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The term '''Movimento Libertario''' ({{lang-en|Libertarian Movement}}) refers to a political party and a cultural movement organisation based in Italy characterized by a [[libertarianism]] cultural and [[political platform]]: minimal regulation of Italian 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. | The term '''Movimento Libertario''' ({{lang-en|Libertarian Movement}}) refers to a political party and a cultural movement organisation based in Italy characterized by a [[libertarianism]] cultural and [[political platform]]: minimal regulation of Italian 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}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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 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. | 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. | ||
The term ''movimento libertario'' | The term ''movimento libertario'' in Italian language has a dual meaning. | ||
Historically, it first generally refers to the [[Italian anarchism]] and European [[anarchist]] movements (''libertarism'') with | 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. | |||
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]]. 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. | |||
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> | 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> | ||
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==Cultural diffusion== | ==Cultural diffusion== | ||
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. | 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 | 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=== | ===Inspiration=== | ||
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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> | 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 | 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> | ||
The | 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. | |||
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]]. | 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]] | 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=== | ===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. | |||
The Movimento Libertario | |||
{{Citation needed|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]].date | |||
In Scientific Committee of ''Enclave'' magazine belong | |||
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.|=October 2011}} | |||
==Platform== | ==Platform== | ||
[[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]] | [[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, unlike to the [[Libertarian Party (United States)]], the Movimento Libertario want 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. | Respecting the historical definition of libertarian, unlike to the [[Libertarian Party (United States)]], the Movimento Libertario want 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, as [[anti-statist]] movement disclaims the [[Sovereign state|State]] legality and its political elections. | Although in fact the Movimento Libertario is an officially registered Italian political party, as [[anti-statist]] movement disclaims the [[Sovereign state|State]] legality and its political elections. | ||
As a formal Italian political party it may decide to participate in the Italian political competition (at different levels) supporting from the outside its candidates through civic lists, or support the claims of parties close to its cultural vision to make its voice and disseminate ideas. | As a formal Italian political party it may decide to participate in the Italian political competition (at different levels) supporting from the outside its candidates through civic lists, or support the claims of parties close to its cultural vision to make its voice and disseminate ideas. | ||
The Movimento Libertario is not classifiable in the political-ideologic traditions of the 20th century presents in Italy. | The Movimento Libertario is not classifiable in the political-ideologic traditions of the 20th century presents in Italy. | ||
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===Principles=== | ===Principles=== | ||
The Movimento Libertario in its founding act declares and acknowledges libertarian principles as internals to its Statute: | The Movimento Libertario in its founding act declares and acknowledges libertarian principles as internals to its Statute: | ||
* The [[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 [[Political freedom|Freedom]], understood as the absence of constraint is a natural right of the individual, which nobody (private or public organization) must threaten; | ||
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It can not be granted or denied by any social system, whether democratic or authoritarian. | It can not be granted or denied by any social system, whether democratic or authoritarian. | ||
Property also means all that belongs to the person and that is not the result of an act of violence, but by the work of the person, the acquisition and transformation of the state of nature and with free interaction of individuals. | Property also means all that belongs to the person and that is not the result of an act of violence, but by the work of the person, the acquisition and transformation of the state of nature and with free interaction of individuals. | ||
===Purpose=== | ===Purpose=== | ||
The Movimento Libertario, as political movement, is founded with the aim of reducing government to its lowest terms, to provide space for free interaction between individuals, or community consensus of individuals, who seek redress of their market needs. | The Movimento Libertario, as political movement, is founded with the aim of reducing government to its lowest terms, to provide space for free interaction between individuals, or community consensus of individuals, who seek redress of their market needs. | ||
