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

Yardsale Take-Aways

May 6, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 1 Comment
Filed under: Charity, Outreach

Neighbors helping neighbors makes for strong communities

That was the text included on the bottom of the quarter-page flyer distributed to houses in the neighborhood ten days ago inviting people to attend and contribute items to a yardsale held yesterday. And it’s what motivated me to be involved in the event.

Why not get items no longer utilized into the hands of those who’d put them to better use? Seems like a win-win.

Guest Blog: “A Month in the ‘Free State’”

May 5, 2012 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Essay, Living Free, National, Outreach, Personal Freedom, Your Evolution

New mover Chris Cantwell reflects on his first month in the Shire:

A few weeks ago, my shotgun would have subjected me to years in a state prison, I paid an 8.625% sales tax on nearly everything I purchased, and a progressive state income tax made every effort to steal from me the fruits of my labor. Finally, a local municipality driven mad by xenophobic anti-immigration activists declared my apartment illegal and threatened to evict me from my home. Thanks for that, no, really, thank you, because coming to New Hampshire is the single greatest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.

So I fit what I could in my van and fled the criminal gangs calling themselve The State, operating inside the arbitrary geopolitical boundary commonly known as New York. 5 hours north, I find myself in Marlborough, New Hampshire, just outside of Keene.

The move couldn’t have gone smoother. Read more

Free Concord interviews Jack Cole of LEAP at Extravaganja 2012

May 2, 2012 by Free Concord · 1 Comment
Filed under: Data, Free Concord, International, Issues, National, Outreach, Police, Video

From freeconcord.org:

While visiting the 21st annual Extravaganja festival in Amherst, Massachusetts, I had the chance to meet a long-time advocate for a peace declaration in the war on drugs. Jack Cole is one of the founding members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition who worked in undercover narcotics for a great portion of his police career. Though he had known for years while working in the field that he was actively harming communities by perpetuating an unnecessary war, it was some time before he decided to make speaking out against the war a major part of his life. Since doing so, he has found it difficult to, in good conscience, not continue to work hard to maintain the momentum LEAP has been building in opposition to prohibition policy.

In this interview, Jack overviews the surprising success LEAP has had since its formation in March 2002. Now spanning 86 countries, LEAP is beginning to have even more active duty criminal justice officials, as early on their public membership was almost exclusively retired individuals. Jack also gets into how the drug war is greatly decreasing the effectiveness of more imperative criminal justice functions because of the ease of fishing in the drug war.

Many thanks to Jack Cole and his fellow spokesmen for LEAP, who undertake the important task of disseminating unpopular truths. See the 13-minute interview embedded below.

New Hampshire State Trooper Scott Frye Deserves Some Serious Props

May 2, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 3 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, New Hampshire, News, Outreach, Police

In my humble opinion, Scott Frye, a New Hampshire State Trooper assigned to the Executive Protection detail, deserves some serious recognition for doing what I personally think is heroic.

From NH-WMUR’s coverage of this incident:

The injured driver continually called out and pleaded not to let him burn. His legs were trapped under the dashboard, police said.Police said Frye climbed through the front windshield of the burning vehicle and freed the man’s legs. Knight helped Frye pull the man to safety.

I’ve been around numerous vehicle fires before, so I know for a fact that TFC Frye risked his own safety to save this guy’s life. Some of these fires are so hot that even being within ten feet of the vehicle can become unbearable.

Please call or mail NH State Police Director Colonel Robert Quinn‘s office and ask that Trooper Frye be properly recognized for risking his own safety to protect a stranger’s life.

(603) 223-8813

Department of Safety
Division of State Police
33 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03305

Another Reason To End The Drug War: Its Enforcers Don’t Even Obey It

April 26, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 2 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Hypocrisy, Outreach, Police, Politics, Question

With the Secret Service now investigating cocaine use by its agents in Columbia, I think it is a good time to point out some serious hypocrisy in the United States Code with regard to the 2nd Amendment.

