Uruguay Libertarians And Their Civic Movement, Party

…about time for the country founded as a Lib-based autarchist community by Libs of the day guided by then LIO ( then Liberal-libertarian League) co-head the great Lemos Obando (  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Obando )  , and of course his advisor Artigas ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gervasio_Artigas ) who worked for a slave-free and economically model self-sufficient democratic republic  with free communes and now shaking off a dark period fighting off both extremist left and right subversion… Now benefiting from the overthrow of Latin and Communist dictaors encouraged by LIO Fellows in the 80′s in the first phase of OPERATION DEMOCRACY ( now busy in phase two against the remaining problem countries–see www.libertarian-international.org  ) , after a period of re-Liberalization folks are ready for more Libertarian tools—so: Please give them a like at http://partidoliberallibertario.com.uy/

S.T.E.M. or B.A.S.E.? Libertarians Work to Defend Humanities, Expand Terminology: For New Intellectuals

An engineer who can’t write, artfully model, or lacks business sense is a philosophical mess, techno-punks.–Uncle Harry Stottle.

…especially in light of misguided government attempts to penalize the life-extending humanities and other students…Another  paradigm-reversing thinkpiece by MG: http://www.libertarianinternational.org/apps/blog/show/19933780  Remember: You need a B.A.S.E. to grow the S.T.E.M… Pass it on!

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Libertarian International Org Alone Defines Libertarianism…vs anti-Lib Nonsense of the Year?

Extreme conservatives are at it again–trying to re-define Libertarianism as ‘non-anarchist’ and having as a basic (!) principle the size of government…. Thanks to the venerable Robert Rich– one of MG’s first 1000 Lib pledgees and one of the last living attendees of the Salamanca Conference in the 60′s –  for his quick answer which he just sent us.  The Good News: Many Libs and LIO Friends are posting comments at misleading articles urging folks to get to know LIO… N.B. the lost soul among the commenters  who thinks the much-disliked by many Libbies and so-named Kochtopus is the reason behind modern Libertarianism… This cool response is so good we say LINK THIS POST! –and for more info please see:

• http://www.dailypaul.com/136246/rand-paul-im-not-a-libertarian 
• SMILE! http://www.libertarianinternational.org/apps/videos/ (Libs in general)
• Libs= Pledged Libertarian, Libertarian-direction, libertarian-oriented ( 3 types in civics working for for LIO eco-community, free-choice zones/waivers, and secular federal liberal and direct democracy friendly to Libs respectively) and Lib fan: http://www.libertarianinternational.org/faqsstarterlinks.htm 
• See some of our first articles for juicy early movement info…
• LIO, a Lib near you since 1592: http://www.libertarianinternational.org/liofellowsboard.htm 

RE: http://redalertpolitics.com/2013/04/26/libertarianism-defined-why-the-gop-needs-to-support-young-libertarian-politicians/#comment-35746

 

RICH responds:

The Libertarian International Organization alone defines the terminology and curates the movement of Libertarianism. This was decided by the then Libertarians in the late ’60′s. Their site makes things pretty clear at  http://www.libertarianinternational.org   No wonder, since the LIO predecessors have been active for 500 years.

 

Its present curator, Michael Gilson-De Lemos, as a young man revived the movement and defined modern Libertarianism in 1969 and replaced all other forms, pledged the original Libertarians, and networks the all-volunteer LIO the largest world group. His http://www.libertarian-institute.info drives most Libertarian legal change.

 

A browse through the site and its sister sites shows this article is based on an extreme  conservative fantasy that once again tries to re-define L/libertarianism, especially given e.g. that people like Rand Paul say they are NOT Libertarians. Perhaps it’s because at present most pro-libertarians in the US vote Democratic–and the movement has far deeper goals than caring about just the size of government: it’s about voluntary solutions in all fields.

NB: We expect that as the movement grows we’ll see more of this nonsense.

“Good news everybody! Libertarians are now ‘defined’ by some Goldwater influencee as anti-anarchist social conservatives who love  just a little coercive government! Soon, 2 +2 will equal 22!”

