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First up: Fred Newman, US radical independent political strategist and consultant to Mike Bloomberg’s three (3) successful NYC Independence Party campaigns, as quoted by Michael Barbaro at the New York Times reports tonight about the recent NYC Charter Revision Commission mandate for nonpartisan elections.

And now, here’s what’s been shaking over the past couple of weeks for independent voters around the country:

Last week was a busy one here in NYC for independents and youth, and independent youth:  2 public hearings for the NYC Charter Revision Commission, one in ‘da Bronx on Monday and one onStaten Island on Tuesday, where 

• Fred Newman talks about Tavis Smiley, the Black Agenda, Rev. Al Sharpton, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Jessie Jackson, Cornel West and Karl Marx in Talk Talk with Jackie Salit.

Open Primaries, Independent Parties, and the Authorities Must read on Redding News Review — Lenora Fulani explains why she did not support Bill Thompson in November’s mayoral race in NYC….

SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK: THE INDEPENDENTS’ STORY By: Jackie Salit When we finally get far enough down the road on health care reform, it will become clear that a drivi

Independent Voters

According to the polls, independents are abandoning unions, Obama and the progressive agenda.

Or did the unions, Pres. Obama and progressives abandon independents to the right?