Every member is said to have a moral duty to liberate the forces of civil society and free trade, eliminating any form of intervention in defense of individual liberties. | Every member is said to have a moral duty to liberate the forces of civil society and free trade, eliminating any form of intervention in defense of individual liberties. | ||
The Movimento Libertario Statute considers necessary for Italy: | |||
The Movimento Libertario Statute | |||
* The return to full and effective [[Self-ownership|individual sovereignty]] over their lives and their belongings, which belongs to the natural right to govern themselves through non-violent methods of coercion or by exercising the right to self-determination is that the sacred principles of resistance and opposition to any kind of tax; | * The return to full and effective [[Self-ownership|individual sovereignty]] over their lives and their belongings, which belongs to the natural right to govern themselves through non-violent methods of coercion or by exercising the right to self-determination is that the sacred principles of resistance and opposition to any kind of tax; | ||
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As is registered in its name, the Movimento Libertario wants promote in the Italian civil society the natural rights to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. | As is registered in its name, the Movimento Libertario wants promote in the Italian civil society the natural rights to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. | ||
Each share of the Movimento, which would achieve the above purposes, is based on the principle of [[non-violence]]: "''no one can attack the person and the property of others''". | Each share of the Movimento, which would achieve the above purposes, is based on the principle of [[non-violence]]: "''no one can attack the person and the property of others''". | ||
====Political positions==== | ====Political positions==== | ||
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Supports the abolition of taxation in all forms and it is against regulation of free trade, including tariffs, price controls, coercive insurance, and production quotas. | Supports the abolition of taxation in all forms and it is against regulation of free trade, including tariffs, price controls, coercive insurance, and production quotas. | ||
An intermediate target on which to engage is the institutionalization of a [[flat tax]] whose rate is as low as possible (for example 22%) and one or more, no-tax area. | An intermediate target on which to engage is the institutionalization of a [[flat tax]] whose rate is as low as possible (for example 22%) and one or more, no-tax area. | ||
The Movimento Libertario is an [[Eurosceptic]] movement, critical of the [[Euro]] and the presence of a European common economic monetary policy represented and direct by the [[European Central Bank]] and the [[European Commission]]. | |||
It is in favor of a return to the gold standard and to a [[free banking]] system. | |||
It is in favor of a return to the gold standard and to a [[free banking]] system. | |||
Does not recognize the legality and legitimacy of the [[World Trade Organization]], [[International Monetary Fund]], [[World Bank]] because they are statist organizations contrary to the principles of non-interference of governments in a free market economy. | Does not recognize the legality and legitimacy of the [[World Trade Organization]], [[International Monetary Fund]], [[World Bank]] because they are statist organizations contrary to the principles of non-interference of governments in a free market economy. | ||
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Believes work can not be regarded either as a right nor a duty, but only as a free choice of the individual, and as such, the work should not be subject to collective agreements or limited by rules. | Believes work can not be regarded either as a right nor a duty, but only as a free choice of the individual, and as such, the work should not be subject to collective agreements or limited by rules. | ||
The collective agreement is deemed unconstitutional. | The collective agreement is deemed unconstitutional. | ||
It is in favor of the abolition of professional orders of state; is not contrary to private professional orders and supports their spontaneous formation, but feel the problem arises from the institutionalization of professional orders of state and the choice of these same associations to act as a single party monopoly. | It is in favor of the abolition of professional orders of state; is not contrary to private professional orders and supports their spontaneous formation, but feel the problem arises from the institutionalization of professional orders of state and the choice of these same associations to act as a single party monopoly. | ||
Accession to the orders should not be imposed by law. | Accession to the orders should not be imposed by law. | ||
Supports the abolition of all business licenses; no price controls, balances, and no limitation in the initiation of new activities (such as limitations on the area or otherwise) may be exercised by the state and its territorial authorities. | Supports the abolition of all business licenses; no price controls, balances, and no limitation in the initiation of new activities (such as limitations on the area or otherwise) may be exercised by the state and its territorial authorities. | ||
The Movimento Libertario recognizes the need for an emphasis on clarity of information to the public on the free choice of consumers. | The Movimento Libertario recognizes the need for an emphasis on clarity of information to the public on the free choice of consumers. | ||
=====Foreign policy===== | =====Foreign policy===== | ||
