Election 2016 Archives - The West End News

Resistance and Class Struggle in the Age of Trump

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 02, 2017In: Commentary, Commentary, Election 20161 Comment

By Adam Marletta If there is any solace to be found in the coming administration of Donald Trump—small though it may be—it is in the fact that those who oppose him and all the hate, fear mon... Read more

Now What? Reckoning with a Trump Presidency and the difficult struggle ahead

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 20, 2016In: Commentary, Election 20161 Comment

by Adam Marletta Warning: This article quotes President-elect Trump directly. Language may be unsuitable for some readers. Discretion is advised. Twelve days after the 2016 presidential elec... Read more

The Folly of Lesser Evilism: The Socialist Case for Jill Stein

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: October 17, 2016In: Commentary, Election 2016No Comments

Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, protests outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. by Adam Marletta The electoral strategy of “lesser evilism,” which fe... Read more

Jill Stein and the Tradition of the Protest Candidate

Posted By: Tony Zelion: October 06, 2016In: Election 2016, Featured, The Broader PictureNo Comments

Jill Stein is a protest candidate … and that is nothing new by Tony Zeli It is not often that a community paper like the West End News receives a one-on-one interview with a presidenti... Read more

Is Chipman a Shoo-in for Senate District 27

Posted By: Tony Zelion: October 06, 2016In: Election 2016, Neighborhood NotesNo Comments

Two Challenge Chipman for Senate District 27 by Tony Zeli State Senate District 27 is one of two Senate seats for Portland. The district includes the entire Portland peninsula, the islands,... Read more

Pious Ali Challenges Jon Hinck

Posted By: Editoron: October 06, 2016In: Briefs, Election 2016, Neighborhood Notes1 Comment

School Board Member Pious Ali Challenges Incumbent Jon Hinck for City Council At-large School Board Member Pious Ali mounts a campaign to unseat former State Representative and current City... Read more

Matt Moonen Is Virtually Unchallenged

Posted By: Editoron: October 06, 2016In: Briefs, Election 2016, Neighborhood NotesNo Comments

No Campaign Challenge for District 38 Incumbent Matt Moonen by Luke deNatale Matt Moonen is a Democrat running for the Maine House District 38 seat. He is currently running for his third ter... Read more

Minimum Wage a Moral Issue

Posted By: Tony Zelion: September 09, 2016In: Briefs, Election 2016, Neighborhood NotesNo Comments

Faith leaders gather at St. Luke’s to say minimum wage is a moral issue by Tony Zeli Question 4 on the November ballot has seen a lot of endorsements roll in over the past weeks. Some... Read more

On Those “Privileged” Third Party Voters

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: August 28, 2016In: Commentary, Election 20161 Comment

Third Party Voter Takes on the Privileged Argument By Adam Marletta As a routine voter of third party candidates, I am used to having all sorts of ugly and ridiculous insults hurled my way.... Read more

After Bernie Sanders, it’s Time to Ditch the Democrats

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: July 31, 2016In: Commentary, Election 2016, UncategorizedNo Comments

By Adam Marletta And just like that, Bernie Sanders’ “political revolution” has died, not with a bang, but with a whimper. Not only did the Vermont Senator do nothing to challenge the corona... Read more

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