What should I do? [what can I do?]

One Freedom Forum attendee asked:

"Well, now that we know what the problem is, how do we convince 51% of the population of our view?"

One response was that that was the wrong question. The question is rather:

What should I do?

Marches/Pickets

15 February 2003 - Millions Join World Protests Against Iraq War, by Paul Majendie and Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters/Washington Post
15 February 2003
- Anti-war protesters gather near United Nations in New York, by Verena Dobnik, Associated Press, Sun Sentinel


Boycotts:

Boycott Sponsors Of Rush Limbaugh
Take Back the Media flyer on the Limbaugh boycott
     
       

"Fight" for Peace?

21 February 2003 - Human Shields' Begin Deploying in Iraq, by Bassem Mroue, Washington Post, AP

Join the "Jihad of Peace"
16 January 2003 - "The jihad of peace'', By Firas Al-Atraqchi, YellowTimes.org

many at Freedom Forum joined in on this meeting:

Free State Project!

New-Hampshire meeting: 13 November 2002
Borders Bookstore, South Nashua, 6 P.M.

Reports of the meeting:

14 November 2002 - Group aims to live free - maybe here, by Albert McKeon, Nashua Telegraph

Take the Freedom Drive!

All met up in Washington, DC on November 14, 2002
Reports of the drive:

24 November 2002 - Larger Cause- We're Not Going To Take It Any More!, Victor Thorn, GoOFF!com
24 November 2002 - November 14, 2002: The Day Our Government Hid From the People, by Lisa Guliani, BankIndex.com
15 November 2002
- Anti-Tax Group Makes 'Final Warning' to Federal Government, by Michael L. Betsch, CNSNews.com


We the People at the Supreme Court

a great day for a protest!


Maryland and New-Hampshire represented


New-Hampshire and Pennsylvania represented
[see, there actually are women in the freedom movement!]


If you read through the material on this page, you may find some issue, some campaign, something that floats your boat. You can join in if you don't know how to lead a project. If you don't find something you like, perhaps you should start your own freedom project:

I once defined "government" as "a system of murder, rape, extortion, coercion, theft, intimidation, and terror, the absence of which, it is said, would lead to disorder."

If you doubt this characterization then confront these hard facts: during the 20th century, governments managed to kill 200 million men, women, and children in wars, genocides, and other acts of formalized violence. During that same century, how many people were killed by individuals acting without political authority?

...The fate of all humanity is in the hands of individuals. If mankind is to extricate itself from the destructiveness of collective systems, you and I must begin to question the collective thinking through which we participate in such madness. There will be no White House conferences, or legislative hearings, or Supreme Court opinions to help us, for these are only expressions of the problem we must overcome. In words attributed to Albert Einstein: "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."

... We are discovering from many sources, of which the Internet is but one example, that our world is becoming increasingly decentralized. Our needs for both individual liberty and social cooperation are moving us in directions in which our connectedness to others is finding expression more in horizontal rather than traditional vertical forms of organization. It is not "terrorism" that underlies the Bush administration’s war against the American people, but the institutional order’s reaction to the continuing collapse of centralized systems of authority.

... But if we are to avoid the destructive and dehumanizing consequences of collectivist behavior, we must turn to that one person who has always been the source of the creative energies upon which mankind has relied: the individual. You will find him or her outside the citadel of the state, not attacking it, but quietly walking away from it.

Butler Shaffer, The Individual and the Collective, LewRockwell.com


Let's stop this war, before it starts!

What to do if the US government attacks Iraq!


Forget worrying about the 51% - What should I do?

25 August 2002 - "WING" - World Internet News Group (update), by Victor Thorn, BabelMagazine.com, Issue #71
10 September 2002 - Do Americans Have the Stomach for Freedom?, by Devvy Kidd, NewsWithViews.com
5 August 2002 - What To Do?, by Robert Klassen, lewrockwell.com
27 November 2001 - Why Are We Afraid To Be Free?, by Butler Shaffer, LewRockwell.com

...the question is almost always misfocused, for the inquiry is generally framed in terms of how other people’s thinking, or institutional systems can be changed to bring about a greater degree of individual liberty.

...Look at how Orwell’s message continues to play out in our thinking. The Air Force’s "Strategic Air Command" motto, "peace is our profession," is straight out of 1984, just as "affirmative action" programs remind us of the amended principle of Animal Farm that while "all animals are equal, some are more equal than others."

... As President Bush and other government authorities prattle on about how their self-proclaimed "permanent" war will produce "enduring freedom," we should remind ourselves of one of the most important of history’s lessons: wars invariably restrict freedom, they do not enhance it! Wars increase the powers of the state, a truth borne out in Randolph Bourne’s classic phrase "war is the health of the state."

...If you wish to end such practices and to discover the life-sustaining freedom that inheres within you, you need do no more than confront, in your own thinking, the means by which you have cooperated in your own psychological crippling. Having done so, you will be able to cast aside your institutional crutches and walk away from your self-confinement. You will then experience the liberating insight so beautifully expressed by the late F.A. Harper: "The man who knows what freedom means will find a way to be free!"

