Jury Nullification Superactivist Julian Heicklen at Superior Court Today 11:45am-1:15pm

by | Jun 27, 2011 | 0 comments

Julian Heicklen, who has been arrested over thirty times for civil disobedience and noncooperation, will be doing jury nullification outreach at Cheshire superior court today from 11:45am-1:15pm. Be sure to come out and meet him.

Cheshire superior court is the same court that a man self-immolated in front of two weeks ago, due to his frustrations with the “justice” system.

LOT’s Pete Responds to Slate.com’s Piece on Free Keene

by | Jun 17, 2011 | 6 comments

SlateLiberty on Tour‘s Pete Eyre took the time to thoughtfully respond to Dave Weigel’s excellent piece on Free Keene that appeared this week on Slate.com.

David Weigel’s piece Live Free or Move on Slate.com about Kene, NH’s pro-liberty community went live last night – I thought I’d share some related thoughts as Liberty On Tour was specifically mentioned and I was one of those interviewed.

(Full transparency – I first crossed paths with Dave maybe five years back when I worked in DC’s libertarian think tank world.)

I was happy to read Dave’s positive overview of the going-ons here – it never hurts when an outlet with as many readers as Slate.com helps to introduce more people to voluntaryism. Thanks Dave! That said, at times I found myself wishing that different words or examples were used to paint a more-accurate picture.

In the first sentence Dave likened Ademo Freeman, Ian Freeman and me as “antigovernment activists” rather than something like “self-government advocates.” This differentiation may seem trivial but I think it’s important to tease out as our lives aren’t reactionary or led by negativity, but are proactive and led ultimately by love.

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