to have Write-in Votes Counted on Michigan Ballots in November.

Socialist Party of Michigan
September 9, 2008


LANSING -- The Michigan Secretary of State's Bureau of Elections confirmed yesterday that the 2008 Socialist Party USA ticket of Brian Moore for President and Stewart Alexander for Vice President has now qualified for official write-in status in the state of Michigan...

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Friday, September 5, 2008

Right Time for National Conference on Labor

Stewart A. Alexander
Socialist Party Vice-Presidential Candidate
Friday, 5 September 2008

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In June 2008, Steve Zeltzer, a labor organizer and a political consultant, approached Alexander with a proposal to organize a national conference on labor; bringing together working class activist, working class political tendencies and those who want a socialist national alternative. Alexander quickly embraced Zeltzer's idea and has been working with Zeltzer to implement his proposal.

Alexander believes that working people are ready for a socialist alternative. Alexander says, many working people are in the same situation as he and his mother; "working people are taking hits from all directions; shrinking wages, unemployment, unaffordable housing, unaffordable health care cost, high food prices, high fuel prices, loss of benefits, and a two party system that only caters to the corporate ruling class"...

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Monday, September 1, 2008

Moore/Alexander Expect to Be On a Dozen States

A statement by Brian Moore, Socialist Party candidate for President of the United States

1 September 2008


Dear Friends and Colleagues:

We are expecting to be on the presidential ballot in as many as a dozen states by Election Day. At least two of the states we are already on will be crucial battleground states (Ohio and Florida), where we could conceivably poll the difference between our major-party rivals in an extremely close race. Plus, we will be conducting "write-in" campaigns in an additional ten to fifteen states.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Alexander wants $300 Billion for Automakers


Stewart A. Alexander
Socialist Party Vice-Presidential Candidate
Tuesday, 26 August 2008


The Big Three U.S. automakers recently announced plans to seek $25 billion in federal loans that will help bailout the struggling automobile industry as declining sales continues to rack up record losses on a battered industry. The Detroit Free Press reported this month that executives at GM, Ford and Chrysler met and agreed that they would need about $40 billion to ride out their current troubles. Vice Presidential Candidate, Stewart A. Alexander, says "much more is needed or nothing." Stewart Alexander is convinced that $25 billion will only provide a temporary fix.

Alexander has proposed a long term, comprehensive program that will require the investment of $300 billion over the next decade; Alexander's plan would also call for a major restructure of the U.S. automobile industry. Under his plan, the U.S. government would nationalize the U.S. oil industry, the ethanol industry, and the automobile industry. Over a period of 10 years, the U.S. government would invest $300 billion into the automobile industry manufacturing fuel efficient vehicles and electric cars; expanding the industry to all areas of the U.S, to include more rural areas...

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

US DISTRICT COURT ORDERS SOCIALIST PARTY ON OHIO BALLOT

Socialists also gain ballot access in Iowa; expect Tennessee and Florida to Follow

Moore-Alexander Presidential Campaign
August 21, 2008


Columbus, Ohio: Not since Norman Thomas ran for president on the Socialist Party ticket in 1932 has there ever been another Socialist Party candidate on the state of Ohio's presidential ballots in the ensuing 76 years, covering 18 presidential elections.

That consecutive string was broken today by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division. Magistrate Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. ordered the state of Ohio "to place the Socialist Party and its candidates on the 2008 general election ballot for the state of Ohio...

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Alexander Wants Common U.S.-Mexican Currency


Stewart A. Alexander
Socialist Party Vice-Presidential Candidate
Sunday, 10 August 2008


"Working People need a Basic Income Guarantee"

During a decade when border issues between the U.S. and Mexico have intensified and the Democrats and Republicans have gone on the attack against immigrants, Vice Presidential Candidate Stewart A. Alexander is proposing a common U.S.-Mexican currency and establishing a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) for working people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border...


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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Moore-Alexander Seeks Peace and Freedom Party Nomination

Stewart A. Alexander
Socialist Party Vice-Presidential Candidate
Sunday, 27 July 2008


It was October 19, 2007 that Brian P. Moore and Stewart A. Alexander met for the first time at the National Convention of Socialist Party USA; in St Louis, Missouri. Less than three days later, the two men were joined together as presidential running mates representing the Socialist Party USA, and joint partners to lead in the socialist movement nationwide. During the convention, Brian Moore was nominated for President and Stewart Alexander was nominated for Vice President.

