The article below gets into the kind of detail that I feel we as local libertarian activists should be paying attention to. We, as a group, need to have more of a passion for, and an engagement with, the politics of this town if we are really going to be effective. We need to be able to get into the thick of things, cultivate alliances, work on single issues, etc., without compromising an inch on what we believe in and ultimately want to achieve. We are often too collectively insular, too uninformed, I think. Many of the people I see speaking out at neighborhood group meetings and such are political country dolts when it comes to understanding liberty, but they are often more in touch with, and have a better grasp of the issues and the players in local politics than most in our group.
I would like to know whether others understand what I'm talking about here, see the importance of it. What do people think of my previously posted suggestion that we co-host a candidate and ballot measure event with other pro-freedom and single-issue groups as a way in part of developing more of this kind of practical political knowledge on an institutional level?
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
Couldn't agree more with Starchild on this one. I would be more than
happy to assist in plans for candidates/ballot night.
Marcy
Thanks, Marcy! Since we didn't manage to really discuss this at the meeting Saturday, I'd like to request a vote of the officers to make it happen. Unless somebody else has a better idea how to engage more fully in local politics.
On a separate but related topic, I think we should also make time for Jawg Greenwald to tell us about her experience serving on the civil grand jury. She's our only appointed local libertarian that I'm aware of -- how many of us even know what she's been doing?
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))
Hi Starchild,
I am suggesting we discuss you proposal to have a candidates/ballot
night in the Activist List, so we can get into details.
Regarding Jawj Greenwald, yes, she is quietly amazing, and a fountain
of knowledge about politics. I would love it if she would again
become as involved with LPSF as she was in the past. Since she does
not subscribe to these lists, how about I (or you) forwarding this
thread to her?
Regards,
Marcy
I've got to say that I don't feel like emulating the DCCC in any way,
shape, or form.
On that note, I hope every effort is being made to the sex workers
community to show that the prostitution decrim measure just barely got
endorsement from "the most progressive DCCC ever", while it got
unanimous endorsement from the LPSF. If that doesn't give pause to
some of the sex worker folks about their support of "progressivism,"
nothing will.
Rob