Federal law in the United States makes it a serious federal offense to possess a firearm or ammunition if you are a user of illegal drugs:

Genocide Studies – Establishing Communication

April 26, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 13 Comments
Filed under: Outreach, Personal Freedom

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
-Henry David Thoreau

On Tuesday, April 24th I stopped by Keene State University to speak with Henry King, director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies department. My visit was unannounced – motivated by my interest to share ideas that I thought overlooked by the program curriculum.

Despite the impromptu nature of my drop-in, King invited me to sit and for about ten minutes, we had a conversation. His colleague, department chair C. Paul Vincent, joined us about halfway through. It was a civil discussion but it was clear that we weren’t on the same page about some things – for example while I proffered that individuals have the same rights no matter where they’re born (and pointed-out that with that freedom comes personal responsibility – for more on this, check out the excellent 2-min video Chain of Obedience) King made mention of a “social covenant” that imparted rights as well as obligations.

Such an idea denotes that the individual is subservient to the majority. That doesn’t sync with me. After all groups don’t have rights, individuals have rights. A group of individuals doesn’t generate extra rights nor mitigate the rights of one individual.

Before we parted ways (King and Vincent were heading to lunch) I shared my contact information, we shook hands and said I’d be in touch via email.

Help Promote Friday’s Peaceful Gathering …

April 2, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 6 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Court, Issues, New Hampshire, News, Outreach, Update

… supporting the Impeachment of Keene District Court Judge Edward Burke.

These fliers will be hand distributed throughout the Keene community this week. Perhaps consider printing and distributing some yourself?

The online impeachment petition will be assisted by a written petition. Please feel free to stop by, ask questions, and possibly sign! The respective petitions I will hand deliver to the Redress of Grievances Committee at the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

[Art.] 32. [Rights of Assembly, Instruction, and Petition.] The people have a right, in an orderly and peaceable manner, to assemble and consult upon the common good, give instructions to their representatives, and to request of the legislative body, by way of petition or remonstrance, redress of the wrongs done them, and of the grievances they suffer.

New Trifold: The Philosophy of Liberty

March 29, 2012 by Ian · 13 Comments
Filed under: Announcement, International, National, Outreach, Personal Freedom, Shire Society, ToDo, Your Evolution

Perhaps you’ve seen the excellent youtube animation, “The Philosophy of Liberty” and really wished it was available in paper form? Your wish has come true. Now you can easily put the Philosophy of Liberty into people’s hands and at the same time promote the Shire Society. This flyer is suitable for distribution internationally.

Just download our new trifold and send it off to your favorite printer! Thanks to Meg McLain for the always-spiffy design work.

Get it here:
Inside
Outside

See more downloadable and printable outreach tools here.

Monadnock Students Speak Out Against Oppressive Silence Campaign

March 29, 2012 by Ian · 17 Comments
Filed under: Issues, Outreach, Personal Freedom, Photos, Update

As you know if you’ve been reading the blog over the last few months, school outreach events have been taking place at Monadnock Regional High School – much to the chagrin of some administrators and students, who don’t believe in free speech. They believe that you need to ask permission from your betters prior to speaking. (This is one thing they teach you in government school.) The anti-speech students, ostensibly on their own, have come up with a campaign of oppression to discourage their peers from taking information from freedom-loving activists – they call the campaign “Remain Respectfully Silent”. Recently, they have hung signs in the school hallways featuring the slogan.

Thankfully, some in the school support free speech and have made signs to counter the oppressors. Since it would have looked really bad for them to say no, admins approved the students’ signage. See the full photo by clicking the thumbnail on the right.

It’s crystal clear that the side of liberty and free speech is the right message, which is why the oppressors have resulted to taking the low road. While I was writing this article, I saw an update from MRHS student Hayden relating that someone has taken down her “Speak your mind” poster, within the first day of it being hung. It seems she struck a chord!

Thanks to Hayden, Apey, and anyone else who helped with this awesome project. Updates to come as they develop.