Philly Liberty Activists Fortify Occupation

by | Nov 14, 2011 | 5 comments

On November 10, I traveled down to Philadelphia to cover the story of the Truth-Freedom-Prosperity “Warming Station” at the city’s Occupy Movement. This is where Occupiers can stop in for a warm cup of tea and enjoy some open-minded discussion with liberty-lovers.

While not terribly liberty-loving (almost everyone I met there was a Constitution-worshiper), the group’s members are far more in-touch with the problems of government intervention than the rest of the Occupy Movement.

The group is leading by example, but not always in the ways I’d like to see. For example, they build a structure and offer the blueprints to others so that anyone can emulate the successful project. On the other hand, they intend to move tomorrow to make way for the construction of a multi-million-dollar, taxpayer-funded skating rink when asked by city police. How nice. (more…)

Aggression Blows Back on KPD

by | Nov 14, 2011 | 3 comments

The Keene Sentinel is reporting that two Keene police officers were injured by a drunken assailant early this morning.

Officer Katie Corbett suffered a knee injury and Officer Kyle Macie suffered a hand injury in the altercation

How could this violence have been avoided? The Keene officers could have simply left the man alone, but they just had to aggress against him because of… an open container! If they’d ignored him, no injuries would have been sustained. The open container ordinance needs to be repealed.

Ron Paul in Keene on Monday

by | Nov 14, 2011 | 5 comments

I’ve just heard from college activist friends that Ron Paul will be speaking at Keene State College next Monday evening (the 21st), at 4:30 in the Lantern Room Mabel Brown Room of the LP Young Student Center.

I hope local liberty activists will be out in force, making lots of friends.

This is also the perfect opportunity for Manchesterites to visit Keene to negotiate the terms of their surrender. (Government officials involved in the war on drugs are likewise invited to surrender.)

Plus, LGBT activist Charlene Strong will be speaking at Keene’s United Church of Christ Keene State College this Friday at 6pm.

Big-City Activists Figure out How to Blog

by | Nov 14, 2011 | 14 comments

It has been over a year since liberty activists in Manchester launched FreeManch.com, and finally it looks like there is some life being blown into their site. Granted, it’s in response to Will May’s incisive piece posted here to FK, but at least they finally got the ball rolling.

Of course, they seemed to have the ball rolling a year ago before the site died.

For his first post, Manch’s Sovereign Curtis attacks Keene’s civil disobedience and cites the Manchester chalking arrests as an example of Manch’s superior civil disobedience scene. Of course he neglects to mention that the chalking event and the CopBlock event that he cites were started by Keeniacs Pete and Ademo of Liberty on Tour, on their visit to Manchester. Oops!

Rather than acknowledge those trail-blazing Keeniacs who have been doing civil disobedience and noncooperation for years, like Lauren Canario, the Trespassive Twelve, and Disobedient Seven, Curtis suggests Keene activists are a bunch of drunks. (more…)

Shire Choir Carols at Keene’s Monopoly Liquor Store

by | Nov 12, 2011 | 10 comments

The Shire Choir dropped by the monopoly liquor store today, sang several carols out front and distributed 50 fliers to store patrons in a successful outreach event. There was chalking of the sidewalk and street with anti-drug-war and pro-freedom messages, jubilant singing, and a good time had by all! There were cameras present, so be on the lookout for video of the event, which will likely be posted here at some point. As we were leaving, Keene Police arrived and accepted a copy of the freedom carols. We’re putting the finishing touches on the song sheet and will post it here when ready.

4 reasons Manchester needs its own blog

by | Nov 12, 2011 | 10 comments

I talked to a few Manchesterites last week who are working to relaunch the Free Manch blog, which has been abandoned for a long time. I’m excited, and I want them to be successful. So, to help motivate people to make this happen, here are 4 good reasons that every liberty activist in Manchester should want a well-maintained blog:

1) Attracting new movers.

The Free Keene blog has attracted all sorts of liberty activists to New Hampshire. (Myself, for example!) It does an excellent job of showcasing local activism, and gives liberty-lovers elsewhere a taste of New Hampshire. In my judgment, this is the biggest reason that Keene is a hub of libertarian activism, rather than just another small NH city.

From what I’ve heard, there’s plenty of activism in Manchester– but it doesn’t seem that way to the rest of us, because there’s no good blog to present it. How many more people would move if they were aware of Manchester’s activism? (more…)