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'''James (Jim) Peron''' is a activist and author, who became involved with the Libertarian Party at its inception, is the founder of the Moorfield Storey Institute, and has been involved with many other libertarian organizations both in the United States and in other countries. | |||
===Publications=== | |||
Author of numerous books including: | Author of numerous books including: | ||
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*Within Reason: Essays on Ayn Rand, Objectivism & Christianity | *Within Reason: Essays on Ayn Rand, Objectivism & Christianity | ||
*Die the Beloved Country? | *Die the Beloved Country? | ||
*Liberty Reclaimed | *Liberty Reclaimed (co-author with LP Vice Presidential candidate Jim Lewis) | ||
*Exploding Population Myths | *Exploding Population Myths | ||
*Affirmative Action, Apartheid and Capitalism | *Affirmative Action, Apartheid and Capitalism | ||
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Started Libertarian Periodicals and organizations in South Africa and New Zealand. | Started Libertarian Periodicals and organizations in South Africa and New Zealand. | ||
===Libertarian Party=== | |||
Chairman of the San Francisco Libertarian Party, editor of the LP newsletters for Illinois and Connecticut and LP candidate for State Representative in Chicago, Congress in Connecticut, and Bay Area Rapid Transit Board in San Francisco. | Chairman of the San Francisco Libertarian Party, editor of the LP newsletters for Illinois and Connecticut and LP candidate for State Representative in Chicago, Congress in Connecticut, and Bay Area Rapid Transit Board in San Francisco. | ||
In 1989 led successful passing of Proposition O the “Clean Needle Initiative” in San Francisco. The first time – in any community – that a Libertarian sponsored initiative has won. One year later this was followed by another proposition, also Prop | In 1989 led successful passing of Proposition O the “Clean Needle Initiative” in San Francisco. The first time – in any community – that a Libertarian sponsored initiative has won. One year later this was followed by another proposition, also Prop O stating that the people of the city and country of San Francisco declare their “community standards” to be total and complete freedom of speech. It gained widespread support and passed easily. | ||
He was involved in several presidential campaigns since Ed Clark’s 1980 bid, co-authored the campaign book of 1984 Vice Presidential candidate Jim Lewis, and was one of the early backers of Gary Johnson. | |||
He withdrew from involvement with the LP because it had become, as he characterized it in a 2022 Facebook post, an 'Alt-Right" party. (See [[#Responses to Interview Questions|responses to interview questions]] below.) | |||
===Other Organizations=== | |||
President of the Moorfield Storey Institute | President of the Moorfield Storey Institute | ||
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Conversed with the likes of Milton Friedman, Karl Hess and Roy Childs. He knew both Murry Rothbard and Ron Paul although would rather not be associated with either. | Conversed with the likes of Milton Friedman, Karl Hess and Roy Childs. He knew both Murry Rothbard and Ron Paul although would rather not be associated with either. | ||
===Responses to Interview Questions=== | |||
As part of a program of interviews of prominent past activists, Peron was approached by [[Patrick Nicholson]] of the [[Libertarian Party of California Historical Preservation Committee|LP of California Historical Preservation Committee]]. He declined an oral interview, but agreed to respond to written questions posed by Nicholson. | |||
#Why did I join "the liberty movement." | #Why did I join "the liberty movement." | ||
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#What would you recommend to young Libertarian Party members? | #What would you recommend to young Libertarian Party members? | ||
He provided the responses in the form of two posts on the Facebook page of the Moorfield Storey Institute. | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0GhWBhwk8vfTTMSB6HMmvX32R5Yq6aRQYAQrMh1HgGWhYwXqLMvskojmSQCzcMPbul&id=189631434431724 first response - 21 September 2022] | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02uj1uoGuehyZ6BYxLbmrARbxwWwNQ81q8PBZXAC4PUJWhz3KXUsoCRcqKnp8Zpu8pl&id=189631434431724 second response - 23 September 2022] | |||
[[Category: California Party Activists]] | [[Category: California Party Activists]] | ||