But didn’t we fight a war over secession almost 150 years ago? Wouldn’t the feds just send in the troops to crush our little experiment? The answer, in short, is no. In “modern, democratic” countries the use of violence against legal secessionist movements is out of the question. For example, no one advocates using force to prevent Quebec from leaving…
Posts published in January 2025
Despite the clear and unambiguous directive of the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee, the Libertarian Party National Committee has yet — say our unimpeachable sources — to restore Caryn Ann Harlos to her position as Secretary. (This statement is made at 10:32AM eastern time on January 8, 2025. It may become outdated.) Late News BulletinThompson and Krawchuk Confirm
We have additional news here: LNC Questions Asked. LNC Response. Caryn Ann Harlos awaits restoration of her privileges as LNC Secretary. Quoting from her X.com page, dated January 7, 2:33PM: “I requested my full LNC member rights to access be restored last night. It was late, understandable not done immediately. But it is not hard and I still do not.…
We begin with the original proposal of Jason Sorens, as continued here: Some activism of this sort has been tried, involving “monkey-wrenching” � la Claire Wolfe, “dropping out,” not using government services, etc. The problem with these strategies is that: 1) they are small-scale and unlikely to make a noticeable difference; 2) the more radical projects require abandoning family and…
By a vote of 6-1, the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee has overturned the suspension of Caryn Ann Harlos as Libertarian National Committee Secretary, restoring her to her Secretary position. Full Judicial Committee findings will be available in a few days.
It’s right on their web pages, under issues. Perhaps we should say it’s far right on their web pages. We quote teh LNC Web Pages at LP.org.: “To help balance the conflict between those who want migration freedom and those concerned about dangerous persons coming over, [Editor: Emphasis ours.] the Libertarian Party calls for an end to birthright citizenship and…
The vote was 12-0 with three members not bothering to vote. The non-voters were Redpath, Nanna, and Darr. Motion: To strike out the current Section 1.01 4) text and insert the following: 4) Removal from Office A Party Officer or At-Large Member may be disciplined as per the Bylaws Article 6.7 and 7.5, for cause, by the trial procedure outlined…
Yet another Mises Caucus inner core member has supplied us with more information about the internal organization of the Mises Caucus. This information follows our prior post revealing their organization. We quote: Other Teams Examples of Candidate Support Teams Candidate Interviews – Conducts interviews with candidates who have filled out our PAC support application and makes determinations on which candidates…
We report the creation of a new pro-Liberty and Libertarian newspaper, Freedom Voter News. The first issue, for January 2024, is attached. Freedom Voter News plans to report positive news of pro-freedom parties, notably classical-liberal, libertarian, and conservative third parties. Election and referendum victories will be covered. Achievements of candidates will be covered. Internal party conflicts, entirely negative news, news…
The Free State Project by Jason Sorens Note from the author (7/2/04): This article was the first exploration of the idea of a “free state strategy.” Needless to say, the present-day Free State Project differs from the proposals of this article in some respects. In particular, the article overemphasizes the possibility of secession. Nevertheless, I think it’s still of historical…