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The '''Libertarian Movement''' ({{lang-it|Movimento Libertario}}) is an [[list of political parties in Italy|Italian political party]] which is part of the [[libertarianism|libertarian]] movement. It espouses a typically libertarian platform: minimal regulation of society, [[liberism]] of the markets, strong defense of natural rights of liberty and property, [[non-interventionism]] in foreign policy, and [[laissez-faire]] freedom of trade and travel to all foreign countries.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} Its leaders are Leonardo Facco and [[Giorgio Fidenato]].
The '''Libertarian Movement''' ({{lang-it|Movimento Libertario}}, ML) is a [[list of political parties in Italy|political party in Italy]]. It espouses a typically [[libertarianism|libertarian]] platform: minimal regulation of society, [[liberism]] of the markets, strong defense of natural rights of liberty and property, [[non-interventionism]] in foreign policy, and [[laissez-faire]] freedom of trade and travel to all foreign countries. Its leaders are [[Leonardo Facco]] and [[Giorgio Fidenato]]. The party has as its symbol a round disk with a yellow-gold background in reference to the [[gold standard]] and also to its membership in the [[anarcho-capitalism|anarcho-capitalist]] movement..


==History==
ML was started as a cultural association on 24 September 2005 in [[Treviglio]] with the writing of the ''Manifesto and Constitution of the Libertarian Movement'' by Leonardo Facco. Two years after, ML was transformed into a party by Leonardo Facco, Giorgio Fidenato and Marcello Mazzilli. The party's goal is to defend life, liberty and property of each individual within a strong [[free market]] system.<ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=14&art=61183 ''The libertarian way to happiness''] ''L'Opinione'', by Elisa Borghi. Retrieved on May 18, 2007. Interview to Marcello Mazzilli spokesman of the Movimento Libertario.</ref> The party has its registered office in the Municipality of [[Pordenone]].
The Movimento Libertario was originally an Italian cultural association for the dissemination of [[libertarianism]]. It began on September 24, 2005, in [[Treviglio]] with the writing of the "''Manifesto and Constitution of the Movimento Libertario''" by Leonardo Facco. The Movimento Libertario became also an Italian political subject when it was officially founded in September 2007 by [[Leonardo Facco]], [[Giorgio Fidenato]] and [[Marcello Mazzilli]],<ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=14&art=61183 ''The libertarian way to happiness''] ''L'Opinione'', by Elisa Borghi. Retrieved on May 18, 2007. Interview to Marcello Mazzilli spokesman of the Movimento Libertario.</ref>{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} to defend life, liberty and property of each individual within a strong liberist system of [[free market]], against any kind of aggression and/or coercion. The Association has its registered office in the Municipality of [[Pordenone]].


The Movimento Libertario has as its symbol a round disk with a yellow-gold background in reference to the [[gold standard]] and also to its membership in the [[anarcho-capitalist]] movement. The symbol is part of the assets of the association.
==Ideology==
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The term ''movimento libertario'' in Italian language has a dual meaning.
ML takes inspiration from the [[classical liberalism]] of [[John Locke]] and the [[Founding Fathers of the United States]] conjugated to the 19th-century [[Individualist anarchism in the United States|American individualist anarchist]] strand of [[Benjamin Tucker]], [[Henry David Thoreau]] and [[Lysander Spooner]].<ref name="theory">[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=55 ''The political theory of libertarian''] political, cultural and economic references of the Movimento Libertario</ref>
Historically, it first generally refers to the [[Italian anarchism]] and European [[anarchist]] movements (''libertarism'') with  [[social anarchist]] inspirations.<ref>{{Cite book| last = Woodcock | first = George | title = L'anarchia: storia delle idee e dei movimenti libertari | publisher = Feltrinelli Editore | location = Milano | year = 1966}}</ref> The anarchist socialist tradition uses the term "libertarism" to describe themselves and their ideas since 1857. The French [[Anarchist communism|anarchist communist]] [[Joseph Déjacque]] employed the term ''libertario'' in a political sense in an open letter criticizing [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]].<ref name="Graham">''[[Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas]] - Volume One: From Anarchy to Anarchism (300CE-1939)]'', ed. [[Robert Graham (historian)|Robert Graham]]; includes English translations of Joseph Dejacque's 1857 letter to Proudhon.</ref><ref name="dejacque">[http://joseph.dejacque.free.fr/ecrits/lettreapjp.htm "De l'être-humain mâle et femelle–Lettre à P.J. Proudhon par Joseph Déjacque"] (in [[French language|French]])</ref>


