January 2007 - Posts

• LYMEC Bureau meets in Brussels

  LYMEC Bureau met for its fifth meeting in Brussels, on 26-28 January. In its full composition, the Bureau discussed LYMEC’s upcoming political and organizational priorities. The continuation of the very successful NO VISA campaign and the conference in Read More... Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 4:09 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• Congratulations to Braeden Caley and the new YLCBC Executive!

  The Young Liberals of Canada would like to offer its congratulations to the newly elected Young Liberal Executive of British Columbia: Read More... Posted Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:00 PM from Young Liberals of Canada RSS News Feeds | 0 Comments

• Video: YDA on Be Seen, Be Heard

  ABC has a new program called Be Seen, Be Heard where they ask young people to send in video clips on pressing issues. YDA’s Executive Director Jane Fleming went up against the Young Republican’s President to tackle the issue young people wanted the President Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 3:20 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Video: Jane Fleming Takes on Ann Coulter

  YDA’s Executive Director takes on Ann Coulter on Hannity + Colmes about the Iraq war. Watch how Ann describes the Iraq war like a gang fight in LA. Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 3:20 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Increased repression against young liberals in Havana

  The Havana delegate of CJM, Wilson Reina Cabrera, has been jailed by the Cuban authorities without reason since yesterday morning and nothing has been heard from him for the last ten hours. He is being held at the police station located between Aguila Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:07 AM by Bart | 0 Comments Filed under: CJM, Repression, Cuba

• SOTU Watch Parties + Bingo Game

  YDA encourages our members to hold State of the Union (SOTU) Watch Parties in your community. Below are a few happening in the DC area. If you are holding one and it is open to the public, fell free to add to the blog post with your party’s info. Also, Read More... Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 5:16 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Ask the DNC to Follow Their Rules: Help Young Dems Become Convention Delegates

  The Democratic National Committee has been ignoring a 30 year-old provision in their rules which requires that young people be given seats at the Presidential Nominating Convention based on their percentage of the Democratic vote. These requirements are Read More... Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 5:21 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Norway and Switzerland must take driver's seat in WTO talks

  Joint statement by The Young Liberals of Norway (Norges Unge Venstre) and The Young Liberals of Switzerland (Jungfreisinnige Schweiz) Norway and Switzerland must take driver's seat in WTO talks The Young Liberals of Norway and the Young Liberals of Read More... Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 5:24 PM by Bart | 0 Comments Filed under: Doha, Switzerland, trade, WTO, JFS, Norway, NUV

• Help Young Democrats be DNC Convention Delegates

  The Democratic National Committee has been ignoring a 30 year-old provision in their rules which requires that young people be given seats at the Presidential Nominating Convention based on their percentage of the Democratic vote. These requirements are Read More... Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 11:51 AM from YDA | 0 Comments

• New Generation: Hungary should open its labour-market

  HUNGARY- The Hungarian SZDSZ New Generation welcomes the decision of the European Union which brings forth Romania and Bulgaria joining the Union on January 1, 2007. We, young liberals, are fully convinced that the European perspective for the countries Read More... Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:12 AM by iflry | 0 Comments Filed under: New Generation, Hungary, MOs, Labour market

• Bulgarian nurses' trial: EU cannot let Lybia violate basic human rights standards

  A Libyan court has sentenced last 19 December five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for intentionally infecting over 400 children with H.I.V. The medical workers were originally sentenced to death in May 2004. However, Read More... Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 5:34 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• Sign the Mobile Petition to Cut College Loan Interest Rates Today

  Next week the House will vote to cut student loan interest rates which George Bush and the Republican Congress doubled last year. Get your friends to text COLLEGE to 35328 to urge Congress to cut college loan interest rates and to support the Student Read More... Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 3:58 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Sign the Mobile Petition Today

  Next week the House will vote to cut student loan interest rates which George Bush and the Republican Congress doubled last year. Get your friends to text COLLEGE to 35328 to urge Congress to cut college loan interest rates and to support the Student Read More... Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 2:55 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Press Release: YDA Lobbies Congress on College Loan Interest Rates

  Students, Parents Call on Congress to Make College Affordable Unique Events Attract Thousands to National Day of Action College students today called on Congress to cut student loan interest rates as a first step to making college more affordable. At Read More... Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 2:55 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Europe must seriously reconsider the use of safe nuclear energy

  European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) welcomes European Commission’s proposal to develop an integrated energy and climate change package with the aim to cut emissions for the 21st Century. The European Commission, with the crucial input from the liberal commissioner Read More... Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 6:15 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• Young Voters Reject Escalation

  Last night President Bush again attempted to explain a plan to win the war in Iraq. Instead of following the responsible course of action the Iraq Study Group suggested, he argued for a third escalation in Iraq – a move which the Young Democrats of America Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:05 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Denver to Host 2008 Democratic National Convention

  Citing the Denver host committee’s strong bid and growing Democratic gains in the Rocky Mountain West, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today announced that Denver will host the 2008 Democratic National Convention Monday, August 25 to Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:01 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• Help Make College Affordable

  Next week the House will vote to cut student loan interest rates which George Bush the Republican Congress doubled last year. Get your friends to text COLLEGE to 35328 to urge Congress to cut college loan interest rates and to support the Student Relief Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:01 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• ALDE marks the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to EU

  The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) held on January 9th its New Year’s Reception. The event especially marked the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Union and Slovenia’s entry to the Eurozone. The liberal leader Read More... Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:22 AM from LYMEC asbl :: European Liberal Youth | 0 Comments

• YDA Remembers President Ford

  Ford worked to “heal the scars of divisiveness” as he granted amnesty to many Americans who fled the US to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:59 PM from YDA | 0 Comments

• YDA Welcomes the Democrat Majority and 100 Hour Agenda

  As Young Democrats, we are glad to see issues that affect both our futures and the future of the country at large finally being addressed. Over the next week, the new Congress will introduce bills that will monitor honest leadership, open government, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:59 PM from YDA | 0 Comments