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Darren Wolfe, otherwise known as The International Libertarian, is the former Eastern Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania. He grew up in Puerto Rico and lived in Venezuela for seven years, including the first year of Chavez' rule. His articles have appeared in OpEdNews.com, the Libertarian Penn, and the Nolanchart.com. News services such as the New York Post.com and Rational Review have published links to his work. Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darrenlobo
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
--Thomas Jefferson
Monday, November 28, 2011 Tea Party Visits Occupy Philadelphia (video) (2 comments)
The Liberate Philadelphia Tea Partiers held a press conference at the Occupy Philadelphia site. It didn't go well for them. They were joined by the local, conservative radio talk show host, and advocate of torture, Dom Giordano.
Monday, October 17, 2011 Occupy Philadelphia: The Kick That the Left Really Needed (12 comments)
The Occupy Philadelphia movement is getting attention but is desperately in need of knowledge of economics and the true nature of government.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Focus on Peace at The Seventh Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair (video)
The Focus on Peace trip to New York City for The Seventh Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair 2011 was a great success. From our table we got a large number of fliers and other literature out. Our message was well received by most attendees and fellow exhibitors. I was interviewed on camera twice.
Sunday, March 6, 2011 Focus on Peace: A Peace Movement for Everyone (2 comments)
The wars abroad are less popular than ever. Now is the time to give people that are not on the left in their thinking a place to go to engage in activism for peace. Hopefully, Focus on Peace will fulfill that vital role.
Friday, February 4, 2011 The Judicial Crackdown on Jury Rights Activists in Florida (9 comments)
A Florida judge's attempt to shut down Fully Informed Jury Association activists is a tyrannical move that could set an ominous precedent for free speech.
Saturday, January 29, 2011 Why They Torture (video) (2 comments)
Last Saturday the weekly demonstrations for and against the wars in West Chester, PA were joined by some special visitors. One was an activist I only know as Barbara advocating the closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba. The other visitor was local conservative talk show host, and advocate of torture, Dom Giordano. He engages Barbara in a lively debate on the subject of torture and Guantanamo.
Saturday, January 15, 2011 The Empire Versus the Two Julians, Assange and Heicklen, and the Anti War Activists (24 comments)
The US government is charging FIJA activist Julian Heicklen with jury tampering. They may be doing this to keep us from informing juries of their power to find dissidents such as Assange and the anti war activists not guilty regardless of what the law says.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Philadelphia Libertarians and Socialists Protest the FBI's Raids on Antiwar Activists (video) (1 comments)
In the face of the government's attempts to silence antiwar activism, libertarians and socialists came together to protest. The object of their outrage was the series of raids conducted by the FBI on antiwar activists in Minnesota, Chicago, Michigan, and North Carolina
Friday, September 17, 2010 Principled Nonvoting: The Beginning of Disengaging From the State (14 comments)
Voting has from the beginning been a means of the government fooling us into thinking that we have power over them. It is past time for people to face the reality of what voting really is, an endorsement of the evils that governments commit.
Monday, September 13, 2010 Unity at a Peace Rally (1 comments)
Though our views on many other issues may differ, all who want peace must come together to promote it.
Monday, September 6, 2010 Judging The George Donnelly Case (2 comments)
George Donnelly's trial revealed the naked truth of how unjust the legal system is.
Saturday, August 28, 2010 Boycott Philly? Why Philadelphia's Licensing and Taxing of Blogs is Creeping Fascism (36 comments)
Once the precedent is established that blogs can be licensed the government's control of the blogosphere will grow in small increments until it can shut us all down by simply requiring and then denying said license.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Liberty on Tour in Philadelphia, 8/14/2010
At the end of their week in Philadelphia Liberty on Tour's Adam Mueller and Pete Eyre joined local activists to do Fully Informed Jury Association outreach.
Thursday, August 5, 2010 FIJA Activist Julian Heicklen Busted Again in NY, 8/4/2010
Julian Heicklen started handing out the Fully Informed Jury Association pamphlets. I even started to speculate that maybe they were done trying to arrest Julian. No such luck. One of the officers, as he walked past me while the camera was off, said, "get the camera rolling things are about to start".