Italian libertarians of the Movimento Libertario use the Italian anarchic term ''libertario'' not to refer to European ideas and methods of traditional anarchism, but to refer to the concepts of principles of [[market liberalism]], introduced in Italy by [[Bruno Leoni]]. They want also to remark and increase the cultural distance from Italian and European conception of [[liberalism]], that in the 20th century appeared as [[democratic liberalism]] forms of statism. Italian libertarians of the ML often prefer to define themselves as libertarians ''libertari'' but with adjective connotative of anarcho-capitalists, to distinguish themselves as pro-market supporters from the libertarians socialists or the traditional anarchists.
On the economy ML takes inspiration from the [[Austrian school]] and the theoretic formulation of philosopher and economist [[Murray N. Rothbard]]. The actions in favor of tax resistance, free entrepreneurship and political non-voting also recall the agorist reflections by [[Samuel Edward Konkin III]] although ML does not officially identify itself in programmatic positions and spectrum of the American left-libertarians.


Traditional and collectivists Italian anarchists, they judge the ML as not a real anarchist movement, but they think that rather is a ploy of the classic liberal elite and middle class to increase social inequality. They also consider that the term ''libertario'' or at least inappropriate for the nature of the movement within the Italian historical context.<ref>Norman P. Barry, ''Del liberalismo classico e del libertarianismo'', ELiDiR , Roma, 1993</ref>
ML also includes some aspects from the American model of liberty theorized by [[Robert Nozick]] ([[minarchism]]) and the [[Objectivism (Ayn Rand)|Objectivism]] philosophy described in novels by [[Ayn Rand]]. ML refers to [[freedom of association]] of the anarchic federalism, anarcho-capitalist free market society and to the Jeffersonian limited government of classical liberalism.


==Cultural association==
ML takes an anti-[[European federalism|federalist]] stance on [[European integration]]. It is against the transformation of the [[European Union]] into a [[federation]], preferring the voluntary accession and the unanimity of a [[confederation]]. The term "[[federalism]]", as it is used by ML, means [[decentralisation|decentralization]] and [[fiscal federalism]], as its members are against Italian higly [[centralisation|centralized]] state.
The Movimento Libertario, as cultural association intends to be an Italian promoter of the spread of [[classical liberalism]] and libertarian vision in policy, [[free market]] and [[economic liberalism]] in economy.Their motto is: "''Everyone is free to do what he thinks is right for himself, without attacking anyone, and without attacking the property rights of others''".The movement's members believe that policy is especially spread of freedom as [[economic freedom]] culture: meetings, debates, on the web, and with conferences and publications {{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}


===Inspiration===
Party icons include [[Ferdinando Galiani]], [[Cesare Beccaria]], [[Filippo Mazzei]], [[Emerico Amari]], [[Carlo Cattaneo]], [[Gaetano Mosca]], [[Vilfredo Pareto]], [[Luigi Einaudi]], [[Bruno Leoni]], and [[Gianfranco Miglio]].
The Movimento Libertario is politically inspired by the classical liberalism of [[John Locke]] and the [[Founding Fathers of the United States]] conjugated to 19th-century [[Individualist anarchism in the United States|American individualist anarchist]] strand of [[Benjamin Tucker]], [[Henry David Thoreau]] and [[Lysander Spooner]].<ref>Paolo Zanotto, [http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dip/gips/document/monografie/mon_02.pdf ''Il Movimento Libertario americano dagli anni sessanta ad oggi: radici storico-dottrinali e discriminanti ideologico-politiche''], Siena, Università degli Studi di Siena, 2001. Archived from [http://www.unisi.it http://www.unisi.it]</ref><ref name="theory">[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=55 ''The political theory of libertarian''] political, cultural and economic references of the Movimento Libertario</ref>


