BEARCAT-in-Keene Makes International News Via the Daily Mail

February 20, 2012 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: International, Issues, News, Police, Update

Keene’s looming threat of the BEARCAT attack truck blows up wider than national with international coverage now appearing in the UK’s Daily Mail.

UPDATE: The story has broken on FARK.com

UPDATE: Daily Kos also has a piece.

UPDATE: Autoblog Canada has a story.

Resisting the Next Big War: Peace With Iran Rally at Veterans Park

February 15, 2012 by Free Concord · 11 Comments
Filed under: Free Concord, International, Issues, Manchester, National, News, Occupy NH, Photos, Video

2/4 Antiwar Rally in Minneapolis, MN

On Saturday, February 4, a national day of war resistance was celebrated in the streets of cities around the nation. Following a protest at the Obama re-election campaign office opening, I headed to Veterans Park in Manchester, where there was a rally against war, especially the increasingly hyped prospect of war with Iran. In recent weeks, it seems established powers have been banging the war drums ever more loudly.

It appears to be a geographic continuance of ongoing military conquests by the US government, that in taking Iraq and Afghanistan, the next ambition would be the powerhouse that divides them. Though there’s a history of mistrust between the US and Iran, one obstacle that neither militant faction of the two countries may be able to overcome is the ability of the people of Iran and the United States to directly communicate. Read more

ATTN COLLEGE STUDENTS!

February 15, 2012 by Pete Eyre · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Economic Freedom, Govt. Schools, International, National, Personal Freedom, Politics, Your Evolution

Let him who would move the world, first move himself.
-Socrates

So you’re in college, huh? Why is that – to learn? To grow as an individual? To help make your world, and thus the world, better? Why stop once the spring semester ends? Invest in yourself – you’re worth it! Apply for and attend a free week-long summer seminar hosted through the Institute for Humane Studies.

Rick Van Wickler, Nurse Patricia Smith, & Bob “Weeda Claus” Constantine Testify for Legalization

January 29, 2012 by Ian · 26 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Hypocrisy, International, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, Personal Freedom, Police, Video

An excellent post from Biker Bill highlighting some speakers from the recent hearing on a house bill that would legalize marijuana for adults:

Van Wickler:

Bob “Weeda Claus” Constantine, Nurse Patricia Smith, and more: Read more

From Bucharest, Romania…

January 23, 2012 by Free Concord · 14 Comments
Filed under: International, Photos, Police

A scene from ongoing protests in Bucharest. Photo by Mediafax.

Blackout Reverses Support for SOPA

January 19, 2012 by Free Concord · 3 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Democrats, Free Concord, Free Press, International, Issues, National, New Hampshire, News, Politics

Google as it appeared during the Jan 18 blackout.

Much abuzz online yesterday had to deal with the congressional threat to the internet known as SOPA. The Stop Online Piracy Act is a federal bill which would create a blacklist of websites which internet service providers would be required to maintain and enforce. The blacklist would allegedly include websites which either host or link to data which, per its existence, is violating copyright laws. The very concept of ‘piracy’ is on its face hyperbolic. It is laughable Newspeak to equate data sharing with the practice of pillaging vessels at sea. PIPA, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, is the senate version of the dinosaur recording industry’s legislative attempt to thwart the free exchange of information. Also lobbying very strongly with the MPAA is the pharmaceutical industry, which profits heavily from onerous intellectual property regulation.

Reddit was the first eminent domain of the internet to announce January 18 as its blackout date to protest SOPA. Wikipedia announced its participation with similar measures. Google demonstrated its solidarity by featuring a black stripped homepage with a subheader requesting that people contact their so-called representatives and ask for a rejection of state control over the internet.

Heavy traffic to government servers hosting contact information for congress and the senate caused many pages to be inaccessible for the day.

Slovenian Digital Media Paywalled

January 16, 2012 by Free Concord · 9 Comments
Filed under: Court, Free Concord, Free Press, International, News

In the eastern European nation of Slovenia earlier today, a paywall was erected engrossing many of the most prolific digital media distributors. Piano Media, a Slovakian paywall service corporation, has convinced nine publishers and twelve websites to adopt a shared paywall, which will cost subscribers €2 for a weekly pass.

The model for Piano’s cartelization of media is similar to that of television subscriptions. At present, more people are abandoning cable and satellite live programming for the boundless information frontier provided by the internet. Few subscription services have fared well in the purge caused by the internet, with a notable exception being the growth seen by Netflix. Piano’s model divides subscription profits with the companies participating in the paywall, giving 70% of the revenue to media distributors and keeping thirty cents on the dollar for itself. It measures traffic among clients and based on where more traffic is channeled, Piano compensates the company.

Delo, Slovenia’s largest publication, plans to put about 10% of its content behind the wall, keeping the remaining content free so as to keep constant its web traffic. In Slovakia, media giant SME has approximately 5% of its content paywalled at the moment. Read more

Al Jazeera Reports on the FSP & Keene

January 10, 2012 by Ian · 25 Comments
Filed under: International, Introduction, News

One of the best news agencies in the world (since they aren’t necessarily biased in favor of the American state), Al-Jazeera, has reported on the Free State Project:

Loudon, New Hampshire – On Tuesday, Republicans in the state of New Hampshire vote for their presidential nominee in the first primary in the nation.

With all eyes on the horse race between the six major Republican candidates, some interesting political trends within the state of New Hampshire itself have gone unexamined. The state – with an official motto of “Live Free or Die” – has a political culture steeped in a small-government mindset. And partly for that reason, almost 1,000 political migrants have moved to New Hampshire over the past several years as part of the Free State Project. Read more

One Arrest at (Occupied) Capitol Center Debate

January 10, 2012 by Free Concord · 4 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Free Concord, Free State Project, International, National, New Hampshire, News, Occupy NH, Police, Video

At Sunday morning’s presidential debate held at the Capitol Center for the Arts, one arrest was made during a foiled “mic check” attempt by Occupy New Hampshire activists. Matthew Richards of Manchester was arrested for trespassing after attempting to hold open a door at the theater to allow protesters into the debate. He was tackled by security and placed under arrest by Concord police. Dave Ridley captured the scene following the arrest, as Matthew is brought out of the building. This is his second protest related trespassing arrest, as he was also taken into custody for a short period following the eviction of the Occupy NH encampment in Veterans Park.

Free Flow of Information Key to Better World

December 27, 2011 by Pete Eyre · 2 Comments
Filed under: International, Personal Freedom, Your Evolution

Even the most totalitarian regimes ultimately rest on granted authority. Misdeeds must be hidden or legitimacy erodes. Censorship, propaganda, purposeful omissions and blatant lies fuel the Statist Quo.

Enter the free flow of information.

Case in point, the How to Make a Wicking Bed Garden instructional sheet. Days after being created by @BrknSdwlkFrm (great work!) it was being distributed in NYC and translated into Arabic to be disseminated on the streets of Egypt.

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