Stuff we can do

Miscellaneous General
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There’s a definite stabilization at higher rankings since early/mid-2009, which is also when I joined and started reading. I can’t remember what prompted me to - maybe it was Ron Paul, or maybe it was a Tom Woods video posted somewhere in the Ron Paul blogosphere. Whatever it was may be what got a whole lot more people coming here.

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I think it would also be wonderful if you could get your family involved. Not just children, parents, and spouses but also aunts, uncles, and cousins.

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Libertarians need to start getting involved in environment groups, anti-war movements etc. and make their presence felt.

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I’ve been talking to a guy in my class about politics for ages and I posted him some libertarian books and PDFs through e-mail and have been trying to tell him more about it - I tried to quickly explain NAP to him. He seems generally interested but still somewhat skeptical. He’s a bit resistant because he has supported the labour party,Is mildy left leaning and is mildly environmentalist.

I’ve done this sort of thing before with a younger women who was a bit leftist and who I printed out info for. This is one of my ways of getting the message out as well as having a blog of different topics not just libertarian ones (one concession, a few of the articles is of poor quality due to them being done really quickly without re-reading them or thinking too deeply about them)

http://anarchyisordergovernmentiscivilwar.blogspot.com/

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"Libertarians need to start getting involved in environment groups, anti-war movements etc. and make their presence felt. "

I try to do this.I think it’s a great idea.I get involved with discussion about war and I’d like to one day set up a UK based group which is opposed to state schooling.

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Although I don’t vote, I do write letters,send emails and phone my so-called “representative and senators” regarding pending issues and express my concerns about the economic unintended consequenses of their passage. I have on senator that has started sending me updates on what he is supporting and not supporting.

I also email various articles to a list of friends so they get a completely different view (Austrian/Libertarian/Anarchist). Sometimes these articles evoke discussion which means the articles are getting read.

Another area that I am active in is Digg.com which gives me a platform to express my outrage as to the alleged global warming/climate change, ObamaCare, bailouts, stimuli, etc. Almost every post elicits criticism and gives me an opportunity to debate. And, I get a chance to criticize Socialistic, Keynesian programs and promote Libertarian and Austrian views.

One of the great things about Digg is it has a very large audience and you can reach that crowd quickly, cheaply (free) and easily. All of your comments and your “friends” comments are archived.

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Today I just printed out some selections from Walter Block’s book The Privatization of Roads and Highways and left a copy on a few houses. Hopefully that will get some people interested. Maybe Economics in One Lesson would be more effective though at getting people more aware of libertarianism.

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Anyone have any door hangers? If not, would it be possible for Mises.org to make some we could buy from the store? For example: http://www.doorhangers.com/index.shtml I was thinking about something along the lines that would let people know there are different schools of thought about economics, that Austrian economics is of course one of them, and that if they wanted to find out more about Austrian economics, to go to Mises.org. If Mises.org would put them in the store for us to buy and distribute, I would love to do that. The website has a default template that can be used.

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Interesting idea. After the first of the year, we are looking at a huge range of such things, like playing cards and chess sets and much more clothing, etc. etc.

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Chess sets? You mean like this?

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Hey,

I’m toying with the idea of planting wrapped presents around my neighborhood (Bushwick area in Brooklyn) that each contain a small, introductory book to econ and an informal letter that says something along the lines of:

“Hey! This is fun a introductory book on economics. I’ve always liked this book and thought that it did a good job of making an often boring (yet totally important) subject interesting and accessible to people who have never studied economics before. I hope that you enjoy it as I have and that you pass the book along to your friends or family. If you have any questions, comments, or would like to learn a little more about the subject, don’t hesitate to write me at @.com, and be sure to check out mises.org”

Something along those lines…

My question is: which book would you all recommend for this purpose? My neighborhood is predominantly Puerto Rican sprinkled with twenty-somethings (like myself) of diverse (but, considering NYC, most likely highly liberal) backgrounds.I’m thinking Economics in One Lesson. Any better ideas?

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I think you are over complicating it. What if it is found by people who don’t like to read, or hate the market, or don’t care about economics?

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I agree. Why not just set up a stand and give out free copies to interested people?

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http://www.peacemagazine.org/198.htm

The Methods of Nonviolent Action

(from Gene Sharp, The Methods of Nonviolent Action, Boston 1973)

THE METHODS OF NONVIOLENT PROTEST AND PERSUASION#### FORMAL STATEMENTS1. Public speeches

  1. Letters of opposition or support
  2. Declarations by organizations and institutions
  3. Signed public declarations
  4. Declarations of indictment and intention
  5. Group or mass petitions

COMMUNICATIONS WITH A WIDER AUDIENCE1. Slogans, caricatures, and symbols

  1. Banners, posters, and displayed communications
  2. Leaflets, pamphlets, and books
  3. Newspapers and journals
  4. Records, radio, and television
  5. Skywriting and earthwriting