In economy it is inspired on lessons of the [[Austrian school]] and in particular to the theoretic formulation of the philosopher and economist libertarian anarcho-capitalist Murray N. Rothbard.<ref name="austrian">[http://www.opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=2&art=50649 ''The legacy of the Austrian School''] ''l'Opinione'', by William Longhi. Retrieved on April 29, 2004.</ref>
Despite being officially a party, ML has spoken in favor of [[non-voting]].<ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=10&art=70685 ''Classic liberals at the polls: what to do?''] ''L'Opinione'', by Gustavo Cevolani. Retrieved on April 10, 2008.</ref>
The actions in favor of tax resistance, free entrepreneurship and political non-voting also recall the agorist reflections by [[Samuel Edward Konkin III]] although the Movimento Libertario does not officially identify itself in programmatic positions and spectrum of the American left-libertarians.


Movimento Libertario also includes some aspects from the American model of liberty theorized by [[Robert Nozick]] ([[minarchism]]) and the [[Objectivism (Ayn Rand)|Objectivism]] philosophy described in novels by [[Ayn Rand]]. The Movimento Libertario refers to [[freedom of association]] of the anarchic federalism, anarcho-capitalist free market society and to the Jeffersonian limited government of classical liberalism.
One of the party's slogans says: "Neither right nor left, nor centrist. Simply free is better".
The term "[[federalism]]" as it is used by the Movimento Libertario, in a sense to be in favor of a political of [[decentralization]] and for a real local fiscality against the [[centralism]] of the national Italian State.
 
The Movimento Libertario is an [[anti-federalist]] organization about the Europe; it is against the federal European Union government, preferring the voluntary accession and the unanimity of a [[Confederation]].
Historians Italian thinkers of reference for the Movimento Libertario in economy and policy include [[Ferdinando Galiani]], [[Cesare Beccaria]], [[Filippo Mazzei]], [[Emerico Amari]], [[Carlo Cattaneo]], [[Gaetano Mosca]], [[Vilfredo Pareto]], [[Luigi Einaudi]], Bruno Leoni, [[Gianfranco Miglio]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
 
===Publications===
The Movimento Libertario periodically publish two magazines: ''I Fogli di Enclave'' and the magazine ''Enclave'' which give space to various political issues, cultural, social and economic libertarians Italian and international.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}In Scientific Committee of ''Enclave'' magazine belong: [[Walter Block]], [[David D. Friedman]],  [[Hans Hermann Hoppe]], [[John Hospers]], [[Antonio Martino]],  [[Pierre Lemieux]], [[Tibor R. Machan]], [[Jan Narveson]], [[Wendy McElroy]],  [[Ralph Raico]], [[Robert Sirico]], [[Thomas S. Szasz]].
 
The Movimento Libertario collaborates actively with the members of and their Association (ALT), in cultural and economic free market iniziatives (conferences and publications like ''I Fogli di Enclave'') between libertarians subjects in Italy and Canton Ticino.
{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
 
==Party==
[[Image:Nolan-chart.svg|thumb|left|165px|The [[Nolan Chart]], with the traditional left-right [[political spectrum]], as seen by [[David Nolan (Libertarian Party)|David Nolan]], on the dashed diagonal]]
 
Respecting the historical definition of libertarian, the Movimento Libertario seeks to bring in Italy the same contents of others libertarians parties and movements in the world  but with the agorist practice of [[non-voting]],<ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=10&art=70685 ''Classic liberals at the polls: what to do?''] ''L'Opinione'', by Gustavo Cevolani. Retrieved on April 10, 2008.</ref> thus not directly participating in political Italian elections with the symbol of the Movimento Libertario.
Although in fact the Movimento Libertario is an officially registered Italian political party{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}, as [[anti-statist]] movement disclaims the [[Sovereign state|State]] legality and its political elections.
 