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Tell Me Again, Who Can't Film on Federal Property? (3 comments)
Many times liberty activists handing out information for the Fully Informed Jury Association have been told that they can't film on federal property by the US Marshals and other law enforcement officers at the US District courthouse in lower Manhattan, New York City. Things sure are different when they want the public to see a juicy criminal coming or going.
Saturday, June 19, 2010 Seattle's Blue Gang Extortion Racket (4 comments)
The incident with a Seattle Police Officer punching a 17-year-old woman in the face has caused much controversy. I commend the young women involved for their courage in standing up to legal plunder.
Thursday, June 10, 2010 Oh, Come, All Ye Hateful (2 comments)
Too many Christians are taking a hateful and intolerant view of Muslims. Their advocacy of killing seems at odds with the teachings of their faith.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Oaths, War, And Liberty (1 comments)
Oath Keepers may mean well, but they don't understand freedom. One doesn't advance liberty by supporting the government's wars.
Monday, March 23, 2009 The Guilty Small Fries Had Their Part In The Meltdown Too (4 comments)
Financial consultants need to be held responsible for their negligence. Most failed to protect their clients assets and contributed to the downturn we're in.
Sunday, March 1, 2009 Rationalization: Scary And All Too Present These Days
Exposing the incredible mental contortions necessary to believe the left-wing mythology that nationalization is a good way to run the economy.
Sunday, February 15, 2009 The Evil Lincoln (23 comments)
With Abraham Lincoln's birthday just passed on February 12th the media was replete with praise for him. Unfortunately, this whitewashed view of him is misguided. Rather than being the honest and resolute knight in shining armor that he is made out to be, on closer inspection he turns out to be one of the worst politicians Illinois has produced.
Friday, January 30, 2009 Recovery Depends on Investment and Capital Accumulation
Some of the feedback I've received on the article "An Economy on Life Support Is Not Recovering" shows a fundamental misunderstanding my critics have about the arguments presented there. In retrospect I see that a more detailed explanation is needed.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 An Economy On Life Support Is Not Recovering (14 comments)
The myth that the New Deal lead to recovery persists. Here is a debunking in layman's terms.
Sunday, January 11, 2009 Krugman's War On Liberty (23 comments)
Paul Krugman's policy prescriptions for Obama will only lead to war, poverty, empire, and Fascism.
Monday, November 3, 2008 Obixon
A prediction about the course an Obama administration will take concerning the War in Iraq. One hint, they will be much like the Nixon administration was in Vietnam.
Thursday, October 30, 2008 An Open letter to CBS (3 comments)
Promoting torture is always wrong. Television shouldn't be used to legitimize it.
Monday, September 22, 2008 Bail Out or Power Grab? (5 comments)
The legislation being hammered out in our imperial capital to bail out financial institutions contains a decidedly dictatorial twist.
Friday, July 25, 2008 Debunking "The false ideology that caused our financial failure" (25 comments)
In his article, "The false ideology that caused our financial failure", Ed Martin attempts to blame our present economic problems on the nonexistent free market. Ignoring the fact that the problems were caused by government interference in the economy, a fact that can't be stressed enough. Markets can recover from this interference if left alone.
Friday, May 30, 2008 The Conservative Takeover of the Libertarian Party (4 comments)
The recent selection of Bob Barr as the presidential nominee by the Libertarian Party (LP) at its convention in Denver has caused much controversy. Most moderates are happy, most radicals are upset, some to the point of leaving the party. Before addressing the future of the LP let's take a look at some of the troubling aspects of Mr. Barr's conservatism.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Sen. Gravel Tries to Make Government Work (5 comments)
Former Sen. Mike Gravel, a contender for the Libertarian party presidential nomination, is a supporter of the National Initiative for Democracy. This legislation would give the people the power to make laws, bypassing congress. While advocated, no doubt, with the best of intentions this is precisely the prescription for dictatorship that the Founders warned us against.