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Socialist/Green Matt Erard is First GPMI Candidate to Qualify for November State Election Ballot

Matt Erard for State Rep.
(Michigan, district 52).
24 July 2008


Dually-Nominated Candidate Qualified for a Second Time to Challenge Rebekah Warren on the November Ballot for Michigan's 53rd District (Ann Arbor) State House Seat.

ANN ARBOR -- Having already won the nomination of the Socialist Party USA by unanimous vote of its local affiliate, the "Washtenaw County Reds," Matt Erard, a University of Michigan alumnus and graduate student at the University of Michigan's School of Social Work, unanimously won the joint nomination of the Green Party of Michigan for the same seat at its Washtenaw County Nominating Caucus on Monday July 14th. After filing the necessary paperwork work with the Washtenaw County Clerk's office following the Nominating Caucus last week, Erard's name was added to the General Election Candidate Listing on Michigan Secretary of State's website yesterday as the first Green Party candidate to qualify for the November General Election ballot...

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SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO VISIT MILWAUKEE FOR BALLOT ACCESS KICKOFF AT PARTY'S ANNUAL PICNIC

Brian Moore
Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
July 24 2008


Antiwar candidate also plans to visit bread lines, experience bus system and has requested tour and overnight stay in county jail. Brian Moore will also attend Franciscan mass and is attempting baseball workout with city's adult league.

On Friday, July 25, 2008, Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore will arrive by airplane in the state of Wisconsin to initiate the Socialist Party's ballot access petition drive at its annual picnic at Kern Park #1 on Saturday, July 26th, from 12 noon to 4 PM, in Milwaukee.

The presidential candidate also will visit the bread lines at St. Benedict the Moor church either Friday or Saturday evening around 5 PM, (9th Street) and he will travel the Milwaukee bus system in light of its recent cutbacks and the high gas prices and souring economy.

Moore has also faxed county sheriff David A. Clarke requesting a tour of the penal facilities with an extraordinary request to stay overnight in the facility as well. The candidate slept overnight in Lorton prison in 1986 when he ran against then DC Mayor Marian Barry, whose jurisdiction used the federal penal facilities in Lorton, VA.

Moore, a former Franciscan seminarian, in an order dedicated to serving the poor, plans to attend early Saturday or Sunday morning Mass as an integral part of his common good philosophy. And finally, Moore has e-mailed the Milwaukee Adult Baseball League, requesting an opportunity to practice with a team Saturday morning or evening, depending on a team's schedule. Moore, a former college baseball player, is a left-handed first baseman and bats left-handed as well.

Friday, July 18, 2008

SOCIALISTS GAIN BALLOT ACCESS IN COLORADO FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
18 July 2008


New Hampshire Denies Socialist Ballot Due to "Trap" Law to Ambush 3rd Parties

Spring Hill, Florida: Colorado's Deputy Director of Elections, Wayne Munster, confirmed today by e-mail to Socialist Party Presidential candidate Brian Moore, that Moore and his Vice-Presidential running mate, Stewart Alexander, "will be on the Colorado General Election ballot."

This was a far cry from Moore's experience in New Hampshire this week when he was denied ballot access on Wednesday by the Secretary of State's office despite a presidential candidate petition deadline of August 6th. New Hampshire is one of few states in the union that require one deadline for signatures and another small requirement to register to apply for candidacy two months ahead of time (by Monday, June 13, 2008). Moore accused the state of using a "trap" law by deceiving candidates with two deadlines...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Ballot Access Appeal for Funds

Brian Moore
Socialist Party 2008 Presidential Candidate
16 July 2008


Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Brian Moore's Upcoming Speech at Central Florida University Ridiculed by Local Newspaper

Sanford, Florida: Jay Jurie, a Professor at Central Florida University, organized a meeting for Socialist Presidential candidate Brian Moore to speak before the public on campus at a forum co-sponsored by a Students for a Democratic Society organization and a CodePink antiwar group on July 9th, and Mr. Jurie notified the local press. The Orlando Weekly wrote the following story, and Professor Jurie responded with full frontal attack on them. Jay's note and the exchange follows...