The Movimento Libertario is not classifiable in the political-ideologic traditions of the 20th century present in Italy. Like other libertarians entities in the world, the subject respects the [[political spectrum]] of [[Nolan Chart]]. One of its slogans said: "''Neither right nor left, nor centrist. Simply free is better''".
 
===Principles===
The Movimento Libertario in its founding act declares and acknowledges libertarian principles as internals to its Statute:


==Principles==
In its party's constitution ML acknowledges the following libertarian principles:
*[[Political freedom|Freedom]], understood as the absence of constraint is a natural right of the individual, which nobody (private or public organization) must threaten;
*[[Political freedom|Freedom]], understood as the absence of constraint is a natural right of the individual, which nobody (private or public organization) must threaten;
* The [[Government]], in its various variants, forces people to obey blindly and accept legislation invasive and oppressive monopoly;
*The [[Government]], in its various variants, forces people to obey blindly and accept legislation invasive and oppressive monopoly;
* Everyone has the right to seek their own happiness and that of his loved ones, taking responsibility for their actions;
*Everyone has the right to seek their own happiness and that of his loved ones, taking responsibility for their actions;
* Each individual is entitled organize in freedom themselves to protect their lives and their belongings, particularly given the enormous difficulties posed by the power of politicians at all levels;
*Each individual is entitled organize in freedom themselves to protect their lives and their belongings, particularly given the enormous difficulties posed by the power of politicians at all levels;
* The need to eliminate and reduce the state, politicians and bureaucracies in the everyday life, increasingly recognizing the dignity of all people working really, producing their own resources and possessions.
*The need to eliminate and reduce the state, politicians and bureaucracies in the everyday life, increasingly recognizing the dignity of all people working really, producing their own resources and possessions.
*Property is a natural and inalienable right of man, is primarily the property of themselves, of the own bodies and of one's life.
*Property is a natural and inalienable right of man, is primarily the property of themselves, of the own bodies and of one's life.


===Notable political battle===
==Political actions==
====About the withholding tax====
===Against the withholding tax===
{{For|the Movimento Libertario against the withholding tax|Giorgio Fidenato#Against the withholding tax}}
{{For|the party's battle against the withholding tax|Giorgio Fidenato#Against the withholding tax}}


====Battle to sow GMO maize====
===Battle to sow GMO maize===
{{For|Movimento Libertario and the right to sow GMO maize|Giorgio Fidenato#The right to sow GMO maize}}
{{For|the party's stance on the right to sow GMO maize|Giorgio Fidenato#The right to sow GMO maize}}


The Movimento Libertario favors the free cultivation and the free marketing of seeds and [[GMO]] foods and no limits to GMOs in Italy, consumer freedom to choose their own products, and freedom of private scientific research as long as it respect the natural human rights and it does not use public money.
Giorgio Fidenato and ML favor the free cultivation and commercialization of [[Genetically modified organism|GMO]] seeds and food. They support no limits to GMOs in Italy, consumer freedom to choose their own products, and freedom of private scientific research as long as it respect the natural human rights and it does not use public money.
The Movimento Libertario does not support the theory of [[global warming]].