Quasi-Libertarian State Bank Concept Spreads

 …to 17 US States after the performance of the common sense-based one  in North Dakota. http://banknd.nd.gov/NB: LIO encourages localism, but also on making such services autonomous, non-monopolistic and not tax-supported. Also, Lib-oriented user-run Credit Unions and  S & L’s weathered the recent crisis fine…using such ideas as strong reserves and not making crazy loans because the regulators said it was good for the country, say critics…The concept uses Lib minarchist tools in that a) It is community owned in principle ( we’ll see) and b) Does not prohibit  competitors. More:

Lib Idea of The Month: Growing World Travel This Year…

…thanks to Libs championing peace, eased border restrictions, and increasingly cheap deregulated travel…places to see@ http://www.bing.com/travel/content/search?q=Mysterious+Sights%3a+Moeraki+Boulders%2c+New+Zealand&FORM=TRSSPG

OK, Libertarians: The Assault Rifle They Want To Ban

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_10/22 

It’s…the Hippie teen hunting weapon they once brought to school.

Don’t laugh. They’re already telling you the real agenda: An East Coast mayor appeared on MSNBC claiming all firearms were “Weapons of Mass Destruction” that should be banned ( except for officials, natch, thus creating an exclusively armed aristocracy–the definition of feudalism…) while many extreme conservative pundits wax apoplectic and demand ‘violent’ shows be forbidden to boot. So find what many Libertarians know in this  informative article on a great weapon in many US homes, and additional links below…NEVERMIND hysterical officials that are ignoring that:

•  This is the type of weapon teen hippies once regularly brought to US schools ( for after school gun class ) as recently as

Forget Global Warming: Solar Warming May Be Real Danger…SMILE & LIB Idea of the Month

…LIO has brought in communication some scientists who suspect warming is part of solar-system wide phenomenon caused by passing through vast interstellar cloud, other side-effects, or unusual solar variations. The automatic solution is increased respect for property rights to reduce man-made effects with proactive SMILE Garden Earth/underground & space colonization easing driven by LIO concepts…GOOGLE the now growing research:

Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award: We Need Government Coercion As We Do Road Signs

--NOT!…Enjoy 10 examples of what’s wrong with the “obvious” but silly argument trotted out by some academics and pundits to “refute” libertarianism and ‘over-liberal- autonomy :http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/119285

Facepalm Award

Eurozine is Here!

…another triumph of Lib-championed free trade and web freedom, the intriguing zine has plenty on an evolving Europe @ http://www.eurozine.com/

10 Things Hon. Ron Paul Likes About Libertarian Ideas

Close enough for gummint work? Some lib-oriented concepts…

The Ten Principles of a Free Society
by Ron Paul – From the the Appendix to his book, Liberty Defined

Libertarian Preppers, Survivalists! Foxfire Unveiled

 

…here are great links to the influential, fascinating and useful approach & toolkits developed by libertarianist hippies and dedicated people’s historians once distributed by the USLP …with plenty of things you can use today…

1. http://www.foxfire.org/articles/FoxfireFundInc.pdf (16 amazing pages you might love)

The Difference A Little Libertarian Libertopia Makes

Before and after photos from East Germany…as people are free to improve their property and get the income to do so…http://masculinestyle.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/before-and-after/  …share this with those wondering if Lib ideas have ever been tried…

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Jefferson on Libertarian-Direction Anarchism, 2 Years Before The Federal US Started

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…or at least a-governmentalism and informal governance. More Wise Sayings of Chairman Jeff:

…”…Societies exist under three forms, sufficiently distinguishable: (1) without government,

Hey RenRen.com! TED OF THE MONTH: Behind The Great Chinese FireWall…

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_anti_behind_the_great_firewall_of_china.html …Chinese Libertarian and LIO fans of course all staring back at ya’ like Paul Atreides, and who confound fuddy-duddy government regulators as they spread new technologies before our eyes…and microbloggers have more followers than TV stations thanks to boomeranging policies…Who are these Chinese responding? See http://www.ted.com/talks/yang_lan.html

