| Kevin S. Van Horn |
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ksvanhornGroup Organizer Orem, UT 
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Until I can get a resources page up, I'll just post some of the resources mentioned in our meeting here on the message board.
Pro Libertate http://freedominourti... Excellent blog by William N. Grigg, that frequently covers various outrages committed by government around the country. Nonviolent Struggle -- 50 Crucial Points Uploaded to the Files section. A guide written by the members of OTPOR, the resistance group that removed Yugoslavian dictator Slobodan Milosevic from power without firing a single shot. The Albert Einstein Institution http://aeinstein.org... Books and paper on the theory and practice of nonviolent struggle. Good material on the strategic level, but weak on the tactical level. A Force More Powerful: The Game http://afmpgame.com... A simulation game used to train people in the technique of nonviolent struggle. A Force More Powerful http://aforcemorepowe... Book, DVD, and other resources discussing nonviolent struggle. Free America http://freeamerica.ws... My website. News University http://www.newsu.org... Some of the skills we need to dig up and investigate government crimes and abuses overlap with the skills a journalist needs. Registering on this site gives you access to various free courses. These are the ones that look most useful: - "Freedom of Information" (using the FOIA and public records laws) - "On the beat: covering cops and crime" - "On the beat: covering the courts" See also Criminal Justice Journalists (http://reporters.net/... and http://www.justicejou... . Access to police records in Utah: http://www.rcfp.org/p... Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: http://www.rcfp.org... Society of Professional Journalists, FOIA info: http://www.spj.org/fo... Government Records Access and Management Act (Utah) http://www.le.state.u... |
| Kevin S. Van Horn |
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ksvanhorn Group Organizer Orem, UT
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Here are some more recommended resources:
Start Your Own Small Newspaper Publishing Business http://www.newspaper-... This could be useful for our newsletter. No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority http://jim.com/treaso... Written by abolitionist Lysander Spooner in 1870, this essay has been called "perhaps the most subversive document ever penned in America." What makes it subversive is that Spooner insists on applying to government exactly the same standards one would apply to any other group of people. He pretty much destroys the "social contract" theory of government legitimacy in the process. The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Etienne de la Boetie (1548) http://mises.org/roth... A classic that discusses some of the important ideas behind nonviolent struggle -- in particular, that the power of rulers derives from the voluntary cooperation and support of their subjects. |
| Kevin S. Van Horn |
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ksvanhorn Group Organizer Orem, UT
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Here are some talks from "Beyond Ballots or Bullets":
Overview of Nonviolent Struggle 198 Ways to Leave the State Behind Libertarian Civil Disobedience in New Hampshire The Road to Compassion and Freedom (Audio) Rule-of-law Anarchism: A Strategy for Destroying the State's Legitimacy (Audio) |
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