The vision of the Movimento Libertario is an international foreign policy of [[nonintervention]] and non-violence like proposed by candidate for President of the [[United States]] in 2008 and 2012, [[Libertarian Republican|libertarian-republican]] Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. | The vision of the Movimento Libertario is an international foreign policy of [[nonintervention]] and non-violence like proposed by candidate for President of the [[United States]] in 2008 and 2012, [[Libertarian Republican|libertarian-republican]] Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. | ||
The movement is against any increase in military spending or strengthening of armaments by the Italian State, even within the [[NATO]], considered a military structure no longer necessary, and outside the context of the original defensive operations; it is against any forms of war, violent conflict or international interventions on foreign soil by Italian troops in line with the Rothbardian axiom of nonaggression; | |||
The movement is against any increase in military spending or strengthening of armaments by the Italian State, even within the [[NATO]], considered a military structure no longer necessary, and outside the context of the original defensive operations; it is against any forms of war, violent conflict or international interventions on foreign soil by Italian troops in line with the Rothbardian axiom of nonaggression; | |||
The legality and legitimacy of the [[United Nations]] is questioned because this international organisation is contrary to the principle of a world without the presence of the State. | The legality and legitimacy of the [[United Nations]] is questioned because this international organisation is contrary to the principle of a world without the presence of the State. | ||
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The [[Lisbon Treaty]] adoption is not supported but the movement is not theoretically against the possible realization of a [[referendum]] for the free choice of Italians. | The [[Lisbon Treaty]] adoption is not supported but the movement is not theoretically against the possible realization of a [[referendum]] for the free choice of Italians. | ||
The movement supports individual and territorial separatism and indipendentism, the right of free self-determination of peoples and recognizing areas ([[enclave]]) within a framework of regional political autonomy within a loose opening of trade between regions. | The movement supports individual and territorial separatism and indipendentism, the right of free self-determination of peoples and recognizing areas ([[enclave]]) within a framework of regional political autonomy within a loose opening of trade between regions. | ||
Switzerland is considered an important model of confederative system both for the good economy development that for balanced policy organization of the territory.<ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5172:elvetizziamo-leuropa&catid=1:latest-news ''Transform the Europe in Swiss!''] by Giovanni Bonometti. Retrieved on May 6, 2010.</ref> | Switzerland is considered an important model of confederative system both for the good economy development that for balanced policy organization of the territory.<ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5172:elvetizziamo-leuropa&catid=1:latest-news ''Transform the Europe in Swiss!''] by Giovanni Bonometti. Retrieved on May 6, 2010.</ref> | ||
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=====Security===== | =====Security===== | ||
The Movimento Libertario favors the reduction of telephone tapping and registration requirement for the list of suspects intercepted, localization of security forces (more power to the municipal police as opposed to a reduction of the national police), supports experiments in privatization of police (without internal interferences of any Italian political party) in small towns, the strengthening the function of the justice of the peace and introduction of arbitration, and recognition and guarantee of the right to possess arms in defense of private property and life of each individual | The Movimento Libertario favors the reduction of telephone tapping and registration requirement for the list of suspects intercepted, localization of security forces (more power to the municipal police as opposed to a reduction of the national police), supports experiments in privatization of police (without internal interferences of any Italian political party) in small towns, the strengthening the function of the justice of the peace and introduction of arbitration, and recognition and guarantee of the right to possess arms in defense of private property and life of each individual | ||
=====Civil Rights===== | =====Civil Rights===== | ||
The Movimento Libertario favors the [[Freedom of will|freedom of choice]] of individuals within the natural rights of property ([[negative rights]]) and liberty ([[negative liberty]]) a is to agree to recognize responsibility for personal actions and not to delegate to others their own choices, or do so in an informed way. | The Movimento Libertario favors the [[Freedom of will|freedom of choice]] of individuals within the natural rights of property ([[negative rights]]) and liberty ([[negative liberty]]) a is to agree to recognize responsibility for personal actions and not to delegate to others their own choices, or do so in an informed way. | ||
The movement supports a depenalization of light drugs (such as [[cannabis]]); supports the individual right to [[prostitution]] and [[abortion]]. | The movement supports a depenalization of light drugs (such as [[cannabis]]); supports the individual right to [[prostitution]] and [[abortion]]. | ||
