Manchester Activists Continue Jury Nullification Outreach

10410096_298255033682853_3078734082147211273_nOn the morning of  June 16th, 2014 myself and fellow Free Keene blogger Joel Valenzuela were accompanied by activists Angela Aronoff, Nicholas Buroker, and new Free State Project mover Andrew Vermiglio at the Hillsborough County Superior 10448210_298250733683283_7905153735992598897_nCourt House located in down town Manchester NH.  We arrived at the court house to warmly great jurors as they approached the building.  As they approached, we were handing out NHJury.com pamphlets to jurors.  The pamphlets inform the jurors of their rights as a juror.  The emphasis being that a jury can vote not guilty if the law is unjust.  Jury nullification outreach has been consistent every jury selection at this court house since March of this year.  Hopefully other activists around the state will do the same at other court houses.

Keene State Rep Candidate Speaks Out on Chalking, Violence

varrinVarrin Swearingen is a republican candidate for state house, (Keene at-large) and also  the former president of the Free State Project.  Varrin has recently re-launched his blog. One of his first new posts is an excellent essay about the chalking and associated violence in Keene:

A few weeks ago, I wrote on my facebook wall:

 

There’s a hate group in Keene trashing the FSP because they don’t like Free Keene (or Robin Hooding, or something like that).

 

My status update included more, but the part above about the group called Stop Free Keene (SFK) got considerable attention. Some SFK members were openly hateful towards Free State Project (FSP) participants on the basis of group affiliation. Some were even promoting violence. My message and some of the comment thread was copied into the Stop Free Keene group and generally met with negative responses from SFK members.

 

In the comment thread on my status message, I noted,

 

Of course, I’m concerned someone’s going to get hurt… (more…)

Rebel Love Show Episode 11

The self proclaimed Garret Ean of Manchester, new mover Andrew Vermiglio aka Shire Dude joins us in studio to talk about his journey from California, the liberty culture of NH, Porcfest, agorism in Manchester, how public we are about our beliefs, plus Rob and Joel debate what minarchists really are.

The OverShare Show, an NH Ladies Podcast, Interviews FSP President

Gericke_Carla2008[1]Carla Gericke, the President of the Free State Project, is interviewed for an hour on “OverShare Show“, “A podcast and blog dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, innovation, and TMI (too much information)” regarding Free Keene, Robin Hooding, and the Free State Project.

You can download their interview of Carla here! Thanks to OverShare Show host Toni Nagy for the heads-up on the episode.