Third Party Politics

Independent’s Day Independent’s Day

Minnesota's Dean Barkley represents a movement with a strong state foothold.

Dec 12, 2002 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

Party On!

Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Down for the Count Down for the Count

Was it only a few short weeks ago that I turned on the TV in my hotel room to hear conservative commentator Tucker Carlson explain to Don Imus that Gore would win the Floridian c...

Nov 30, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Nader: Is There Life After Crucifixion? Nader: Is There Life After Crucifixion?

He's full of plans for joining the Green Party to citizens' movements. His critics, he says, are "frightened liberals."

Nov 16, 2000 / Feature / David Corn

Deregulate the Duopoly Deregulate the Duopoly

As rain dances used to serve certain primitive tribes and scripture still serves true believers, the two-party system serves as the religion of the political class. Never mind th...

Nov 16, 2000 / Theodore J. Lowi

Democratic Centralism Democratic Centralism

"When the ax came into the woods, the trees all said, 'Well, at least the handle is one of us.'" There is more intellectual content in this old Turkish folk warning than ...

Oct 19, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

A Working Third Party A Working Third Party

Multiracial and populist, New York's Working Families Party gains ground.

Oct 19, 2000 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

‘Vote Your Hopes, Not Your Fears’ ‘Vote Your Hopes, Not Your Fears’

Take this as a national parable. Once upon a time--in the early eighties, actually--there was a progressive coalition in Vermont designed to become a third force in politics. One...

Oct 12, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Duking It Out in the Naderhood Duking It Out in the Naderhood

As Bush and Gore battle for the Northwest, Nader's power grows.

Oct 12, 2000 / Feature / Marc Cooper

Presidential Politics, Cont’d., Cont’d. Presidential Politics, Cont’d., Cont’d.

I still think third-party politics is mostly a crock, but then, so is two-party politics.

Sep 24, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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