The movement is contrary to any form of restriction of freedom, control or censorship by the state, the imposition of coercive state abortion, the financing of every kind of marriage by the state,<ref>[http://ilgiorno.ilsole24ore.com/brescia/cronaca/locale/2009/09/29/238358-siamo_uguali_carcerati_tempo_misurato_vedere_quelli_sono_nostri_figli.shtml ''We are equal to the prisoners, measured time to see who are our children''] [[Il Giorno (newspaper)|Il Giorno]], by Magda Biglia, Retrieved on September 29, 2009.</ref> and the [[prohibition]] of drugs, alcohol and smoking. | The movement is contrary to any form of restriction of freedom, control or censorship by the state, the imposition of coercive state abortion, the financing of every kind of marriage by the state,<ref>[http://ilgiorno.ilsole24ore.com/brescia/cronaca/locale/2009/09/29/238358-siamo_uguali_carcerati_tempo_misurato_vedere_quelli_sono_nostri_figli.shtml ''We are equal to the prisoners, measured time to see who are our children''] [[Il Giorno (newspaper)|Il Giorno]], by Magda Biglia, Retrieved on September 29, 2009.</ref> and the [[prohibition]] of drugs, alcohol and smoking. | ||
=====Education===== | =====Education===== | ||
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The Movimento Libertario is favorable to the creation of a pattern of private health care. | The Movimento Libertario is favorable to the creation of a pattern of private health care. | ||
This is to avoid the justification for state control over private behavior motivated by the fact that the state spends money on health. | This is to avoid the justification for state control over private behavior motivated by the fact that the state spends money on health. | ||
=====Science===== | =====Science===== | ||
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{{For|Movimento Libertario and the right to sow GMO maize|Giorgio Fidenato#The right to sow GMO maize}} | {{For|Movimento Libertario and 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, | 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. | ||
The Movimento Libertario does not support the theory of [[global warming]]. | The Movimento Libertario does not support the theory of [[global warming]]. | ||
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=====Speech===== | =====Speech===== | ||
The Movimento Libertario favors the right to freedom of speech and freedom of the networks and media. | The Movimento Libertario favors the right to freedom of speech and freedom of the networks and media. | ||
The movement is against public funding of political parties, newspapers and denominational schools, and Italian public television paid for through taxes.<ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/stop_allabbonamento_raccomandata_e_516_euro/27-09-2009/articolo-id=385900-page=0-comments=1 ''Stop subscription with a recommendation and 5.16 euro''] ''[[Il Giornale]]'', by Felice Manti. Retrieved on September 27, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/io_li_ho_messi_sacco_cosi_si_sono_arresi/evasione_fiscale-leonardo_facco-canone_rai/29-09-2009/articolo-id=386395-page=0-comments=1 "''I've put them in the bag: so they are surrendered''"] ''[[Il Giornale]]'' by Felice Manti. Retrieved on September 29, 2009. An interview to Leonardo Facco about the payment of public television fee</ref> | The movement is against public funding of political parties, newspapers and denominational schools, and Italian public television paid for through taxes.<ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/stop_allabbonamento_raccomandata_e_516_euro/27-09-2009/articolo-id=385900-page=0-comments=1 ''Stop subscription with a recommendation and 5.16 euro''] ''[[Il Giornale]]'', by Felice Manti. Retrieved on September 27, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/io_li_ho_messi_sacco_cosi_si_sono_arresi/evasione_fiscale-leonardo_facco-canone_rai/29-09-2009/articolo-id=386395-page=0-comments=1 "''I've put them in the bag: so they are surrendered''"] ''[[Il Giornale]]'' by Felice Manti. Retrieved on September 29, 2009. An interview to Leonardo Facco about the payment of public television fee</ref> | ||
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They believe that the monetary crisis in the Eurozone and in the countries such as "[[PIIGS]]" is only the beginning of more economic crisis and defaults resulting from excessive state intervention and a wrong approach to the monetary problem by governments.<ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3485&catid=1:latest-news ''Sooner or later the day comes when you have to Pay!''] by Mauro Meneghini. Retrieved on November 5, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5738:moneta-contro-cartastraccia&catid=1:latest-news#yvComment5738 ''Money against junk sheets!''] by Juan Morillo Bentué. Retrieved on May 28, 2010.</ref> | They believe that the monetary crisis in the Eurozone and in the countries such as "[[PIIGS]]" is only the beginning of more economic crisis and defaults resulting from excessive state intervention and a wrong approach to the monetary problem by governments.<ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3485&catid=1:latest-news ''Sooner or later the day comes when you have to Pay!''] by Mauro Meneghini. Retrieved on November 5, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5738:moneta-contro-cartastraccia&catid=1:latest-news#yvComment5738 ''Money against junk sheets!''] by Juan Morillo Bentué. Retrieved on May 28, 2010.</ref> | ||
Since May 2009, the Movimento Libertario sent to various Italian politicians and political forces a paper on the Italian and international economic situation from the perspective of the Austrian School. | Since May 2009, the Movimento Libertario sent to various Italian politicians and political forces a paper on the Italian and international economic situation from the perspective of the Austrian School. | ||
In this paper, the Movimento Libertario called on the Italian policy in a drastic reduction of its role in the economy. | In this paper, the Movimento Libertario called on the Italian policy in a drastic reduction of its role in the economy. | ||
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For its anti-statist positions on taxes, in favor of free choice of individuals and more free market with less government, for the strong criticizing to Italian political and to its major protagonists, the Movimento Libertario and its members are severely criticized by many Italian politicians parties. | For its anti-statist positions on taxes, in favor of free choice of individuals and more free market with less government, for the strong criticizing to Italian political and to its major protagonists, the Movimento Libertario and its members are severely criticized by many Italian politicians parties. | ||
