LIO Fellows, Pro-Libertarians Created the Internet–Not Coercive Government, Which Tries To Tax and Suppress It

…and in fact coercive government, far from inventing the internet, has done all it can to keep the internet from happening, and still is busy trying to control it with crazed web censorship and surveillance statutes–and in the US, a ‘fair’ internet sales  tax ( getting rid of these silly taxes is never discussed)  that will mandate additional snooping while in fact taxing every business more with a website via more crazed rules and lost time–and likely draconian non-compliance penalties)… Libertarians and friends as with many things were the driving force liberating personal action that created the internet–  LIO Fellows  and Lib friends

Don’t Complain About The World If You Haven’t Joined Our E-Updates!!

http://libertariansmile.wordpress.com/ is also www.TheLibertarian.Info… now go right there NOW at the RIGHT  to click for free, entertaining, informative SMILE regular updates

Opinion: Are We Losing Our Freedom?

…NO! says LIO’s MG — though it’s not from lack of trying by the right-wing and other ‘mainstream’  extremists who tell us we are as they nibble at this and that…or unhappy activists who lose touch with where we were–and says keep pushing for voluntary alternatives for the real cause–justice (Photo: Availability of cheap tasty coffee of seemingly endless varieties and forms has risen with Lib-championed trade, interest in unaccustomed cultures and ways, and ease of small business where more difficult than before as lack OR complexity of laws hid arbitrary rules)..  10 Things  We Now Enjoy thanks to Libs, and

Libertarianism In Brief…LIO Libertarians Championed Clearing The ‘Laws’ That Blocked The Inventions–Libertarian Idea of the Month

 

Via: makeuseof.com

…and often played a role in everything from the PC to telephone deregulation allowing new add-on devices that brought about the internet…not to mention helping in ending many info-blocking dictatorships, attitudes and laws…and encouraging participative and open management styles that ease innovation…To see what else is going on, sign up at http://www.Libertarian-International.org

*LIO Fellow Peter McWilliams

…has a wonderful tribute page at http://www.facebook.com/petermcwilliamstribute plus enjoy his witty-quote-filled and entertaining book for free at www.LibertarianBookClub.org

Common Law vs Statute Systems: Total Myth, Say Libertarian Thinkers

…or at least in our book, as scholars confuse  historical accident or cultural emphasis with the need for both plus ignored the third and powerful  private re-statement in consultation with the people now drivimng world change…as Libs like MG (who grew up in Spain) did in studying the Ur-text of Iberian common law, the surprisingly Lib-similar and  modern Usatges, now available in English translation…Lib scholars have also studied case law systems such as the Xeer, which is why most Somalis ignore their western-imposed government in recent years and develop independent cantons like Somaliland, and interested LIO Fellows welcome or actively  urge local and national study of systems starting with native peoples…

Libertarian Call for Animal Quasi-Rights, Meat Substitutes Advances

42 years after the LIO prodded by MG  first convened activists to work on the issue, and sentient dolphins and Libertarian gorillas were portrayed in award-winning libertarian -based Science Fiction (most famously in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) , movement is accelerating: Scientists are doing promising work on purer and more life-extending meat substitutes http://reason.com/blog/2012/02/21/is-it-steak-yet-no-but-vat-grown-burgers as intellectuals now agree Libertarians weren’t so ‘crazy’ after all and seek better treatment of near-(and for all we know, actual) sentients such as dolphins–so…so long, and thanks for all the fish–[ass this article on to help the movement:

*LIO Fellow B. Fuller: The Lib-Direction Governmentless City

…that helped inspire the modern world movement: Anarchist community without government ( using common law juries, contracts) in a mini-archist designed but flexible setting. This concept of a highly-proactively designed voluntary action/libertarian-based governmentless city of a highly humane and educated population so fascinated planners and futurists  it attracted favorable attention by the US Government, 3M and the University of Minnesota, which in the ’60′s contemplated helping fund a model for study–the US Federal Government studied abolishing itself, said Fuller, except as a more guideline oriented educational entity.

