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Playlists from my time at Bureaucrash

From early 2008 until early 2009 I worked at the now defunct Bureaucrash, which Wiki describes as “an international network of libertarian activists whose stated goals are ‘decreasing the scope of government’ and ‘increasing individual freedom’ which engages in culture jamming.” While there I cut my teeth on video capturing and editing, as I recognized [...]

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Genocide Studies – Striking the Root

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. -Henry David Thoreau On Tuesday, April 24th I stopped by Keene State University to speak with Henry King, director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies department. My visit was unannounced – motivated by my interest to share [...]

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Jones County, MS

Jones County, MS

The purpose of this post is to house all content related to the arrest, activism and adventures in legal land the MHD3 experienced in Jones County, MS. Other content – such as legal documents and a more-exhaustive timeline will be added. Previous iterations of this post are accessible on MotorhomeDiaries.com, LibertyOnTour.com & CopBlock.org. For a [...]

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Ransom Money from MHD3 Incident Returned

Somewhat recently (well – almost two months ago, but not too long ago in the grand scheme of things) – I received a check in the mail from the Jones County Justice Court for 200FRNs. The ransom money paid on May 14th, 2009 was finally returned. This, after I literally made dozens and dozens of [...]

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On Civil Disobedience: A Conversation from Liberty Forum 2012

The edited video of the civil disobedience panel held at the 2012 Liberty Forum, in which me, Ian Freeman & Jason Talley converse with those present about ideas, strategy and impact. It was recorded on Friday, Feb. 24th, 2012 at the Nashua, NH Crown Plaza. Do you have thoughts on the content discussed? Points where [...]

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VIDEO CONTEST: Mesh Schoolcraft with Szasz

Incentive: 100-FRNs or its equivalent in silver Deadline: Midnight EST March 31st, 2012. Send an email to “copblock [at] gmail [dot] org” with “Szasz” in the subject line and a link to your video Details: All submitted videos will be added to a playlist on CopBlock’s YouTube channel (link will be updated when created). In [...]

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Copblockers Content Featured on Stossel’s “Illegal Everything”

Copblockers Content Featured on Stossel’s “Illegal Everything”

Last week Ademo posted about John Stossel’s special “Illegal Everything” as it included footage of our unjust arrests when passing through Jones County, MS in May of 2009 and when attempting to bail out friends in Greenfield, MA in July of 2010. Also included in the Stossel segment was a clip from an interview shot [...]

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Sometimes the Biggest Lies Are In Plain Sight

Sometimes the Biggest Lies Are In Plain Sight

When Ray Johnson, a character in John Ross’s Unintended Consequences, returns to the arbitrary political boundary known as the United States after decades abroad as a big-game safari guide, he was shocked at the level of victim disarmament that had grown in his absence. Recently, something similar happened to me, but the thing that surprised [...]

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Monsters of Rock Concert Helps Mark End of Communism in USSR

Put yourself in the shoes of one of the hundreds of thousands of concert-goers, who had lived their entire lives under communism. Paradigms were shifting. People were rejecting the bad ideas of collectivism and a command-and-control economy in favor of personal freedom and responsibility. This concert was held as a tribute to the human spirit, [...]

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The Tank Man

The Tank Man

On June 5th, 1989 one individual had enough of the oppression he and others had long-endured from one of the biggest and most ruthless gangs ever to exist. Left with few other options after decades of rights-usurpations, the man stood up to the aggressors and very literally put his life on the line by standing [...]

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