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Socialist Candidate on Two Tickets for President

by Stewart A. Alexander Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 at 2:00 AM

During the month of April 2007, Stewart Alexander was the first candidate to announce that he would seek the nomination for president on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket in California. Now Stewart Alexander is joining 10 other candidates to seek the nomination of the Socialist Party USA to become the next President of the United States.



Stewart A. Alexander for President

Peace and Freedom Party

Socialist Party USA

August 28, 2007

During the month of April 2007, Stewart Alexander was the first candidate to announce that he would seek the nomination for president on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket in California. Now Stewart Alexander is joining 10 other candidates to seek the nomination of the Socialist Party USA to become the next President of the United States.

Peace and Freedom Party and Socialist Party USA represent working class people and share common goals. Both parties remain strongly opposed to the US occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and are demanding an immediate withdrawal of all American and occupying forces from both countries. Stewart Alexander has made ending the Iraq War the number one issue of his campaign.

Both parties are opposed to the continued funding of the Iraq war that has now claimed the lives of more than 3,732 Americans and more than 425 American lives in Afghanistan; a war that has devastated Iraq claiming the lives of more the one million Iraqis. All the candidates for Socialist Party USA and Peace and Freedom Party place ending the war as a top campaign issue.

Alexander notes that Americans are opposed to Congress wasting billions to fund the Iraq War; however within the next few weeks Congress is preparing to give Bush another 5 billion to continue his war.

The two parties are united in the belief that the Bush war on terrorism has actually been an assault on the American working class; to strip away their rights and freedoms. Stewart Alexander has repeatedly accused the Democrats and Republicans for giving President Bush their continued support in this assault against the working class.

The Socialist Party USA and Peace and Freedom Party are strong advocates for immigrant rights and oppose the actions of the Bush Administration to deny immigrants their human rights. Stewart Alexander has adamantly opposed border walls and guest worker “slavery” programs.

While running as a candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, in the 2006 Mid Term Elections, Alexander had proposed doubling the California minimum wage. Recently the Democratic controlled Congress increase the checks of the lowest paid workers by .10; however Alexander wants to increase the federal minimum wage to .25 per hour and index it to the cost of living.

Across the nation voter dissatisfaction with the rising cost of health care is growing and the two corporate parties, the Democrats and Republicans, continue to back private insurance companies; giving the insurance industry control over the nation’s health care system. Alexander believes a single-payer, universal health care program, is necessary to make good health care available to everyone.

Today the majority of Americans have lost confidence in the Democrats and Republicans; the 110th Congress has the lowest voter approval rating in the past 100 years. Alexander says, “Peace and Freedom Party and the Socialist Party USA are reaching out to 298 million people in the US that are without representation. The truth about America’s two party system has now been revealed; the two rights are wrong for America.”

Most of the 11 candidates for president, for the two socialist parties, will appear on the ticket for both parties. The candidates have very little funds to spend on their campaigns compared to the presidential campaigns of the two big capitalist parties that are spending millions to promote their campaigns and are dominating the corporate media.

Alexander says, “My campaign is about addressing human needs, not protecting the interests and profits of the wealthy few. My mission is to share the hope of socialism, and help working people learn that capitalism only benefits the rich. My family background and my own life of hard work have helped prepare me as a representative of the many who give, rather than the few who take.”

For more information search the Web for: Stewart Alexander Enters Race for President; Stewart A. Alexander for President.

http://www.salt-g.com

http://www.vote-socialist.org/

http://peaceandfreedom-sjv.org/home/

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=24902

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Socialist ticket

by Meyer London Friday, Aug. 31, 2007 at 5:47 PM

As of now, it looks like Stewart has the same chance of winning as the Republican candidate - zero.

But he has a much better message and I hope he gets some national attention if he is nominated. This must be the only industrialized "democracy" on the planet where the word socialism is banned from the mass media, except when they think they've found an opportunity to riduclue it or to explain that it means the same thing as fascism.

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Socialism is a non starter

by Ahab Monday, Sep. 17, 2007 at 9:53 PM

Meyer -- What were you thinking when you posted this? Surely you couldn't possibly believe that Socialism has a legitmate place in the modern world.

It as been proven impotent time and time again. I don't know of any positives for Socialism.

It is just a bad idea that was tried many times and failed every time it was tried. Why give it another shot? It's yesterday's news and it's dead on arrival

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Reply to Meyer London

by Al Satterla Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2007 at 9:39 PM

Meyer said : "As of now, it looks like Stewart has the same chance of winning as the Republican candidate - zero"

I disagree Meyer.

I don't really like Rudy Guliani, Fred Thompson, or Mitt Romney. I really do like Republican candidate Alan Keyes (but don't think he has a chance of getting nominated).

The opposition is Hillary Clinton, wife of the worst President in American history. No way I could vote for her.

And then there is Barack Obama - No chance I could vote for an inexperienced and unqualified rookie like that either.

The rest of the field has zero chance of getting nominated.

So I'm probably going to vote Republican though it goes against my grain. Right now I'd say Fred Thompson has the best shot.

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