 

Ted Nugent, rock and roller and gun rights supporter:

And I’m not a hero, I’m not a tough guy, I’m not a commando, I’m not strong, I’m not intensely trained, I’m not a SWAT guy, I’m not a Navy Seal, I’m just a guitar player. That’s why I constantly reiterate that statement, I am just a guitar player, but I give a shit.

Lois Even of the Pilgrims of Saint Michael:

We can hack away at the branches of evil until we drop dead of exhaustion. But, nothing will change until we uproot the corrupt tree that is bearing all of the corrupt fruit that we are contending with. If we cut off a corrupt branch, the corrupt tree will grow another. And then we would be right back where we started.

HOW YOU CAN HELP [from New World Order site]:

The New World Order movement is extremely powerful. But if the majority of people understand its methods & motives it will be forced into greater caution. The Great Plan may take much longer & when the New World Order is officially declared people will recognize it for what it is.

More importantly people will know that the movement has deliberately killed billions. Therefore you can help by WARNING OTHERS. Tell as many people as possible about this site. Learn about the New World Order & spread what you know as widely as possible. Knowledge is power. And it is the only weapon we have to fight the New World Order.

Resisting Tyranny,

The Outlaw Class: America's Last Hope, by Victor Thorn, BankIndex.com

I hear it all the time: somebody should do something to change the way things are in this country. But the big question is: who’s going to be the one to step forward and change things? Well, let’s see. Is it going to be the Controllers/ruling class? Hell no. They’re the ones responsible for putting the world in this predicament in the first place. They’re the evil Princes of the Earth – the manipulators – the usurers – the death-mongers and the bloodsuckers. These are the Sons of Darkness, those who have the money, resources, and technology to feed every person in the world, yet allow 100,000 people die of starvation every day.

...The crucial concept to remember, though, is that of ‘vested interests’ – doing what most benefits one’s self without considering the ramifications of a bigger picture. If viewed in these terms, you can understand why the CIA is the world’s largest drug trafficker (it provides extra black-budget money outside of Congressional inspection), why police forces in general don’t want to completely eradicate crime (it would put them out of business), why military’s are pro-war (it’s their livelihood), or why politicians promote inherently flawed social programs (it keeps certain voters dependent upon them, and perpetuates a system of conflict where people must ‘turn to them’ to solve their problems).

... If no one else is willing or able to take the initiative to change our world, who else is left? The Outlaws! Our last hope. The final vestige for change. The Outlaws – those who stand outside the conditioning process – those who refuse to bow and conform – those who can see beyond the bullshit, veils, lies, and illusion. The Outlaws – those who are sick and tired of the status quo crimes and corruption – those who are truly committed to taking us to the next level rather than allowing these creeps to keep dragging us down.

... So, is everything hopeless? Hardly. But how can we overcome so many entrenched institutions? Easy. For once in our lives we need to join together instead of letting the Controllers divide and conquer us. Rather than our usual battles – black vs. white, men vs. women, liberal vs. conservative, rich vs. poor, or Catholic vs. Protestant, we need to ally ourselves with our only hope – US.


Citizen Action - what you CAN do!

Impeach / recall the bastards!

The move to impeach G.W. Bush

Many Bush impeachment groups are active (link to follow)

The move to recall Gray Davis of California

4 August 2003 - Davis seeks delay in voting; Governor wants his name listed on recall ballot, by Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle

Citizens Arrest

28 August 2003 - Citizens Arrest Hawaii Police Chief in Hearing, Rumor Mill News


Self development / self government

Winter 2002, The Spectator in the Breast of Man: Self-regulation and the Decline of Civility, Peter Saunders talks to Theodore Dalrymple, Policy

Develop yourself spiritually, intellectually, emotionally and physically so that you are self-governing and leading others to do the same! Do you want to whine or win? The attitude of whining as one's first priority can lead to no (zero, zip, none) progress towards freedom, though.

Be fearless, but not foolish.


Write your congressman

never ask for anything, demand that they stop doing stuff!

Learn to use the federal Freedom of Information Act

Learn how to use New-Hampshire's Right to Know law


Freedom projects - $upport your champions

I'll tell you a revolutionary idea:

Find someone who is doing some crucial work to help the world in a key way, and send them some encouragement [money is nice, too] - then see that person do TWICE as much. And notice the knock-on effect ripple out to lots of people. [And DO something yourself.]

Join in on some ongoing projects:

Freedom Drive 2002

3 November 2002 - Our Message In USA TODAY Is Being Well Received By The People; Urgent Call for DC Volunteers; More Help Needed, We the People

Take the "Freedom Drive 2002" - Civil Strife Gets Underway: Take The Drive. Don’t Take a Dive.

Veteran’s day is an appropriate day for We The People to initiate a formal strategic defense of our Rights against domestic governmental tyranny. It is time to put a collective foot down and say, "Enough is enough."


Start your own freedom project - believe it or not, you can have an effect and it's not that hard! Most people are just in the mode of complaining and talking back to the TV set. Can you imagine if people put the same energy they used to put into complaining about something into actually working to change it?

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