====Violence suffered ====
In this respect, Fidenato and his "Federated Farmers" were subjected to threats and acts of violent vandalism in their headquarters by an [[Anti-globalization movement|anti-globalization]] and [[environmentalism|environmentalist]] group for theur position on GMO maize.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y66sP-6e4nY Video about violent protests by environmentalists and no-global movements against Italian Federated Farmers'']</ref><ref>[http://www.agi.it/trieste/notizie/201004302035-cro-rts1025-ogm_fvg_oppositori_irrompono_in_sede_agricoltori_federati ''GMO: FVG, opponents bursts within Federated Farmers''] ''Agi News'' Retrieved on April 30, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/mais_ogm_scoppia_guerra_seme/01-05-2010/articolo-id=442040-page=0-comments=1 ''GMO maize, war breaks out of the seed''] ''Il Giornale'', by Fausto Biloslavo. Retrieved on May 1, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U724XcLZDk ''TG5 tv service on Fidenato and the Movimento Libertario first sowing GMO in Italy''] Retrieved on May 1, 2010. In the tv service the violent protests by environmentalists and no-global movements against Italian Federated Farmers.</ref> The [[Italian Radicals]] referred in Parliamenton the issue.<ref>[http://www.camera.it/417?idSeduta=316&resoconto=bt13&param=n4-07050#n4-07050  ''Assembly Reports''] Annex B Seat N°316, May 4, 2010. Italian parliamentary question of the Italian Radicals to the Italian minister of the Interior and to his colleague to the Italian Agriculture. Archived from [http://www.camera.it/417?idSeduta=316&resoconto=bt13&param=n4-07050#n4-07050 http://www.camera.it]</ref>
In April 2010, the Movimento Libertario and its members were subjected to threats and acts of violent vandalism in its headquarters by a Italian [[Anti-globalization movement]] and [[environmentalist]] group about the question of GMO maize.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y66sP-6e4nY Video about violent protests by environmentalists and no-global movements against Italian Federated Farmers'']</ref><ref>[http://www.agi.it/trieste/notizie/201004302035-cro-rts1025-ogm_fvg_oppositori_irrompono_in_sede_agricoltori_federati ''GMO: FVG, opponents bursts within Federated Farmers''] ''Agi News'' Retrieved on April 30, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/mais_ogm_scoppia_guerra_seme/01-05-2010/articolo-id=442040-page=0-comments=1 ''GMO maize, war breaks out of the seed''] ''Il Giornale'', by Fausto Biloslavo. Retrieved on May 1, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U724XcLZDk ''TG5 tv service on Fidenato and the Movimento Libertario first sowing GMO in Italy''] Retrieved on May 1, 2010. In the tv service the violent protests by environmentalists and no-global movements against Italian Federated Farmers.</ref>


Italian Radicals referred in Parliament the threats to person and property that Giorgio Fidenato and Italian Federated Farmers received.<ref>[http://www.camera.it/417?idSeduta=316&resoconto=bt13&param=n4-07050#n4-07050  ''Assembly Reports''] Annex B Seat N°316, May 4, 2010. Italian parliamentary question of the Italian Radicals to the Italian minister of the Interior and to his colleague to the Italian Agriculture. Archived from [http://www.camera.it/417?idSeduta=316&resoconto=bt13&param=n4-07050#n4-07050 http://www.camera.it]</ref>
==Ties with Padanist and Venetist movements==
Parliamentary questions mentions also that the Italian government still does not recognize the right to sown GMO maize, as determined by decision of the [[Italian Council of State]] and European Community Directive.
Through Facco, the party has close ties with the [[Padanian nationalism|Padanian]] and the [[Venetian nationalism|Venetian nationalist]] movements. Among other things, Facco is editor of the pro-independentist and libertarian online newspaper ''L'indipendenza''.<ref>http://www.lindipendenza.com/chi-siamo/</ref> Both Facco, who has been a leader of the libertarian faction within [[Lega Nord]] in the 1990s, and Fidenato have participated in events and demonstrations organized by independentist parties like the [[Padanian Union]]<ref>http://www.agi.it/milano/notizie/201111261845-pol-rmi0053-unione_padana_lega_ha_fallito_autonomia_comunita_padano_alpine</ref> and [[Veneto State]].<ref>http://www.movimentolibertario.com/2011/09/02/veneto-monumento-allevasore-fiscale/</ref><ref>http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/cronaca/2011/09/28/news/italia-al-collasso-portiamo-in-slovenia-i-nostri-risparmi-1.842796</ref>


==Enrico Montesano==
==Cultural association==
ML, as cultural association, aims at promoting [[libertarianism]] in Italy. The association's motto is "Everyone is free to do what he thinks is right for himself, without attacking anyone, and without attacking the property rights of others". As such the group organizes meetings, debates andconferences, and issues publications.