Bennie Award! A Coerced Government vs Private Barbershop Compared

…or close enough: It seems that the US Congress has 2 barbershops–which is cheaper and efficient? From an enlightening site–

ANTI-LIB AWARD: Good News Everyone! (Glub!) More on Libertarian Lifeguards, Or How Authoritarians Accuse Libertarians Of What THEY Do

 

…and make the Libertarian case–old news to us, but maybe news to you: Read http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/trust-me-this-is-good-news/  , then look at GOOGLESEARCH BELOW, then share…

Garden Earth: 4 Amazing Underground Homes

…as we encourage changes in laws to allow mor and standard eco-friendly underground  homes that leave surface green, cut utility costs, and are cheap to make:  http://www.recyclebank.com/live-green/4-amazing-underground-dwellings/

Who Is Better Off-The Poor of Today or the Middle Class of 1971?

…the average poor American lives better than the average middle class one of 1971–when Libs began to organize and free up the economy. Comparisons ignore relative labor cost and inflation, not to mention unleashed inventions as kooky regulations and attitudes were challenged….http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W8SLIt7xZxU Factoid: Florida denied welfare for owning a TV in the ’60′s—but now presumes one has a home computer to fill in its byzantine welfare application.

LIO Fellow L. Nikonov on Cronyism In Russia

…an inspiring talk by the the energetic thinker and public intellectual spreading rational approaches in Russia @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltacf5zW9aY&feature=player_embedded

The Quasi-Libertarian Playboy Philosophy…

“Whether you are talking about the magazine or Hugh…” the proto-libertarian work the  ”Playboy Philosophy”…expressed the spirit of the time, now re-discovered by academics, as a secular and college- educated generation began to emerge and discover all-but-censored libertarian-direction ideas…SEE:

How Libertarians Have Helped Change The World

SPECIAL: Like this article? How to Spread Libertopia Today and about S.M.I.L.E.!

…explained through  sounds your teen co-editor mostly never heard…but the result of Lib-driven de-regulation, de-monopolization, and more…http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106713

*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 http://www.LibertarianBookClub.org

Learn to Research–and the Real Law, with the Corpus Juris Secundum

…MG read the Titanic multi-volume opus cover to cover developing the post-Hospers Lib-direction  platform (itself based on his precocious unpublished  You Have A Right plus a brilliant outline by his Dad’s crony Nolan where Nolan explains more, and underlying the current LIO SMILE process) the private compendium of US case law and common law historicity and needs more citizen use– and real Lib leading leaders understand. No, you don’t need the latest version or to read every page to get familiar but can spend many fascinating hours in the free edition at your local public or college library (or demand they get a used one)..plus it’s also a great way to learn real research, says this article

Kenya: Michuki, Libertarians Bettered Democracy, Understanding Needed says Media

EALO/Libertarian of The Month…

While no one was looking the loose Libertarian-Liberal study network there has quietly and successfully pushed for more democracy, initial re-privatization, inter-tribal understanding and more– but there is some confusion and more concepts, clarity could help suggests interesting opinion piece by local centrist. Remembering LIO Fellow and environmental. fair elections champion  John Michuki, who welcomed LIO tools and worked to pave the way, himself going through a dramatic and admittedly imperfect personal evolution and advising startled fellow ministers to read MG and the USLP Libertarian-direction platform for ‘contrarian ideas that work’ and study  MacCallum’s “Art of Community, Rothbard, Bastiat, Jefferson, our own heritage, and grow up!”

Villages.cc Is Here!

https://villages.cc/ …another Lib tool type project, working to ease and network communities

TED OF THE MONTH: Dr. Taborrok On Ideas Triumphant

http://www.ted.com/talks/alex_tabarrok_foresees_economic_growth.html …says the Lib-interested social thinker, who to our ears implies as Lib ideas open the world, the world opens more with Lib ideas…

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…

Patronage Refund! *or* Why Everyone in Burlington Should Be a Member of City Market.

Reblogged from American Socialism for the Rich:

Many of the folks I know who live in Burlington, Vermont have a mixed perception of our co-operative grocery store, City Market. Though they appreciate the convenience of the downtown location, it's often perceived as an overpriced natural foods store which might be nice for specialty items, but would break the bank if you did the bulk of your grocery shopping there.

