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Free & Equal Challenges Two Party Duopoly Again

Free & Equal Elections to advocate free and open elections at "Voice of the People" Valentine's Day Meet & Greet at Arkansas State Capital Rotunda

Little Rock, Arkansas (PRWEB) February 13, 2013

Free & Equal's Arkansas State Leadership Caucus, a non-partisan group working for fair and open elections in Arkansas, will meet with Arkansas citizens, legislators, and the local media at the “Voice of the People” Valentine’s Day meet and greet at the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday, Feb 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

"The Voice of the People event is the perfect venue to inform Arkansas citizens, State Legislators, local activists and over 30 independent grassroots organizations about the benefits of an electoral process that promotes more voices and more choices for Arkansas,” said Mark Daniels of Little Rock, Free & Equal's State Leadership Coordinator.

"The two-party system offers little in the way of new solutions to the problems of crushing national debit, endless wars, unemployment and more," said Daniels. "The time has come to give independent and 3rd party candidates, whose voices have been mostly muffled by the political establishment wider exposure and the opportunity to share their solutions without prior political restraint."

Free & Equal Arkansas invites anyone who wants to be a part of this movement to join and meet the Free Equal team at the "Voice of the People" Valentine's Day Meet & Greet and the upcoming United We Stand Free & Equal Festival in the Spring of 2013 which will feature honest leaders, musicians, celebrities, comedians, and authors of the movement to return power to the individual voter, find new solutions, and introduce a new era in American politics.

About Free & Equal

The State Leadership Caucus is a local point of contact for Arkansans. Nationally, the Free & Equal Elections Foundation is the non-profit foundation responsible for the 2012 Third Party Presidential Debate moderated by Larry King. Free & Equal’s mission is to ensure free, open and fair elections by empowering third parties, activists and independents. We work to break the stranglehold of the two-party system and add other voices—and solutions—to the debate as well as reform federal, state and local elections by making it easier for candidates to get on ballots and ensure all ballot-qualified candidates are included. By bringing together Independents, activists, and honest media, Free & Equal is the beginning of a true grassroots movement to return power to the individual voters.

For more information contact:

Jessica Paxton
jesspaxton(at)gmail(dot)com
901-488-0740

Greg Deckelman
gdeckelman(at)yahoo(dot)com
501-218-5869

National Media Contact:
Kate Davidson, Director of Communications
kate(at)freeandequal(dot)org
248-227-0727

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Not Invited To The Party

Mark L. Daniels
Global Political Awakening

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely" arose as part of a quotation by the expansively named and impressively hirsute John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton (1834–1902). The historian and moralist, who was otherwise known simply as Lord Acton, expressed this opinion in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887:


"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

During her recent visit to Arkansas, Christina Tobin, Founder and Chair of The Free and Equal Elections Foundation, gifted me with an autographed copy of James T. Bennett's thoughtful, "caustic", and "irreverent" book; Not Invited to the Party, which  exposes the truth in the old age adage, Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows.

Not Invited to the Party demonstrates how the dominant political parties--the Democrats and Republicans--have co-opted the system to their advantage. James Bennett examines the history and array of laws, regulations, subsidies and programs that benefit the two major parties and discourage even the possibility of a serious challenge to the Democrat-Republican duopoly. The American Founders, as it has been generally forgotten, distrusted political parties. Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution are parties mentioned, much less given legal protection or privilege. This provocative book traces how by the end of the Civil War the Republicans and Democrats had guaranteed their dominance and subsequently influenced a range of policies developed to protect the duopoly. For example, Bennett examines how the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as amended in 1974 and 1976), which was sold to the public as a nonpartisan act of good government reformism actually reinforced the dominance of the two parties. While focused primarily on the American experience, the book also considers the prevalence of two-party systems around the world (especially in emerging democracies) and the widespread contempt with which they are often viewed. Featuring incisive commentary on the 2008 election, and a foreword by third-party iconoclast, Ralph Nader, the book considers the potential of truly radical reform toward opening the field to vigorous, lively, contentious independent candidacies that might finally offer alienated voters a choice, not an echo.

"Electoral reform, which is farther along in Canada and the United Kingdom, will, I predict, eventually come to the United States.  It will be a multi-decade process that the two older parties will fight tooth and nail (be wary about all the arguments that will be heard about "American Exceptionalism"). ~ William Redpath, Chairman, Libertarian National Committee

"Electoral reform has arrived in the United States of America.  It's success depends upon each individual choosing to Unite across the political spectrum so that our posterity may enjoy Free and Equal Elections; United We Stand Free and Equal".  ~  Mark L. Daniels

"Freedom", wrote Marcus Cicero, "is participation in power."  That is what voters are supposed to be doing when they participate in elections.  Thank you so much, Christina Tobin, for your heroic efforts to make possible Free and Equal Elections for the States of America united!