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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Brian Moore To Be Interviewed On Blog Talk Radio, 10 PM Sunday, 15 June

15 July 2008

Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party USA presidential nominee, Brian Moore, will be interviewed on nationwide Blog Talk Radio tonight, Sunday, at 10:10 PM, on a program called "The Weekly Filibuster"...

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Orlando Paper Calls Brian a "Red" with Stalinistic Graphics; College Professor Fights Back!

Brian Moore
Socialist Party 2008 Presidential Candidate
15 July 2008



Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Brian Moore's Upcoming Speech at Central Florida University Ridiculed by Local Newspaper


Sanford, Florida: Jay Jurie, a Professor at Central Florida University, organized a meeting for Socialist Presidential candidate Brian Moore to speak before the public on campus at a forum co-sponsored by a Students for a Democratic Society organization and a CodePink antiwar group on July 9th, and Mr. Jurie notified the local press. The Orlando Weekly wrote the following story, and Professor Jurie responded with full frontal attack on them. Jay's note and the exchange follows...

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Socialists holding national event in Ann Arbor

06 July 2008

By Judy McGovern
The Ann Arbor News


"The party's presidential candidate Brian Moore will conduct one of the workshops planned for the three-day event, which begins Friday, July 11.

Held every other year, an organizing conference differs from the political party's national convention, said Matt Erard, a Socialist candidate for state House of Representatives who's also one of the organizers for the event...

In addition to Moore, other speakers will include author and historian Eric Thomas Chester; international Social Party activist Courtney Campbell; Social Party women's commission chairwoman Susan Dorazio; and Dwain Reynolds, a Socialist Party candidate for State Board of Education."

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Monday, June 9, 2008

Socialist To Be Interviewed on 100+ FSRN Radio Stations, Tuesday, June 10

09 June 2008


Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party USA presidential nominee, Brian Moore, will be briefly interviewed in a 3-4 minute segment by Free Speech Radio News nationwide and internationally on over 100 stations, on Tuesday, June 10th, regarding the 2008 campaign, ballot access obstacles and socialism.

Most of the programs air in the late afternoon or early evening, with several in the morning. They will also be repeated in 6, 12 and 18 hour intervals on most of the stations. For a list of some of the station locations, letters and dial numbers, click here. A recording and partial transcript is available here.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROTESTS AT MCCAIN FUNDRAISER IN ST. PETERSBURG, FL

Brian Moore
Socialist Party 2008 Presidential Candidate
08 June 2008


Spring Hill, Florida: Brian Moore, Socialist Party candidate for President, 2008, was part of a two-hour demonstration in front of Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's $1,000-a-plate fundraiser demonstration at the Vinot Resort, Golf & Country Club in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, from 5 to 7 PM...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CHALLENGES REPUBLICAN'S RETREAT ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
June 03, 2008


Individual Protest at 5 PM in St. Petersburg to Follow Socialist's Campaign Kick-Off At 12 Noon in John F. Germany Library, Downtown Tampa (Ashley Dr., near U. of Tampa)

Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party USA presidential nominee, Brian Moore, will publicly question Republican presidential candidate John McCain's Commitment to public financing by protesting early Wednesday evening (June 4th) in front of the Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club in St. Petersburg prior to McCain's $50,000-a-Chair fundraiser Wednesday evening. Moore invites the public to join him in front of the club entrance at 501 5th Avenue NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 around 5 PM...

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Monday, June 2, 2008

SOCIALIST WINS INJUNCTION IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN OHIO TO OPEN BALLOT ACCESS PETITION PROCESS

Brian Moore
Socialist Party 2008 Presidential Candidate
02 June 2008


Crucial Swing State Now Opened Up to More Third Party and Independent Presidential Candidates

Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party USA presidential nominee, Brian Moore, announced this evening that a motion for an injunction against the state of Ohio was granted today by the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, by Judge Gregory L. Frost, thereby enabling out-of-state petitioners, plus in-state unregistered residents, to be petition circulators for presidential candidates...