In 2009, Italian [[actor]] [[Enrico Montesano]] supports the battle to abolish withholding tax. Montesano is against the subsidies allocated by the government to finance Italian theater and film productions: he supports the proposition that the "work of an artist is judged at the box office and the public decides."<ref>[http://www.nereovilla.it/091104-secoloditalia-montesano_libertario.pdf ''And Montesano sings the libertarians Rap!''] ''Il Secolo d'Italia'' by Daniele Priori, page 16. Retrieved on November 4, 2009. Archived from [http://www.nereovilla.it http://www.nereovilla.it]</ref>
===Publications===
 
Leonardo Facco, through his ''Leonardo Facco Editore'' publishing house, issues two magazines: ''Enclave'' and ''I Fogli di Enclave''. The Scientific Committee of ''Enclave'' includes: [[Walter Block]], [[David D. Friedman]], [[Hans Hermann Hoppe]], [[John Hospers]], [[Antonio Martino]], [[Pierre Lemieux]], [[Tibor R. Machan]], [[Jan Narveson]], [[Wendy McElroy]], [[Ralph Raico]], [[Robert Sirico]], [[Thomas S. Szasz]].<ref>http://www.leonardofaccoeditore.com/</ref>
==See also==
 
* [[Agorism]]
* [[Anti-Federalism]]
* [[Anti-statism]]
* [[Capitalism]]
* [[Classic Liberalism]]
* [[Euroscepticism]]
* [[Free Market]]
* [[Individualism]]
* [[Lasseiz-faire]]
* [[Liberism]]
* [[Minarchism]]
* [[Non-interventionism]]
* [[Non-Violence]]
* [[Non-voting]]
* [[Objectivism (Ayn Rand)|Objectivism]]
* [[Voluntaryism]]
 
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.movimentolibertario.com/ Official website]
 
* [http://www.movimentolibertario.com/ Official Italian website of the Movimento Libertario]
 
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The Libertarian Movement (Template:Lang-it, ML) is a political party in Italy. It espouses a typically libertarian platform: minimal regulation of society, liberism of the markets, strong defense of natural rights of liberty and property, non-interventionism in foreign policy, and laissez-faire freedom of trade and travel to all foreign countries. Its leaders are Leonardo Facco and Giorgio Fidenato. The party has as its symbol a round disk with a yellow-gold background in reference to the gold standard and also to its membership in the anarcho-capitalist movement..

ML was started as a cultural association on 24 September 2005 in Treviglio with the writing of the Manifesto and Constitution of the Libertarian Movement by Leonardo Facco. Two years after, ML was transformed into a party by Leonardo Facco, Giorgio Fidenato and Marcello Mazzilli. The party's goal is to defend life, liberty and property of each individual within a strong free market system.[1] The party has its registered office in the Municipality of Pordenone.

Ideology

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ML takes inspiration from the classical liberalism of John Locke and the Founding Fathers of the United States conjugated to the 19th-century American individualist anarchist strand of Benjamin Tucker, Henry David Thoreau and Lysander Spooner.[2]

On the economy ML takes inspiration from the Austrian school and the theoretic formulation of philosopher and economist Murray N. Rothbard. The actions in favor of tax resistance, free entrepreneurship and political non-voting also recall the agorist reflections by Samuel Edward Konkin III although ML does not officially identify itself in programmatic positions and spectrum of the American left-libertarians.

ML also includes some aspects from the American model of liberty theorized by Robert Nozick (minarchism) and the Objectivism philosophy described in novels by Ayn Rand. ML refers to freedom of association of the anarchic federalism, anarcho-capitalist free market society and to the Jeffersonian limited government of classical liberalism.

ML takes an anti-federalist stance on European integration. It is against the transformation of the European Union into a federation, preferring the voluntary accession and the unanimity of a confederation. The term "federalism", as it is used by ML, means decentralization and fiscal federalism, as its members are against Italian higly centralized state.

Party icons include Ferdinando Galiani, Cesare Beccaria, Filippo Mazzei, Emerico Amari, Carlo Cattaneo, Gaetano Mosca, Vilfredo Pareto, Luigi Einaudi, Bruno Leoni, and Gianfranco Miglio.

