Site Launch: Third Party and Independent Daily

One of the reasons I started up Poli-Tea almost a year ago was because I had grown tired of reading the same old discredited arguments from the same old discredited commentators in support of the same old discredited politicians and policy positions, and finally decided that if I desired to read sustained commentary in support of alternatives to the two-party state, the duopoly system of government and the ideology that supports them, I was going to have to write it myself. Since then, however, I have discovered a great many blogs and websites dedicated to the very same project, and have become acquainted with numerous third party and independent bloggers from across the political spectrum who are equally devoted to exposing the sham that is the duopolist order and share an interest in supporting third party and independent candidates for office. Clearly, though, this aim is inhibited to some extent by the disjointed character of the third party and independent web.

A number of friends and readers have written to me in the past suggesting the creation of a group blog dedicated to third party and independent news and commentary that would serve as a forum for debate and discussion and provide another home for third party and independent activists on the political web. I have therefore taken the liberty of starting up Third Party and Independent Daily, which I launched on January 1st. Obviously, the site is a work in progress and is somewhat sparse as of yet, but I have already created a number of news aggregation pages attached to it, and have been in contact with some of you who have expressed interest in contributing to just such a project. Allow me, then, to take this opportunity to extend an open invitation to friends and readers who might be interested in becoming contributors to the site. Contributions could run the gamut from link lists or simple provocations intended to spark debate, to excerpts of news articles or press releases, to cross-postings of original reporting and commentary from your own blog. Send me an email (damoneris at gmail) and I'll send you an invite. As always, suggestions and critique are welcome in the comments.