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A twofer today for the notorious US tax deadline...and another great lib co-op concept and model for ALL  public programs and many private ones of public character...

100th Anniversary: Libertarian Discovers the Truth About Titanic

“Untergang der Titanic” by Willy Stöwer, 1912

…that was sunk by pundits–namely how coercive UK regulations limited lifeboats, US ones kept immigrants locked below deck, the bureaurats blamed the commercial and other heroes for their failings and worse, plus how simple anachronism created by the movies from Nazi to Communist propaganda has launched waves of myth @

Libertarians 1, Donald Trump 0

“I’m Fired!”

The emblematic story of how Libs rallied to defend a widow who had fled tyranny– Vera Coking,  as ‘crony capitalist’ Trump  was using evil Eminent Domain laws to evict and get  her home for 5% of its actual value so he could build a parking lot–led by the Libertarian-direction grassroots-funded Institute for Justice: http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1003&Itemid=165.

Suit Up! This Month’s EALO: Libertarian in Public Office Mayor Willy Marshall Shows You How

 Willy Marshallhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7VJ8RvFhQ Path-breaking mayor on how he got elected and what he then did —and see this article

Awake! Sleepy Unions Adopt Libertarian Ideas

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trumka-laborers-20120222,0,3765485.story …forming more flexible agency-based associations instead of traditional government-regulated unions, with excellent results. And read the now classic LIO Libs Want You to have 4 Unions and check out the story at:

Community of Hippodamos:One Law in Proto-Lib City

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/CityPlan.htm One of the first recorded proto-Libertarian communities studied by the founders of the modern movement and itself thought a reflection of the ‘philosopher communities’ of the time. The City had one law, respect for other’s rights. (Note his original patent system was meant to

Ayn Rand Was an Illegal Immigrant

…and probably Yo Momma, Tambien, according to wacky rules of US Guv, say critics… http://reason.com/archives/2012/02/14/ayn-rand-was-an-illegal-immigrant

*Robert Heinlein: Lets Do LETS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_exchange_trading_system Pioneered by US Libs and LIO activists in the 70′s at the suggestion of SF author Robert Heinlein, who had championed voluntary Social Credit and  the 30 year mortgage (before, mortgages could be called at any time),  Canadians loved it, entrepreneurs developed it (   http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/explore/lcs.html )        , new versions were created, and now they’re storming Europe: “…Local exchange trading systems (LETS), also known as LETSystems, are locally initiated, democratically organised, not-for-profit community enterprises that

Good News Everyone! Libertarianism is an Illuminati Ploy Run By Jews, (Updated) Uh, Wait: Also Jewish-Controlled Jesuits Who’re Behind Communism, Who Are Dialectical Satanists Run By The Pope!

Anti-Libertarian Haters Award

 

..So you better behave yourself, or no pastrami for you, says LIO curator MG. We begin a new series, which goes monthly in May,  for the Anti-Lib Category on who hates libertarianism…What better place to begin than an anaylsis –sent as we sneaked previewed through Libertarian e-groups –by Henry Makow ? (His commenters agree, adding from first hand experience that Libertarians–Who are really Jewish etc. remember– have turned Europe into a Gulag and are kicking people out of Hospitals, following likely the orders of the CIA.) Read… 

*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 http://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

Prison Abolition, Already!

 http://www.actionicopa.org/ plus–Here’s a GOOGLE of one result of the burgeoning Lib-inspired movement  for rehab, compassionate segregation, and restorative justice

Facebook Bans Breastfeeding Moms, Lactivists Rejoice

…over the publicity bonanza they’re ‘milking’ as the indecisive FB billionaire– obsessed with fixing the unbroken fruits of his employees’ genius such as the created and removed bookshelf, discussion forums, and handy tabs features, while banning women for several months in a bizarre glitch– does it again because he’s presumably creeped out by health babies and life-extending Mother’s Milk: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9072201/Why-lactivists-are-milking-Facebooks-breastfeeding-ban.html (meanwhile, MySpace is experiencing a roaring comeback as it ‘gets its sexy back’ and incorporates EZ music and other features led, of all people, by Justin Timberlake)… 