LIO Observer and Fellow philosopher-architect Buckminster Fuller proposed

The Libertarian Zine Officially Born Today

Photo: William Sidis y de los Lemos*  taught at Harvard as a child, first proposed our Zine.

 …As home for Libs and all those interested in the SMILE approach. Originally founded by quirky hyper-genius, perpetual calendar reformer and  inventor,  LIO Fellow (then adviser) and activist who braved arrests and beatings for peace the great William Sidis, who

Alert! US, Canada Libs Hail 13K Dow, Prep For Gas Price Surge

…noting the economy is benefiting from Lib open orgs such as the web, easier foreign investment (plus capital fleeing to US from Europe),  and home businesses not on the radar–and we need more of that, not backfiring tax rises or proposed IRA’s seizures– many Libs are topping off gas tanks and storing (in safe cans for the purpose) gas, car-pooling, and using said web to find cheapest gas to level out price swings, making donations to help out their favorite causes such as food pantries to help others… (and while you’re at it, look at  LIO Fellow Harry Browne’s approach for the next swing) . So get moving. (Photo: Browne and LIO co-ordinator and curator MG yuk it up after presentations; the two strong advocates of proactive endowments and portfolios for public projects and consumers).

*Dr. Murray Rothbard: Hey Scholars! Get Informed…

 

…On the basics of Libertarian-direction scholarly research with the organizing vision of  the “interdisciplinary science of Libertarianism” so championed by the great LIO Fellow and provocative interdisciplinarian Dr. Rothbard @ the seminal:   http://mises.org/periodical.aspx?Id=3     that is re-awakening Liberalism and bringing together a multiplicity of perspectives…NB: You need to stay current, as many items have a context not reflected in the papers, but at least you won’t be dismissed by Libertarians as a total idiot who doesn’t do basic research. And budding young scholars in every country: the LIO encourages you to begin with translations then move on to studying and documenting Libertarian precursors and life experiences IN YOUR OWN COUNTRIES, NATIVE PEOPLES & COMMUNITIES…for a start on accepted core readings at www.LibertarianBookClub.org with more on the way…

Modern Times: Good Libertarian Ideas Never Die… And Take New Forms

Photo: Modern times co-founder, LIO (then the League) attorney Stephen Pearl Andrews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAKK_N_EOyg  …such as open organizing seemingly from the air around–and natural freedom of–these great teens rediscover and seek to emulate Modern Times, the 1850′s Libertarian intentional community formed by

James W. Lark III: Discover Time-Management, Lib Activities

http://www.theadvocates.org/about/board-of-directors The genial Dr. Lark is past chair of the USLP, goodwill Ambassador for Libertarian effort,  and a noted thinker and presenter in management and operations issues. He serves on the board of many Libertarian educational groups and has been in developing Students for Liberty. He advises LIO fans to look into simple books on time-management and learning ‘how to plan backwards from the end’ in mind as very useful life tools (see www.LibertarianBookClub.org in mid 2012 for some suggestioons) …and that simple courtesy goes a long way…See

Libertarian Green: 3 Key Things Libertarians Have Done That Saved The Ecology

LIO Fellow Mike Barr, who served on a local public office on Soil & Water Board, is leading a local movement where people are working on ecological issues, volunteering, and property rights protection. LIO Friends have been working to remove coercive laws against urban gardens, farms, and community garden co-ops. The LIO is leading creation of model Libertarian/SMILE-interested networks to generate and legalize model Libertarian eco-communities as an ultimate goal.

Here is what else has been done in the general culture.

From the 1st Survivalist Conference: Know The 3 Surivalist Conditions

 Photo: Harry Browne and MG worked tirelessly to promote long-range Lib preparedness and autonomy

The LIO sponsored a series of conferences along with its first general conference on spreading voluntary tools in the 70′s. The main focus along with an expo where pioneers in the prep/survival/autonomous home-natural eco-movement shared products and ideas was a dialogue on the 3 Survivalist Alert Conditions defined by the then  young Michael Gilson. Here they are: