Shire Society Declaration Available for Download

July 31, 2010 by Sam Dodson · 37 Comments
Filed under: Introduction, Living Free, Obscured Truth Network, Your Evolution

Thanks to James “Puke” Schmill for donating his time as a photographer to create the high quality Shire Society Declaration documents The document was signed by a number of wonderful activists from Porcfest, with a final few signatures from the Keene area.

This is what Anarchy is All About.

July 5, 2010 by Yadra Voat · 8 Comments
Filed under: Introduction, Video, Your Evolution

It has been said of anarchism/voluntarism—the idea no group can be given greater rights than its members if all members are beings of equal moral nature—that it is the effort to build the first human civilization. (Keene being very much an epicenter of that transformation in human thought.)

Thanks to a liberty activist posting on Facebook a reference to a particular academic presentation, I became aware that a certain speaker (Jeremy Rifkin) at the British Royal Society for the Arts has done a far more credible job articulating that perspective than I could presently hope to.

Further, having done a small spot of research into it myself, I found that RSAnimate also did an excellent exception of the total talk, further encapsulating and better communicating the topic even more so.

[Viewer-discretion advisory: this animation contains some cartoonish nudity in scientific context.]

Middle School Parent Writes with Questions

June 7, 2010 by Sam Dodson · 7 Comments
Filed under: Introduction, Outreach

“Curious” wrote with the following questions from the Sentinel Middle School Outreach Story:

Now that the Free Keene set, has taken it apon themeselves to do the neighborly thing and creepily now approach our children, I have a few imortant questions Id like to pose at Sam and Ian specificlly. Please answer them directly, no hyperbole or philisophical preamble please. I think everyone reading deserves some straight talk.

Thanks for reaching out “Curious”, sharing ideas is the core of my activism. I along with most others are happy to engage in rational discussion exploring our perspective. Feel feel free to talk with us or ask us questions at these events. We’re friendly and interested in exchanging ideas. Read more

What is the Free State Project?

May 1, 2010 by Sam Dodson · 8 Comments
Filed under: Introduction, Obscured Truth Network, Personal Freedom, Video

I sat down with Varrin Swearingen, Media Spokesperson, for the Free State Project at their annual 2010 New Hampshire Liberty Forum to get an update on how the project is going. We cover the wide range of topics that encompass the actions of Free State Project participants who have moved to NH to get active for liberty, including everything from open carry litter pickup events to cannabis celebrations as Varrin explains the underlying freedom message that ties it all together.

FreeKeene’s Richard Featured on the Ridley Report

February 5, 2010 by Ian Freeman · 2 Comments
Filed under: Introduction, Video

Free Keene Welcomes Our Newest Blogger, Brandon!

December 5, 2009 by Ian Freeman · 3 Comments
Filed under: Announcement, Introduction

Brandon Durham Welcome to our newest blogger, Brandon. He’ll be heading up the Free Keene food drives and who knows what into the future. Look for his first post here soon. Meantime, here’s his bio from the Bloggers page:

Brandon moved to Keene in June of 2009 from the Detroit, MI area. He had been a believer in small government philosophy before coming to the realization that only through a voluntary society can the rights and liberties of individuals be preserved. After learning of the Free State Project in 2004 Brandon felt that the FSP would provide the best opportunity to reclaim those liberties.

New FREE Audiobook: “Complete Liberty”

November 19, 2009 by Ian Freeman · 26 Comments
Filed under: Announcement, Economic Freedom, Introduction, Personal Freedom, Update

For a couple of years now we’ve been offering 1970’s “The Market for Liberty” in audiobook and .PDF forms for download free at Book.FreeKeene.com. Now, we offer a brand new audiobook, published in 2007 by Wes Bertrand, “Complete Liberty: The Demise of the State and the Rise of Voluntary America”. The book is inspired by many other great liberty-minded works in the past (such as The Market for Liberty) and is an excellent modern day look at what liberty is and how we can achieve it in our lifetimes. Complete Liberty is a highly recommended read for those interested in freedom. Wes also does a podcast which you can listen to on his site, CompleteLiberty.com. Visit that page for his introduction. Here are three ways you can download this book:

207 MB self-extracting archive (Windows users only) containing ten .mp3 chapters.
207 MB .ZIP file containing ten .mp3 chapters.
1.2 MB .PDF – the actual book, which can be ordered in print here.

Sing a Song of Freedom

October 25, 2009 by Richard Onley · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Introduction, Issues

When I decided to make the move to New Hampshire, I still wasn’t sure what form my activism was gong to take. I was certain only that I had to do something, or live with the consequence of knowing that I’d made no effort to push back the incursions of the State–forever tormenting myself with wondering whether some simple action of mine might have made the crucial difference.
I’ve always been linguistically oriented. I make my living proofreading and copy-editing, and my mind is always whirring with wordplay that would make a cryptic crossword puzzle comparatively comprehensible. It seemed that I could channel that ability into something useful to the liberty movement.
Shortly before embarkation, I began writing down some of the songs I’d always playfully composed in my own mind, Read more

Dale Pitches Keene

October 8, 2009 by Ian Freeman · 7 Comments
Filed under: Introduction, Outreach, Video

Very persuasive! Please share this video with your liberty-minded friends:

Announcing our Newest YouTube Channel, “Free Keene LIVE”

August 2, 2009 by Ian Freeman · 3 Comments
Filed under: Announcement, Introduction, Video

As you may know, we’ve been experimenting with QIK.com’s live streaming video service. Activists are “arming up” with smartphones and streaming live video and audio of activism as-it-happens. Now you can see these live streamed videos moments after they air, permanently on our new YouTube channel, “Free Keene Live“. You’ll also see it in our right menu as “YouTube Live”. To kick things off, I’ve included the live video of Sam’s arrest on Friday. Don’t forget to hit the “Subscribe” button, as many of these videos will not be featured here on the blog.