Despite being officially a party, ML has spoken in favor of non-voting.[3]

One of the party's slogans says: "Neither right nor left, nor centrist. Simply free is better".

Principles

In its party's constitution ML acknowledges the following libertarian principles:

  • Freedom, understood as the absence of constraint is a natural right of the individual, which nobody (private or public organization) must threaten;
  • The Government, in its various variants, forces people to obey blindly and accept legislation invasive and oppressive monopoly;
  • Everyone has the right to seek their own happiness and that of his loved ones, taking responsibility for their actions;
  • Each individual is entitled organize in freedom themselves to protect their lives and their belongings, particularly given the enormous difficulties posed by the power of politicians at all levels;
  • The need to eliminate and reduce the state, politicians and bureaucracies in the everyday life, increasingly recognizing the dignity of all people working really, producing their own resources and possessions.
  • Property is a natural and inalienable right of man, is primarily the property of themselves, of the own bodies and of one's life.

Political actions

Against the withholding tax

For the party's battle against the withholding tax, see Giorgio Fidenato#Against the withholding tax.


Battle to sow GMO maize

For the party's stance on the right to sow GMO maize, see Giorgio Fidenato#The right to sow GMO maize.


Giorgio Fidenato and ML favor the free cultivation and commercialization of GMO seeds and food. They support no limits to GMOs in Italy, consumer freedom to choose their own products, and freedom of private scientific research as long as it respect the natural human rights and it does not use public money.

In this respect, Fidenato and his "Federated Farmers" were subjected to threats and acts of violent vandalism in their headquarters by an anti-globalization and environmentalist group for theur position on GMO maize.[4][5][6][7] The Italian Radicals referred in Parliamenton the issue.[8]

Ties with Padanist and Venetist movements

Through Facco, the party has close ties with the Padanian and the Venetian nationalist movements. Among other things, Facco is editor of the pro-independentist and libertarian online newspaper L'indipendenza.[9] Both Facco, who has been a leader of the libertarian faction within Lega Nord in the 1990s, and Fidenato have participated in events and demonstrations organized by independentist parties like the Padanian Union[10] and Veneto State.[11][12]

Cultural association

ML, as cultural association, aims at promoting libertarianism in Italy. The association's motto is "Everyone is free to do what he thinks is right for himself, without attacking anyone, and without attacking the property rights of others". As such the group organizes meetings, debates andconferences, and issues publications.

Publications

Leonardo Facco, through his Leonardo Facco Editore publishing house, issues two magazines: Enclave and I Fogli di Enclave. The Scientific Committee of Enclave includes: Walter Block, David D. Friedman, Hans Hermann Hoppe, John Hospers, Antonio Martino, Pierre Lemieux, Tibor R. Machan, Jan Narveson, Wendy McElroy, Ralph Raico, Robert Sirico, Thomas S. Szasz.[13]

References

  1. ↑ The libertarian way to happiness L'Opinione, by Elisa Borghi. Retrieved on May 18, 2007. Interview to Marcello Mazzilli spokesman of the Movimento Libertario.
  2. ↑ The political theory of libertarian political, cultural and economic references of the Movimento Libertario
  3. ↑ Classic liberals at the polls: what to do? L'Opinione, by Gustavo Cevolani. Retrieved on April 10, 2008.
  4. ↑ Video about violent protests by environmentalists and no-global movements against Italian Federated Farmers
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  6. ↑ GMO maize, war breaks out of the seed Il Giornale, by Fausto Biloslavo. Retrieved on May 1, 2010.
  7. ↑ TG5 tv service on Fidenato and the Movimento Libertario first sowing GMO in Italy Retrieved on May 1, 2010. In the tv service the violent protests by environmentalists and no-global movements against Italian Federated Farmers.
  8. ↑ Assembly Reports Annex B Seat N°316, May 4, 2010. Italian parliamentary question of the Italian Radicals to the Italian minister of the Interior and to his colleague to the Italian Agriculture. Archived from http://www.camera.it
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