Julian Heicklen Expatriates

May 23, 2012 by Free Concord · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Court, Free Concord, International, Issues, Jailed Activist, National, News, Outreach

News has broken today that fully informed jury activist Julian Heicklen has fled the country to avoid a pending warrant out of Santa Ana, California, where he is wanted yet again for distributing educational fliers on the rights of jurors. On May 22, Julian is said to have been granted Israeli citizenship at customs. It is unclear whether the eighty year old pamphleteering pioneer plans on returning to the United States. Freedoms Phoenix has the story.

http://freedomsphoenix.com/Article/112245-2012-05-23-julian-heicklen-flees-united-states.htm

Beau Davis Jailed for 30 Days

May 9, 2012 by Ian · 5 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Jailed Activist, Personal Freedom

Activist and videographer/editor Beau Davis was jailed today after a sentencing hearing at Cheshire “superior court”. He will be spending 30 days in the Keene spiritual retreat for the “crime” of distribution of cannabis. If he gets good time, he could be out in as little as 20 days.

Please write to Beau via Mail-to-Jail or at this address:

Beau Davis
825 Marlboro Rd.
Keene, NH 03431

You can put money into his commissary (so he can be a little more comfortable on the inside) via the info here.

Derrick J. Jailed for At Least 75 Days

May 9, 2012 by Ian · 10 Comments
Filed under: Announcement, Civil Disobedience, Jailed Activist, Update

My friend and co-blogger Derrick J checked in to the local spiritual retreat Monday at 5pm. His sentence could be as little as 75 days, and possibly over 100, depending on “good time”. Please write to Derrick via Mail-to-Jail or at this address:

Derrick Horton
825 Marlboro Rd.
Keene, NH 03431

You can put money into his commissary (so he can be a little more comfortable on the inside) via the info here.

Stay tuned to Free Keene as Derrick J is expected to blog from the inside. Plus, a feature-length documentary is in the works.

Your letters make a big difference – please send your thoughts to Derrick. Mail-to-Jail makes it easy.

Medea Benjamin Dragged From Press Conference During Drone Killings Monologue

May 6, 2012 by Free Concord · 3 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Free Concord, International, Issues, National, New Hampshire, News, Video

It’s a surprise to learn that Medea Benjamin was allowed into a press conference marking the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s mysterious execution. ‘Counterterrorism Advisor’ John Brennan spoke about US military operations overseas, including the use of drones to kill suspected combatants, at the April 30 event at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in DC. Medea (whom you may remember from the Jefferson Dance Party) stood and interrupted the official’s speech and spoke out on behalf of innocent victims of increasingly advanced US militarism. The venue was reasonable enough to not ask that she be arrested after police dragged her from the room. Linked you can read Medea’s account of the event, and see the courageous interruption below:

NH News

Today Dave Ridley published an illustrated weekly audio broadcast from Ron Paul on the current state of US foreign intervention. Read more

Injustice System-related content, by Pete Eyre

May 2, 2012 by Pete Eyre · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Copblock, Noncooperation, Personal Freedom, Police, Video, Your Evolution

[This post was originally posted to CopBlock.org]

Michele Seven Goes to Trial for No Car Registration

April 27, 2012 by Ian · 10 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Court, Living Free, New Hampshire, Noncooperation, Personal Freedom, Video

Michele Seven refused to take the plea on tickets for registering her car and a trailer. She took them to trial, as everyone should, to clog and hopefully eventually change the system. Here is the raw footage:

Concord Patch Reports on 420 Celebration at the State House

April 23, 2012 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Issues, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, News

Thanks to the Concord Patch’s Tony Schinella for this report on the successful 420 celebration at the Concord state house:

Advocates of marijuana legalization gathered at the Statehouse on April 20, to push their cause, march in the plaza, and even fill the Hall of Flags with anti-drug war lyrics to the tune of Christmas carols.

The rally – 420 at 4:20 on 4/20 – was a collection of advocates, users, and other “liberty-minded” individuals, pressing their belief that drug laws are more harmful than good and that they should be allowed to smoke if they want to.

The advocates gathered outside the plaza for a litter pickup before the rally. At 4 p.m., Rich Paul, an activist from Keene, spoke from a megaphone, saying prohibition earlier in the nation’s history caused needless death and destruction. Paul even pointed to the recent shootings in Greenland that caused the death of the police chief there. Read more

New Mover: “My First New Hampshire Civil Disobedience Experience”

April 22, 2012 by Ian · 3 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Essay, Living Free

New mover from NY, Chris Cantwell describes one of his first activism experiences living in the Shire:

Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining Kelly Voluntaryist, Ian Freeman, Darryl Perry, Jason Repsher, Rich Paul Freeman, and over a hundred other activists for the 4/20 rally, at the State House in Concord, NH.

Activists from Keene, NH met at the Keene Activist Center, as we so often do, a week in advance and discussed what we would do, who wanted to go, and who could provide transportation, signs were made, channels for two way radio communications were decided on, and by the time we loaded into our cars, everything was ready to go. Other activists from across the state and political spectrum also made plans and attended.

Some people had arrived early, to clean up the streets. Liberty activists performed a litter pickup, as agents of The State wrote parking tickets nearby… Read more

Successful 420 Celebration at the State House

April 21, 2012 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, Personal Freedom, Police, Video

Well over 100 turned out for a 420 celebration at the Concord state house, now in its third year! The Shire Choir performed several “Chronic Carols” inside the state house, while plenty of cannabis was smoked in front of the building as state police looked on. Thanks to the police for doing the right thing and standing down and allowing peaceful people to be free.

Here’s MikeforLiberty’s video of the occasion:

Be sure to join us again in Concord for 420 at 4:20 on November 5th.

My Recent Adventures In Legal Land

April 19, 2012 by Kelly · 11 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Court, Personal Freedom

Legal land is never fun.

The costumed men, habitual threats levied, ridiculous formal rituals, and attempts to force me to respect a system I abhor is enough to drive me crazy. It doesn’t because I don’t allow it to, because if it does they are winning and we all know I don’t want that! However, I must admit it is taking up a certain amount of my time and, worse, my energy. Legal land sucks. It truly is the worst part of civil disobedience. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and I choose to live free with the knowledge that, in one way or another, I will pay the price.