Both main centre-right and centre-left parties and related Italian coalitions, criticize the ML proposing about the economic cuts of taxes, the reduction of State presence in the economy | Both main centre-right and centre-left parties and related Italian coalitions, criticize the ML proposing about the economic cuts of taxes, the reduction of State presence in the economy and the withdrawal of Italian troops from the international war scenarios. | ||
The Italian centre-right coalition (The People of Freedom and the [[Northern League (Italy)|Northern League]]) criticizing the ML in particular for the individual choice and the anti-prohibitionism battle in the civil rights context by this; in economy criticizing the Movimento Libertario for a request of a new reform of Italian private pension provision in capitalist sense, for the abolition of Italian provinces and a reduction of national and local State costs by this. | The Italian centre-right coalition (The People of Freedom and the [[Northern League (Italy)|Northern League]]) criticizing the ML in particular for the individual choice and the anti-prohibitionism battle in the civil rights context by this; in economy criticizing the Movimento Libertario for a request of a new reform of Italian private pension provision in capitalist sense, for the abolition of Italian provinces and a reduction of national and local State costs by this. | ||
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Confcontribuenti supports the Movimento Libertario and Giorgio Fidenato in his battle against withholding tax.<ref>[http://www.confcontribuenti.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:sostituto-dimposta&catid=41:sostituto-dimposta&Itemid=64 ''Withholding tax''] Retrieved on February 3, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=3&art=90283 ''The Battle of Confcontribuenti for the abatement of taxes unfair''] ''l'Opinione'' by Stefano Magni. Retrieved on March 11, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.confcontribuenti.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71%3A1-aprile-sentenza-sul-sostituto-dimposta&catid=34%3Aultime-notizie&Itemid=1 ''1 April: ruling on withholding tax''] Retrieved on February 3, 2010.</ref> | Confcontribuenti supports the Movimento Libertario and Giorgio Fidenato in his battle against withholding tax.<ref>[http://www.confcontribuenti.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:sostituto-dimposta&catid=41:sostituto-dimposta&Itemid=64 ''Withholding tax''] Retrieved on February 3, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=3&art=90283 ''The Battle of Confcontribuenti for the abatement of taxes unfair''] ''l'Opinione'' by Stefano Magni. Retrieved on March 11, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.confcontribuenti.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71%3A1-aprile-sentenza-sul-sostituto-dimposta&catid=34%3Aultime-notizie&Itemid=1 ''1 April: ruling on withholding tax''] Retrieved on February 3, 2010.</ref> | ||
The Movimento Libertario wants to create a critical mass of owners and tax payers to launch peacefully Italian protests against the government tax collectors,<ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=3&art=66631 ''"We defend the money from the theft of state!"''] ''L'Opinione'' by Stefano Magni. Retrieved on December 1, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.brunoleoni.it/nextpage.aspx?codice=5684 ''Taxes? If no one likes to pay them a reason there will be...''] ''L'Occidentale'', by Carlo Stagnaro. Retrieved on October 8, 2007. Archived by [http://www.brunoleoni.it http://www.brunoleoni.it]</ref> like the case of [[Tea party protests]] US. | The Movimento Libertario wants to create a critical mass of owners and tax payers to launch peacefully Italian protests against the government tax collectors,<ref>[http://opinione.it/articolo.php?arg=3&art=66631 ''"We defend the money from the theft of state!"''] ''L'Opinione'' by Stefano Magni. Retrieved on December 1, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.brunoleoni.it/nextpage.aspx?codice=5684 ''Taxes? If no one likes to pay them a reason there will be...''] ''L'Occidentale'', by Carlo Stagnaro. Retrieved on October 8, 2007. Archived by [http://www.brunoleoni.it http://www.brunoleoni.it]</ref> like the case of [[Tea party protests]] US.<ref>[http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-local/Tasse-c-e-chi-vuole-boicottare-i-prodotti-sardi/1603547/6 ''Taxes, there are those who want to boycott products Sardinian''] ''La Nuova, nuova Sardegna'', by Alfredo Franchini, page 3. Retrieved on May 11, 2007. Archived by [http://espresso.repubblica.it http://espresso.repubblica.it]</ref><ref>[http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-local/Tasse-sul-lusso-rivolta-via-web/1608496/6 ''Taxes on luxury, addressed via Web''] ''La Nuova, nuova Sardegna''. Retrieved on May 14, 2007. Archived by [http://espresso.repubblica.it http://espresso.repubblica.it]</ref><ref>[http://www.movimentolibertario.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5818:dal-tea-party-alla-rivolta-fiscale&catid=1:latest-news#yvComment5818 ''From the Tea Party to the tax revolt''] by Leonardo Facco. Retrieved on May 30, 2010.</ref> | ||
From April 2010, the Movimento Libertario collaborates and participates actively in the initiative offered by [http://www.teapartyitalia.it Tea Party Italia], for the organisation of some Italian Tea Party events. | From April 2010, the Movimento Libertario collaborates and participates actively in the initiative offered by [http://www.teapartyitalia.it Tea Party Italia], for the organisation of some Italian Tea Party events. | ||