GROUP REPRESENTATIONS1. Deputations

  1. Mock awards
  2. Group lobbying
  3. Picketing
  4. Mock elections

SYMBOLIC PUBLIC ACTS1. Displays of flags and symbolic colours

  1. Wearing of symbols
  2. Prayer and worship
  3. Delivering symbolic objects
  4. Protest disrobings
  5. Destruction of own property
  6. Symbolic lights
  7. Displays of portraits
  8. Paint as protest
  9. New signs and names
  10. Symbolic sounds
  11. Symbolic reclamations
  12. Rude gestures

PRESSURES ON INDIVIDUALS1. “Haunting” officials

  1. Taunting officials
  2. Fraternization
  3. Vigils

DRAMA AND MUSIC1. Humourous skits and pranks

  1. Performances of plays and music
  2. Singing

PROCESSIONS1. Marches

  1. Parades
  2. Religious processions
  3. Pilgrimages
  4. Motorcades

HONOURING THE DEAD1. Political mourning

  1. Mock funerals
  2. Demonstrative funerals
  3. Homage at burial places

PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES1. Assemblies of protest or support

  1. Protest meetings
  2. Camouflaged meetings of protest
  3. Teach-ins

WITHDRAWAL AND RENUNCIATION1. Walk-outs

  1. Silence
  2. Renouncing honours
  3. Turning one’s back

THE METHODS OF SOCIAL NONCOOPERATION#### OSTRACISM OF PERSONS1. Social boycott

  1. Selective social boycott
  2. Lysistratic nonaction
  3. Excommunication
  4. Interdict

NONCOOPERATION WITH SOCIAL EVENTS, CUSTOMS, ANDINSTITUTIONS1. Suspension of social and sports activities

  1. Boycott of social affairs
  2. Student strike
  3. Social disobedience
  4. Withdrawal from social institutions

WITHDRAWAL FROM THE SOCIAL SYSTEM1. Stay-at-home

  1. Total personal noncooperation
  2. “Flight” of workers
  3. Sanctuary
  4. Collective disappearance
  5. Protest emigration (hijrat)

THE METHODS OF ECONOMIC NONCOOPERATION: ECONOMICBOYCOTTS#### ACTION BY CONSUMERS1. Consumers’ boycott

  1. Nonconsumption of boycotted goods
  2. Policy of austerity
  3. Rent withholding
  4. Refusal to rent
  5. National consumers’ boycott
  6. International consumers’ boycott

ACTION BY WORKERS AND PRODUCERS1. Workers’ boycott

  1. Producers’ boycott

ACTION BY MIDDLEMEN1. Suppliers’ and handlers’ boycott

ACTION BY OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT1. Traders’ boycott

  1. Refusal to let or sell property
  2. Lockout
  3. Refusal of industrial assistance
  4. Merchants’ “general strike”

ACTION BY HOLDERS OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES1. Withdrawal of bank deposits

  1. Refusal to pay fees, dues, and assessments
  2. Refusal to pay debts or interest
  3. Severance of funds and credit
  4. Revenue refusal
  5. Refusal of a government’s money

ACTION BY GOVERNMENTS1. Domestic embargo

  1. Blacklisting of traders
  2. International sellers’ embargo
  3. International buyers’ embargo
  4. International trade embargo

THE METHODS OF ECONOMIC NONCOOOPERATION: THE STRIKEh4. SYMBOLIC STRIKES1. Protest strike

  1. Quickie walkout (lightning strike)

AGRICULTURAL STRIKES1. Peasant strike

    1. Farm workers’ strike

STRIKES BY SPECIAL GROUPS1. Refusal of impressed labour

  1. Prisoners’ strike
  2. Craft strike
  3. Professional strike

ORDINARY INDUSTRIAL STRIKES1. Establishment strike

  1. Industry strike
  2. Sympathy strike

RESTRICTED STRIKES1. Detailed strike

  1. Bumper strike
  2. Slowdown strike
  3. Working-to-rule strike
  4. Reporting “sick” (sick-in)
  5. Strike by resignation
  6. Limited strike
  7. Selective strike

MULTI-INDUSTRY STRIKES1. Generalised strike

  1. General strike

COMBINATION OF STRIKES AND ECONOMIC CLOSURES1. Hartal

  1. Economic shutdown

THE METHODS OF POLITICAL NONCOOPERATION#### REJECTION OF AUTHORITY1. Withholding or withdrawal of allegiance

  1. Refusal of public support
  2. Literature and speeches advocating resistance

CITIZENS’ NONCOOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT1. Boycott of legislative bodies

  1. Boycott of elections
  2. Boycott of government employment and positions
  3. Boycott of government departments, agencies, and other bodies
  4. Withdrawal from governmental educational institutions
  5. Boycott of government-supported institutions
  6. Refusal of assistance to enforcement agents
  7. Removal of own signs and placemarks
  8. Refusal to accept appointed officials
  9. Refusal to dissolve existing institutions

