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Also known as the Libertarian Party Radical Caucus and LPRadicals. | |||
The Radical Caucus is a group of self-identified radicals working within the membership of the Libertarian Party (LP) who support the re-radicalization of the LP; and further to promote a clear, radical vision of libertarianism through education and electoral advocacy both within the LP and outside of it. | |||
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Revision as of 08:59, 21 September 2017
This page is both a listing and a point for collaborative work on identifying and documenting caucuses through our party's history.
Adequate Defense Caucus
May be historical
Libertarian Anarchist Caucus
May no longer be active
Audacious Caucus
The purpose of The Libertarian Party Audacious Caucus is to advocate within the Libertarian Party for a more principled moral stance in opposition to government. We seek to accomplish this by nominating candidates for both internal party positions and public office who have shown a strong commitment to the fundamental core beliefs of the libertarian philosophy. We are also committed to maintaining and increasing the Libertarian Party's involvement in outreach, education and activism, to promote the core beliefs of the libertarian philosophy in our community.
The Bear Nukes Caucus
The Bear Nukes Caucus is a single issue advocacy group focused on encouraging the Libertarian Party of the United States and its affiliates to push for the legalization of private ownership of weapons of mass destruction. It defines weapons of mass destruction to include nuclear weapons using both fission and fusion, chemical agents, weaponized bio-agents, explosively pumped flux compression generators, HERF guns, dirty bombs, antimatter annihilation weapons or any other extremely dangerous device or substance conceivable.
Brevity Caucus
A caucus committed to a shorter national platform. Known to be operating in 2015-2016.
Defense Caucus
Organized by controversial activist Eric Dondero
- End the Fed Caucus
- https://www.facebook.com/pages/End-the-Fed-Caucus-of-the-Libertarian-Party/837425656321489
May no longer be active
Grassroots Libertarian Caucus
May no longer be active
Hands Off My Caucus
Formed to protect the structure of the Texas State Libertarian Executive Committee at the 2016 state convention in San Antonio. May be returning to a fully active state.
Libertarian Millennial Caucus
Libertarians for Life
http://www.l4l.org/ May have fallen apart after the death of its founder
Libertarians for Peace
http://www.libertarians4peace.net/
Libertarian Socialist Caucus of the Libertarian Party
The Libertarian Socialist Caucus seeks to honor the principles of non-aggression through recognizing exploitation, and specifically economic exploitation, as aggression, which should therefore be opposed by the Libertarian Party.
State secured monopolies over the means of production and continuing state enforcement of unnatural, hierarchical property relations throughout the economy coercively limit choices, thwart individual autonomy, and artificially prop up generalized wage labor and non-labor incomes. As such, exploitation and its enforcement via state secured privilege necessarily constitutes both theft and aggression, and should be recognized as such by the Libertarian Party.
LP Sunshine Caucus
More information is needed
National Organization of Libertarian Women
A marijuana-centric caucus during the 1970s. At least one of its members discussed returning it to an active state for the 2016 convention.
OUT for Liberty
A LGBT caucus that focuses heavily on outreach
Outright Libertarians
The most well-known LGBT caucus
Paleolibertarian Caucus
Povertarian Caucus
Focuses on matters affecting people with lower incomes, both in terms of policy and in terms of internal party matters.
Pro-Choice Libertarians
Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
Radical Caucus (2006)
Also known as the Libertarian Party Radical Caucus and LPRadicals.
The Radical Caucus is a group of self-identified radicals working within the membership of the Libertarian Party (LP) who support the re-radicalization of the LP; and further to promote a clear, radical vision of libertarianism through education and electoral advocacy both within the LP and outside of it.
Radical Caucus (1979)
Inspiration for the current caucus, which seeks to be its continuation, but still a distinct historical entity.
Radical Caucus (SEK3)
Seemingly unlerated to later caucuses bearing the same name, this caucus was seking to use the Libertarian Party as a platform for opposition to voting.
Reform Caucus
This group was behind the Portland Massacre in 2006 and was strongly behind Bob Barr in 2008, but may have dissolved soon afterward.
The Rent is Too Damn High Caucus
A single-issue caucus, their point was acted upon when the LNC moved from the Watergate building to new offices in Virginia.
Rothbard Caucus
An attempted continuation from the 1979 Radical Caucus with a different name from the 2000s.
Sex Caucus
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LPSexCaucus
Socially Tolerant Caucus
This caucus existed in the mid to late 1990s and was connected to Focus PAC. Its goal was to bring in people left behind by the increasingly statist ideology of the political left.
Libertarian Youth Caucus
https://www.facebook.com/LYCaucus/
http://lycaucus.org/
Migrate Elsewhere
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Libertariansfor911Truth/info
Appears to mostly be a discussion group (group rejects Libertarian Party)
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