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The '''Committee to Form a Libertarian Party''' was the precursor to the modern [[Libertarian Party (United States)| United States Libertarian Party]].  It was formed to debate the desirability of a specifically [[libertarian]] political force.  The committee was founded [[July 17]], [[1971]] by [[David Nolan (Libertarian Party)|David Nolan]], a Colorado consultant and businessman, and 4 friends to co-ordinate interest in founding a Libertarian Party in the United States.<ref name=Winter>[[Winter, Bill]], [http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cp3/message/9701 "1971–2001: The Libertarian Party's 30th Anniversary Year: Remembering the first three decades of America's 'Party of Principle'"] LP News</ref>
The '''Committee to Form a Libertarian Party''' was the precursor to the modern [[United States Libertarian Party]].  It was formed to debate the desirability of a specifically [[Libertarian]] political force.  It was founded [[July 17]], [[1971]] by [[David Nolan (Libertarian Party)|David Nolan]], a Colorado consultant and businessman, and 4 friends to co-ordinate interest in founding a US Libertarian Party.ref>[[Winter, Bill]], [http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cp3/message/9701 "1971–2001: The Libertarian Party's 30th Anniversary Year: Remembering the first three decades of America's 'Party of Principle'"] LP News</ref>


It was, according to one outreach brochure, preceded by several abortive attempts, including a Libertarian Party in [[California]], a functional Libertarian group in [[Florida]], the Florida Libertarian Party (founded in 1970 and that was involved in bringing about an early Libertarian victory, a form of popular initiative and  that remains as the [[Libertarian Party Florida]]), a Libertarian Party in California and another in New York, and a Libertarian Party formed in 1856 by Manuel de Lemos and [[Joseph Déjacque]] which evolved into the [[Libertarian and Workingmen's Library]] that existed for many years in the area of the present [[F.W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]] building in [[Manhattan]], and which was associated with the [[France|French]] and [[Spain|Spanish]] anarchists and the then-radical Republican Club of New York, and eventually the (Western) Libertarian League whose members were involved in starting the US Chamber of Commerce, continuing what became the [[Libertarian International Organization]], founded the [[Foundation for Economic Education]] (FEE) and other educational and activist groups.  
It was, according to one outreach brochure, preceded by several abortive attempts, including a Libertarian Party in [[California]] and a functional Libertarian group in [[Florida]].  The Florida Libertarian Party (founded in 1970) achieved an early Libertarian victory, a popular initiative.<ref>R. Swanson, "An Interesting History," Libertarian Party of Florida brochure, 1981.</ref>


Contrary to a common belief that it was the first Libertarian group, the Committee was preceded by groups such as the Radical Libertarian Alliance, and the extant [[Libertarian Alliance]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) in promoting Libertarian political action,. It became formally defunct upon the first convention in 1972 of the newly formed US [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]], though the Party itself was legally created in December, 1971.  However, it did pioneer modern focus on getting Libertarians in public office and creating coalitions, according to the initial strategic plan by Nolan outlined in a letter to the Society for Individual Liberty(SIL), and who in it offered the Party as a convenience to SIL (now ISIL or [[International Society for Individual Liberty]] and those in the movement already at work on political projects. The new party soon attracted Libertarians in the other parties, had a Libertarian in office by its first convention, and was running local and national candidates.(1)
On December 11, 1971 the eight-member Committee to Organize a Libertarian Party voted to formally launch the new Libertarian Party.<ref name=Winter/> The committee became formally defunct upon the first convention in 1972 with the formation of the Libertarian Party, U.S.


==References==
==References==
# "An Interesting History" by R. Swanson, Libertarian Party of Florida brochure, 1981.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://lp.org Libertarian Party of the U.S.]
*[http://www.Lpf.org  Libertarian Party Florida]
*[http://www.Lpf.org  Libertarian Party Florida]
*[http://www.ISIL.org International Society for Individual Liberty]
*[http://www.ISIL.org International Society for Individual Liberty]

Revision as of 04:03, 27 August 2008

The Committee to Form a Libertarian Party was the precursor to the modern United States Libertarian Party. It was formed to debate the desirability of a specifically libertarian political force. The committee was founded July 17, 1971 by David Nolan, a Colorado consultant and businessman, and 4 friends to co-ordinate interest in founding a Libertarian Party in the United States.[1]

It was, according to one outreach brochure, preceded by several abortive attempts, including a Libertarian Party in California and a functional Libertarian group in Florida. The Florida Libertarian Party (founded in 1970) achieved an early Libertarian victory, a popular initiative.[2]

On December 11, 1971 the eight-member Committee to Organize a Libertarian Party voted to formally launch the new Libertarian Party.[1] The committee became formally defunct upon the first convention in 1972 with the formation of the Libertarian Party, U.S.

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Winter, Bill, "1971–2001: The Libertarian Party's 30th Anniversary Year: Remembering the first three decades of America's 'Party of Principle'" LP News
  2. ↑ R. Swanson, "An Interesting History," Libertarian Party of Florida brochure, 1981.

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