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12-20-2010, 02:13 AM
From wiki on the Libertarian Radicals Caucus
LPRadicals is a caucus formed in 2006 within the United States Libertarian Party by Susan Hogarth and other party members who opposed removal of much of the material in the party platform during the 2006 national party convention.[1] The caucus lists four points as "key strategic principles in furthering the work of the Libertarian Party toward, as our platform describes it, 'a world set free in our lifetime'." These are: Rights Are Utilitarian, Radical Abolitionism, Principled Populism, No Particular Order (for removal of government policies).[2] The caucus was active at the 2008 and 2010 Libertarian National Conventions.[3][4][5][6]
The first iteration of the LP Radical Caucus was active from 1972 to 1974. The creator of the caucus, Samuel Edward Konkin III, used it in a brief attempt to steer the fledgling movement away from participating in the political process.[citation needed]
The second and best known Radical Caucus was founded by Justin Raimondo, Eric Garris and Bob Costello in 1979 in order "to unify the party around radical and hardcore libertarian programs."[7][8] Raimondo led the caucus from inception until he abandoned the Libertarian Party in 1983. That Radical Caucus was dissolved in 1984.[9]
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While a teenager, Raimondo took a brief interest in Objectivism before joining Young Americans for Freedom. In the 1970s, he became active in the Libertarian Party. With Eric Garris, he organized a "Radical Caucus", which brought them to the attention of the libertarian theorist Murray Rothbard. In 1983, after a schism in the Libertarian Party, Raimondo left and attempted to organize a libertarian faction in the Republican Party known as the Libertarian Republican Organizing Committee. After 1989, Raimondo again began working with Rothbard in the anti-war John Randolph Club.
Though raised a Roman Catholic, Raimondo describes himself as "not a believer."[4]
I've always been a fan of the post-modernism artistic movement, and I like the idea of applying it to U.S. politics. Breaking down institutions, authority, traditional culture etc.
What about the idea of a Post-Modernism version of the LPRadicals Caucus? Essentially the same beliefs but also adding in post-modernism to the movement with the view of U.S. politics as kind of like an art project.
I just haven't thought of a name for the idea yet.
LPRadicals is a caucus formed in 2006 within the United States Libertarian Party by Susan Hogarth and other party members who opposed removal of much of the material in the party platform during the 2006 national party convention.[1] The caucus lists four points as "key strategic principles in furthering the work of the Libertarian Party toward, as our platform describes it, 'a world set free in our lifetime'." These are: Rights Are Utilitarian, Radical Abolitionism, Principled Populism, No Particular Order (for removal of government policies).[2] The caucus was active at the 2008 and 2010 Libertarian National Conventions.[3][4][5][6]
The first iteration of the LP Radical Caucus was active from 1972 to 1974. The creator of the caucus, Samuel Edward Konkin III, used it in a brief attempt to steer the fledgling movement away from participating in the political process.[citation needed]
The second and best known Radical Caucus was founded by Justin Raimondo, Eric Garris and Bob Costello in 1979 in order "to unify the party around radical and hardcore libertarian programs."[7][8] Raimondo led the caucus from inception until he abandoned the Libertarian Party in 1983. That Radical Caucus was dissolved in 1984.[9]
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While a teenager, Raimondo took a brief interest in Objectivism before joining Young Americans for Freedom. In the 1970s, he became active in the Libertarian Party. With Eric Garris, he organized a "Radical Caucus", which brought them to the attention of the libertarian theorist Murray Rothbard. In 1983, after a schism in the Libertarian Party, Raimondo left and attempted to organize a libertarian faction in the Republican Party known as the Libertarian Republican Organizing Committee. After 1989, Raimondo again began working with Rothbard in the anti-war John Randolph Club.
Though raised a Roman Catholic, Raimondo describes himself as "not a believer."[4]
I've always been a fan of the post-modernism artistic movement, and I like the idea of applying it to U.S. politics. Breaking down institutions, authority, traditional culture etc.
What about the idea of a Post-Modernism version of the LPRadicals Caucus? Essentially the same beliefs but also adding in post-modernism to the movement with the view of U.S. politics as kind of like an art project.
I just haven't thought of a name for the idea yet.