Day: October 8, 2008

October 8, 2008

Cindy Sheehan to Form New US Political Party

Cindy Sheehan, anti-war activist and protester, has finally announced that she will likely form a new party, The First Party , in the US.  While it will probably be much too late for the US election coming in November, I think this is an interesting development, as it might moderate the Democratic position on a broad range of issues. What are your thoughts?

October 8, 2008

Canadian Election: Petition from Fair Vote Canada

Fair Vote Canada has set up a petition online to rally all of the ‘disconnected’ voters that feel they have to vote against something as opposed to voting for something. Their petition can be found here .  It calls for electoral reform to our current system to ensure some kind of democracy actually exists in Canada.  What we have now is a horse race that […]