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An Open Message to Monadnock Students

This content below was originally posted to FreeKeene.com On December 13th I went to Monadnock Regional High School with the intention of offering Who Owns You? cards to students exiting the building. Most present were receptive or indifferent, though a handful of individuals – those ostensibly seen to be “educators” – were a bit hostile.* [...]

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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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Hey Manch: I'd Rather Stand on my Conscience Than Fund Your Violence

Hey Manch: I'd Rather Stand on my Conscience Than Fund Your Violence

Join Ademo Freeman & friends January 9th – 10:30AM – Manchester District Court ———————— On June 4th I was one of eight arrested outside the Manchester Police Department when at a pro-police accountability event. I was alleged to have been “disorderly” – twice. Over six months later, I was told I was “guilty” of violating [...]

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Ademo & Pete's Agora I/O Session on Cop Block, Tactics, Voluntaryism & More

Ademo and I engaged in a two-hour dialogue with others in the second Agora I/O, the “unconference where you’ll find the greatest people, ideas and tools for advancing liberty.” We were scheduled for two back-to-back sessions: “Brainstorm with Cop Block: Your Feedback, Ideas & Involvement Wanted!” and “Police Interaction and Accountability: Q&A with Cop Block,” [...]

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Inaugural eZine by Freedom’s Phoenix includes essay by Eyre

Inaugural eZine by Freedom’s Phoenix includes essay by Eyre

One World Government?,… One World LOVEolution Staying ahead of the curve, our good friends at Freedom’s Phoenix just published their first eZine to disseminate the ideas of liberty on tablets and smartphones. Authors of the principled and thought-provoking content include: Jacob G. Hornberger – Libertarianism versus Statism Walter E. Block – Advice to the next [...]

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Severed Fifth & the Open Source Music Movement

Recently my bud Mike VanLare put the band Severed Fifth and their business model on my radar. From their website: Severed Fifth are an innovative new metal band based in Oakland, California that are not only delivering a solid burst of metal, but are hell bent on changing the music industry while doing so. Founded [...]

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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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Mark Ames: A Rebuttal

Mark Ames: A Rebuttal

Last week I learned that a guy named Mark Ames wrote a hit piece on Nation.com that attempted to link a number of disparate individuals and events in a Koch-backed conspiracy targeting current TSA policies. Ames singled-out such folks as John Tyner III, Meg McLain, George Donnelly and myself and pointed to circumstantial evidence, omissions [...]

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MARV Lives On

MARV Lives On

KEENE, NH – Almost five months ago Jason Talley and I – as equal owners of the Mobile Authority Resistance Vehicle (MARV) – decided to put the 2000 Four Winds Hurricane up for sale. We had paid about $16k from our own pockets last year, and, not being the richest dudes, hoped to recoup some [...]

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Are You Really An Abolitionist?

Are You Really An Abolitionist?

BEMUS POINT, NY – I recently read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave Written by Himself – a book published in 1845 that documented the horrors and massive violations of individual rights based on arbitrary man-made legislation that “legalized” slavery. All of us today rightly decry slavery. Yet it still exists. [...]

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