I highly recommend this truly historic book and The Free and Equal Elections Foundation to anyone who cares about the future of humanity! http://amzn.to/WSHiYh

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END THE FED ARKANSAS RALLY (VIDEO)

END THE FED ARKANSAS

Adam Kokesh, Host of AdamvsTheMan

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Christina Tobin and Adam Kokesh visit AR to END THE FED! (Update)

Courtesy:  Caery Concepts/Brandon Caery

Join us in Little Rock as we march to END THE FED with Christina Tobin and Adam Kokesh!

END THE FED Arkansas and the Libertarian Party of Arkansas have come together to sponsor the 2012 End the Fed March and Rally on Saturday, November 24^th. Christina Tobin, founder and Chair of the Free and Equal Elections Foundation and Adam Kokesh, host of ADAM VS THE MAN will be our keynote speakers for this event.

Christina Tobin co-moderated the 2012 Presidential debate with Larry King and served as Ralph Nader’s national ballot access coordinator in 2008. Christina champions for electoral reform and bringing visibility to third party candidates. Read more about her HERE.

Adam Kokesh, Iraq war veteran, anti-war protestor and media personality will also speak at the rally. Kokesh is the creator of ADAM VS THE MAN podcast, a three-hour daily production about challenging authority, “sticking it to the man,” and living like a free, dignified human being. Find out more about Adam HERE.

Arkansan and Libertarian Revolutionist Dugan King will be introducing a local parallel currency called the ArBuck at the rally. To find out more about his plan, click HERE.

***UPDATED LOCATIONS*** The march will begin at 11am at the Riverfest Amphitheater (400 President Clinton ), proceed past the Federal Reserve (Stephens, Inc. building at 111 Center St.), will continue to the Old State House Museum (300 W. Markham St.) where the march will pause for Kokesh to speak to the crowd at noon. The march will end at 12:30pm with a rally at the Belvedere near the Amphitheater (Riverfront Park). Following the rally with the keynote and other speakers, free entertainment will be provided by The Bryant Band and Steve Bates  (folk rock guitarist, singer and songwriter) at Juanita’s (614 President Clinton).

Other speakers include Chris Hayes, former Congressional candidate; Rodger Paxton, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of AR; David Chiodo, founder of END THE FED Arkansas; Mark Daniels, blogger, activist and founder of globalpoliticalawakening.com; and Britney Logan, VP of Young Americans for Liberty at the University of Central AR.

Now, how can you get involved with the End The Fed March and Rally?

There are three ways you can help!

1-      Spread the word about our event!
Post on your facebook, twitter or other social media accounts, send emails or call your liberty-loving friends and family and help us get the word out, even if you cannot attend.

2-      Attend our event!
We are expecting over 100 participants and we would love to see that number double in the coming days. You can RSVP on our facebook event page HERE.

3-      Make a donation to help us fund this event! You can see that information below:

Please consider making a donation to help us fund this event so that these freedom-fighters can help attract media attention as well as help us spread our message across Arkansas!  You can donate by clicking HERE, or contact Mark Daniels at501-570-6368 if you would like to make a cash or precious metal pledge to be made payable at the event.

Caery Concepts is providing End The Fed T-Shirts which will be available to purchase at the Rally. You will receive a free T-Shirt when you make a donation of $25 or more. We will have your shirt available for pick-up between 10-11am on Saturday morning at the Amphitheater.

We will see you Saturday on our quest to END THE FED!

EndTheFedArkansas.com
LPAR.org
facebook event link: http://www.facebook.com/events/163591980431439/?fref=ts

Interview Inquiries and Media Contact:
Jessica Paxton
901-488-0740
media@lpar.org

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The Real Debate

Dear Supporters, I've been overwhelmed by the support that has been pouring into our organization since last week's historic open party debate moderated by Larry King. Grassroots supporters suggested that we hold an online fundraiser to help fund the next debate between Jill Stein and Gary Johnson... So far it has been a huge success! Can you help us reach our goal of $20K by tomorrow?  Click here to make a tax deductible contribution to Free & Equal today! Sincerely, Christina Tobin PS: Below I have included an important message we sent to our supporters on Friday: The Voters Have Spoken The voters have spoken and it will be Green Party candidate Jill Stein squaring off against Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson this November 5th at RT America’s state of the art studio.   The puppet masters in D.C. have ignored any Presidential candidate outside of the two party system, so we’re bringing two of America’s brightest 3rd party candidates to their back yard. With your support they’ll have to listen.   Last Tuesday’s debate was a tremendous success and people are starting to wake up.   The logistics, marketing, manpower, and everything else that goes into putting on an event of this scale is tremendously expensive. We can make this debate even bigger and better than the last, but we must have ample funding.   That's why we are hosting a “Take Over D.C.” money bomb with the goal of raising $20,000 to help with funding the event.   Please click here to chip-in $15, $25, $50, $100, $500, or even $1,000 to help us make this event a success.     Remember, your contribution to Free & Equal is tax deductible, so please considerclicking here to make a contribution to our organization. We promise we’ll spend your money more wisely than Uncle Sam ;)   Thank you for your continued dedication to our shared cause. Together, we can achieve a more Free & Equal election process.   Sincerely,   The Free & Equal Election Foundation   PS: Can’t afford to contribute at this time? You can still help, click here to forward this message to a friend!

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