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==LIBERTARIAN PUBLICATIONS RISE AND FALL== | ==LIBERTARIAN PUBLICATIONS RISE AND FALL== | ||
From all indications, The Individualist and The New Banner have now gone under, but new publications continue to appear. Some of the more interesting developments: Libertarian Option, a Canadian publication of Objectivist orientation (PO Box 603, Station "F," | From all indications, The Individualist and The New Banner have now gone under, but new publications continue to appear. Some of the more interesting developments: Libertarian Option, a Canadian publication of Objectivist orientation (PO Box 603, Station "F," Toronto 5, Ontario) discusses the prospects for a Canadian Libertarian Party in its March issue; The Fire Bringer (Box 4749, Colorado Springs CO 80909) resumes publication with a special 11th St ar Trek" issue; Zeitgeist (Box 1518, Chicago IL 60690) does an excellent job of covering the Illinois libertarian scene; New Libertarian Notes (635 E. 11th St. #24, NY NY10009) goes semi-professional, is now the radical libertarian publication; Washington & Lee University's Commerce Review (Box 215, Lexington VA 24450) debuts with an issue containing pieces by Murray Rothbard & Tony Sutton. All of the above are worth writing for info about. | ||
11th St ar Trek" issue; Zeitgeist (Box 1518, Chicago IL 60690) does an excellent job of covering | |||
the Illinois libertarian scene; New Libertarian Notes (635 E. 11th St. #24, NY NY10009) goes semi-professional, is now the radical libertarian publication; Washington & Lee University's Commerce Review | |||
Murray Rothbard & Tony Sutton. All of the above are worth writing for info about. | |||
=POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE= | =POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE= | ||
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==Utah LP Chairman persecuted by IRS== | ==Utah LP Chairman persecuted by IRS== | ||
On April 14, [[Utah Libertarian Party|Utah LP Chairman]] and Life Member [[Karl Bray]] led a group of approximately 100 people in a protest against the IRS. Five days later, two FBI agents and an IRS agent entered Karl's place of business and arrested him, carting him off to jail in handcuffs and leg irons | On April 14, [[Utah Libertarian Party|Utah LP Chairman]] and Life Member [[Karl Bray]] led a group of approximately 100 people in a protest against the IRS. Five days later, two FBI agents and an IRS agent entered Karl's place of business and arrested him, carting him off to jail in handcuffs and leg irons (yes, dear reader, leg irons), where they held him illegally without informing him of the charges against him for fourteen hours. | ||
When they finally released him, after informing him of their charge | When they finally released him, after informing him of their charge ("illegal possession of an IRS symboln), Karl returned to his office -- and found that $30,000 in cash had disappeared. | ||
This is just the latest and most grotesque example of IRS tyranny. If you'd like to help publicize it, and stir up public outrage, there are several things you can do. First, send a contribution to the Taxpayers Legal Defense Fund (1644 Laird Avenue, SLC Utah 84105), which will be helping Karl in his battle with the IRS... both in defending Karl | This is just the latest and most grotesque example of IRS tyranny. If you'd like to help publicize it, and stir up public outrage, there are several things you can do. First, send a contribution to the Taxpayers Legal Defense Fund (1644 Laird Avenue, SLC Utah 84105), which will be helping Karl in his battle with the IRS... both in defending Karl | ||
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In addition, we urge all of you to write the "letters to the editor" section of your paper, urging others to fight SS renewal too. | In addition, we urge all of you to write the "letters to the editor" section of your paper, urging others to fight SS renewal too. | ||
If you really care about this issue, we hope you'll organize anti-draft demonstrations in your city, as well. Now that the draft is temporarily not being used, demonstrations against it are few and far between | If you really care about this issue, we hope you'll organize anti-draft demonstrations in your city, as well. Now that the draft is temporarily not being used, demonstrations against it are few and far between (how soon people forget; no doubt Big Brother had this in mind when he turned off the Meat Grinder for a few months before renewal time). | ||
Don't let people forget. And don't pass up an opportunity to put the LP in the vanguard of those who are fighting slavery principle, and not just when it's a fad to do so. [[Libertarian Party of California|California LP]] will be staging demonstrations against Selective Service on May 26; let's make it a nationwide protest against the IRS' trumped-up charges, and in Karl's planned civil and criminal suits against the goons who harrassed him. TLDF will also supply you with full details on what happened to Karl; of necessity, we've had to summarize here. | Don't let people forget. And don't pass up an opportunity to put the LP in the vanguard of those who are fighting slavery principle, and not just when it's a fad to do so. [[Libertarian Party of California|California LP]] will be staging demonstrations against Selective Service on May 26; let's make it a nationwide protest against the IRS' trumped-up charges, and in Karl's planned civil and criminal suits against the goons who harrassed him. TLDF will also supply you with full details on what happened to Karl; of necessity, we've had to summarize here. | ||