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Monday, May 26, 2008

FLORIDA CATHOLIC BISHOP CHALLENGED ABOUT CHURCH'S NATIONALISM AND SILENCE ON IRAQ WAR

Brian More
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
26 May 2008


Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party USA presidential nominee, Brian Moore, e-mailed a strongly-worded letter Memorial Day to St. Petersburg, Florida Diocese's Catholic prelate, Bishop Robert Lynch, protesting the local diocese's "tendency toward nationalism" and its' "silence on the Iraq war."

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO SPEAK ON "CHANGING AMERICA'S ECONOMY TO SOCIALISM"

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
22 May 2008


Brian Moore to address how Socialism is Ready to Move Country Out of Faltering Economy In Order to Improve Lives of All Citizens

Spring Hill, Florida: Socialist Party USA presidential nominee, Brian Moore, will speak on "How America Can Change from Capitalism to Socialism" on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, from 12 noon to 2 PM, at the John F. Germany Library in downtown Tampa, 900 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, 33906 (near the University of Tampa Campus).

Moore will discuss the issue of socialism and how the country can move from a capitalistic economic system to a socialist economy. Brian will also spell out his campaign platform and how it radically differs from the two major party candidates, as well as from most alternative party candidates as well, who are running for President of the United States...

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

BRIAN MOORE, SOCIALIST, INVITES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO DEBATE

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
May 14 2008


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.

Monday, May 5, 2008

TAMPA COMMUNITY RADIO WMNF TO INTERVIEW SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, ROB LOREI PROGRAM STARTING AT 1:05 PM

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
Monday, 5 May 2008


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...

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Socialist Dwain Reynolds for Michigan State Board of Education

Dwain Reynolds
Socialist Party candidate for State Board of Education (Michigan)
23 April 2008

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"...

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Monday, April 21, 2008

SOCIALIST MATT ERARD TO RE-CHALLENGE WARREN FOR MICHIGAN'S 53rd DISTRICT STATE HOUSE SEAT

Matt Erard
Socialist Party candidate for State Representative
(Michigan, district 53)
21 April 2008


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...

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE REPORTS RECORD FUNDRAISING

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
17 April 2008


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...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

CONSERVATIVE RADIO MAKE UP MAJORITY OF INTERVIEW INVITATIONS FOR SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
18 April 2008

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"...

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

170 FLORIDA SOLDIERS' DEATH REMEMBERED BY ANTIWAR GROUP LED BY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AT NATIONAL CEMETERY AS WAR APPROACHES 4,000 AMERICAN DEAD

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
22 March 2008


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...

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BLASTS ESTABLISHMENT'S HYPOCRISY IN GOVERNOR SPITZER SCANDAL

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
13 March 2008


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...

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Sunday, March 9, 2008

SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HELPS PEACE GROUP RAISE MONEY FOR ABUSED WOMAN'S SHELTER AND PROTEST OF $500 BILLION WAR

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
9 March 2008


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...

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Friday, March 7, 2008

Socialist Presidential Candidate Files Lawsuit Against State of Ohio Today to Be On Presidential Ballot in November

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
07 March 2008



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...


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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Massachusetts Socialist Party prepares for November

20 February 2008

By Nicole Jones
The Weekly Dig


"The Socialist Party of Massachusetts (SPMA) held its annual State Convention in Worcester on Saturday. Seven members showed up at the Stone Soup Community Center, where they discussed the agenda for 2008.

The group encircled a pamphlet-covered coffee table to discuss the anti-war movement, International Women's Day, universal healthcare, this year's presidential election and how to expand the party's modest base (as of 2006, there were 176 registered Socialist voters in Massachusetts)..."

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Friday, February 1, 2008

A True Peace Candidate for Congress

Todd Vachon
Socialist Party candidate for United States Congress
(Connecticut, district 2)
1 February 2008


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.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Freedom Socialist Party Endorses SP-USA Candidates in PFP Primary

27 January 2008

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.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Socialist Presidential Ticket on Ballot in Vermont

22 January 2008

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 campaign@votebrianmoore.com or the Socialist Party's Campaign Clearinghouse at info@vote-socialist.org for more information about ballot access in your area.

Monday, January 7, 2008

VERMONT POLICE TRY TO ARREST SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- STATE ATTORNEY BACKS HIM AND SAVES DAY

Brian Moore
2008 Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
07 January 2008


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...

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