Anti-Systems: How Regulators Created the BP Mess And More

http://tirelessagorist.blogspot.com/2012/01/libertarians-are-true-pragmatists.html By blocking common law inspection with regulations they then didn’t follow, and more factoids on how coercive regulations exist or act to subvert law here

US Govt Cuts Budget–of Agency that Cuts Budget

…the GAO which monitors budget shenanigans say they save $81 for every $1 spent, but regulation is at work to put a stop to that– in an example to democracies everywhere to shrink activity to levels last seen under penny-pinching FDR:  http://www.allgov.com//ViewNews/Most_Cost_Efficient_Federal_Agency_Forced_to_Cut_Staff_120209 

EZ Milk Carton Container Garden–Great for Contrarian Lib Upside Down Gardens as Well.

 

http://coachhousecraftingonabudget.blogspot.com/2012/01/greenhouse-space-saver-plus-milk-carton.html Just thread slats thru handles and grow seedlings, healthy veggies… For upside down gardening use, 1st developed by our Libertarian collective in NY & DC  (it saves water and cuts down on bugs and space, and in this form helpes everything from urban and indoor food gardens to serious larger homesteads) in the early 70′s for use in program to convert abandoned lots into family friendly community gardens starting in economically devastated Harlem, and why ADD to pollution by paying Wal-mart?) see GOOGLE:

Ignorance of the Law–What Is That?

http://paladinplanet.blogspot.com/2012/01/ignorance-of-law.html Makes point it meant originally any reasoable law all should know…not ‘gotcha’ legislation and felony-stacking…

The Most Important, Low-Cost AND Effective Libertarian Civic Act After 0) Taking the Pledge…

…and resolving to improve at being 2) kind & helpful plus studying up and sharing the good word with free e-tools and easy-does-it monthly readings such as at the official http://www.LibertarianBookClub.org and 3) considering monitoring local boards/seeking appointive non-partisan public office is, we recommend, 1) to– before trying to help clean up everyone else’s stuff –take a deep breath and individualistically, self-responsibly, autonomously, and  heroically… 

The Purpose of Government is to Protect You–NOT

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28scotus.html Says Libertarian visionary MG:  ”Under common law government is whatever the people vote it to be, and at present officials are often relieved of liability a private entity would have, and unsuprisingly sometimes act irresponsibly… In developing the directional US Platform, I never assumed that, but it was put in by others with my explanatory note that the USLP ceased distributing. That is why the correct emphasis was always voluntary governance, not small or no government per se…and actual accountability.”

Like TV’s ‘Parks and Recreation’ Show? …Meet the REAL Lib Parks Swanson

http://libertarianlifeguardssafetyvolunteers.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/libertarian-the-real-parks-swanson/ plus other great volunteers and youth in this growing and paradigm busting group started by Lib Lifeguards at work bettering safety and shifted to LIO volunteers…

ECONOMIC CRISIS: The REAL Major Cause Experts Ignore..? (Plus 10 Jobs for Retirees)

The massive demographic shift of baby-boom retirements that started a few months before the crash means less jobs, trade etc. causing a ripple effect ignored by economists and made worse by tax rises, growing tarriff/immigration blocks and regulatory hanky-panky to favor big companies, say many Libs…But now many seniors want to get back to work–Here’re 10 Jobs for retirees…http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/01/30/10-Best-Part-Time-Jobs-for-Retirees.aspx#page1

Libertarian L-5 Points Policy Triumphant: NASA

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74426.html For years right-wingers and self declared’libertarian pragmatists’ tried to stop US Libertarians from calling for demilitarized scientific colonies at the L-5 type points, areas in orbit highly stable but susceptible to mis-use. In 2004 NASA officals signaled a informal understanding, said Lib leaders. Now at last NASA has announced after years of meetings behind the scenes it will push for such scientific space stations. Libertarians have also proposed vast ‘Space Tourist Hotels’  and floating industrial colonies to help all nations there as well. Article …