CITIZENS’ ALTERNATIVES TO OBEDIENCE1. Reluctant and slow compliance

  1. Nonobedience in absence of direct supervision
  2. Popular nonobedience
  3. Disguised disobedience
  4. Refusal of an assemblage or meeting to disperse
  5. Sitdown
  6. Noncooperation with conscription and deportation
  7. Hiding, escape, and false identities
  8. Civil disobedience of “illegitimate” laws

ACTION BY GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL1. Selective refusal of assistance by government aides

  1. Blocking of lines of command and information
  2. Stalling and obstruction
  3. General administrative noncooperation
  4. Judicial noncooperation
  5. Deliberate inefficiency and selective noncooperation by enforcement agents
  6. Mutiny

DOMESTIC GOVERNMENTAL ACTION1. Quasi-legal evasions and delays

  1. Noncooperation by constituent governmental units

INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ACTION1. Changes in diplomatic and other representation

  1. Delay and cancellation of diplomatic events
  2. Withholding of diplomatic recognition
  3. Severance of diplomatic relations
  4. Withdrawal from international organisations
  5. Refusal of membership in international bodies
  6. Expulsion from international organisations

THE METHODS OF NONVIOLENT INTERVENTION h4.PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION1. Self-exposure to the elements

  1. The fast
    1. Fast of moral pressure
    2. Hunger strike
    3. Satyagrahic fast
  2. Reverse trial
  3. Nonviolent harassment

PHYSICAL INTERVENTION1. Sit-in

  1. Stand-in
  2. Ride-in
  3. Wade-in
  4. Mill-in
  5. Pray-in
  6. Nonviolent raids
  7. Nonviolent air raids
  8. Nonviolent invasion
  9. Nonviolent interjection
  10. Nonviolent obstruction
  11. Nonviolent occupation

SOCIAL INTERVENTION1. Establishing new social patterns

  1. Overloading of facilities
  2. Stall-in
  3. Speak-in
  4. Guerrilla theatre
  5. Alternative social institutions
  6. Alternative communication system

ECONOMIC INTERVENTION1. Reverse strike

  1. Stay-in strike
  2. Nonviolent land seizure
  3. Defiance of blockades
  4. Politically motivated counterfeiting
  5. Preclusive purchasing
  6. Seizure of assets
  7. Dumping
  8. Selective patronage
  9. Alternative markets
  10. Alternative transportation systems
  11. Alternative economic institutions

POLITICAL INTERVENTION1. Overloading of administrative systems

  1. Disclosing identities of secret agents
  2. Seeking imprisonment
  3. Civil disobedience of “neutral” laws
  4. Work-on without collaboration
  5. Dual sovereignty and parallel government

Link to the Albert Einstein Institution for more of Gene Sharp’s work”:http://www.aeinstein.org/

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That list pretty much has everything covered I’d say.

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Those sprinkles in Williamsburg could be your worst enemy and a possible explosion. Those anti-grain kids will do anything to be different from each other and more “intellectual” since their parents belssed them with free rent and time. All they do all day is broadcast to each other. Reach some of them, you could find more and more.

I have spoken to many of them, the swing from die hard Leftists in a bar called Fabians to admire my anti-war, voluntary copperation etc…attitude has been very easy.

[Baruch Student and Jersey(soon Manhattan) commuter right here]

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Lol, yeah Bushwick / Williamsburg is a lost cause. Most of Manhatten itself may be a lost cause. It is just too “trendy”, to pay attention to an uncool idea. You may have a shot in Queens though.

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Any local organizations in central CT? I was thinking about starting something up, maybe try to tie it in with performance art and localvore co-op. Anyone interested?

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Lets make a concerted effort to solicit Matt Drudge & Co. to place a permanent link to mises.org and perhaps lewrockwell.com in the lower section of drudgereport.com

I have a feeling Drudge & Co. already survey this site, so lets get them to take the next step. Their site drives the mainstream news, would be nice to get our foot in the door and would also tickle google and alexa for this site to have such a strong external link.

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Hi, I thought the first post of this thread was really good w/specific suggestions about how to promote mises, etc.

I’ll add that it would help if we’re precise in things the state shouldn’t be involved in.
How does this list grab you?

NO TAXATION FOR ZOMBIFICATION - No state money for mind control technology
NO TAXATION FOR IMMOLATION - No state money memorials/“awareness-raising” re human suffering/sacrifice also, no false flag attacks or covert ops by Military/CIA
NO TAXATION FOR EUNUCHIZATION - No state money for sex reassignment surgery or mandatory androgyny teachings
NO TAXATION FOR COLONIZATION - No state money for territorial expansion in disputed land
NO TAXATION FOR EVANGELIZATION - No state money to duplicate classic missionary work, e.g. Peace Corps, USAID, etc.
NO TAXATION FOR MUTILATION - No state money for abortion, torture, circumscision any destruction of flesh

Interested in reactions,

Bob